Best of Diploma 2024 | MKE | Barcsay Space

Gallery: Hungarian University of Fine Arts Barcsay space

Andrássy way 69-71, Budapest, Hungary

Artists: Májer Viktória Katalin, Dezső Árpád, Reining Vivien, Schell Réka, Sved Angelina, Miklós Kelemen, Kiss Boglárka Éva, Tóth Anna Boglárka, Kovács Kíra, Fébert Zsófia, Rozinyák Dániel, Bagi Orsolya, Lengyel Vivien

The Best of Diploma exhibition will conclude this academic year at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts. At this year’s exhibition, which is considered traditional and organized for the eighteenth time, the public can view the finest graduation works of the year, whether in various branches of visual arts: painting, graphics, sculpture, intermedia, or visual design. The Best of Diploma exhibition is the pinnacle of graduating students' univers... more >> The Best of Diploma exhibition will conclude this academic year at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts. At this year’s exhibition, which is considered traditional and organized for the eighteenth time, the public can view the finest graduation works of the year, whether in various branches of visual arts: painting, graphics, sculpture, intermedia, or visual design. The Best of Diploma exhibition is the pinnacle of graduating students' university years, where both the public and professionals can examine the creations of the most outstanding graduates from different fields, and it can also be a first step towards the world of galleries and international representation.

The students' thesis works are evaluated by a jury composed of university instructors and external experts. The goal of the exhibition is to showcase the results of the artistic training at the university through the works deemed the best by the professional jury members invited to the defenses. This year, nearly 20 creations from the work of 177 graduates have made it into the most exciting category.

Dr. István Erős, the rector of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts (MKE), commented on this year's graduation works: 'The feelings and challenges faced by our graduating artists in 2024 are concentrated in their everyday lives, mirroring those that the Generation Z can relate to: they confront global problems such as the climate crisis, the looming threat of war, rapid and unpredictable technological changes, and the sometimes anxiety-inducing basic experience that everyone can see what others are doing, sharing even the smallest events of their lives. At the same time, this is the "True Generation," which approaches a better and less threatening world with deep faith and idealism, and perhaps one of the tools for this is art, which transforms these inner experiences into something more beautiful, something valuable.'

One novelty of this year's exhibition is that, for the first time, the works of graduates from the visual arts program, established two years ago, will be presented. The Department of Visual Arts was created to provide an interdisciplinary alternative for talented students who have not yet committed to a single genre.

For the first time, a summer program series will be built around the Best of Diploma exhibition this year. Concerts, theater evenings, subjective guided tours, and museum educational activities for children will await interested visitors. More details about the accompanying programs will soon be available on the MKE website and Facebook page.

The exhibition venue is the Barcsay Hall and Aula, which has a centuries-old exhibition tradition, located in the main building on Andrássy Avenue, as well as the Epreskert Parthenon frieze exhibition space.

Best of Diploma 2024 | MKE | Barcsay Space

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