6 Mar

Announced the 18th Best Art Vinyl of 2022.

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Award Winners … Three Art Work Winners … 1st. Simon Monk for Black Country, New Road’s album ‘Ants From Up There’. 2nd. Bart Balboa for Birds In Row’s album ‘Gris Klein’ 3 rd. Illustration by Jake Blanchard for Richard Dawson’s album ‘The Ruby Cord’ Conceptual And Multi-layered Painting Style Wins 18th Annual Art Prize.

The winning ‘Ants From Up There’ sleeve design is just one image from a series of still life paintings inhabiting two worlds at once – one being an every-day reality and one filled with fantasy and imagination.

The album artwork brought the ‘plastic bag paintings’ to a new audience and, for the artist, started as a solution to the problem of how to make a still life oil painting in the 21st century, without it being old fashioned, whilst demonstrating how a painting can dignify a cheap or otherwise insignificant object. Monk’s mission has certainly been achieved here and is enhanced by the additional paintings in the series, which feature on the album’s deluxe box set.

The archive spans seven decades of iconic album art, curating all 50 nominations for Best Art Vinyl 2022, together with an outstanding commemoration of iconic album artwork over the years from 1949 to present day.

Enjoy the Wall of Sound … the spanning 70+ years of popular art, music and design, the exhibition shines a light on the most iconic album designs in popular culture and explore the fascinating history behind some of the most renowned visual icons of our time. These sleeves contribute to the last 17 winners of our Best Art Vinyl Awards which has been running since 2005, and the result is a definitive retrospective of UK popular culture, one 12 inch at a time.

Update by Aggie Reiter

2 Mar

Herald News … Zsolnay “Light Painters” – Light Art Competition at the City of Pécs – 2023.

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Last year, with the exception of Africa and Antarctica, entries came from all continents to Pécs. For this year’s round of the now world-famous competition individuals can apply from February,24. As in the previous years, the best light painters are to be at the Zsolnay Light Festival presenting dressing the facade of the Cathedral in bright robes.

The Zsolnay Light Festival between July 6-9. awaits lovers of light experiences at Pécs.

During the 3 Days festival the monumental facade of the Cathedral is brought to life by the world’s best lighting artists with three-dimensional, moving light works. The theme of this year’s competition is coexistence. Coexistence is a system in which completely different elements exist in the same space and time … “to live and let live” … Acceptance and understanding are important elements in interactions based on the logic of “leave”. All of this leads to various interactions and finally a complex, long-term sustainable system results in these phenomenon can basically be seen in action in all areas of life, be it individuals or relations between social groups, culture, the built and natural about our environment, or even about machines and neural networks.

The deadline date April 3, 2023 for submission of applications. Thereafter, goes the pre-selection. The 5 best who reached the final work can be presented at the festival. The curatorial staff of Zsolnay Light Art considers the public art nature of building mapping to be important in strengthening, the conscious application of its potential. During the evaluation of the tenders a in addition to visuality, the artistically demanding, cliché-free, original plays a particularly important role display of content to be said. The competition takes place in one category, and the jury is again this year overseen by a five-member of international professional committee away. In addition to the main prize of 5,000 euros awarded by the jury, there will also be an audience prize this year. Zsolnay Light Art professional partner and host of the competition is to be Kiégő Izzók.
Details: https://www.zsolnayfenyfestztival.hu/zsolnay-light-art

In addition to the call for Zsolnay Light Art, another tender is also in the active stage, namely Fény – (Light). The organizers are also waiting for applications for the creations of this journey. The city center is surrounded by various applications for the realization of light works and installations are expected until March 10.

Photo: 13-theater square – Pécs by kovacs-monika

Recommendation by Aggie Reiter

18 Feb

Happy Birthday to the 90th Yoko Ono Celebration @ Hungarian National Museum

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For Yoko Ono’s 90th birthday, two renowned Hungarian visual artists, Imre Bukta and László feLugossy, designed a cake that evokes one of the now classic works of the world-famous Japanese artist and peace activist. The preparation of the monumental, unique cake of 50 slices of chocolate cake was  supported by Auguszt consumed by visitors at the Yoko Ono exhibition on Saturday.

