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The Budapest Hall of Art or Palace of Art, (
Hungarian − ''Műcsarnok Kunsthalle''), is a
contemporary art museum and a historic building located in
Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...
,
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...
.
Description
The museum building is on
Heroes' Square, facing the Budapest
Museum of Fine Arts.
The art museum hosts temporary exhibits contemporary art
Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in the second half of the 20th century or in the 21st century. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Their art is a dynamic com ...
.[ It operates on the program of German ]Kunsthalle
A kunsthalle is a facility that mounts temporary art exhibitions, similar to an art gallery. It is distinct from an art museum by not having a permanent collection.
In the German-speaking regions of Europe, ''Kunsthallen'' are often operated by ...
s, as an institution run by artists that does not maintain its own collection. It is an Institution of the Hungarian Academy of Arts.[ Its government partner is the Ministry of Education and Culture.][
It has a bookshop, library, and the Műcsarnok Café that overlooks the square.]
Building
The large Neoclassical style
Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassicism, Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy and France. It became one of the most prominent architectural styles in the Western world. The pr ...
structure, designed by architects Albert Schickedanz and Fülöp Herczog, was completed in 1896.[ It was originally built for millennium celebrations.][
Its ]portico
A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cult ...
is in the Greek Revival style
The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but ...
. The three-bayed, semi-circular apse
In architecture, an apse (plural apses; from Latin 'arch, vault' from Ancient Greek 'arch'; sometimes written apsis, plural apsides) is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome, also known as an ''exedra''. In ...
houses a roofed exhibition hall with skylight
A skylight (sometimes called a rooflight) is a light-permitting structure or window, usually made of transparent or translucent glass, that forms all or part of the roof space of a building for daylighting and ventilation purposes.
History
Open ...
s. The building was renovated in 1995.[
]
References
External links
Institution of the Hungarian Academy of Arts – official Budapest Műcsarnok Kunsthalle (Palace of Art) website
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Budapest Tourism Office.hu: Palace of Art introduction
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Art museums and galleries in Hungary
Museums in Budapest
Contemporary art galleries in Europe
Modern art museums
Art museums established in 1896
Buildings and structures completed in 1896
1896 establishments in Hungary
Landmarks in Hungary
Greek Revival buildings
Neoclassical architecture in Hungary
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