Category: Arts and Letters

The figure of Géza Páskándi will always remain for me the one I remember from Budapest in early 1974, shortly after his expatriation from Romania. Forty-one years old then, he could have been, in appearance, an artist from anywhere in Western Europe, in his black leather jacket and his black

The figure of Géza Páskándi will always remain for me the one I remember from Budapest in early 1974, shortly after his expatriation from Romania. Forty-one years old then, he could have been, in appearance, an artist from anywhere in Western Europe, in his black leather jacket and his black

Characters: Old Woman, First Man, Second Man (In the foreground, a public toilet stall. The reader cannot know this; it is a secret between the writer and the characters. Old Woman, the toilet lady, stands before the wall. In her left hand she holds a paintbrush, in the right, a

Characters in order of speaking: Sitter, Clerk, Entrant, Stander, Knobby, Knobby Two, First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Porky Two SCENE ONE There was a time when the little town of H. had a mayor who travelled far and wide. His enthusiasm was so roused by what he witnessed at

Characters in order of speaking: Sitter, Clerk, Entrant, Stander, Knobby, Knobby Two, First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Porky Two SCENE ONE There was a time when the little town of H. had a mayor who travelled far and wide. His enthusiasm was so roused by what he witnessed at

INTRODUCTION Art Deco is a relatively new term in Hungarian art history. Le Corbusier was the first to use the expression, but not as a definition of a style or an “-ism”. As part of art historical terminology, it was first used in 1966 by the curators of a ground-breaking

INTRODUCTION Art Deco is a relatively new term in Hungarian art history. Le Corbusier was the first to use the expression, but not as a definition of a style or an “-ism”. As part of art historical terminology, it was first used in 1966 by the curators of a ground-breaking

In memoriam Jack Kerouac Some time north of the mid-seventies I taught summer camp, initiating kids into the arts of soccer and painting. It was in upstate New York, by Schroon Lake. I apologize for starting with myself. Bear with me, for it will get worse. OK, this was supposed

What, if anything, will shape the possible future of Hungary and the Hungarians? Will we, Protestants and Catholics, be a blessing for a future Hungary? The question is whether all of those who have something of value that only they know and they know best can add that value to