This autumn for the 14th time professional art dealers from the historic center of Budapest have decided to organize a very special event: on Thursday the 12th of November, a bunch of galleries and shops located in the 5th district of the capital (in Falk Miksa street and its vicinity) will keep their gates open until midnight inviting anyone who wants to buy works of art or is simply curious. Starting at 5 PM, the Art Collectors' Night festival will include exhibition openings, guided tours, artisan presentations, fine and applied art exhibits, craft demonstrations, lectures and concerts – a total of 22 programs organized by 21 participants.
Among programs there will be 12 exhibition openings. The most important one is perhaps one brought from London and exclusively planned for Art Collectors' Night – a private collection of silver artefacts from the eastern part of the world: various weapons, Buddha statues, dishes and jugs decorated with cultics symbols, gathered from Iran, Syria, Morocco, Turkey, Armenia, India, China, Burma, Laos and Tibet. Those who enjoy expressive paintings with symbolic meanings, with a hint of surreal but always closer to realism, can see a preview of the works of József Breznay, whose exhibition Paintings about the 30’s will open later this month. Some of the exciting works of the world famous Victor Vasarely will be displayed as well: his serigraphies, collages and kinetic installations will await visitors who like graphic design.
For those who would like to surprize their loved ones with unique presents this year, next month a Christmas art auction marathon will take place at Pintér Auction House; beginning with the 2nd of December it will put up for sale items of antique furniture, jewelry, as well as classical and modern paintings and sculpture - the viewing of all three days' lots will take place in Hungary's largest private art gallery (on nearly 2000 square metres) opening on the Art Collectors' Night. A charity fundraiser will take place during the program: tombola tickets will be sold and will win the luckiest buyers valuable contemporary works of art; the money accumulated by the charity event will help sponsor a Transylvanian orphanage.
Tomorrow evening will be an absolute delight for all who are interested in contemporary Hungarian art, in Hungarian artists who live and successfully work abroad, in geometric art patterns in the work of international artists, in antique furniture and home decor objects, in original vintage placards and typical Art Deco style posters presenting life in the twenties, in old maps or beautiful diamond jewels.
Throuhout the night the visual art feast will be complemented by several musical gifts that will include the improvisations of a jazz quartet and a concert of French ballads accompanied by a harmonica.
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