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Thinking in context
The screening machine used by Pesti Workshop was once made by András Mengyán, who we talked to not only about the creative community, but also about his highly successful career.

Márta Kucsora: The symphony of monumentality and lyricism
The grandiose canvases of Márta Kucsora have been an enrichment to the MNB collection since 2017.

MNB Arts and Culture’s latest exhibition in Venice open until November
The 60th Venice Biennale opened in April 2024 and will run until the end of November.

Movement – Gesture – Sign
A Selection from the Collection of the Central Bank of Hungary

Immersion
METU x MNB Arts and Culture

The artist and the production
Ádám Varga is one of the youngest artists to appear in the collection of the Central Bank of Hungary (Magyar Nemzeti Bank, MNB), but he has already caught the attention of the profession.

Night Eyes
Post-digital Works from the Collection of the Central Bank of Hungary

Magic of Vision
Female Artists from the Collection of the Central Bank of Hungary

Central Bank of Hungary employees were introduced to the most significant works of János Szirtes at the second Meet the artist event
On the 28th of February, MNB staff welcomed János Szirtes, who spoke not only about himself and his art, but also about his performances, his teaching practice and his profession.

A consistently built painting oeuvre
Throughout his almost twenty-year career, Róbert Batykó has constantly renewed his painting tools, but his series are still organically sequential.

The art of concentration
The artworks of Judit Horváth Lóczi are also included in the exhibition of post-digital artists from the MNB collection at the Collegium Hungaricum in Berlin.

The next exhibition of the contemporary art collection of the Central Bank of Hungary
The exhibition organised by MNB Arts and Culture titled “Code + Canvas. Post-digital works from the collection of the Central Bank of Hungary” is opening on 9 February, 2024 at the Collegium Hungaricum Berlin (CHB)

Vibrant colours, recurring motifs: The illustrious career of Ilona Keserü
Ilona Keserü, Kossuth and Munkácsy Prize-winning painter and graphic artist, an inevitable figure of Hungarian contemporary art, celebrated her 90th birthday in 2023.

The first album of the MNB Arts and Culture collection has been published
The volume is titled „Zoom – 100 works from the collection” and includes short introductions of the artist in addition to reproductions.

The sensuality of the matter
Az MNB gyűjteményében is szereplő fiatal kortárs művész, Dóra Ádám karrierje erős lendületet kapott ebben az évben, amiben az is segítette, hogy rezidenciaprogramok keretein belül lehetősége volt Barcelonában és Ausztriában alkotni.

Two paintings by Judit Reigl on display for the first time in a Hungarian museum
Two large-scale paintings by Judit Reigl are on loan from the collection realised by the Central Bank of Hungary at the Kunsthalle’s exhibition of her oeuvre.

MNB Arts and Culture also represented at the Art is Business Corporate Collections Conference
Three heads of major international corporate collections and representatives of several Hungarian corporate collections spoke at the first symposium.

The Central Bank of Hungary’s collection is now a member of the International Association of Corporate Collections of Contemporary Art
The contemporary art collection realised by the Central Bank of Hungary, after an extensive accreditation process became part of the International Association of Corporate Collections of Contemporary Art.

Fajó and the Pesti Workshop at the National Art Museum of China
An exhibition of works by the Pesti Workshop (a creative community of neo-avantgarde artists) and János Fajó arrived in Beijing on 14 October.

The European Heritage Days
Two buildings of the Central Bank of Hungary were opened to the public as part of the European Heritage Days.