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Kahan Art Space Budapest

The Dr. Éva Kahán Foundation has been operating a contemporary art gallery in Hungary since 2018, as part of the Kahán Art Space Budapest support programme.

The programme is primarily open to young, not yet established Central Eastern European fine and applied artists, who are provided the opportunity to showcase their artwork to the public.

The aim of Kahán Art Space Budapest is to promote an international creative discussion across the borders, to create the space for quality artwork and artistic impulses, and to provide an opportunity for interesting gatherings and connections for artists of Central European countries.

The support programme plans to organise approx. 10 exhibitions a year, for which the artists are selected by the Foundation's board of trustees.

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BUDAPEST BLUE 3._ARAKHNÉ
Eszter Ágnes Szabó

The Dr. Eva Kahan Foundation is pleased to present an exhibition by the Hungarian punk artist Eszter Ágnes Szabó.

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EVERYTHING WE DO IS REALLY, REALLY BRILLIANT
Driton Selmani

The Dr. Eva Kahan Foundation is pleased to announce the first Hungarian exhibition of the Kosovar artist Driton Selmani, opening at the Kahan Art Space Budapest on 9th November. The exhibition is curated by Hana Ostan Ožbolt.

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KETTŐS:PONT
Zoltán Kovács

“Nature is an infinite sphere of which the center is everywhere and the circumference nowhere.” – Blaise Pascal

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THE CURVATURE OF PERCEPTION
Dániel Nagy

The Dr. Éva Kahán Foundation is pleased to announce the exhibition Dániel Nagy - THE CURVATURE OF PERCEPTION, which opens on 8 June at the Kahán Art Space Budapest.

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IT ALL STARTED WITH A CRUMPLED LOVE LETTER...
Bea Kusovszky

Bea Kusovszky's work is characterised by a materiality reminiscent of graphic art, the rhythmicity of the structured surfaces, optical stimulation and the play of image within image (or rather frame within frame) that has characterised her work from the beginning.

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KONRÁD 90
György Konrád

The Dr. Éva Kahán Foundation cordially invites you to the commemorative exhibition of the 90th anniversary of the birth of writer György Konrád.

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FLOWER SMUGGLER
Diana Tamane

The exhibition revolves around the story of Diana Tamane's grandmother, who once became a 'flower smuggler'.

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DRAWINGS OF SHADOWS
Andras Mohacsi

In 2012, András Mohácsi created a series of drawings with a personal touch in memory of people killed in the Holocaust.

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WAVING LINES
Marton Romvari

The harmonious unity of curves, lines, and layers characterizes the paintings exhibited at the Kahán Art Space Budapest.

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POSTSEASON
Josipa Krolo

Postseason series of paintings deals with gentrification of my hometown Split, Croatia as a consequence of post-conflict privatization crimes after break-up of Yugoslavia, following a complete reliance on tertiary sector of economy – tourism.

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VERY ME, CLOSE TO YOU
Anita Frech and Misa Marek

The Dr. Éva Kahán Foundation is pleased to present at Kahán Art Space Budapest

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MY EXPLOSIONS
Yuriy Musatov

The My Explosions project has a very tragic social colour and personal connotation.

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VISION UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Kata Gaál

"It is important for me that my ideas are inspired by personal readings of my own experiences or phenomena."

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SCREEN TEST
Małgorzata Mirga-Tas

The Dr. Éva Kahán Foundation is pleased to present an exhibition by the Polish-Romani artist Małgorzata Mirga-Tas at Kahán Art Space Vienna & Budapest.

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LVIV DIARY - drawings from the war
Vlada Ralko

The Dr. Éva Kahán Foundation presents Vlada Ralko Lviv Diary – drawings from the war at Kahán Art Space Budapest.

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THE CAROUSAL OF MEMORY
Csenge Lantos

The Dr. Éva Kahán Foundation is pleased to present the solo exhibition called “The Carousal of Memory” by the Hungarian visual artist Csenge Lantos at Kahán Art Space Budapest.

