Programs 2026

The collaboration brings together RUST Publishing and Teleport Gallery to open a dialogue between the photographic scenes of Poland and the Czech Republic. Based in Prague and presented by its founder Tomáš Jiráček, Teleport documents contemporary photography in the Czech Republic, with a particular focus on international guests. The talk will offer an introduction to RUST, its editorial approach and selected titles from its catalogue. A special focus will be given to „God’s Children” by Daria Izworska, a photographic project exploring memory, identity and personal experience. The presentation will also include The Proof by Jakub Szachnowski, a visual essay combining documentary photography, staged imagery and the language of scientific inquiry. Together, the two books reflect RUST Publishing’s interest in photography as a tool for storytelling, research and experimentation.

In the African sector of Art Market Budapest, the exhibition guide by fine arts curator Coulibaly Miriam Sékou offers an insight into the diversity of contemporary African art through the works of African galleries from different artistic mediums and the artists they represent. During the tour, we can encounter various creative voices, cultural backgrounds and artistic approaches through the presentation of the Zimbabwean Lotf3 Gallery, the Nigerian Iwalewa Gallery and The Brush Studios, as well as the Hungarian fine arts magazine and platform Focus on Black Art. The program will also discuss the AfroHungaro intercultural art initiative, which facilitates the exchange of intercultural artistic experiences in the encounter of Hungarian and African contemporary fine arts and discusses the possibilities of art facilitation in this direction.

The graduating students of the Theatre Dance Department of the Hungarian Academy of Dance are the emerging artists of the future generation of dancers. In their 10-minute presentation creates an exciting blend of traditional, contemporary and modern dance trends. Their performance is fresh, energetic and progressive – a special accompanying program to the fair.

A presentation of performances by students from the Akapela Studio at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava. In the performance Is There Only One Family?, Ema Šútovcová connects her experience with her home environment and her “second family”—friends from the streets—by hosting them at a festive dinner served on the street atop the roof of a car. In her performance Meow, Michaela Kacsiová uses the character of a playful, defiant cat to critique the reality of life in late capitalism. Tomáš Brychta will present a site-specific performance responding to the spaces of Art Market Budapest.

The Lost & Found album is a personal visual confession from Zoltán Tombor, which processes the deep, inner processes of addiction, shame and self-knowledge. The images draw a story of recovery, where fragility and a new beginning are present at the same time. In this material, the artist, who comes from a world-renowned fashion and photography environment, removes the layer of glamour and turns to his own story with ruthless honesty. An intimate, yet universal visual memoir.

During the Africa-focused guided tour, we take a closer look at the artists’ choice of materials and the stories behind the works. On some occasions, the artists will also join in via video call.

Presentation by Associate Professor Zoli Beck on current issues of Roma culture, art and society, in the cultural and social context of the exhibition. Welcome words by Ferenc Kunhegyesi, moderated by Róbert Papp. The presentation will be followed by a musical performance of the Khamoro ensemble and a guided tour of the fair.

Why do artists turn to textiles and hand-made materials in an age when we often encounter works on screen? The talk will discuss inherited techniques and stories, the classification of textiles as “women’s work”, and what it means to work with used materials or found objects. Through African and European examples, the question arises: to what extent is the choice of materials an artistic decision, and to what extent is it shaped by who has access to what?

Participants: István Dukai, Júlia Eszter Kuzma and Katica Kocsis. Moderator: Miriam Coulibaly.

SHPIGL presents a selection of contemporary Croatian painting and sculpture, bringing together works that explore material, space and contemporary approaches to the image. The presentation combines paintings and sculptural works in a focused dialogue between two- and three-dimensional practices, offering an insight into the diversity of the contemporary Croatian art scene. Working across the fields of art, culture, and creative industries, SHPIGL develops projectsthat create meaningful connections between artists, institutions, brands, and audiences. Its program spans exhibitions, collaborations, new formats of presentation, and projects that explore how contemporary art can enter different contexts and generate value beyond the conventional exhibition framework.

