Szilágyi András (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 27. (Budapest, 2009)
Events 2008
about Ferenc Hopp and geography. The Knorr and later Hopp Villa, standing at Andrássy avenue 103 - the present home of the Hopp Ferenc Museum - was described in a study by Eszter Gábor. The tomb of Ferenc Hopp and later attempts to preserve his memory were surveyed by Béla Kelényi in his study titled Hungarian mudra. The second part of the catalogue focuses on the collections of Ferenc Hopp. Apart from surveying the objects and analyzing parts of the collection, the studies also illuminate the characteristics of contemporary art trade and collecting. The Hopp-collection in the museum is described by the following authors: Mónika Bincsik writes on the Japanese collection, Györgyi Fajcsák on the Chinese collection, Zsuzsanna Renner on the Indian and South-East Asian objects. The ancient objects from Hopp's collection are today in the Museum of Fine Arts, and are described by Árpád Miklós Nagy. In the appendix to the volume, the last will of Ferenc Hopp is published, as well as maps of his travels. On a DVD-Rom accompanying the volume, the 1200 items associated with Hopp in the Archives of the museum are published, thanks to the work of many years by Mária Ferenczy. On November 5, 2008 our exhibition titled The Samurai's Jewellery was opened at the Déri Museum in Debrecen, on occasion of the Japanese week. The exhibition shows richly decorated samurai swords, and accessories, as well as woodcuts showing Japanese warriors. The over sixty objects were selected and described by Eva Cseh. In December 2008, the exhibition of the Museum of Applied Arts titled Revealing Trade Secrets - Restored objects from the Museum of Applied Arts also featured a number of objects from the Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts. The works of former and present restorers of the museum, including Gábor Szabó (wood), Katalin Fikó (textile), Andrea Várfalvi (textile), Zoltán Asztalos (wood) and Andrea Füzes (textile) were shown in the exhibition. The material of the exhibition was also published in an interactive DVD-Rom. In September 2008, our new program, called Eastern weekends, started. On one weekend each month, the Ferenc Hopp museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts welcomes visitors with long hours until 10 p.m., as well as with thematically coherent programmes organized to accompany our exhibitions, with the aim of bringing the arts of Eastern Asia closer to visitors. In September, our built heritage, the museum buildings were in focus of our programme and lectures, in October we focused on the Middle East. In November, art collecting and art trade of Chinese objects was in focus, while in December, a Christmas fair of oriental objects was held for the first time hopefully not the last. At this time twelve craftsmen provided their ware in two yurts standing in the yard of the museum. Györgyi Fajcsák 191
