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TOP 10 – The most important Hungarian exhibitions of photography in 2020

21 • 02 • 12László Baki

We at Punkt.hu asked photography professionals to help us draw up a list of the best Hungarian exhibitions of photography in 2020—something we hope to turn into a tradition. We wanted to draw on sources as diverse as possible, to make the list truly authoritative.

It is probably fair to say last year was very unlike anything we have come to expect in recent times, because the measures with which the government responded to the pandemic forced great exhibitions to be closed prematurely (or not to be opened at all), and countless cultural events were cancelled.

In December, we asked the participants of the Photo Month event series, the members of the Association of Hungarian Photographers, the Studio of Young Photographers, and the Hungarian Society for the History of Photography, as well as the contributors of the sites, Punkt.hu and maimanohaz.blog.hu, to send us a ranked list of their favourite photo exhibitions in Hungary. 51 curators, gallery directors, photographers, specialists and educators responded, providing us with a combined list of 99 exhibitions. Here is the top 25.

No. 1
Nobuyoshi Araki: Sentimental Journey (57 points)
Mai Manó House
15 October, 2019 – 19 January, 2020
Curator: Motoo Hisako

Punkt’s interview with Nobuyoshi Araki: “One who reaches the peak falls and dies.”

Nobuyoshi Araki – Sentimental Journey, exhibition opening, photo: Imre Kiss

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Nobuyoshi Araki – Sentimental Journey, exhibition opening, photo: Imre Kiss

No. 2
Personal Distance – The Photography of Éva Besnyő (54 points)
Kassák Museum
12 September – 13 December, 2020
Curators: Judit Csatlós, Anna Mária Juhász

Virtual exhibition (on view until 31 August, 2021)

Personal Distance – The Photography of Éva Besnyő

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Personal Distance – The Photography of Éva Besnyő

No. 3
Robert Doisneau: From Paris to Palm Springs (46 points)
Mai Manó House
13 October, 2020 – 7 March, 2021

Curator: Péter Baki

Robert Doisneau: From Paris to Palm Springs, interior photo: Imre Kiss

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Robert Doisneau: From Paris to Palm Springs, interior photo: Imre Kiss

No. 4
Tamás Urbán: Unwanted Butterfly (37 points)
Capa Centre
5 March – 23 August, 2020
Curator: István Virágvölgyi

Virtual tour

Tamás Urbán: Unwanted Butterfly, photo: Capa Centre

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Tamás Urbán: Unwanted Butterfly, photo: Capa Centre

No. 5
Márton Perlaki: Soft Corners (25 points)
Trafó Gallery
31 October, 2020 – 17 January, 2021
Curator: Borbála Szalai

Punkt’s article: The Heel – On Márton Perlaki’s exhibition

Márton Perlaki: Soft Corners, interior photo: Dávid Biró

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Márton Perlaki: Soft Corners, interior photo: Dávid Biró

No. 6
So Far So Good (23 points)
Budapest Gallery
10 July – 6 September, 2020
Curator: Flóra Gadó

Exhibiting artists: Adelina Cimochowicz, Sári Ember, Barbora Kleinhamplová and Tereza Stejskalová, Katerina Konvalinová, Krisztián Kristóf, Virginia Lupu, Zsófia Szemző, Balázs Varju Tóth, Madalina Zaharia

So Far So Good, photo: Budapest Gallery

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So Far So Good, photo: Budapest Gallery

No. 7
Pál Rosti: Travel Notes from America
Mai Manó House
25 August – 4 October, 2020
Curator: Zsuzsa Farkas

Documents of early travel photography, interior photo: Imre Kiss

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Documents of early travel photography, interior photo: Imre Kiss

No. 8
Post-Soviet. Lenke Szilágyi’s photographs 1990–2002 (18 points)
Galeria Centralis
16 July – 20 September, 2020
Curator: Katalin Székely

Virtual tour

Post-Soviet. Lenke Szilágyi’s photographs 1990–2002, Galeria Centralis

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Post-Soviet. Lenke Szilágyi’s photographs 1990–2002, Galeria Centralis

No. 9
Bilak Krystyna: Komplement I Overview #3 (16 points)
ISBN books+gallery
2–27 March, 2020
Curator: Andi Soós