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SZÉDÜLET
Gergő Kósa

Gergely Kósa creates pictorial memories of his birthplace in Bulcsú street 21/a, a condominium building in the XIII. district of Budapest.

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SURRENDER
Judit Kis

The Dr. Éva Kahán Foundation is pleased to present an exhibition by the Hungarian intermedia artist Judit Kis at Kahán Art Space Vienna & Budapest.

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SEASHORE
Richárd Matisz

Attila József: Consciousness (detail), 1934

Like a pile of hewn timber
the world lies heaped up on itself,
one thing presses and squeezes and
interlocks with the other,
so each is determined.
Only what is not has a bush,
only what will be is a flower,
what is crumbles into fragments.
(Translated by Michael Beevor)

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GOOD LIFE
Biljana Durdevic

The Dr. Éva Kahán Foundation is pleased to present the first solo exhibition of Biljana Đurđević in Budapest.

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SLUM
László Csernátony Lukács

There is a famous techno club in Berlin, converted from a WWII nuclear bunker. It's bomb- and nuclear-proof.

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MONUMENTS OF EVERYDAY LIFE
Labrosse x Murakami

What happens when a French-Hungarian and a Japanese-Hungarian young, talented artist join forces?

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JUNGLE MEMORY
Andreas Greiner

Andreas Greiner (Aachen, 1979) explores the sculptural quality of biological processes by playing with the limits of form.

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THROUGH MY EYES
David Merenyi

A street, a house, a car. Rural buildings, homes, their surroundings and what they tell us about society and social differences. This is the subject of the exhibited pictures.

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SAN SANO POLIS
Juraj Florek

Florek is a 100% urban plein-air painter, his idealism motivates him to reinterpret plein-air painting and adapt it to the current post-industrial landscape.

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SPIRITCHASING
Kata H. Jancsó

'My face is a mask only. How I feel, keep it a secret. - I command him this.'

Ancient Mohawk song

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ORGANIZING PRINCIPLE
Dia Zékány

For almost a decade, the artist has been dealing with the 21st-century issue of accumulation, gathering stuff and the resulting clutter.

 

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PLACE IDENTITY
Dia Zékány

For almost a decade, the artist has been dealing with the 21st-century issue of accumulation, gathering stuff and the resulting clutter.

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NIGHTLIFE VS SUNRISE
Nóra Juhász

It was the documentation of reality what she was interested in, but reality is, though, fragmented, chaotic, and totally subjective. It changes as we change our viewpoint.

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HYPEROBJECT
Mónika Üveges

It’s been a while that the artist’s interested in Anthropocene as a geological borderline, the disappearance and series of catastrophes, powers that are liberated by destructive human activity and that are placing everyone and everything on a crossroad.

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SPATIAL CUTS VOL.3. – LAS
Flóra Kőszeghy

The paintings of Flóra Kőszeghy look for new ways of abstraction. Compositions at the border of the concrete and the abstract, playing with recognizability, achive their effect by involving the viewer.

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2 in Solitude
Márta Balla, Kata H. Jancsó

Márta Balla and Kata H. Jancsó spent a month in January 2020 at the Dr. Éva Kahán Foundation’s Artists in Residence Program in Tuscany, Italy.

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Edge_Line
Zoltán Kovács

Zoltán Kovács wants to show and express two important moments of his sculptural work. On the one hand, he wants to present Constructive Creation Methodology, which is well thought out and is key for each step (from the first structure sketch to the bronze sculpture). On the other hand, he wants to demonstrate how a form can be modified by diverse, different materials.

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A different black
Pallavi Majumber

Pallavi Majumder is a painter and installation artist from Kolkata, India. She likes to experiment, often breaking out of the limitations of two-dimensional paintings and occupying space as well.

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24:24
Horváth Csilla

Csilla Horváth graduated from the Hungarian University of Fine Arts with a degree in painting, though she has focused already on spatial solutions in her works before graduation.

