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05/04/2016

French-Hungarian painting pays tribute to Paris terrorist attack victims

Budapest, April 5 (MTI) – A French and a Hungarian artist have joined together to pay tribute to the victims of last year’s terrorist attacks in […]

05/04/2016

10/03/2016

Collector Pákh to sue over listing of “Golgotha”

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Budapest, March 10 (MTI) – The Hungarian-American Imre Pákh will sue over the listing of a painting he owns that is on loan to the Déri […]

10/03/2016

11/02/2016

Do you know where the paintings of the Museum of Fine Arts were for months?

Atlatszo.hu litigated for one and a half year in order to have the Museum of Fine Arts give them the information on where the new Finance […]

11/02/2016

20/01/2016

Batthyánys to get back Bruegel

Budapest, January 20 (MTI) – A painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder can be transferred from the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest (Szépművészeti Múzeum) to […]

20/01/2016

22/12/2015

Once secret Kovesi collection finds final home in Miskolc

Budapest, December 22 (MTI) – The secret collection of 19th-20th century Hungarian paintings assembled by Budapest butcher Istvan Kovesi during the communist era has found its […]

22/12/2015

18/12/2015

Judit Reigl is the most expensive living Hungarian painter

According to metropol.hu, the artist’s painting called Eclatement (Explosion) was sold for EUR 315 thousand (HUF 99.58 million) at the auction of Sothesby’s Paris branch – […]

18/12/2015

19/11/2015

Csonvary Museum behind Nyugati railway station?

According to inforadio.hu, Csontvary Museum can be built, as part of the Liget II project, in the area to be rehabilitated behind Nyugati railway station in […]

19/11/2015

19/09/2015

Colorful City painted BAH-node overpass

Paintings close to pop-art, a style which was became known mainly because of Andy Warhol in the 60s, were born at BAH-node, Buda. Luke Embden from […]

19/09/2015

27/08/2015

Owner threatens to remove ‘Golgotha’ from Debrecen museum by August 31

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Budapest (MTI) – Imre Pakh, the New York-based art collector of Hungarian origin who owns Mihaly Munkacsy’s “Golgotha” — currently on loan to Hungary — told […]

27/08/2015

31/07/2015

Pakh sues state over Golgota painting

Budapest, July 31 (MTI) – Imre Pakh, the New York based art collector of Hungarian origin who owns Mihaly Munkacsy’s Golgota — currently on loan to […]

31/07/2015

16/06/2015

Cabinet office moves to list another Munkacsy painting

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Budapest (MTI) – Plans are afoot to include Mihaly Munkacsy’s state-owned painting Christ before Pilate on a list of protected artworks. Related article: Artwork on loan […]

16/06/2015

15/06/2015

Artwork on loan to Hungary safe, says heritage authority

Budapest (MTI) – Art objects borrowed from abroad to be displayed in Hungary are under “strict protection” ensured by relevant laws, the Forster Centre, Hungary’s cultural […]

15/06/2015

12/06/2015

Lazar: Action over Munkacsy “not too sportsmanlike” but in national interest

Budapest (MTI) – Whereas it was “not the most sportsmanlike” to decree that Munkacsy’s Golgota privately owned painting should be placed on a national list of […]

12/06/2015

10/06/2015

Hungary launches procedure to list Munkacsy masterpiece

Budapest (MTI) – The cabinet office has initiated a procedure to prevent Mihaly Munkacsy’s monumental painting “Golgotha” from being permanently removed from the country. “With the […]

10/06/2015

08/06/2015

Collector Pakh ready to take back his Munkacsy masterpiece

Budapest (MTI) – The Hungarian-born American art collector Imre Pakh said in a statement on Sunday that he will have Mihaly Munkacsy’s monumental painting “Golgotha” removed […]

08/06/2015

03/06/2015

State seeks to buy last of Munkacsy trilogy for USD 6 m

Budapest, June 3 (MTI) – The National Bank of Hungary has said it is prepared to pay 6 million US dollars to acquire Mihaly Munkacsy’s monumental […]

03/06/2015

13/05/2015

Munkacsy’s Christ trilogy reunited in Hungary

Budapest (MTI) – Hungarian painter Mihaly Munkacsy’s famous Christ Trilogy was reunited in Debrecen, in eastern Hungary, after Christ before Pilate (1881) arrived in the city’s […]

13/05/2015

26/02/2015

Hungarian state purchases Munkacsy Trilogy piece from Canadian owner

Budapest, February 26 (MTI) – The Hungarian state has bought Christ Before Pilate, a large-scale painting forming part of Mihaly Munkacsy’s famous Christ Trilogy, from the […]

26/02/2015