World Day of Art Nouveau 2021 – A szecesszió világnapja 2021

Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest

12.06.2021. 10.00 am - 6.00 pm

György Ráth Villa of the Museum of Applied Arts (Városligeti fasor 12., 1068 Budapest) 
Zoo & Botanical Garden, Budapest (Állatkerti krt. 6-12., Budapest) and other places throughout the city.
 

Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest, Art Nouveau interior in György Ráth-villa

WORLD ART NOUVEAU DAY PROGRAMS IN BUDAPEST

The designers of the art nouveau has a smashing creativity to visualize the animals in their creations. Our aim is to present the richness of art nouveau motifs.  All of our programs shows how diverse the methods were illustrate the artworks with figure of animals. 

• Guided tours

Downtown Jungle / Inner City Wilderness

Explore animal and plant ornaments, the popular decorative motifs of Art Nouveau architecture during this urban walk 

• Art Nouveau Zoo

Nature in the art and art in the nature: outdoor zoo-education workshop for children and adults

• Art Nouveau – A Hungarian Perspective

Guided tours focusing on the animal themed Art Nouveau artefacts in the György Ráth Villa exhibition

IMM, Snake shaped dish by Tádé Sikorski, Zsolnay factory

• Lectures

Art Nouveau Bizarrities

The symbolism of animal depictions in turn of the century art (interactive workshop)

• Fashion, Style, and Art Nouveau – The Birth of an Exhibition

Behind the scenes peek view in the upcoming exhibition of Art Nouveau attires 

• ‟What is Beautiful is Always Bizarre, too”

Imaginary creatures in the artworks of Sándor Nagy

Programs in the Budapest ZOO

• My friend, the baby elephant!

Let's get to know the animals and carers of the Budapest Zoo!

• My Home is the Zoo

Lets discover the Art Nouveau buildings of the Budapest Zoo!

Online events

The Art Nouveau themed online exhibitions will be published on IMM website on the World Art Nouveau Day, June 10th 2021.

• Japonism and Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau Bestiary – Animals in Art Nouveau Decoratio

Communication on the IMM website: http://www.imm.hu/en/

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Project is cofunded by European Union Funds (ERDF, IPA II)