The Hungarian National Gallery opens its doors this February with a full lineup of guided tours in Hungarian and English across permanent and temporary exhibitions at Szent György Square 2 (Szent György tér 2). The country’s largest public collection tracing the birth and rise of Hungarian fine art invites visitors to move from crypt to dome, studio to salon, with curators, art historians, writers, musicians, and even programs for toddlers in tow. Booking by phone is encouraged; images are protected by the Museum of Fine Arts – Hungarian National Gallery copyright.
Spotlight: Lajos Tihanyi (Tihanyi Lajos)
The heartbeat of the month is Tihanyi 140, the career-spanning show of Lajos Tihanyi (1885–1938), pulsating with tours from February 5 to 12. Timeless rather than trendy, he’s introduced on February 5 in Lajos Tihanyi, the Restless Charmer with Nóra Winkler (Winkler Nóra) and Tünde Topor (Topor Tünde). On February 6, writer and art historian Rita Halász (Halász Rita) guides Budapest–Berlin–Paris: Lajos Tihanyi’s Road to Abstraction. The theme returns February 7 and 8 as Rebellious Forms, Bold Colors – The Art of Lajos Tihanyi, with encore slots February 11–12. There’s a French-language tour on February 8, Budapest–Berlin–Paris. L’art de Lajos Tihanyi, and an English tour on February 13, Rebellious Forms, Bold Colors – The Art of Lajos Tihanyi. Italian visitors get a Visita guidata in italiano the same day.
Adolf Fényes (Fényes Adolf), Silence, and Sunlight
Running October 10, 2025 to March 15, 2026, The Images of Silence: Adolf Fényes (1867–1945) Memorial Exhibition anchors several tours: Adolf Fényes’s Art on February 7, 15 (curated by Ágnes Horváth [Horváth Ágnes]), 21, and an online tour on February 10. Edit Plesznivy (Plesznivy Edit) leads The Taste of Sunshine on February 28.
Valentine’s, Music, and Talks
February 14 turns romantic: The Most Beautiful Hungarian Love Paintings; the candlelit Love Is in the Air, a musical tour with Ádám Bősze (Bősze Ádám) and Gábor Bellák (Bellák Gábor); and Gergely Barki’s extra lecture Two or None: Doublings and Gaps in Lajos Tihanyi’s Oeuvre.
Family, Workshops, Architecture
Kids color outside the lines in Recolor! museum workshops on February 4, 11, 18, and 25; toddlers twirl at Tipegők – Venetian Carnival on February 10; Look at That, Mom! – The Beauty of the Human Body arrives February 19. Carnival transformations burst into Kaland a Galériában on February 21. Discover turn-of-the-century nude sculptures on February 22, preschoolers beam at Ovisok a Galériában – How Colorful! on February 24, and the building itself stars in the Crypt-to-Dome architectural walk on February 8.
Night at the Museum
Don’t miss Endre Tót’s Night Visit to the Museum, open November 6, 2025 to March 1, 2026, quietly subverting the halls while the city hums outside.