To-day, at the Hungarian National Museum, the poet Orsolya Karafiáth participated in the Cut Piece performance created by the artist. The Cut Piece performance of  YOKO ONO – “The  War is Over!” As part of the exhibition “If You Want”, which the museum combined with Yoko Ono’s 90th birthday celebration.

Yoko Ono’s very first well-known art actions in the history of art presented at the Sogetsu Art Center in Tokyo in 1964; during the performance, the audience could cut pieces of her clothes, drawing attention to the alienation from each other.

The performance, which is considered a classic of “compassion art”, has been re-enacted in the National Museum several times with the participation of celebrities.

The exhibition featuring more than thirty works related to the desire for peace and the theme of peace was motivated by the war in Ukraine, and the National Museum supports the victims of the war in Transcarpathia from the proceeds of the exhibition.

In view of the great interest, MNM recently extended the unsual exhibition until until March, 5. 2023.

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22 Jan

It’s the Year of the Rabbit … on your mark … get reading … Go for it!

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Every country has what to do, what to eat and what not to eat and do on the first day of the New Year. In Hungary, according to the Gregorian calendar, focuses on religions and folklore, on the first day of the year, lentils are the main lucky bringer, for example: “lentil soup or heavy lentil soup (lencsleves) in other words, lentil stew, lentil burgers.  lentil stew - lencsfőzelék Of course, this tradition is kept not only in Hungary, but also in many other countries … Spaniards, Portuguese, Cubans and the Austrians also. Now back to the the Lunar New Year, which is celebrated primarily by Chinese diasporas and other East Asian cultures as well as the Vietnamese, begin this Sunday, January, 22.2023., kicking off 15 days of festivities and customs.

While the preceding Year of the Tiger was seen as a powerful period of action, and at this time, impulse, the rabbit sign which is expected to usher in a softer period focused on self-reflection.

For example, stop cleaning today and hide your cleaning tools, otherwise you will be cleaning all year long. Wear new clothes and get rid of old ones. Today, it is not allowed to pronounce words with a negative meaning, to mention death, illness, ghosts, but even in a positive context, we avoid negative words (for example, “damn good”). It is also not recommended to mention the past year, as the purpose of the day is to bring abundance in the new year. So they say crying is also not allowed: if someone cries on the first day of the year, he will cry for the whole year, which is why the sick also get out of bed on this day.

If you decorate today, red and orange are the mandatory colors: red is the color of abundance, luck, wealth, so red flags, wall stickers, pictures, lanterns are placed everywhere to ensure the growth of the family, and next to the red decorations, the New Year an essential ingredient is orange. This is because the words “mandarin” – kam, “gold”  kam) and “sweet” sound the same in the Cantonese dialect. Because it symbolizes health and longevity, peanuts are also often found on New Year’s tables. An important New Year’s accessory is the octagonal tray, on which guests are offered eight types of snacks.All of these bring good luck: rice flour cake – kao, for example, sounds the same as “high” – kao, so it symbolizes that its consumer will move up the social ladder in the new year. For similar reasons, seaweed symbolizes enrichment, lotus seeds the bountiful blessing of children, and dried tofu (soybean cheese) symbolizes wealth and happiness. Wish to my readers a lucky Year of the Rabbit!

Overall by: Aggie Reiter

19 Jan

Day of Hungarian Culture – Exhibition and Craft Works – Budapest 2023.

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An exhibition organized on the occasion of the Day of Hungarian Culture, which will be held on Sunday, January 22, 2023 at 9.20 a.m. in the Cinema MOM movie theater. Venue:  District, XII., Budapest, 53. Alkotás street. Budapest.

Participation in the folktale screening, the exhibition and the craft session is free of charge. The exhibition is on display until March 22.