In the African sector of Art Market Budapest, the exhibition guide by fine arts curator Coulibaly Miriam Sékou offers an insight into the diversity of contemporary African art through the works of African galleries from different artistic mediums and the artists they represent. During the tour, we can encounter various creative voices, cultural backgrounds and artistic approaches through the presentation of the Zimbabwean Lotf3 Gallery, the Nigerian Iwalewa Gallery and The Brush Studios, as well as the Hungarian fine arts magazine and platform Focus on Black Art. The program will also discuss the AfroHungaro intercultural art initiative, which facilitates the exchange of intercultural artistic experiences in the encounter of Hungarian and African contemporary fine arts and discusses the possibilities of art facilitation in this direction.

The Hungarian Academy of Arts will present a representative exhibition at ART MARKET BUDAPEST for the second time this year. In an exhibition selected from the works of HAA art scholarship holders, members of the Academy’s public body and fine art academics, visitors can learn about the latest results and trends of contemporary Hungarian visual art – be it figurative, non-figurative or abstract fine art -, in a 150 square meter exhibition space, arranged along a comprehensive curatorial concept, through the artworks of three generations. The work of numerous recognized artists and the creations of young emerging artists address the fair’s visitors in a coherent unity.

The graduating students of the Theatre Dance Department of the Hungarian Academy of Dance are the emerging artists of the future generation of dancers. In their 10-minute presentation creates an exciting blend of traditional, contemporary and modern dance trends. Their performance is fresh, energetic and progressive – a special accompanying program to the fair.

According to Adrienn Csepelyi, “there should only be health and contemporary art” — and she takes this very seriously. She is passionate about museums, music and literature – these three come together in her unconventional, subjective guided tours, where anything from underground hip-hop to Mozart, from the latest contemporary poems to folk songs may occur. Adrienn graduated as a music journalist from the Almost Famous Rock School, and has been working as a cultural journalist and publicist since 2008.

During the Africa-focused guided tour, we take a closer look at the artists’ choice of materials and the stories behind the works. On some occasions, the artists will also join in via video call.

What does the tactile nature of the material add to a work in the age of digital images? The discussion examines the work with textiles, the retelling of old stories and the new life of used materials in African and European contexts. We also ask when we talk about recycling and what this word covers when creators access materials and possibilities in very different ways.

Participants: Annamária Gáspár and Barbara Koltai. Moderator: Miriam Coulibaly.

The Hungarian Academy of Arts will present a representative exhibition at ART MARKET BUDAPEST for the second time this year. In an exhibition selected from the works of HAA art scholarship holders, members of the Academy’s public body and fine art academics, visitors can learn about the latest results and trends of contemporary Hungarian visual art – be it figurative, non-figurative or abstract fine art -, in a 150 square meter exhibition space, arranged along a comprehensive curatorial concept, through the artworks of three generations. The work of numerous recognized artists and the creations of young emerging artists address the fair’s visitors in a coherent unity.

Panna László’s interest in arts began as a high school student, when she was primarily attracted to the world of theater and film. In 2019, she made her debut as one of the main characters in the feature film „FOMO – You Share and You Rule”, then studied sociology at the Corvinus University of Budapest and television program production at the University of Theater and Film Arts (Freeszfe). As the head of the video department of Refresher Hungary, she also dealt with literature, theater and music, and has been working as a video journalist for HVG since August 2026. Her interest in public life and social issues led her to political journalism, but the arts have always been a defining part of her work. As a journalist, she is particularly interested in stories that help us better understand the world around us through culture.

Judit Gellér PhD is a photo curator, educator, writer. Her research interests include contemporary photography, especially the use of art archives, photo books, and the relationship between photography and ecology. In her volume “Photobook – Conversations”, in addition to a conversation about the recently published photo books of Máté Bartha and Éva Szombat, we have collected interviews with Eszter Bíró, Lajos Csontó, Anna Fabricius, Kata Geibl, Gábor Gerhes, Tibor Gyenis, Arion Gábor Kudász, Péter Puklus, Dezső Szabó and Dániel Szalai, which have appeared in the columns of Fotóművészet and Balkon over the past decade. The book was published on the 200th anniversary of the invention of photography and the 41st anniversary of the founding of the Photography Department of Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, under the auspices of the MOME Photography Knowledge Center, with the kind support of the Foundation for Contemporary Art, the publisher of Fotóművészet and the Ernő Kállai Art Foundation, the publisher of Balkon. The author will sign the books on site after the presentation.

