Past exhibitions

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 ❯❯❯