The exhibition was put together by the director of the episode, Mária Horváth, from the images of the episode “Cerceruska” from the 2002 series of the Kecskemét Animation Film Studio –  Magyar Népmesék – Hungarian Folk Tales.

At the opening, Ferenc Mikulás – founder and manager of the Kecskemét Animation Film Studio, will give a welcome the audience  and hopefully  Mária Horváth – Director of Cerceruska and a founding member of the Kecskemét Animation Film Studio, will also be present.

The opening of the exhibition, from 9.45 a.m. to 10.45 a.m.  Following the opening  event, children, parents and grandparents are invited to a craft session by watercolor painter and art teacher Emese Szandavári, Head of Art’Em Studio, who will hold an interactive creative workshop, connected to the rich motifs of Cerceruska.

After the craft program – after a short break hot chocolate and cake to be served for the children. The program series ends with a live music puppet show concert called Marzipan – The Cat (and The Lion) from 11 a.m. The fairy tale is one of the most popular domestic puppet theater productions, and generations have grown up on its entertaining story. In the spectacular, interactive performance, the leading singer-musician-actor married couple: Katalin Zsámár and Tamás Gay tell stories, sing, play the guitar, and play the saxophone while enlivening the story of Marzipan -The Cat.

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16 Jan

The Elephant Man – 40-year-old – British-American Film Drama – Digitally Restored Screening @ Hungary’s Cinemas

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A creepy, moving and sad film drama based on a true story about the life of John Merrick who lived in the 19th century.

Director: David Lynch

Brilliant performances by: Sir Anthony Hopkins and John Hurt

Length of screening: 120 mins. Age limit: 16.

The anniversary version of The Elephant Man will be @ Hungary’s cinemas under the care of Pannónia Entertainment Ltd.

Premiere: Sunday; January. 29, 2023.

Synopsis …In Victorian London, Dr. Frederick Treves with the London Hospital comes across a circus sideshow attraction run by a man named Bytes called “The Elephant Man”. In actuality, the creature on display is indeed a man, twenty-one-year-old Joseph “John” Merrick, who has several physical deformities, including an oversized and disfigured skull, and an oversized and disfigured right shoulder. Brutish Bytes, his “owner”, only wants whatever he can get economically by presenting Merrick as a freak. Treves manages to bring Merrick under his care at the hospital, not without several of his own obstacles, including being questioned by those in authority since Merrick cannot be cured. Treves initially believes Bytes’ assertion that mute Merrick is an imbecile, but ultimately learns that Merrick can speak and is a well-read and articulate man. As news of Merrick hits the London newspapers, he becomes a celebrated curiosity among London’s upper class, including with Mrs. Kendal, a famed actress. Despite being treated much more humanely, the question becomes whether Treves’ actions are a further exploitation of Merrick. And as Merrick becomes more famous, others try to get their two-cents worth from who still remains a curiosity and a freak to now, including to Bytes, who has since lost his meal ticket. Actually, his story is both moving and sad, as a result of the complications he lived only 27 years.

David Lynch, the directors of Twin Peaks, Lost World, Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet, nominated for 8 Oscars, and his visionary story, which was brought to black-and-white film.

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14 Jan

Herald News – HBO Max kicks off this year with home entertainment in Hungary.

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The press presentation was held at the ETELE cinema complex in Budapest by Ádám Pinczés-Pressing – PR Manager, HBO Max EMEA: HBO Hungary. The topics were about: HBO Max 2022 Year Evaluation – Toplists – This Year’s Plans – Important Announcements, followed by the first episode of “The Last of Us” screening (90 minutes)

