Art & Exhibitions

The largest and one of the oldest and most prestigious agricultural exhibitions in Hungary is held on the Campus of the Agricultural Research Institute and Farm of the University of Debrecen. This four-day event, held in August, is attended by hundreds of exhibitors and visitors each year and offers professional and audience programmes including animal and machine tool trade shows, conferences, and business meetings. For more information, visit the website here.

Rhythm will also play an important role in this exhibition, which will conclude with an open-air concert from the 15th of August at the Orthodox Synagogue in Pásti Street hosting an exhibition of Eszter Láng's works entitled “The Book of Eszter”, with a special programme of paintings, poetry and music. Deputy Mayor, István Puskás and President of Debrecen Jewish Community, Tamás Horovitz, will address the event then the exhibition will be opened by Zsolt Heller and Miklós Szénási, not in the usual way, but in the framework of the recently revived Artists' Lodge. After the opening, the hintaLOW band combining rap, hip hop and pop elements in its music, will give a full-length concert in the courtyard at which guests are awaited with a kosher “spritzer yard”. As Eszter Láng, a writer and poet, explains, the exhibition on show is largely made up of new works created this year. "The electrographs were created by working with the motif treasures of Eastern and Central Hungarian Jewry, while the colleagues focus primarily on rhythm."    Date: 15 August, 7.30 p.m. Location: Pásti Street Synagogue Source:dehir.hu

Mihály Ludmann is a versatile individual, also known as a painter, art historian and secondary school teacher who has published several very important books (architecture, sculpture, the art of war are all at the forefront of his interests) and his list of publications is impressive, long and substantial. He exhibits in Debrecen as a creative artist with his exhibition of oil paintings called the “Peacekeeper of Colors” at the DAB Club. He will be presenting oil paintings,  from which the smallest ones depicting  winter landscapes are of around 50x50 cm, the largest ones around 80x120 cm, with his very exciting  range of colors and shapes offering visitors a spectacular journey. The exhibition is on display until the 30th of September, Monday to Thursday from 8.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m., and until 2.00 p.m. on Fridays.   Date: until 30 September Location: DAB Club (DAB Székház), 49 Thomas Mann Street    Source: dehir.hu

The Partium House in Debrecen, part of the Hungarian Houses network, opened its doors in our city at the end of 2020. After a short summer break, they are open again to welcome visitors and prepare for the autumn events.  The first of these programmes, opening on the 10th of September, will be an exhibition of works by painters from Debrecen and Oradea.  One of the highlights of this year's Festum Varadinum (one of the largest cultural events of the Hungarian community in Oradea) was the "Studio in the Open Air" programme on the 18th of May during which nearly twenty artists created on the banks of the Sebes River in Oradea. The works created there are now coming to Debrecen.  A few weeks later, on the 18th of September, the poet from Arad, Zoltán Böszörményi will present an author's evening at the Partium House, and on the 5th of October, a local history excursion will be organised to Nagyszalonta and Arad.    Date: from 10 September  Location: Partium House, 81 Piac Street   Source: dehir.hu

Last year, a special literary memorial opened its doors in Debrecen on the 53rd anniversary of the birth of János Térey, who died in 2019. In the poet's residential museum visitors can view the writer's legacy and explore his career. The museum is open to the public again after a break, and will soon play a major role in the Térey Book Festival, which will focus on the translator János Térey, and his translations. With the support of the city of Debrecen, the  Méliusz Juhász Péter Library is organising the Térey Book Festival for the fifth time, entering into a dialogue with the work of the writer, poet and translator born in the city. The focus of the 2024 Book Festival will be on the translator Térey and Térey's works translated into foreign languages Térey Book Festival programmes: 10th of September (Tuesday): 4:00 p. m.  - Wreath-laying ceremony at the memorial plaque of  poet and newspaper editor Ádám Niklai, who was born 100 years ago this year. Speech by Deputy Mayor for Culture István Puskás, and son of Ádám Niklai, Gábor Zech.  The poems of Ádám Niklai will be performed by the Jászai Mari Prize-winning actress Kinga Újhelyi  Location:  5 […]

The programme organised by MODEM and Méliusz Juhász Péter Library offers to immerse the captivating world of digital art shaped by artificial intelligence, featuring the latest installation by the internationally acclaimed Refik Anadol, titled Rumi Dreams and to explore the ever-evolving digital arts and the ethical and legal considerations surrounding the use of artificial intelligence in creative processes. At the event visitors can experience how artificial intelligence transforms data into mesmerizing visual narratives, pushing the boundaries of creativity and technology. The evening will include a presentation by AI expert Emmanuel Maggiori on the future of digital art. Following the presentation, a panel discussion will provide an opportunity to explore the possibilities, challenges, and solutions within the realm of artificial intelligence. Programme: 4:00 p.m. - Viewing of Refik Anadol's Rumi Dreams video artwork 4:30 p.m.  - Presentation by Emmanuel Maggiori 6:00 p.m.  - Panel discussion The programme is free to attend. Date: 13 September, 4:00 p.m Location: MODEM Modern and Contemporary Art Center

The exhibition of József Csoma titled “Footprints of My Footsteps” opened on the 22nd of September in the Kálvin Gallery of the Great Church.  József Csoma started his artistic career from afar. In 1976 he graduated as a toolmaker at the 109th Vocational Training Institute in Debrecen. He started to work as an apprentice and then as a technical designer in Téglás. Later, he graduated in pedagogy and fine arts, then in drawing at Eger Teacher Training College. He graduated from the University of Debrecen in 2007 with a diploma in pedagogy-teacher training, and in 2010 from the Technical University of Budapest with a diploma in public education management. He was guided into an artistic career by painter Zoltán Valkovits. The most important influence on his artistic conception was the Medgyessy-circle in Debrecen and its leader Lajos Bíró. His first solo exhibition was in Rakamaz in 1990. Since then, his still lifes, landscapes and portraits have been shown in more than 30 solo exhibitions in Hungary and Poland.   Date: from 22 September Location: Kálvin Gallery of the Great Church.  Source:dehir.hu

The exhibition “Institutional Fictions – The Possibility of an Art Faculty in Debrecen” with the main focus idea of a possible art faculty in Debrecen takes visitors on a utopian journey and functions as a sort of thinking experiment. Giving young artists from Debrecen and abroad a platform to exhibit their work is one of MODEM Project Space's primary goals, but it's also crucial to make room for multidisciplinary art projects that address the city as a cultural organism. In September 2023, in cooperation between MODEM and the Department of Architecture of the University of Debrecen, Master of Architecture students took a course on the question of which area of the city and in which form the building of the Faculty of Arts could be built. One of the starting points for the project was the realisation that Hungary is a capital city-centric country in terms of cultural history. This is why it is worth paying more attention to the potential of rural art faculties and art institutions, and to develop them in order to create a more diverse system of contemporary art institutions in Hungary. The establishment of a Debrecen art faculty would definitely strengthen the city's social and […]