Exhibition Opening: Transylvanian Helikon 100

𝐄𝐑𝐃𝐄́𝐋𝐘𝐈 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐎𝐍 𝟏𝟎𝟎
“𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 – 𝐃𝐨 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐀𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦” – 𝐀 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐲𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐧

 Exhibition Opening: 11 September 2026
 7:00 PM
 Venue: Fortress Gallery, Medieval Fortress of Târgu Mureș

 In 1926, one hundred years ago, the Helikon community was born at the castle of János Kemény in Brâncovenești. It would go on to become one of the defining intellectual and cultural centres of Hungarian life in Transylvania. The name “Erdélyi Helikon” (Transylvanian Helikon) is primarily associated with literature, yet its history is also closely intertwined with the visual arts.

 A century later, the 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐧 𝟏𝟎𝟎 exhibition places this special relationship at the centre of attention: the cultural milieu in which literature and the visual arts, inspiring one another and engaging in dialogue, contributed to shaping the artistic character of interwar Transylvania.

The exhibition evokes the visual heritage of Transylvanian Helikon through more than 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐫𝐭, alongside approximately 𝟏𝟖𝟎 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬.

Portraits, caricatures, prints, illustrations, paintings and sculptures bring the world of the Helikon community to life, while also offering an insight into the rich literary, publishing and visual culture of the 𝐄𝐫𝐝𝐞́𝐥𝐲𝐢 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐧 periodical and the 𝐄𝐫𝐝𝐞́𝐥𝐲𝐢 𝐒𝐳𝐞́𝐩𝐦𝐢́𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐞́𝐡 publishing house. 

 The exhibition features works by, among others, 𝐊𝐚́𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐊𝐨́𝐬, 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐥𝐨́𝐬 𝐁𝐚́𝐧𝐟𝐟𝐲, 𝐒𝐚́𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐳𝐨𝐥𝐧𝐚𝐲, 𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐨́𝐛𝐥, 𝐍𝐚́𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐳, 𝐉𝐞𝐧𝐨̋ 𝐒𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚́𝐭𝐢𝐮𝐬𝐳, 𝐁𝐞́𝐥𝐚 𝐆𝐲. 𝐒𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐨́, 𝐆𝐲𝐨̈𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐄𝐦𝐦𝐲 𝐓. 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐚́𝐜𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐲, 𝐏𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐤𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐤𝐚𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐦𝐫𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐠𝐲. A special place is reserved for Imre Nagy’s iconic portraits, which have become a defining part of the visual memory of the Helikon community.

 One of the exhibition’s distinctive features is that the works have been brought together through the 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐞𝐜𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, creating an opportunity for 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥-𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐲𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐧.

 Exhibition Opening: 11 September 2026
 7:00 PM
 Venue: Fortress Gallery, Medieval Fortress of Târgu Mureș

 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬
• 𝐙𝐬𝐮𝐳𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐒𝐳𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐢 – Liszt Institute, Sfântu Gheorghe
• 𝐁𝐞𝐚́𝐭𝐚 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐚́𝐬 – Transylvanian Art Centre
• 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢 – Baia Mare Art Museum
• 𝐀𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞 𝐌𝐚́𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧 – Culture, Arts and Leisure Centre Târgu Mureș

 The exhibition is realised through the collaboration of various institutions and collections, offering a glimpse into the cultural heritage of an era in which 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬, 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝.

 We warmly invite everyone interested to join us on this special cultural-historical and artistic journey, which, a century later, revisits the intellectual and visual world of Erdélyi Helikon.

 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬:
• Culture, Arts and Leisure Centre Târgu Mureș
• Târgu Mureș City Hall
• Liszt Institute, Sfântu Gheorghe
• Transylvanian Art Centre Association
• Sfântu Gheorghe City Hall

 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬:
• Baia Mare Art Museum
• Cluj-Napoca Art Museum
• State Secretariat for National Policy – Bethlen Gábor Fund
• Carola Association
• Hungarian Academy of Arts
• National Cultural FundKevesebb megjelenítése