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Róna Emmy’s drawings
Róna Emmy

Róna Emmy's drawings exhibition and auction in support of the Igazgyöngy Alapítvány/ Foundation. Support campaign started on December 13, 2019 in Kahan Art Space.

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Differences of classes
Buj Zsófia, Drótos Dominika, Kovács Pécskay Emese, Liksay Csenge Gyopár, Matisz Johanna, Márton Dominika, Takács Flórián, Veenstra Csenge

The exhibition entitled Osztálykülönbségek "Class Differences" consists of the art works of second- and third-year painters at Attila Szabó's department of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts. The focus of the exhibition is on the presentation of diversity and the question of how the works of young, beginning painters fit into certain tendencies of contemporary art.

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Spatial Cuts Vol.2.
Flóra Kőszeghy

Flóra Kőszeghy’s paintings look for new ways of abstraction. Her compositions are at the border of being concrete and abstract playing with recognizability, achieve their effect by involving the viewer. Kőszeghy's intention is to override the boundaries of architecture and fine arts.

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Everything will be fine
Daniel Labrosse

To the artist, “Everything will be fine” serves a blunt, mantra-like purpose, something we all say to ourselves in order to make us feel that everything will turn out okay, even though we know deep down that that’s not going to happen.

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Report
Orsolya Kecskés

The exhibition has nine stops, summaries, moments.
Special raw materials, the search for perfection, demonstrative, almost indecent pieces according to the standards of the profession prone to strictness, as they contain undervalued, slightly despised raw materials with artificial sockets.

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Ködfonalak
Kata Jánosi

In her pictures Kata Jánosi wants to portray childhood, memories, personal spaces, insecurity, the constant search for a way.

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The New Alchemy
Tomasz Piars

“The New Alchemy” presents a selection of new artworks created by the Polish painter, Tomasz Piars.

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Adults
Kaszás Réka, Pető Márk, Halmi-Horváth István, Kucsora Márta, Regős István, Kondor Attila, Jakatics Szabó Veronika, Tomasz Piars, Romvári Márton, Sándor Krisztián, Gesztelyi Nagy Zsuzsa, Gilly Tamás, Haász Katalin, Cseke Szilárd

Twelve years ago, two couples decided to organize a creative camp for mostly young artists. Since then, a lot has happened to painters and sculptors. Their vision has changed, their technique has evolved, they have developed their own style, they have reached new themes, there are those who are in the meantime a constant actor of foreign art-fairies, and there are also those who are not working. In this exhibition, we are looking for answers to questions like what are twelve years in art enough for?

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Borderbound
Márton Romvári

In his work, the natural forms of the micro and macro world are presented as a kind of simplified essence, and the merging or separating elements are layered on interacting levels to become spatial.

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Proposal and requirements

Kahán Art Space Budapest provides the following to the participating artists:

Beyond providing the venue, Kahán Art Space Budapest takes upon itself the transportation of artworks to and from the exhibition venue, as well as the cost of the opening show. The documentation of the exhibition will be published on the foundation’s website, and it will be included in the annual publication on the foundation’s activities.

Participants of any Dr. Éva Kahán Foundation programmes are required to respect human rights, especially minority rights, and the freedom of art.

Call for Applications

Please send us an informative introduction of your previous creative work together with your curriculum vitae and an actual proposal for the exhibition. The proposal must include the following:

  • a short description of the exhibition
  • a presentation of the works (a maximum of 5 typical paintings/sketches/photos)
  • planned time of the exhibition
  • information on the material and technical requirements (e.g. technical installation) necessary for the exhibition.

Artists are selected, and the grant amount is decided by the board of the foundation based on the submitted documents, after a personal interview.

Please send the documents as attachments to artspace@evakahanfoundation.org (in Hungarian, English or German), up to 25MB in size.

Kahán Art Space Budapest is looking forward to receiving your proposal!

The exhibition space

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