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The unique treasures of the Vasarely Museum
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Hungarian-born artist Victor Vasarely is considered to be the leading figure of the op art movement. His unique style comes alive in the Vasarely Museum of Budapest – a great place to visit after the lockdown.
The material forming the core collection of the museum was donated by Victor Vasarely to the Hungarian State in the early eighties, and the institution opened its doors to the public in the Zichy Castle in Óbuda in 1987.
The more than four hundred unique and reproduced compositions provide a comprehensive overview of the artist’s oeuvre spanning from his early academic drawings and commercial graphics made in Hungary to his Op Art and plastic works from the sixties and seventies.
While the museum was closed for renovation from 2016-2017, a new concept was developed for the museum’s permanent exhibition. Comprising 150 artefacts and numerous documents, the material places Vasarely’s oeuvre in a new light. The five chapters taking visitors through the artist’s career presents in detail the short but all the more defining period Vasarely spent in Sándor Bortnyik’s studio.
What he learned here laid the foundation for the art of his later years in Paris and provided the starting point for the Op-art and the kinetic works that brought him worldwide fame.