After Budapest and Miskolc, the works of Plantu, the famous French caricaturist and "travelling ambassador of the pencil" can be seen in Debrecen as well at Méliusz Juhász Péter Library. 20 March is the International Day of La Francophonie, celebrated every year with a wide range of cultural events around the world. It aims to promote the French language and culture. Hungary has been an observer member of the International Organisation of La Francophonie since 2004. The exhibition "Freedom of Expression as a Public Good" is the first event in the series of events of the Festival of Francophonie in Debrecen 2024. The exhibition was opened by Claire Legras, Ambassador of France to Hungary, and attended by István Puskás, Deputy Mayor of Hungary. For 50 years, from 1972 to 2021, Jean Plantureux, under pseudonym Plantu, published his drawings on the cover of Le Monde. He is also co-founder of the NGO Cartooning for Peace, which works to promote respect for cultures and freedom. His cartoons on political, social, ecological, economic, international and domestic news are appreciated by politicians around the world and the French public alike. This event is a unique opportunity to discover his work. "Caricature is a curved […]

MODEM Art Center awaits visitors to join the English guided tour with Edward Kovács at the exhibition titled The Image of Color, the Mystery of Image on the 23rd of March at 3:00 p.m. About the exhibition: The Image of Colour, the Mystery of Image, presents a comprehensive selection of monochrome paintings from the Antal-Lusztig Collection. This collection is recognised as one of the most significant private collections in Hungary, and a major group of works from it have been deposited in the museums of Debrecen. Focusing on the tradition of exhibiting works from the Antal-Lusztig Collection, this selection comprises several hundred national and international works. Dr. Péter Antal, the owner, began his acquisition of monochrome paintings in the mid-2000s, and the collection of more than five hundred works constitutes a separate segment of his collection. Over the past decades, a selection of these monochrome works has been featured in several exhibitions in Hungary and abroad. The current exhibition, featuring selected works from the monochrome segment of the Antal-Lusztig Collection, is organised into seven + one separate units. It aims to guide the visitor along a path, both physical and imaginary, that begins with an exploration of the material components […]

The 85th birthday exhibition of embroiderer Lászlóné Lipcsei's lifework will be opened on the 26th of  March at 5:00 p.m., and the works will be on display until the 9th of April at Újkert Community Centre. She has also made clothes, blankets and tablecloths for foreign countries; Belgium, where she had an exhibition too, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, England and Japan. She loves to fulfil such orders. In Tiszakürt. Where she is from,  she made the municipal coat of arms for the mayor's office and a flag of Tiszakürt with the coat of arms for the same place; it was taken to a meeting in Slovakia.  Lászlóné Lipcsei has been retired for almost thirty years, but she is not idle, she sews, crochets, creates, makes tablecloths and clothes to order, and is happy to host her children and grandchildren.   Date: 26 March - 9 April Location: Újkert Community Centre.   Source: dehir.hu