Vadas József (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 10. (Budapest, 1991)

Events 1987-1989

talin Nagy. The other notable exhibition, entitled HUNGARIAN EMBROIDERY, 1500-1800, was staged in Amsterdam between May 25 and June 29. This was put on by Katalin Nagy and Emőke László. The catalogue was written by Emőke László, who also contributed to the preparation and edition of the catalogue of another exhibition, DAS ZEITALTER KAISER FRANZ JOSEPHS, organized in Grafenegg, Austria. The ZSOLNAY CERAMICS— HISTORICISM, JUGENDSTIL, AND ART DECO exhibition, which was put on in Ghent in November, was highly successful. In the catalogue, Éva Csenkey published the results of her research into Zsolnay ceramic work. 1988 The year 1988 began off with a meeting to establish the subject-matter of a future exhibition. The conference entitled "Art Nouveau in East-Central Europe" was held by the Museum of Applied Arts between February 16 and February 18. Professor Malekovic, the director of Zagreb's Museum of Applied Arts; Dr. Vera KrozicUchtylt, from the same institution; Dr. Gábriellé Kollert from the Vienna College of Applied Arts; Dr. Jadwiga Bezwinska from the National Museum, Cracow; Mr. Tadeusz Zaremba from the Mazowiecki Museum; Barbara Radlowska from the Museum and Monument Centre, Warsaw; Dr. Jiri Kotalik, director of the National Gallery, Prague; Ms Sedlakova, the architect of the same gallery; and Dr. Adlerova from Prague's Museum of Applied Arts were among those participating in the conference. In addition to the hosts, the professional staff of the Budapest Museum of Applied Arts, Dr. Péter Hanák from the Institute of History of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and Dr. Judit Szabadi from the Corvina Press publishing house were also present. The sensation of the year was the AMERICAN DESIGN exhibition, held as part of the Budapest Spring Festival. Thousands of visitors came to see this exhibition in the Budapest Museum of Applied Arts between March 22 and April 10. The exhibition provided a great opportunity for Hungarian exhibition organizers to gain experience. RENAISSANCE AND MANNERISM, the first exhibition in a series presenting the different periods in European applied arts, opened on May 12. The producer of the exhibition was Erzsébet Vadászi, a senior researcher, and the inaugural lecture was delivered by Dr. Lajos Vayer. This presentation was the continuation of a series dealing with the history of technology entitled "Art and Craft" which began in 1985. Lectures, concerts, and film showing were organized in connection with the Renaissance and Mannerism exhibition. Gábor Szigethy, a literary historian; István Gazda, a historian ; Róbert Mandel, an expert on the history of musical instruments ; and art historians Vilmos Tátrai and Géza Entz were among the lecturers. The Camerata Hungarica, the Musica Antqiua Hungarica, the Mandel Quartet and the OKISZ Monteverdi Ensemble performed Renaissance music. Among the most outstanding film presentations were Falstqff, directed by Orson Welles, A Midsummer Night's Dream directed by Max Reinhardt, and Henry V, directed by Lawrence Olivier. Information leaflets describing the different exhibits (these were written by the Museum's own art historians) were distributed on the first day of the exhibition and later a high-standard catalogue was also published. This two-volume, illustrated catalogue was the first work in the history of the Museum to present a substantial part of the collection at a really scholarly level. FINNISH DESIGN FROM THE TURN OF THE CENTURY UNTIL TODAY, an exhibition put on by the Helsinki Museum of Applied Arts, opened on