Over the course of the past year, Hungarian HBO has gone through enormous changes … March 8, the previous HBO Go became HBO Max, which not only made the interface much more user-friendly – since 4K movies have arrived, and can also created 5 different accounts – but subscribers received much more content than before. In 2022, the number of subscribers were above 30%, and that of registrants was 40%. The Dragons captured viewers everywhere in Amsterdam. After Poland, Hungary took the second place with HBO region subscribers. The Informant received more attention than the Batman. HBO and Max were also great success even though without the cinema release. Continued with this years plans … HBO Max is preparing for huge changes again this year … the 1st of January the Warner Bros. Discovery channel is expanding its “family” to include CNN, TLC, Discovery and EUROSPORT. The latter is important because EUROSPORT, and thus WB, acquired the right to broadcast the Summer Olympic Games. What is expected in 2023 …The first quarter will also be rich in films and series: Last of us, Perry Mason, White House Plumbers and the next season of Succession will be shown. True Detective is also coming with a new season, an exciting crime drama starring Jodie Foster, but we can also see Love & Death starring Elizabeth Olsen. Last but not least, the Hungarian reality show A Híd (The Bridge), which was filmed in Romania in the summer, will be presented. This is HBOMax’s first reality show. Beside new content to Cinematrix, Discovery and HGTV for crime adventures folks at the ID TV, new TRUECRIME series are coming. It was an adventurous year for Hungarian HBO, as HBO Go became HBO Max, and the developments are not over yet: the interface will be transformed this year. HBO Max now will include, among others, Discovery, Animal Planet, TLC and the Olympic Games. According to plans, Discovery+ and HBOMax will begin to be merged this year. In America, this process already started this year, but in Hungary it is not expected until 2024. At the press conference was also said that they are also planning to stream sports broadcasts. At the press gathering was on screen the list the most watched films and series in the year 2022, including the Hungarian-produced series The Informer, which was shown on the site for only 3 months. By-the-way, the Besúgó (Informer) on Skyshowtime will be coming later on this year. The most watched movies on HBO Max 2022: Dune Batman Legendary Animals and Their Observation: Dumbledore’s Secrets The lost city House of Gucci Uncharted Elvis Matrix: Resurrections Venom 2. Happy father The most watched series on HBO Max House of dragons The informer Game of Thrones Euphoria Rick and Morty The Handmaid’s Tale Last step Brainiacs Friends White lotus HBO Max is here, but what about HBO GO and HBO NOW? HBO Max is a stand-alone streaming platform that bundles all of HBO together with even more TV favorites, blockbuster movies, and new Max Originals for everyone in the family to enjoy. Stream Friends, Looney Tunes Cartoons, Wonder Woman, the Studio Ghibli collection, and  a bunch of more to come. HBO Max is a brand new streaming experience, including an online video library that brings the hottest titles from Warner Bros., HBO, DC and Cartoon Network. From now on together for the first time … one place … all in one! Prior to the press conference, the invitees to the ETELE cinema were welcomed with delicious snacks with titles related to the latest HBO series The Last of Us which was screened afterwoods … it was a nice gesture from the organizers, since it would have had been difficult with empty tummy for people to experience when they would have become hungry. Then the first part of the The Last of Us latest series were there to watch by the media representatives. 

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10 Jan

Lucian Freud: A Self Portrait – English Art Documentary 2020.

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Length of the film: 80 minutes

In January 2023, Pannonia Entertainment Ltd. will continue EOS, Exhibition on Screen, a British fine art series, and in addition to publishing new episodes, it will return again and again to portraits of previous, highly successful or even curiosities.

The Royal Academy of Arts in London, in collaboration with the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, collected and presented Lucian Freud’s self-portraits for the first time between October 27, 2019 and January 26, 2020.

The exhibition featured more than 50 paintings, prints and drawings by the master of contemporary British art who died in 2011, the grandson of Sigmund Freud. Today’s world-famous painter is among those of the XX. he was one of the artists of the 20th century who, for decades, consistently directed their attention to themselves again and again, and continuously recorded the changes in their self-image.

When Lucian Freud was asked if he was a good model for himself, he replied: “No, I do not accept what I am confronted with when I look at myself; and this is where the problem begins.” It is precisely this “problem” that makes Freud’s self-portraits so fascinating. With each image, he began to express himself anew.

The exhibition brings together works from seven decades, the earliest picture was taken in 1939, and the last one 64 years later. The selection offers a fascinating insight into both the creator’s psyche and his artistic development. The pictures not only report on the aging process, but also reflect changes in self-representation and self-evaluation.

