Autumn means it’s exhibition time, and there’s plenty to see in Budapest. With subjects ranging from skateboard culture to Tsarist Russia, here’s our pick of the bunch.

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Three Colours

Taking you back to the Tsarist times of a century or more ago, Sergei Prokugin-Gorsky’s images show the groundbreaking work of this pioneer of colour photography. Using his own machine with three colour filters, Prokugin-Gorsky captured daily life in Russia in the years immediately prior to the Revolution. 

Three Colours 
Mai Manó House
District VI. Nagymező utca 20
Open: until 3 October noon-7pm
Admission: 1,500 HUF/discounted 700 HUF

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Milán Radisics: Sur/Real Lands

Photojournalist/artist Milán Radisics is known for his aerial images, and here presents farmland in Zaragoza and Toledo. From above, these scenes appear like abstract artworks, the waterways where olives and wheat grow, tolerating summer heat and drought. Of course, the local farmers hardly realise what spectacular landscapes they have created with their labour. 

Sur/Real Lands
Zsófi Faur Gallery
District XI. Bartók Béla út 25
Open: until 6 October (not Sat/Sun) noon-6pm
Admission: free

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Godot Gallery 20th anniversary

This year, the Godot Gallery celebrates its 20th anniversary with a large-scale exhibition, showcasing works by artists who have featured here. Imre Bukta, drMáriás, László feLugossy, József Gaál, Kriszta Nagy, Tamás Szikora and Péter Ujházi each have four works on show, ones already in significant private collections. 

Godot Gallery’s 20th anniversary show
Godot Gallery
District XI. Bartók Béla út 11-13
Open: until 12 October Tue-Fri 9am-2pm, Sat 10am-1pm
Admission: free

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World Press Photo 2019

The annual World Press Photo exhibition displays a year’s worth of stories as captured by top photojournalists from around the globe. Look out for the award-winning nature photography of Hungarian Bence Máté and dramatic images taken at the US-Mexican border. See our longer feature about the exhibition here 

World Press Photo 2019
National Museum
District VIII. Múzeum körút 14-16
Open: until 23 October Tue-Thur & Sun 10am-6pm, Fri & Sat 10am-8pm
Admission: 2,100 HUF/discounted 1,000 HUF

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Nadja Massün: Intimate Universe

The black-and-white images of French-Hungarian photographer Nadja Massün show reality while keeping their distance at the same time, remaining extremely personal. The starting point of her career, sensitive presentations of family members and the emotional, trusting relationships between them, continued to set the direction for her later work. 

Intimate Universe
Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center 
District VI. Nagymező utca 8
Open: until 27 October daily 8am-7pm
Admission: free

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The Street is not a Playground

This fascinating, niche exhibition at the Deák 17 Gallery on Fashion Street presents the history of the skateboarding subculture in Budapest from the late 1970s to the present. Skateboarding spots and parks, boards through the ages and original magazine articles are all on display – see our longer article here 

The Street is not a Playground
Deák 17 Gallery
District V. Deák Ferenc utca 17
Open: until 14 December Tue-Fri 10am-6pm
Admission: free