June 9, 2026: CLOSED

June 17, 2026: 10:00–16:00 

June 18, 2026: 10:00–17:00 

June 20, 2026: Night of Museums 10:00–24:00 

June 24, 2026: 15:00–18:00

June 29 – July 9: CLOSED

Free entry!

A fundamental need of humans is to record their stories. Whatever we deem important to preserve – memories, beliefs, personal stories, or shared experiences spanning generations – we repeatedly organize into a visible form so that it can be passed on. Paintings and carpets are among the surfaces that carry meaning: into them, individual destinies are inscribed just as much as humanity’s collective knowledge. This practice repeats itself regardless of era or culture, allowing for a meaningful connection to emerge between a 1,700-year-old Inca rug and a contemporary painting from 2025 in this sense.

Interwoven makes this continuously recurring gesture visible: the HAB exhibition brings together works by artists of Oriental, African, and Hungarian origin, elevating antque carpets and contemporary paintings into a shared space that fosters a dialogue between diverse cultural experiences and visual modes of thinking. The dialogues created in space build bridges between time planes and cultures: the past and the present do not appear as separate entities but rather interpret one another, intertwined. In the patterns, materials, and recurring motifs of the carpets, the collective knowledge of a community or culture condenses, while the contemporary works provide new languages and new answers to questions raised in the past. The aim of the exhibition is to reveal connections: to explore how certain stories, forms, and thoughts appear and continue to live on in carpets and paintings, in traditional artisanship and in contemporary artistic reflection.

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For nearly twenty years the sculptors Réka Gergely and Tamás Gilly have shared life and studio – an intimate partnership that quietly shapes their work. Numerous conceptual parallels and familial affinities can be observed – whether in their approach to form, their choice of materials, or, above all, in their understanding of the essential aims of sculpture and art. As in life, they mutually influence one another in their work.

In Réka Gergely’s sculptures, duality and unity are given particular emphasis, as is the tension between foreground and background, pointing toward a comprehensive relational order. This is the “point of presence” where one may encounter the experience of “the thing just so being.” In recent years, Tamás Gilly’s work has been chiefly concerned with how—and under what conditions—certain architectural elements can be transposed into sculpture, thereby producing a distinctive spatial articulation and singular formal logic.

Both artists’ sculptures are marked by a refined formal language and an abstract, reduced mode of expression that subtly prompts reflection and invites a wide range of possible interpretations. Their work privileges intuition alongside a distinctive aesthetic sensibility. Their aim is to find and inhabit the delicate equilibrium – the point of presence –where a “thing” is neither more nor less than what it is.

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Join us for a special hybrid guided tour of Interwoven, where contemporary paintings and antique carpets are brought into dialogue across cultures, histories, and visual traditions.

The tour will be led in English by the curator, Katica Kocsis, with participating international artists joining online to share their perspectives and reflections on the exhibition.

Interwoven brings together artists of Oriental, African, and Hungarian origin, exploring the fundamental human need to preserve stories, memories, and collective knowledge through surfaces that carry meaning.

We look forward to welcoming you to this special occasion.

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What happens when contemporary art and gastronomy meet on Andrássy Avenue on a summer night? On the Night of Museums, we welcome you to HAB until midnight with special programs that invite you to explore the hidden connections between these two not-so-distant worlds. Join our workshops and unleash your creative energy, enjoy delicious bites and wonderful cocktails, take a look behind the scenes of our exhibitions, or wander through the sculpture park by flashlight after dark.

Our exhibitions are free to visit throughout the evening, and the Museum Night wristband grants access to all of our programs; however, participation is subject to prior registration. Please note that wristbands cannot be purchased at HAB.

Our exhibitions:
Interwoven – Stories Thread by Thread
No more, no less – exhibition of Réka Gergely and Tamás Gilly

17:00–18:00 Isler, Cocktails and Art – Workshop at Csók Bistro

Isler, cocktails and art: Night of Museums at Csók Bistro! On this special evening, gastronomy meets creativity as our pastry chef, Varga Krisztián, leads an Isler decorating workshop. The concept is simple yet brilliant: the white Isler serves as the canvas, while you can unleash your imagination using edible paint pens, colorful candies and tiny decorative elements.

Limited capacity: 20 participants

18:00–19:00 Curatorial Guided Tour by Katica Kocsis at the Interwoven exhibition (in English)

The concept of the Interwoven exhibition builds a bridge between artistic styles, historical periods, and distant geographical regions. Curator Katica Kocsis and the invited artists will guide us through humanity’s shared woven and painted history. The tour will be conducted in English.

19:00–22:00 Open Studio: Fekete Robert

The current participant of the HAB AIR artist in residence program is Robert Fekete, a Romanian artist and member of the young generation of the Cluj (Kolozsvár) School of Painting.

His art can be described as neo‑Romantic: his works foreground simplicity and grandeur while building a mysterious, imaginary, nostalgic world. His paintings invite the viewer on an imagined journey not bound by time, place, or hour — an infinite voyage where every detail is simultaneously an arrival and a new beginning, both real and poetic discovery.

20:00–21:00 Isler, Cocktails and Art – Workshop at Csók Bistro

Isler, cocktails and art: Night of Museums at Csók Bistro! On this special evening, gastronomy meets creativity as our pastry chef, Varga Krisztián, leads an Isler decorating workshop. The concept is simple yet brilliant: the white Isler serves as the canvas, while you can unleash your imagination using edible paint pens, colorful candies and tiny decorative elements.

Limited capacity: 20 participants