Prékopa Ágnes (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 31. (Budapest, 2017)

Zsombor JÉKELY: The Museum of Applied Arts in 2016

while absorbing them, it created an individual style. The exhibition intends to present the public the new world of Herend porcelain art while reflecting its twofold character through a series of outstanding masterpieces. The selection was made of works produced in the era between the foundation and the turn of the millennium. It consists of ca. 150 pieces most of which have not yet been exhibited in Japan.

Spectacle and Splendour—Ottoman Masterpieces from the Budapest Museum of Applied Arts

Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization, 26 October 2016 - 19 January 2017 Curator: Emese Pásztor. Realized in cooperation with the Sharjah Museums Department

Forty-five Ottoman Turkish artworks of the Budapest Museum of Applied Arts— rugs, weapons, saddles, horse trappings and aristocratic attire—were presented at the Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization, in the United Arab Emirates. The artworks originating from Hungarian and Transylvanian aristocratic households of the 16th-! 8th centuries illustrated the esteem these objects were held in by Hungarian nobles but also the lifestyle and the commercial and cultural exchange that took place between Hungary and the Ottoman Empire. The majority of the artworks came to the Kingdom of Hungary or to the Principality of Transylvania not as booty but via purchase or as a gift. Other objects in our collections were made in Hungary; they prove the strong influence of Ottoman art. One of these is the cere4. View of the exhibition Spectacle and Splendour—Ottoman Masterpieces from the Budapest Museum of Applied Arts

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