Between 15 and 18 May, the exhibition and alternative spaces of the city centre will offer guided tours, workshops and studio visits, and a flash mob will be added to the programme, alongside musical and literary experiences. All this will take place at the same time as and in line with the 34th Debrecen Spring Fair.

The programme will be organised in 14 locations, in cooperation with 16 exhibition venues, associations, art schools and individuals in Debrecen.

“Fine art is a very important part of the city’s cultural life, and it deserves to have a strong focus, as there is a large audience, many artists and many art lovers and art supporters in the city,”  as Deputy Mayor of Debrecen István Puskás, summarised.

The full and detailed programme can be found here.

New Town Hall Gallery (11 Kálvin Square)

This year’s theme of the Create Free Art Competition is “What will I be when I grow up” 

Opening 15 May, 3:00 p.m.

Open: 15 May, 3.00 p.m. – 6.00 p.m, 16 May, 8.00 a.m.  – 2.00 p.m., and after the festival closes, until 25 May, weekdays 8.00 a.m. – 4.00 p.m.

Debrecen German Cultural Forum (24 Batthyány Street)

Péter Donka: “I left my brushes at the university.” 

The virtuoso figurative paintings of the artist and teacher, born in Nyíregyháza and currently living in Debrecen, convey the subtle features of human character and soul.

Opening: 15 May, 4.00 p.m. 

Open: until 28 May, Monday, Wednesday 1.00 p.m. – 5.00 p.m., Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 8.00  a.m. – 12.00 p.m. 

Workshop: “Experience Painting, Creation, Me-Time” (Czibere Art exhibition, open studio, mini-workshop, discussion) Saturday, 17t May  from 9.00 a.m. to 12.00 p.m.

DESZ24 courtyard (24 Batthyány Street)

Following the footsteps – Levente Vigh’s photo exhibition. 

Levente Vigh’s images, which follow the practices of street and socio photography, not only record moments, but also interpret them.

Opening: 15 May, 5.00 p.m. Open: until 29 June.

Medgyessy Ferenc Memorial Museum and Debrecen Literature House

“Medgyessy in Medgyessy”

An unusual tour. Students studying in the art programme of the Medgyessy Grammar School created contemporary paraphrases based on the Munkácsy trilogy, which has been on display together for thirty years this year at the Déri Museum.

Opening: 16 May 4.00 p.m. 

Open: 15 – 18 May, 10.00 a.m. – 6.00 p.m.

Apollo Cinema – Animation Film Days at the Apollo

SKICC – Debrecen Animation Film Days between 16–18 May.

Among the programs, there is the opportunity to watch student films, animated short and feature films, participate in workshops, and as a curiosity, masterclass presentations by Hungarian directors, where they will introduce us to the secrets of filmmaking. All programs of the event are free, but registration is required! Detailed programmes and registration can be found on Apollo Cinema’s  website.

MODEM

Debrecen – Pairidaeza – The civic life of Levente Vigh.

The exhibition is based on a series of photos taken during the site visit of the houses and their residents, as well as their stories recorded in the form of interviews.

Open: until 8 June, every day except Monday from 10.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m.

Partium House (81 Piac Street)

“I was born in Transylvania.”

Exhibition by Árpád Bényi from the collection of the Kiss-Nagy couple. The exhibition, consisting of paintings and lithographs, will be opened by literary historian Ferenc Vitéz.

Opening: May 15, 6.00 p.m. 

Open: 16 May, after the festival closes, until 20 June 20, weekdays from 9.0 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.

New Gallery (1 Széchenyi Street)

“Molecules collide” – paraphrase in the works.

In fine arts, we consider those images as paraphrases in which the creator reinterprets the work of another artist in such a way that the original image remains recognisable in the newly created work; these reflect on the original artwork and the characteristic stylistic features of the era in an innovative, personal way. The New Gallery Art Week exhibition invites artists and viewers to play this game.

Opening: 16 May, 7.00 p.m. 

Open: until 7 June, daily from 2.00 p.m. – 4.00 p.m.

Bényi Gallery ( 1-3 Hunyadi  Street)

34th Debrecen Spring Exhibition

This year, for the 34th time, the Debrecen Spring Exhibition, a forum for local and city-born artists who professionally practice fine, photographic and applied arts, can be seen in the Bényi Gallery of the Kölcsey Centre. In the series, painting and graphics/photography are presented in a biennial rotation, while the exhibition welcomes plastic arts every year. This year, painting is the focus of the exhibition.

Opening and award ceremony: 17 May 5.00 p.m. 

The exhibition can be visited until 6 July during the opening hours of the Kölcsey Centre, daily from 10 a.m. to 6.00 p.m., and evening events until 7.00 p.m.

Ajtósi Dürer Association of Graphic Artists

“Line Stories”

A unique drawing exhibition by GADE members. Members of the association present their attempts and experiments before the finished work is born, which can also stand up as independent works. 

Location: GADE headquarters, Downtown Creative Workshop (abbreviated as BAM in Hungarian) (18 Szent Anna Street) entrance from the parking lot next to UniCredit Bank on Kossuth Street). 

Open: May 15 -18, 10 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. You can read more about the Open Workshop and the graphic workshop on Facebook.

Memorial Garden

“Fresh-KÓS” flashmob exhibition and workshop

On Kálvin Square, between the Great Church and the Reformed College, next to the Bishop’s Office, the teachers and students of the Kós Károly Art Vocational Secondary School, Technical School and Dormitory welcome visitors with a new theme every day.

Open: 15-18 May, 4.00 – 6.00 p.m.

Vojtina Puppet Theater (13 Kálvin Square )

Umbilical Cord – Exhibition by artist Zsuzsanna Szász

“An imaginary time travel, an attempt to observe and understand the world, to contrast the earthly and heavenly planes, darkness and light, good and bad internal qualities and characters. An attempt to discover and change our imperfections and goodness.”

Open:  15 – 16 May, 9.00 a.m. – 5.00 p.m., closed on 17 May 18 May, 9.00 a.m. – 12.00 p.m.

20 Piac  Street

Workshop Secrets 13 – A selection of the latest photos from the Debrecen Photo Workshop by photographer Géza Seres.

Opening: 15 May, 2:00 p.m.

Open: 15-18 May, 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. (exhibition and workshop)

Experiments in photography – A selection of the latest works of the 90-year-old Debrecen Photography Club

Photography and dance workshop with dancers from the Gradient Contemporary Ballet. The pictures taken at the workshop will be presented at an impromptu exhibition at the same venue the following day.

Photo-dance workshop: 16 May

Opening: 17 May, 3:00 p.m.

Open: 15-18 May, 12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.  (exhibition and workshop)

Studio Tours

Let’s get to know the artists living in Debrecen and their work better, where the works are created!

16 May, 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Studio Tour at István Tamus ( 3/9, 4 Blaháné Street)

17 May, 10.00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.: Studio Tour at the Subicz–Palotai couple (6/1 Vármegyeháza Street)

17 May, 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.: Studio Tour at Károly Szabó (58 Piac Street, attic 17.)

More details about Art Week programs can be found here.

Date:15-18 May
Location: Various locations in Debrecen

Source and photo credit:dehir.hu