In his youth, we see the painter as the Greek hero Acteon, and finally as a drooping old man who stands naked in front of us in boots without laces. We can follow his creative methods from his early graphic works dominated by lines to the pastose paintings built from thick brush strokes, in which he found his own style.

For Lucian Freud, with the act of looking and observing, the gaze embraces the universe. The film from the exhibition is a unique opportunity to get to know the art and thinking of a great contemporary master.

In English, with Hungarian subtitles – Age limit is over 12 years.

Recommendation by Aggie Reiter

9 Jan

Do You Wanna Dance With Somebody!?! … Playing @ Budapest’s Cinemas.

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From the writer of Bohemian Rhapsody – Naomi Achie is Whitney Houston.

Director: Kasi Lemmons –  Running time: 144 mins.

Manufacturer: USA – 2022.

Does it ring the bell?  … I wanna dance with somebody … Do you wanna feel the heat with somebody? Well, hear is the good news: Whitney Houston biopic “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” is on screen @ Budapest’s movies from the end of  December, 2022.

What to expect from the upcoming biopic!?! … This features an honorable insight to Houston’s story, tracking her journey from obscurity to musical super stardom. Her legacy is being celebrated on screen with a lavish and poignant new biopic Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody.

Judging by the statistics, it seems pretty obvious that Whitney Houston is the greatest singer of all time. The Guinness World Record holder for most-awarded female artist of all time, she racked up more than 400 career awards, sold more physical singles than any other female solo artist ever, broke Elvis and The Beatles’ records for consecutive number-one singles with a whopping seven, and to top it all off, she was the first artist to perform in post-apartheid South Africa.

Naomi Achie stars as the greatest black artist of all time in this Whitney Houston biopic and really sinks into the role of Whitney to the core. No surprise at all …  Houston’s voice, with Ackie confirming that she lip-synched to the late diva’s songs, with Houston’s actual vocals added in post.

Houston’s voice, with Ackie confirming that she lip-synched to the late diva’s songs, with Houston’s actual vocals added in post. she added that  “97 percent of it is Whitney singing, and it shouldn’t be any other way.”

I Wanna Dance with Somebody features moments that will make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up.

Starring: Naomi Ackie, Ashton Sanders, Stanley Tucci, Nafessa Williams, Lance A. Williams, Tamara Tunie, Clarke Peters, Daniel Washington, JaQuan Malik Jones, Kris Sidberry, Tanner Beard, Bailee Lopes, Jennifer Ellis, Bria Danielle Singleton, Adrian M .Mompoint, Coffey, Stew Replogle, Chanel Rose Connor, Sean Amos, Jon F. Merz.

Age limit above 12 years old.

Recommendation by Aggie Reiter

3 Jan

Herald News – The Wizarding World – Harry Potter films Coming Soon @ Budapest’s Cinemas.

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There is not much to wait for the release of the long-awaited video game Hogwarts Legacy, but in addition to its release, the beginning of 2023 will also be the return of the entire Harry Potter film series for a limited time in the theaters of Pannónia Movie Ltd.

This time, Pannónia Entertainment is holding a two-month Harry Potter marathon from mid-January at Cinema MOM, Pólus Center Cinema and GoBuda Cinema (former Eurocenter).

The digitally restored 4K versions of the films that were completed not so long ago will be shown, this time in Cinema MOM again with subtitles, while in the other two units of the network, synchronously

And in February, it will have been almost 20 years since its filming, so by now a generation has really grown up since the early works were published, but it is almost time to watch a 12-hour program without parental supervision.

Age limit, above 12 years old.

Below dates and screening times can be viewed at each cinema’s site:

GOBUDA Cinema  – Harry Potter series – Digitally restored 4K
Pulos Center  – Harry Potter series  – Digitally restored 4K
Cinema MOM – Harry Potter series  – Digitally restored 4K

Recommendation by Aggie Reiter

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