The Veszprém Spring Art Exhibition has been a nationally renowned series of art exhibition for decades.
This year is unusual in more ways than one: at the beginning of March 2024, the Dubniczay Palace will host the two thousand twenty-three/ best of exhibition, which focuses on both neo-avant-garde and contemporary art, as well as on the relationship between the artistic tradition and design in the region and will showcase the most important projects of 2023. This exhibition is complemented by the Veszprém Spring Exhibition, which this year will present a selection of works by nearly 80 contemporary artists from the creative region linked to the European Capital of Culture year. In this spirit, this year we have invited artists to submit works that reflect in some way on the year 2023.
Every year, the opening of the Spring Exhibition is also about joyful personal encounters. This year, as in previous years, the opening ceremony was followed by an awards ceremony.
The winners of the 2024 Veszprém Spring Exhibition:
Award of Merit: Ágnes Kulcsár In My Dreams.
In 2022, Bernadett Grászli, director and Szonja Dohnál, deputy director, established a new award, the Individual Exhibition Award, which was won in 2024 by Orsolya Pattantyús, ceramicist and Gergely Pattantyús, glass artist. Their exhibition will be held in 2026 at the Csikász Gallery in conjunction with the Spring Exhibition.
This year, thanks to the Veszprém-Balalton 2023 European Capital of Culture (ECoC) project, we were able to present the ECoC Art Award to Júlia Silye, visual artist and art therapist.
Another new initiative in 2024 is the Károly Bojtor Foundation Award, established to recognise the work of talented artists, teachers, art historians and public cultural professionals. The work of artists and art professionals whose life's work harmonises with the spirit, humanity and elegance of Károly Bojtor. Among the artists presented at the Spring Exhibition, the Bojtor Károly Foundation honoured the work of Rita Pagony, porcelain designer, ceramist, sculptor and painter.
For years, we have been a regular supporter of the Képzelet Művészellátó. This year, the 2024 Prize was awarded to Péter Sudár, artist and teacher.
The Purchase Prize of the House of Arts Veszprém Photo Collection was won by photographer Gábor Gáspár, whose photo taken at the 2023 Contemporary Dance Festival is on display.
The House of Arts Veszprém Art Prize was awarded to Zoé Szilágyi / ZEVA for her work entitled The Tripod.
Congratulations to all the winners!
We warmly recommend the Veszprém Spring Exhibition to all art lovers.
Curators: Bernadett Grászli director
Szonja Dohnál chief curator
