The exhibition Left Turn, Right Turn, opening on 3 October, explores how art played a role in critical opposition of the Socialist system – in different decades, either from the left or the right. Orfeo was a local manifestation of the 1968 movements around the world, while the Inconnu group shifted from the underground art scene of the 1970s toward expressing more open and direct dissent, allied with the political opposition of the 1980s. These divergent paths show the defining ideologies and mechanisms of the entangled cultural and political activism under the last years of long-term Communist leader János Kádár.
Culture
PesText International Literary and Cultural Festival
Friday, 26 April 2024 - Saturday, 27 April 2024
World-famous Italian, Turkish, and Portugese writers visit Budapest for this literary festival.