Forgács Éva (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 9. (Budapest, 1989)

Eseménynaptár 1984—1986

renovation of a kind that could not be carried out in the presence of the public. The renovated building was opened on June 29, 1984 with an exhibition of Finnish Glasswork. The exhibits were supplied by Rihimaki, the Finnish Museum of Glasswork. They included less historic material and more examples of world-famous Finnish design from the fifties to our days. The opening address was given by Mihály Pahárnok, the director of the Industrial Design Information Center. The ambassador of Finland and the director of the Finnish Museum of Glasswork also attended the opening ceremony. An exhibition of History of Time Measurement was opened on July 26, 1984. It was organized by Károly Karlovits, head of department in the Museum of Technology and András Szilágyi, head of department in the Museum of Applied Arts (Budapest) making use of material in Hungarian public collections including the two organizing institutions. The exhibition surveyed the development of timing mechanising from sun-dials to digital watches from the cultural, technical and art aspects. The inaugural address was given by István Katona, Member of the Central Committee of the Hungarian Socialist Workers Party, and the Budapest String Orchestra contributed items of music (Fig. 104). An exhibition Art of the Lamas was opened on September 12, 1984. The exhibition organized by Judit Fehér commemorated Alexander Csorna de Kőrös, the pioneer Hungarian Tibetan scholar and demonstrated Tibetan religion and culture through a selection from the collection of the Hopp Ferenc Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts. The exhibition was organized on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Alexander Csorna de Kőrös' birth. The almost 200 foreign guests of the Memorial Symposium organised by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Society Csorna de Kőrös took also part in the opening ceremony. The opening address was given by Géza Bethlenfalvy the scholar. An exhibition Design — Young Designers from the GDR was opened on December 4, 1984. It was organized by Peter Zwicklau (GDR). The inaugural address was given by István Gergely, Rector of the Hungarian College of Arts and Crafts. An exhibition of Turkestani Rugs arranged by Károly Gombos was opened on October 24, 1984 in the Manorial Museum of Nagytétény. Károly Gombos lectured to those who attended the opening ceremony. 1985 The first part of our permanent exhibition under the title Arts and Crafts was opened on March 23, 1985. Dr. Pál Miklós provided the idea of an exhibition of arts and crafts in five halls, in keeping with the structure. All the museologists and restorers took part. Designer: Borbála Kamarás, construction by the Extibition Installation Group of the Central Museum Directorate under László Hámory's direction. The inaugural address was given by Dr. Béla Köpeczi, Minister of Culture. An exhibition of Hungarian Art Deco was opened on October 25, 1985. The organizers, Eva Csenkey and Eva Bánszky obtained items from the collections of our museum and private collections. It was meant to offer an interpretation of an insufficiently studied style (Fig. 105). Well known students of the period debated the problems of art deco, with Dr Eva Korner, Dr Ákos Moravánszky and Sándor Kontha in the chair. The role of host was played by the organizers and Gyula Rózsa, the Director of the museum (Fig. 106).