Anton Corbijn is one the best known photographers and music video directors of the world, who has helped several bands to fame by the taking extraordinary photos of them or shooting videos to their songs. Such bands are: Nirvana, Depeche Mode, U2, or Joy Division. In fact, the story of this latter band was the main theme of Corbijn’s first movie, titled Contol.

Several other photographers has tried to follow, and times even to copy his style, thus the 1980’s and 1990’s were mostly defined by his diction and the atmosphere he creates in his works. He had a huge effect on the so-called MTV-generation’s view of things.

So, Ludwig Museum – Contemporary Art Museum decided to exhibit Corbijn photos, thus, we get a closer look at the rich and famous people of Hollywood – but in an unusual way. Furthermore, a selection of his videos will be shown in the exhibition, too.

The exhibition is open from April 29 – July 5, 2009.

Ludwig Museum is open: from Tuesday to Sunday from 10AM to 8PM.

The museum can be found at: MŰVÉSZETEK PALOTÁJA l 1095 Budapest, Komor Marcell u. 1.

For further information about the artist and the exhibition, please visit:

http://www.ludwigmuseum.hu/site.php?inc=kiallitas&kiallitasId=470&menuId=43

www.corbijn.co.uk

Being a big fan of movies, I love going to cinema; in fact, I try to go to at least twice a week. However, most of the time, I only get to see the newest films, as only they are shown in cinemas. Somehow the old classics have become forgotten, most of the picture-theatres don’t even think about scheduling them.

Once again, we are lucky to live in Budapest, as you can find several cinemas in the city, and at least one of them shows old classics regularly. Örökmozgó, it is, which can be found on Erzsébet körút.

This Sunday afternoon (May 10^th) from 4.30PM a legendary film will be shown: Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Is anybody out there who’s not familiar with this classic? Well, for them, here is a little synopsis:

Struggling writer Paul Varjak moves into a New York apartment building and becomes intrigued by his pretty, quirky neighbor Holly Golightly. Holly's lifestyle confuses and fascinates Paul; in public she flits through parties with a sexy, sophisticated air, but when they're alone she changes into a sweetly vulnerable bundle of neuroses.

The character of Holly Golightly is played by the stunning Audrey Hepburn who, for many, is the most beautiful actress in the history of film. Breakfast at Tiffany’s was made in 1961, it became a huge success, immedately, and later on it won 3 Academy Awards.

So, it you haven’t seen it, here is the chance, you should not miss it!:)

Breakfast at Tiffany’s will be shown on Sunday, May 10^th, from 4.30PM in Örökmozgó

Address: 1073 Budapest, Erzsébet krt. 39.

On May 15-16-17^th, Ráday Street, the Cultstreet of Budapest will welcome Plein Art – The Festival of Contemporary Arts. The event has quite a long history, as it is held for the 11^th time, and just as in last year, Plein Art is organized by Erlin Gallery and sponsored by the local government of Ferencváros. In this year, the main guest of the festival is Russia; thus, a big portion of the focus will be on Russian contemporary fine arts.

The musical, literary and performance events will take place outdoors in Ráday Street; furthermore, exhibitions will open in every hour. The visitors will have the chance to see the works of front-rank Russian and Hungarian contemporary arists, such as: Nyikolay Kopeykin, Sargsyan Hovan, and Olga Kisseleva from Russia, while Hungary is represented by Péter Markus, József Gaál and László Szotyori.

If you decide to visit Ráday Street during those three days, be aware that you can became a part of the statue exhibition that takes place outside on the street any second; moreover, you can bump into an outdoors improvised performance, or into an art flag exhibition, too. The atmosphere will certainly be very artistic and magical, with a hint of Russian virtue and the insanity of contemporary art.
Sounds exciting, doesn’t it?

(Such a shame, I could find it only in Hungarian.)

Do you know what URBITÁLIS is? Well, it’s a month-long festival that involves the whole of Budapest. The most important purpose of Urbitális is to show how rich, multi-faceted and complex not only the Hungarian culture, but its society, too. This year the main theme is the capital itself, which involves and introduces its districts, bigger squares, parks, and other establishments as well. Moreover, several theatres, cinemas, cafes, restaurants, national and private firms will take part in it.

Urbitális offers diverse entertainment, thus, demonstrates the progress Budapest has made culturally in the previous years. Consequently, in its schedule you will not only find the usual conferences, exhibitions, and workshops, but thought-provoking discussions, local walks, and bicycle trips will be organized, too.

Furthermore, the residents of Budapest will have the chance to get to know the institutions which serve the community (such as the waterworks, fire stations, and bus garages) in a way that they have never seen them before. Numerous trips will be organized to different museums and other cultural institutions, but to other fairly unusual locations, too.

So, the Budapesti Urbanisztika Majális started on May 1^st, and several events are on schedule up until May 31^st.