6 Exhibitions That Are Worth Visiting Before Christmas

As it is almost winter and getting cold, outdoor activities are slowly pushed to the background. It is time for exhibitions, so here are six interesting and exciting ones, which should not be missed out, welovebudapest.com reports.

Rainer 85 – Homage to Arnulf Rainer

Arnulf Rainer is one of the most significant and well-known artists alive. His works has been presented by Museum of Modern Art, and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. Between 1993 and 1995, as a recognition of his work, the Arnulf Rainer Museum was established in New York. In 2009, the museum of Baden (his hometown) was named after him, where his diverse oeuvre is presented through monographic and thematic temporary exhibitions. On the occasion of his 85. birthday, his works can be seen all over the world, from London to New York. In Vienna, Albertina shows the main stages of his creative activity in a retrospective exhibition of his key works. The Hungarian National Gallery joins this series of exhibitions.
Where? Hungarian National Gallery
Until? 4 January, 2015
Price? 1.400 HUF

Rembrandt and the Dutch Golden Age

This monumental exhibition presents the period of Dutch art of the 17th century. The exhibition is based on Rembrandt, the greatest master of that age; the viewers can see 20 masterpieces from him. To the exhibition (consisting of more than 170 works of more than 100 artists), more than 130 paintings arrive from private- and public collections, apart from the Dutch collection of the Museum of Fine Arts. The most significant lending institutions are the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the National Museum in Stockholm, the Louvre in Paris, the National Gallery in London, the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, the Metropolitan in New York, the Uffizi in Florence, and the Prado in Madrid. (Read more HERE.)
Where? Museum of Fine Arts
Until? 15 February, 2015
Price? 3.200 HUF

Masters of Art Nouveau

The collection of the Museum of Applied Arts in Budapest is of outstanding importance. The collection has already begun at the time of the World Fair in Paris in 1889, the culmination was the World Fair in Paris in 1900. The works acquired here were presented to the Hungarian audience through the museum’s own exhibition, inspiring Hungarian designers and manufacturers. That is how Louis Comfort Tiffany’s technique affected the artistic work of the Hungarian Zsolnay Porcelain Manufacture. The exhibition of glass- and ceramic objects (Louis Comfort Tiffany, Émile Gallé, the Daum brothers, the Zsolnay Manufacture) is enriched by jewellery (René Lalique) and tapestry (József Rippl-Rónai, Otto Eckmann).
Where? Museum of Applied Arts
Until? 4 January, 2015
Price? 2.000 HUF

Lechner, a Creative Genius

On occasion of the hundredth anniversary of his death, the Museum of Applied Arts commemorates Ödön Lechner with a large-scale exhibition. The attitude towards the architect included among the UNESCO World Heritage Candidates has changed in recent years: his forms, fantasy, innovative solutions, and unique style highlight him and put him into the frontline of the immortal masters of the 19th century (including Antoni Gaudí, Victor Horta, Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Otto Wagner). The exhibition aims to present the complete work of Ödön Lechner.
Where? Museum of Applied Arts
Until? 31 May, 2015
Price? 2.000 HUF

Attila Szűcs: The End of Gravity

Attila Szűcs is an outstanding figure of the painter generation of the 1990s. The starting point of his art is usually an existing painting, photograph, postcard, or a picture downloaded from the Internet. His choices create the sense of familiarity, as if they were taken out from a collective memory. However, these pictures are taken out from their original contexts and put into a strange and picturesque space.
Where? Deák Erika Gallery
Until? 10 January, 2015
Price? –

Imagining Vision

The problems of vision and observation have been at the heart of humanity for thousands of years. The Capa Center (primarily dealing with photography) undertakes the task to present the technical developments of the last ten years in its new exhibition. Despite the numerous modern devices, this is not a technologic exhibition. The organizers rather present technologies that have become (or will become) determining. That is how we reach Google Glass and Oculus Rift from Mario – the first computer game giving a tactile experience. In addition, hacked or DIY techniques can also be seen. The devices can be tried out, of course.
Where? Capa Center
Until? 5 March, 2015
Price? 2.000 HUF

based on article of welovebudapest.com
translated by Vivien Pásztai

Photo: MTI – Lajos Soos

Source: http://welovebudapest.com/