Klimt and the beginning of Viennese secession - exhibition (30.09.2008. - 04.01.2009.)
Museum of Fine Arts 
During the time of the ‘Holy Spring’ (Heilige Frühling), members of the two groups of the Secession - the realists and the symbolists -grouping around Gustav Klimt (Hoffmann, Moll, Kolo, Moser and Otto Wagner) took a united stand against the ruling art norms and ideas of the period.
The exhibition arriving from the Viennese Albertina at the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts wishes to introduce the art of these few years. This period not only marks the birth of modern arts and the roots of Viennese Secession but it is also the time when European artists established connections with between themselves, mutually influencing each other’s art.
In this early phase following the establishment the drawings and reproduced graphics were given an influential role. In the drawings and graphics of the exhibition it is splendidly and clearly illustrated how the school worked with decorative, smeared surfaces creating a flat effect. In addition, the Museum of Fine Arts supplements the graphic material with significant paintings, creating an a new context for the Budapest audience to be introduced to the works of Austrian artists who are much admired in Hungary.
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Neo-renaissance architecture in Budapest - Exhibition (15.09.2008. - 31.12.2008.)
Budapest City Archives (3-5. Teve u., Budapest, H-1139)
Budapest City Archives introduces the representative trend of style of the late 19th century with an exhibition of the largest architectural heritage of the Country, the neo-renaissance plans of Miklós Ybl. These include the collection of plans of the Fővámház (Main Customs House), Opera House, and the buildings of the palace-quarter, behind the Hungarian National Museum: the Festetics-palace and the Károlyi Alajos palace.
Apart from the plans, the period photographs of the buildings (for example the pictures of György Klösz) are also on display, together with maps and works by other architects and planners, such as Alajos Hauszmann and Imre Steindl that make the exhibition material more descriptive. The exhibition is accompanied by other events and an architectural history conference. Exhibition tour guides are available at request.
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RENAISSANCE IN THE EGYPT OF THE PHARAOHS (08.08-09.11.2008) Museum of Fine Arts 
Respect for the historic past and its myths and the preservation and conscious, but selected, use of venerable inventions from the past were characteristic of Egyptian culture in the age of the pharaohs. Thus this kind of ‘renaissance’ attitude is deeply rooted in the 3000 year old history of the Egyptian state. The exhibition puts the last golden age of Egyptian pharaohs into the spotlight while giving an exciting insight into a culture that continuously kept traditions for 3000 years.
The pieces of the exhibition arrive from the British Museum and the Louvre and from collections in Berlin, Vienna, Florence, Rome, Trieste, Palermo, Munich and Zagreb.
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FERDINAND HODLER: A SYMBOLIST VISION (09.09.2008. - 14.12.2008.)
Museum of Fine Arts 
The representative and monographic exhibitions of the Museum of Fine Arts provide an opportunity for Hungarian viewers to become acquainted with the greats characters of European art. Following Van Gogh, in 2008 the life’s work of Ferdinand Hodler will be presented. The last time a similar exhibition of Hodlers’s works was held was in Switzerland in 1983. Such a complete display of works by a foreign artist has, until now, never been held in Hungary.
Details: www.szepmuveszeti.hu
ART FROM WITHIN: ART BRUT - Hungarian National Gallery, September 18 - November 9., 2008
Selection from Austrian Workshops and the Collections of the Budapest Museum of Psychiatry and the Hungarian National Gallery
The Joint Exhibition of Hungarian National Gallery and the Austrian Cultural Forum
The exhibition is arranged around three units, the material of three collections. The hundred and ten artworks made with various techniques came from different Austrian art-therapy and psycho-social workshops. This contemporary Austrian material is complemented by fifty drawings from the Budapest Museum of Psychiatry and the series of drawings Count Ernő Teleki produced between 1954 and 1970.
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BUDAPEST ART FAIR (20-23.11.2008) - Hall of Arts, Heroes' Square
In November the Antique Interior Exhibition and Fair and its sister, the Plug Contemporary Exhibition and Fair, which have gained popularity over 13 years, are coming together under the name of Budapest Art Fair. The event is the first and so far only such event in Hungary where both classical and contemporary art is represented. Only those objects can be displayed which have been passed by ajury, partly to raise the standard of the exhibition and also filter out fakes.
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Legendary creatures, magical flowers. The Popular Renaissance - Exhibition
(14.11.2008. - 27.09.2009.)
Museum of Ethnography
The exhibition uses the beautiful 18th and 19th century artefacts of the Museum of Ethnography to show the way the popular renaissance motifs – dragons, unicorns, jumping deer and colourful flowers – reached everyday culture. Since the use of renaissance elements is extremely striking and varied, earlier studies had liked to put an emphasis on how the Hungarian and Italian renaissance has carried on in the Hungarian and old Transylvanian folk art. The results of the predecessors can be wide-ranging and added to in many different art forms.
Visitors of the exhibition can see dragons, unicorns, jumping deer, lions, pomegranates and flower bouquets arranged in Italian vases pictured on beautiful pieces of art from the 18-19 centuries. Painted ceilings and ceiling panels, glazed earthenware, tin pots, folk weave and embroidery as well as special objects and drawings from the collection of the Museum of Ethnography are presented alongside each other. Some of these have never been on display before, therefore are unknown for both ordinary visitors and trade experts, making it possible for seeing the pieces under new lights and giving new explanations.
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10th Christmas Fair in Budapest (21.11.2008. - 29.12.2008.)
Vörösmarty Square
Opening times: 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. daily (24th December until 2 p.m.)
This year is extra special: the Christmas Fair of Budapest, held on Vörösmarty square, is celebrating its 10th anniversary.
The Christmas fair of the Hungarian capital and the more than 150 cultural programmes that accompany it has become an internationally known attraction. The series of events lasting for almost one month is one of the most popular programmes of the winter season. The Budapest Christmas event is visited by almost 600 thousand people from all over the world.
For visitors who have a taste for traditional gastronomic delights the city centre location of the fair is a real heaven: the smell of the fresh bread “lángos” baked in the traditional “Töki” clay oven, the stands of caramelised pastry horn makers and strudel makers, traditional country food baked in clay ovens, friendly meat grills attract anybody walking near the fair. If you like good mulled wine, you should also be there in the Vörösmarty square: after drinking it, you can take home the special mug it was served in: the “Christmas Fair Mug” gets a new design every year.
Opera
Fill your night with the magic of Opera or enjoy a unique ballett performance in one of the most beautiful Opera House of Europe. You can check the exact dates of performances on the following link or contact our concierge department on +36 1 4622185 : Opera Program
Concerts in Budapest
Jean Michel Jarre concert (12/11/2008. 20:00).
László Papp Budapest Sport Arena
The French keyboard magician is preparing for a magical performance in the Budapest Sport Arena. With fifty legendary analogue keyboards and the company of three fellow musicians he brings to life Oxygene, the music that was a breakthrough in the history of music. We only have to stand back, take a deep breath and enjoy the music.
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Please book your ticket on the following website: www.ticketpro.hu
Let yourself enchanted by music during your stay. To see concert calendar please click... or contact our concierge department on +36 1 4622185
Palace of Arts
The renewed culture center of Budapest has the basic conception of bringing together different branches of the arts under one roof, the building will have permanent residents: the Ludwig Museum, the National Philharmonic Orchestra, Chorus and Music Library and the National Dance Theatre. For Palace of Arts program please click... or contact our concierge department on +36 1 4622185