The graduating students of the Theatre Dance Department of the Hungarian Academy of Dance are the emerging artists of the future generation of dancers. In their 10-minute presentation creates an exciting blend of traditional, contemporary and modern dance trends. Their performance is fresh, energetic and progressive – a special accompanying program to the fair.

The tour by exhibiting students and lecturers of the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design will guide visitors through the works of artists associated with the university, presented at the MOME stand and other locations at the fair.

The discussion examines the place and possibilities of contemporary Roma art from the creation to collection, with particular attention to identity, the art institutional system, collecting, and the opportunities and challenges of domestic and international exposure.

Participants: Mihály Farkas, Zsolt Farkas, Ferenc Kunhegyesi, Simon Opauszki, Mónika Ökrös, Koppány Rözge.

Why would someone decide to open a gallery in Harare? We talk to the manager of Loft 3 Gallery about his personal journey, the local art scene and the artists he represents. We also discuss how these artists can find an audience in Zimbabwe and internationally.

The tour by exhibiting students and lecturers of the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design will guide visitors through the works of artists associated with the university, presented at the MOME stand and other locations at the fair.

Richard Mudariki, a Zimbabwean artist and founder of artHARARE, explores the inequalities of artistic mobility with his project „Art World Passport”. A work can reach an international fair even if its creator does not receive a visa to be present. The conversation examines who can easily enter the international art scene, and what obstacles those who need to fight for this opportunity face.

Anna Juhász is a passionate lover of books – quite literally born into the world of literature and art, she grew up surrounded by writers’ studies and artists’ studios. Since childhood, she has instinctively sought out opportunities to bring people, stories and ideas together. This passion led her to establish the Literary Salon (Irodalmi Szalon) in 2010, which has since become a vibrant and active meeting point for the literary community. Today, her literary and multidisciplinary arts events attract thousands of people every month. She believes that a good story has the power to bring people closer together. She initiates conversations, connects literature with other art forms, brings the history of cafés to life, travels with writers, takes her programmes across the country, leads literary walks, edits books, and is equally at home in the worlds of film and theatre. Through her work, she builds bridges between books, writers and readers – because for her, literature is, above all, about connection.

The graduating students of the Theatre Dance Department of the Hungarian Academy of Dance are the emerging artists of the future generation of dancers. In their 10-minute presentation creates an exciting blend of traditional, contemporary and modern dance trends. Their performance is fresh, energetic and progressive – a special accompanying program to the fair.

A creative writing workshop based on playful and self-reflective exercises that focuses on translating personal stories, experience and thoughts into literary form. Participants may experiment with writing techniques, find their own voice, interpret and reflect on texts together (no prior literary experience is necessary.)

In the African sector of Art Market Budapest, the exhibition guide by fine arts curator Coulibaly Miriam Sékou offers an insight into the diversity of contemporary African art through the works of African galleries from different artistic mediums and the artists they represent. During the tour, we can encounter various creative voices, cultural backgrounds and artistic approaches through the presentation of the Zimbabwean Lotf3 Gallery, the Nigerian Iwalewa Gallery and The Brush Studios, as well as the Hungarian fine arts magazine and platform Focus on Black Art. The program will also discuss the AfroHungaro intercultural art initiative, which facilitates the exchange of intercultural artistic experiences in the encounter of Hungarian and African contemporary fine arts and discusses the possibilities of art facilitation in this direction.

During the Africa-focused guided tour, we take a closer look at the artists’ choice of materials and the stories behind the works. On some occasions, the artists will also join in via video call.