Past exhibitions

In recognition of the outstanding Hungarian researchers of Mongolian material culture, the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts has curated the first comprehensive exhibition in its history introducing Mongolian art and culture. This exhibition also allows us to acknowledge the work carried out by two outstanding scholars and to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the birth of Lajos Ligeti (1902−1987) and the 50th anniversary of the death of the former museum director Tibor Horváth (1910−1972). More ❯❯❯

The photo exhibition at the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts presents to the public a little-known side of the island of Bali from the perspective of two travellers – both of them women. One of them arrived at Bali in the mid-1930s, the other in the turning of the 20th and 21st centuries. They did not know each other, but, with nearly a hundred years difference, both were receptive to the same phenomena in Bali. More ❯❯❯

Dr Dezső Bozóky’s Korean Photographs. Dezső Bozóky (1871–1957) a physician of the Austro-Hungarian Navy, visited Korea aboard SMS Kaiser Franz Josef I, and took a number of photographs that bear evidence to the last days of the Korean Empire. More ❯❯❯

Celebrating the Centenary of the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts. Our exhibition titled Made in Asia. The Centenary of the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts displays the best pieces in the collection of the hundred-year-old Hopp Museum. More ❯❯❯

An exhibition organised in cooperation with Kolta Galéria. Dr. Dezső Bozóky, physician of the Austro-Hungarian Navy, performed military service in the Far East between 1907 and 1909. During these twenty-six months, he visited the most important ports of China, Korea and Japan several times. More ❯❯❯

On the Other Side of the Intermediate State is one of a series of exhibitions at the Hopp Museum exploring the influence of Asian cultures on Hungarian artists and intellectuals in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This exhibition presents works by Tibor Hajas (1946–1980), a poet and artist whose life was tragically cut short, focusing on the last period of his career, which was influenced by the book by Béla Hamvas, entitled the Tibetan Mysteries, and defined by aspects of Tibetan Buddhism. More ❯❯❯

Devi Cults and Traditional Female Roles in India. On the Indian subcontinent, the different regional cults of the Goddess, or Devi, as she is known in India, are rooted deep in the past. From the age of the Indus Valley Civilisation until the arrival of the globalised world of the twenty-first century, the people of India have long worshipped Devi, and continue to do so. More ❯❯❯

The new exhibition at Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts, titled Sanghay – Shanghai. Parallel Diversities between East and West aims at firstly to allow a glimpse inside the world of Hungarians who lived and worked in Shanghai in that period, as seen through their own personal items (many of which now form part of the collection of the Hopp Museum); and secondly to present the findings of recent research into previously unexplored areas of Hungarian art that came under the influence of the East. More ❯❯❯

The Kovács Gábor Art Foundation and the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts present the first exhibition in Hungary that looks at the influence of Japanese culture on Hungarian art, with a selection of artworks from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The Museum of Applied Arts – Hungarian National Gallery and the Museum of Applied Arts are cooperating partners of the exhibition. More ❯❯❯

Dr Dezső Bozóky's Photographs (1905-1906). Dr Dezső Bozóky (1871-1957) is one of our forgotten world travelers who, in the service of the Monarchy's navy, reached distant Eastern regions twice. In 1905-1906, he sailed to Greece and Turkey, then, between 1907-1909, he sailed to truly far-off lands, to the waters of the Far East, to Korea, China and Japan. More ❯❯❯

The new temporary exhibition at the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts, Budapest, the Nagas, Birds and Elephants, presents Southeast Asian textiles from a variety of viewpoints – geographical, chronological and anthropological. More ❯❯❯

Budapest welcomes Korean Photographers’ touring exhibition. The first Eastern European country to establish diplomatic relations with Korea, Hungary shares so much with Korean that it’s called ‘The East Asia of Europe’. More ❯❯❯

In Search of Prince Genji - Japan in Words and Images is the next show in a series of exhibitions presenting traditional Asian art from the collection of the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts alongside Hungarian contemporary artworks. Its focal point is the aesthetic ideal of traditional Japanese art and its reception in Europe. More ❯❯❯

The exhibition The Heart of Beauty, which opened on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the establishment of Sino-Hungarian diplomatic relations, offered a representative selection from the nearly 8,000-piece Chinese collection of the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts. More ❯❯❯

The exhibition titled Tradition and Change at the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts reinterpreted wayang, one of the best-known art forms of the Indonesian archipelago, with the help of the works of visual artist József Gaál. More ❯❯❯