Bilak Krystyna: Komplement I Overview #3 , photo: ISBN books+gallery

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Bilak Krystyna: Komplement I Overview #3 , photo: ISBN books+gallery

Nos. 10–12
Éva Keleti: LIFE/PICS (15 points)
Műcsarnok
11 December, 2019 – 9 February, 2020
Curator: Klára Szarka

Virtual tour

Éva Keleti: LIFE/PICS, photo: Műcsarnok

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Éva Keleti: LIFE/PICS, photo: Műcsarnok

Nos. 10–12
38th Hungarian Press Photo Exhibition (15 points)
Capa Centre
9 September – 15 November, 2020
Curator: Tamás Szigeti

Exhibiting photographers: Orsolya Ajpek, Máté Bach, Róbert László Bácsi, Zoltán Balogh, Gábor Bankó, István Bielik, Lajos Biró, Orsolya Boncsér, András Á. Cséfalvay, Zsuzsanna Csillag, Sándor Csudai, Balázs Czagány, Zsolt Czeglédi, Tamás Dombóvári, Zsolt Eöri Szabó, István Fazekas, Márton Ficsor, Árpád Földházi, Imre Földi, Laura Götzinger, András Hajdú D., Tibor Illyés, Ákos Kaiser, István Kerekes M., Lóránt Kiss, Sára Kölcsey-Gyurkó, Péter Komka, Szilárd Koszticsák, Bea Kovács, Tamás Kovács, Máté Ladjánszki, Benedek Lakatos, Ferenc Lőrincz Jr, János M. Schmidt, János Marjai, Dénes Mártonfai, Szilvia Micheller, Balázs Mohai, Márton Mohos, Márton Mónus, Simon Móricz-Sabján, Jácint Nagy, Attila Németh, Gabriella Németh, Bálint Németh-Mészáros, Attila Polyák, Péter Rácz, Milán Radisics, Zsolt Reviczky, Dániel Röhrig, István Csaba Sánta, Tamás Sóki, Bertalan Soós, Zsolt Székelyhidi, Miklós Teknős, Csaba Tökölyi, János Török, Ádám Urbán, Gábor Valuska, Tibor Vári, Péter Zsolnai

38th Hungarian Press Photo Exhibition, photo: Capa Centre

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38th Hungarian Press Photo Exhibition, photo: Capa Centre

Nos. 10–12
Lilla Szász, Maria Do Mar Rêgo: About Love (15 points)
2B Gallery
4 November – 10 December, 2020
Curator: Judit Gellér

Lilla Szász, Maria Do Mar Rêgo: About Love, photo: László Böröcz

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Lilla Szász, Maria Do Mar Rêgo: About Love, photo: László Böröcz

Nos. 13–14
Dezső Szabó: Cameraless (14 points)
Godot Institute of Contemporary Art
26 September – 4 October, 2020

Nos. 13–14
Deep Flows – Contemporary Hungarian Photography vs Classics (14 points)
MODEM - Centre for Modern and Contemporary Art
14 December, 2019 – 15 March, 2020
Curators: Klára Szarka, Rita Somosi

Exhibiting artists: Paul Almásy, Rogi André, Sándor Apáti-Tóth, Zsolt Balázs, Demeter Balla, András Balla, Viktória Balogh, András Bán, Attila Bartis, Andrea Bátorfi, Imre Benkő, Etienne Beothy, Dávid Biró, Réka Bohus, György Boros, Brassaï, Károly Chochol, Sándor Csortos Szabó, Zsuzsa Darab, Balázs Deim, Máté Diósi, Róbert Érdi, János Fejér, Péter Flanek, Aliona Frankl, György Gáti, Károly Gink, Gellért Gombai, Miklós Gulyás, Szilvia Gyulai, Attila Haid, Zsolt Hamarits, Eszter Herczeg, Péter Herendi, Rodolf Hervé, Lucien Hervé, Iván Hevesy, Judit Horváth M., László Horváth, Pál Kaczur, Joseph Kadar, Márton Kállai, Éva Keleti, Gábor Kerekes, Árpád Kiss-Kuntler, Boglárka Kokavecz, Dora Kontha, Ergy Landau, Lilla Liszkay, László Lugosi Lugo, Fanni Luzsicza, Dóra Maurer, László Mészáros, Réka Mikes-Devich, Emese Miskolczi, Nadar, Rozina Pátkai, Hanna Rédling, Benedek Regős, Gáspár Riskó, Péter Rizmayer, Anna Rubi, Emese Sándor, Illés Sarkantyú, Tamás Schild, Gábor Sióréti, Zsófia Sivák, Lajos Somlósi, Kata Somogyvári, Kata Sugár, Dr János Szász, Eszter Szalai, Ági Szalóki, Lenke Szilágyi, György Tóth, Alexandre Trauner, Ádám Urbán, Tamás Varga, Katalin Vasali, Elemér Vattay, Ági Vedres, Magdolna Vékás, Sári Zagyvai

