Katalin Petényi

KATALIN PETÉNYI (Budapest, 1941), art historian, writer, director. She graduated in art history and literature from Eötvös Loránd University in 1964. She organised exhibitions and founded museums in the 1960s and 1970s, and wrote art history books. She began teaching art history at the University of Theatre and Film Arts in 1971. In the 1980s she went on to work as scriptwriter, editor and director alongside Imre Gyöngyössy and Barna Kabay on countless films. She received among others the Cinema per la Pace Award for her lifework in 1988 and the Béla Balázs Award in 2015.

IMRE ÁMOS, PAINTER OF THE APOCALYPSE

The exhibition of Imre Ámos, Painter of the Apocalypse opened at the Gallery of the Hungarian Academy in Rome on 11 February 2016, under the anspices of the Balassi Institute of Budapest. The occasion inaugurated Hungary’s assumption of the rotating annual presidency of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). Culled

2016.05.02.

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