Szilágyi András (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 15. (Budapest, 1995)

Calendar of events 1994

exhibition together using material from the two museums. The exhibition brochure -which in addition to studies by Éva Kiss and Hilda Horváth, also contained an outline of Kozma's life, a bibliography and detailed descriptions of the objects- was edited by Magda Lichner; it was published in two languages. Lajos Kozma's name is bome by a scholarship fund for young people working in the field of the decorative arts. This was established by the Hungarian Ministry of Culture and Education to assist young artists who were already working independently. By tradition, these artists display their work once every year at an exhibition held in the Museum of Applied Arts. In 1994 this coincided with the exhibition commemorating the man after whom the scholarships were named: Lajos Kozma himself. Jewellery from the Esterházy Collection had, for many years, not featured in an exhibition of its own. The Museum of Applied Arts exhibition which opened on December 2 made recompense for this omission. Besides jewellery, decorations and medals in the possession of the Hungarian National Museum and linked to the family could also be seen. At the opening, after the inaugural address given by István Gedai, director general of the Hungarian National Museum, the Budapest Youth Chorus performed extracts from Pál Esterházy

's composition Harmónia Coelestis. The catalogue, containing colour pictures and published in two languages, was the work of the two organizers of the exhibition: András Szilágyi, who wrote the introductory study; and Ildikó Pandúr, who wrote the extremely detailed and thorough descriptions of the objects. The volume was edited by Judit Pataki. Of the visiting exhibitions in 1994, the first to be held showed archive photographs of art works in Hungary which were illegally taken out of the country at the time of the Second World War. This exhibition could be seen for two weeks in February. The organizer was László Mravik, a researcher at the Hungarian National Gallery who has for many years conducted systematic investigations to determine what happened to these works, and to establish their present whereabouts. From June 10 until September 25 the Mu seum played host to an exhibition of work b Friedrich von Berzeviczy-Pallavicini, an exl remely versatile Viennese artist of Hungária descent but little known in Hungary. The 300 c so pieces were selected by Vienna's College c Applied Arts. Parallel with the exhibition ther was a display of work by six final-year student at this institution who are continuing the trs ditions begun by Berzeviczy-Pallavicini. At th opening ceremony Erika Patka, of Vienna's Col lege of Applied Arts, introduced the exhibitior From time to time the Museum of Applie Arts gives an insight into new trends in contem porary applied arts abroad, including desigr From September 30 until November 13 ther took place an exhibition of the latest achieve ments of world-renowned Finnish design en titled Finnish Design-Finnish Lifestyle. Th English-language publication accompanying th exhibition, a study by Jamo Peltonen, directe of the Helsinki Applied Arts Museum, offere a brief historical overview of the developmer of Finnish design from the 1900s to the preser day. A Hungarian-language catalogue incorpc rating this study and supplemented by notes o the items exhibited was produced in a translat ion by Agnes Prékopa; the editing was done b Judit Pataki. The opening ceremony was atten ded by Mr Pertti Torstila, Finland's ambassa dor to Hungary, and by Péter Hajdú, chairma of the Hungarian sub-committee of the Hunga rian-Finnish Joint Cultural Committee. Jam Peltonen introduced the exhibition, and Pete Hajdú gave the inaugural address. The exhibition Jewellery and Goldsmith' Work, which consisted of modem works of ai selected by the German Hanau Society o Goldsmiths, was on display from October 6 un til October 30. This was made still more varie by plastic jewellery brought in from Olga Bíró Czobel's gallery in Munich. Dr Otto-Raban Hei nichen, Germany's ambassador to Budapesi welcomed those who attended the festive open ing. The items were introduced by Dr Christi anne Weber-Stöber. From November 27 until January 4 the pub lie was able to see an exhibition by the Frene