Hungarian National Gallery
Magyar Nemzeti Galéria | |
Established | 5 October 1957 |
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Location | Budapest, Hungary |
Coordinates | 47°29′46.421″N 19°2′23.183″E / 47.49622806°N 19.03977306°E |
Accreditation | National art museum. |
Website | www |
Hungarian art |
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The Hungarian National Gallery (also known as Magyar Nemzeti Galéria), was established in 1957 as the national art museum. It is located in Buda Castle in Budapest, Hungary. Its collections cover Hungarian art in all genres, including the works of many nineteenth- and twentieth-century Hungarian artists who worked in Paris and other locations in the West. The primary museum for international art in Budapest is the Museum of Fine Arts.
Exhibitions
The National Gallery houses Medieval, Renaissance, Gothic art, and Baroque Hungarian art. The collection includes wood altars from the 15th century.[1]
The museum displays a number of works from
Gallery
Controversy
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In 2008, the director of the
In September 2011, Secretary of State for Culture
In early December 2011, Ferenc Csák — director of the National Gallery since 2010 and critical of the proposed merger of the gallery with the Museum of Fine Arts— called the merger process “[v]ery unprofessional, anti–democratic and short–sighted” and announced that he would resign at the end of 2011.[6] As of March 5, 2012, a new director had not been named and the National Gallery was being led by Deputy General Director György Szűcs.[7]
References
- ^ ISBN 9781598802177.
- ^ Mélyi, József (3 November 2010). "Notes for a Budapest Museum Master Plan". Art Margins Online. Archived from the original on 27 June 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- ^ Unwin, Richard (3 August 2011). "Budapest director's double vision for national museum". The Art Newspaper. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- ^ MTI (3 October 2011). "Government commissioner appointed for planned "museum quarter" in Budapest". Realdeal.hu. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- ^ Földes, András (15 September 2011). "Houdini-cirkusz es fiákerek az Andrássyn". index.hu. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- ^ Unwin, Richard (7 December 2011). "Hungarian national gallery director resigns in protest". The Art Newspaper. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
- ^ "Contact". Hungarian National Gallery. Archived from the original on 28 February 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
External links
- Official Hungarian National Gallery website—(in English)
- International Artist-Exchange in Museums Budapest
- Budapest Museums
- Hungarian National Gallery within Google Arts & Culture
- Media related to Hungarian National Gallery at Wikimedia Commons