No. 15
BODY IMAGE – The Nude in Contemporary Hungarian Photography (13 points)
Kiscelli Museum
4 April – 15 November, 2020
Curators: Klára Szarka, Rita Somosi

Exhibiting artists:

Attila Bartis, Kincső Bede, Sándor Benkő, Gábor Buda, Máté Diósi, János Eifert, Ilka Fedor, Péter Flanek, Bálint Hirling, Enikő Hodosy, Viola Kaulics, Martha Kicsiny, Anna Kis-Kéry, Emese Kiss, Bea Kolozsi, Dora Kontha, Eveline Kusnyár, Katalin London, László Mészáros, Gábor Pál, Rozina Pátkai, Sándor Pinczehelyi, Hanna Rédling, Tamás Réthey-Prikkel, Kata Somogyvári, Judit Spanyár, Éva Szombat, Tímea Telkes, Péter Tímár, Zoltán Tombor, Péter Trembeczki, Ádám Urbán, Zoltán Vadászi, Tamás Varga, Kata Vasali, Ági Verebics

Exhibition catalogue (.pdf)

Nos. 16–17–18
Enikő Gábor: Introversions (12 points)
Art9 Gallery
27 October – 6 November, 2020

Nos. 16–17–18
World Press Photo 2020 (12 points)
Hungarian National Museum
24 September – 25 October, 2020

Brochure with the exhibited images and their description (.pdf)

Nos. 16–17–18
Dávid Biró: Do You Accept Cookies? (12 points)
Trapéz Gallery
9 June – 18 September, 2020

Punkt’s interview with Dávid Biró: “I had a face recognition system as a creative partner"

Nos. 19–20–21
Katharina Roters: Anatomy of a Dream. Architectural phantasms and urban utopias in Armenia (11 points)
Mai Manó House
29 January – 8 March, 2020
Curator: Róna Kopeczky

Nos. 19–20–21
A NEW LOOK: A Selection from the Collection of the Hungarian Museum of Photography
(11 points)
Mai Manó House
14 July – 16 August, 2020
Curators: Péter Baki – Aladár Székely, Viktória Balogh – Ferenc Haár, Edit Barta – F. G. Haller, Imre Kiss – Zoltán Berekméri, Judit Flóra Schuller – Olga Máté

Nos. 19–20–21
On New Waters... Writers and Artists in Aladár Székely’s Studio (11 points)
Petőfi Literary Museum
22 October, 2020 – 31 January, 2021
Curators: Csilla E. Csorba, Ida Kovács

No. 22
EUPHORIA? Stories of a System Change from Hungary (10 points)
Capa Centre
17 December, 2019 – 23 February, 2020
Curator: Emese Mucsi

Exhibiting artists:

Csaba Almási J., Gábor Bachman & László Rajk, András Bánkuti, Imre Benkő, Imre Drégely, Ágnes Eperjesi, Péter Forgács, Ferenc Fuszenecker, Gusztáv Hámos, Rodolf Hervé, Judit Horváth M. & György Stalter, István Jávor, Éva Kapitány, Sebestyén Kodolányi, Péter Korniss, Antal Lakner, Piroska Nagy, István Orosz, János Sugár, András Szebeni, Tamás Szigeti, Lenke Szilágyi, Tamás Szentjóby, Tamás Urbán

No. 23
Jenő Dulovits (1903–1972) retrospective (9 points)
Hungarian Museum of Photography
30 October, 2020 – 17 January, 2021
Curator: Zoltán Fejér

No. 24
János Eifert: A Look Back (1964–2020) (8 points)
Fészek Artists’ Club
3–30 November, 2020

No. 25
Art Market Budapest (7 points)
Millenáris
22–25 October, 2020

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