2 February – 12 May 2024
Curator: Péter Baki

The exhibition Focus – Masterpieces from the Collection of the Hungarian Museum of Photography presents the most precious works of the Hungarian Museum of Photography in thematic groupings, now displayed at Budapest’s new exhibition venue, the Neo Contemporary Art Space in the City Park. There were several considerations when selecting the exhibition material: based on complex criteria, the most important pictures from the museum’s holdings were compiled to allow visitors to learn about the history of photography in Hungary, while demonstrating changes in artistic trends in the various genres from the nineteenth century to the present through seven thematic groups. In the sections titled Movement, Faces of the City, Faces, Landscape, Trompe-l’œil, The Faces of Violence and Fates, the photographs are arranged into genres well established in the visual arts, while highlighting creative approaches that pertain to photography, such as social documentary photography, documentarianism and reflections on the medium itself. Visitors to the exhibition can view the most important works of André Kertész, László Moholy-Nagy, Brassaï, Martin Munkácsi and Robert Capa.

copyright MAGYAR FOTOGRÁFIAI MÚZEUM Kertész André Víz alatt úszó Esztergom a Mala uszodában 1917 augusztus 31

OPENING HOURS
Monday: closed
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Wednesday and Friday: 10.30 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Ticket offices close and last entry: 5.30 p.m.
TICKETS
Entry ticket: 3800 HUF
Discounted entry ticket: 1900 HUF
Entry tickets can be purchased online and in the ticket offices on the premises in advance and upon arrival. Entry is only possible with an entry ticket. Free entry tickets are issued by the ticket offices at the time of the visit to visitors producing proof of entitlement.