July – 2018
The Hungarian National Gallery (MNG) and the Museum of Fine Arts,the latter institution will reopen after three years of renovations this year in October. Around the month of October showcasing the influential era’s of the British paintings Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud and the School of London, Dezső Korniss
.The Gallery will also host an exhibition of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, the first of its kind in Hungary, mainly based on the collection of Museo Dolores Olmedo in Mexico City. The exhibition will open on the 111th anniversary of the painter’s birth, in July of this year.
Further plans include a major exhibition of the works of Rubens, Van Dyck and masters of the Flemish baroque late next year. In 2020 there are plans to exhibit Cézanne (2012).
Later this year, MNG will continue to display the works of Hungarian masters as well to honor the 110th anniversary of the birth of Dezső Korniss. The Gallery will organize an exhibition on the art of the 20th century Hungarian painter in December.
The renewed Roman Hall of the Museum of Fine Arts will be open to the public from March, 15. until April, 2. free of charge, every day from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. (last admission:5 p.m.).
Entry is on ʺfirst come, first served” basis. Will not arrange reservations or bookings (not even for groups). Due to the limited capacity of the museum hall, the number of visitors is limited, therefore occasionally waiting outside the building can be expected. There will not be provided any tour guides.
Update Aggie Reiter