A Budapest museum dedicated to Hungarian-born Op Art pioneer Victor Vasarely is rolling out a packed season from November 12, 2025, through March 22, 2026, at 6 Szentlélek Square (Szentlélek tér 6), 1033. Part of the Museum of Fine Arts, the Vasarely Museum grew out of a major early-1980s gift the artist made to the Hungarian state. One wing of the Baroque Zichy Palace in Óbuda was converted to permanently showcase works he personally selected. Opened in 1987, it has grown into one of Central and Eastern Europe’s richest Vasarely collections, with more than four hundred unique and editioned pieces tracing his path from early Hungarian advertising graphics to 1960s–70s Op Art and plastic works.
Free Entry on the Day of Hungarian Culture
Mark January 22, 2026: both exhibitions are free to visit for the Day of Hungarian Culture. It’s a one-day chance to take in the full spectrum of programming at no cost.
European Graphics Takes Over the OSAS Room
Running November 12, 2025, to March 22, 2026, the European Graphics show lands in the OSAS room after debuting at the Kammerhof Museum in Gmunden as part of Salzkammergut 2024 – European Capital of Culture. For decades, Gmunden hosted the Gmunden Symposia of Concrete Art (a 1989 pilot on Constructivist tendencies through 2009), becoming a key hub for international dialogue in constructive, concrete, and conceptual art.
Vienna’s Galerie Lindner was instrumental in Austria’s scene, working closely with the symposia. Founded in 1985 and based from 1993 on Schmalzhofgasse until closing in 2020, the gallery’s program consistently championed those movements. Over the years it published numerous graphic portfolios and a series of multiples, selections of which appear here. Most exhibiting artists took part in the Gmunden symposia and other international shows, offering a broad panorama of decades of constructive, concrete, and conceptual practice.
Organizers reserve the right to change dates and programs.
