Bartók Autumn in Paris

2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the death of Béla Bartók. On this occasion the Liszt Institute Paris launched a program series entitled Bartók Autumn, featuring a wide range of cultural and academic events supported by HAA. The opening event, an international conference, took place on September 26.

Sculptor György Bartusz passed away

On 25 September 2025 in Košice at the age of 92 György Bartusz, a sculptor, painter, graphic artist and action artist who won the Mihály Munkácsy Award, an outstanding artist of modern figurative and memorial sculpture, a defining figure of Central European avant-garde art, and a regular member of HAA passed away. HAA regards his passing as losing one of its own.

Jesuit Set Designs in Rome at the exhibition of HAA

The exhibition is presenting the world of Baroque Jesuit theatre, the special encounter of faith, art and theatrical illusion through 17th-18th century engravings from the Jesuit set design book of Sopron. The exhibition, which can be viewed in the courtyard of the Falconieri Palace of the Hungarian Academy in Rome until 31 December, was organized by HAA. On 18 September at the opening of the exhibition actor Zoltán Rátóti, Vice-President of HAA gave a welcoming speech.

Klebelsberg and the Arts

Fence exhibition at HAA's office building
 
A fence exhibition consisting of fourteen panels, which focuses on the relationship between cultural politician Kuno Klebelsberg and the arts, opened at the office building of HAA on 18 September. The exhibition material is partly based on the collection of the Hungarian Architectural Museum and is also connected to HAA institutions, Pesti Vigadó and Műcsarnok. Attila Turi, President of HAA gave the opening speech, and the exhibition was opened by Anita Kiss-Hegyi, State Secretary for Cultural Relations at the Ministry of Culture and Innovation as well as Péter Szollár, Managing Director of Pro Cultura Nonprofit Ltd., which maintains the Klebelsberg Memorial House.