Saturday, October 4, 2025 / 15:00 – 16:00

Private to Public: The Story of the Ludwig Museum for Contemporary Art in Budapest

Speaker: Krisztina Szipőcs – Deputy director of Ludwig Museum for Contemporary art, Budapest

From a private collection to a Central European institutionThe Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art in Budapest was established in 1989, on the eve of the political transition in Hungary. The founding donation by German collectors Peter and Irene Ludwig was motivated by a clear political and cultural ambition: to build bridges between East and West through the universal language of art.

Language: English