The Art Gallery of Hamilton is putting on display its famous “Christ Before Pilate” by one of Hungary’s best-known painters, Mihály Munkácsy. This painting (measuring 4m by 6m) is part of a triptych on Christ’s Passion, the other parts of which are in the Dery Museum in Debrecen, Hungary. The Hamilton work was donated to the Gallery by Joey and Toby Tanenbaum in 2002 and was on loan to the Debrecen gallery for the last few years. Christ Before Pilate will be on display between February 16th and April 27th with a special public lecture on February 28th. For more information visit the Gallery’s website at:
Read Rose Dancs’s review of the Munkacsy exhibit at the Hamilton Art Gallery in Magyar Kronika (in Hungarian) http://www.magyarkronika.com
At the same time as the Munkacsy masterpiece is getting special attention, the Gallery is opening an exhibition by Hungarian Canadian sculptor, Ora Markstein (February 16th – April 27th). Markstein, who came to Canada in the 70’s became an artist in her new homeland. For more information about this show, click here: