Never-before-seen travelling exhibition opens in Budapest — VIDEO

The Hungarian House of Music will host a special travelling exhibition from May 2024. Organised by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the V&A Diva exhibition will open in the British capital next April and then arrive in Hungary.

London exhibition

The V&A Diva exhibition, organised by the Victoria and Albert Museum, will open in London in April 2024. This unique exhibition will cover the period from the 19th century to the present day.

We will look at the most famous divas of history through their own eras. The two-part exhibition focuses on the historical context but also presents modern divas.

The exhibition spans several centuries, showing some of the world’s most iconic divas, actors and singers include Marilyn Monroe, Edith Piaf, Björck, Adele, Tina Turner, Whitney Houston, Cherr and Madonna. Today’s stars include Lady Gaga, P!nk, Rihanna and Billie Eilish.

Around the world, from Budapest

The exhibition will be shown first in London and then travel around the world. The first stop will be Budapest. Objects, costumes and costumes that have become iconic over the years have been borrowed from all over the globe.

Special pieces such as the costume worn by Ingrid Bergman when she portrayed Joan of Arc in the film Saint Joan of Arc. But you can also see the costume worn by Maria Callas in Norma from 1952.

“V&A curator Kate Bailey has built the concept of the exhibition with imagination and an impressive dramaturgy, exploring, among many fascinating themes, how women are asserting themselves in a male-dominated music and film world, how modern performers use their voices to drive social and political change, how divas operate in the cult of fame, and shedding light on their struggles between personal and private lives,” the index quotes. Márton Horn, the director of the Hungarian House of Music.

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András Batta, Managing Director, said of the 2024 exhibition, “The exhibition offers a complete picture of the diva phenomenon, so that every generation will find something to interest them, from those who are interested in classic film stars such as Elizabeth Taylor or Marilyn Monroe, to those who were young at the time with Cher, Tina Turner or later Madonna, to those who are fascinated by Rihanna or Billie Eilish. The exhibition will also set the tone for the coming year of the House of Music, with various related programmes and pop-up exhibitions exploring the themes of the exhibition in 2024.”

The exhibition Divas & Icons will be on display in the temporary space of the House of Music, covering 800 square metres from May 2024.