Esterházy Contemporary

Esterházy Contemporary Die Förderung zeitgenössischer Kunst mit ESTERHÁZY CONTEMPORARY ist die Weiterführung der bis ins 19.

Jahrhundert praktizierten mäzenatischen Tätigkeit der Esterházy. In diesem Sinne basiert ESTERHÁZY CONTEMPORARY auf vier Elementen,

- auf der Ausstellungsserie Central Europe Revisited,
- dem Esterházy Art Award Ungarn und
- auf zeitgenössischen Projekten, die auf die historischen Sammlungen der Fürsten Esterházy reflektieren.
- Die Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst aus Osteuropa ist im Aufbau.

Gábor Koós (*1986, Losoncz) first gained recognition for his large-format frottages and abstract woodcuts, but his most ...
18/06/2026

Gábor Koós (*1986, Losoncz) first gained recognition for his large-format frottages and abstract woodcuts, but his most recent work marks a significant departure: three-dimensional sculptures produced through photogrammetry, 3D printing, and epoxy resin casting. These new pieces engage with themes of memory, fragmentation, and the unconscious.

For this exhibition, Koós has installed three sculptures in the former princesses’ bedroom. Each work is photogrammetrically assembled from architectural ornamentation and human body postures, layering historical material with contemporary process. Threaded through with digital system errors, the resulting forms reflect the multiplicity of identity and the accumulated strata of time — staging, within a charged historical interior, a dialogue that reaches across epochs.

𝘎𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘭 É𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 is on view until December 2027

Photos by Lisa Schulcz

Judit Kárpáti (b. 1989, Miskolc) and Esteban de la Torre (b. 1984, Mexico City) have worked together as the artist duo E...
15/06/2026

Judit Kárpáti (b. 1989, Miskolc) and Esteban de la Torre (b. 1984, Mexico City) have worked together as the artist duo EJTECH since 2014. They occasionally collaborate with sculptor Tamás Melkovics (b. 1987, Székesfehérvár) on spatial installations that treat materials as living entities and generate new rituals through the interplay of technology and spirituality.

At Esterházy, their works create a connecting bridge from the foyer of the state rooms to the Grand Hall of Mirrors.
In the foyer, Tamás Melkovics has mounted a large animistic mask on one of the classical ceramic stoves, while also working with EJTECH on the central chandelier. In the Hall of Mirrors, the previous blue curtains have been replaced by orange-red ones. The windows look out onto a landscape that usually appears unchanged to us, but is in fact constantly shifting. EJTECH’s curtains aim to illuminate this multi-layered temporality. As the draped fabric unfolds differently each time under the influence of light, it simultaneously reflects the stories hidden within the surrounding architecture.

𝘎𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘭 É𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 is on view until December 2027

Photos by Lisa Schulcz

Dorottya Vékony (*1985, Debrecen) has been exploring issues of fertility and reproduction – in both humans and plants – ...
09/06/2026

Dorottya Vékony (*1985, Debrecen) has been exploring issues of fertility and reproduction – in both humans and plants – for many years. Her spatial installations depict a future in which biological and social norms become blurred and human intervention radically alters nature.

Vékony’s backlit photographic print presents a collage of plant species imported from Asia to Europe, which have since become proactive and often controversial players in the local ecosystem. Displayed in the ‘Small Chinese Salon,’ this plant-based newcomer gazes defiantly at the castle’s visitors, for this foreign face is also a revenant of the garden scenes depicted on the surrounding 18th-century wallpaper.

𝘎𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘭 É𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 is on view until December 2027

Photos by Lisa Schulcz

Gábor Pap’s (*1991, Szentes) work explores the erosion of sensitivity, humanity’s destructiveness, and an “original sin”...
05/06/2026

Gábor Pap’s (*1991, Szentes) work explores the erosion of sensitivity, humanity’s destructiveness, and an “original sin” akin to Béla Tarr’s “cosmic filth.” His installation features a monumental Ouroboros snake made from clay sourced from his ruined family home, dried-up Körös River mud, and waste materials. The piece symbolizes his homeland, the devastated Hungarian Great Plain, where drought from climate change is worsened by battery factories’ water use and soil pollution.

𝘎𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘭 É𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 is on view until December 2027

Photos by Lisa Schulcz

Tamás Melkovics (b. 1987, Székesfehérvár) creates spatial installations that treat materials as living entities, generat...
27/05/2026

Tamás Melkovics (b. 1987, Székesfehérvár) creates spatial installations that treat materials as living entities, generating new rituals through technology and spirituality.

His art begins in play—a free, childlike mode of thinking. Working with a contemplative, open-ended approach, he builds on traditional sculpture while keeping his tools experimental. Intuition and emotion guide the work. He aims to unlock static sculptural forms by creating signs, characters, and abstract shapes—rearranging and rebuilding compositions in dialogue with a changing physical world.

𝘎𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘭 É𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 is on view until December 2027

Photos by Lisa Schulcz

Alongside our current exhibition 𝘎𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘭 É𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦, we have released a publication that can be purchased in the bo...
18/05/2026

Alongside our current exhibition 𝘎𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘭 É𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦, we have released a publication that can be purchased in the boutique at Esterházy Palace. Please note that it is currently only offered in German.

𝘋𝘪𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘏𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘴Christian Kosmas MayerFor his 2025 Herbstgold flags, Christian Kosmas Mayer (*1976, lives and works...
06/05/2026

𝘋𝘪𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘏𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘴
Christian Kosmas Mayer

For his 2025 Herbstgold flags, Christian Kosmas Mayer (*1976, lives and works in Vienna) draws on the cloud formations from Albrecht Christoph Dies’s painting The Leopoldine Temple with Pond. Dies envisioned the unfinished landscape park as a light-filled Arcadia of shepherds and poets. Mayer extracts the clouds above the mountains and transfers them to large-format flags, creating a dual sky: the printed cloud moves as real clouds drift by, and the painting’s distant sky reemerges before the palace façade.

On view in front of Schloss Esterházy in Eisenstadt.
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First impressions from the opening of our new exhibition, Ghosts of the Bel Étage. Huge thanks to the four winners of Hu...
13/04/2026

First impressions from the opening of our new exhibition, Ghosts of the Bel Étage.

Huge thanks to the four winners of Hungary’s 2025 Esterházy Art Award—EJTECH & Tamás Melkovics, Gábor Koós, Gábor Pap, and Dorottya Vékony.

The exhibition is on view through December 2027.

Pap Gábor Dorottya Vékony Tamás Melkovics EJTECH

A mai napon két kiállítás megnyitójára is várjuk a látogatókat:🕑 14:00 óra𝐴 𝑚𝑜𝑧𝑑𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡 𝑒𝑚𝑙𝑒́𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝑟𝑢𝘩𝑎́𝑚𝑏𝑎𝑛 𝑒́𝑙📍 Hotel Galá...
12/04/2026

A mai napon két kiállítás megnyitójára is várjuk a látogatókat:
🕑 14:00 óra
𝐴 𝑚𝑜𝑧𝑑𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡 𝑒𝑚𝑙𝑒́𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝑟𝑢𝘩𝑎́𝑚𝑏𝑎𝑛 𝑒́𝑙
📍 Hotel Galántha & táncpasszázs
Alphonse Ndagijimana festményei, szobrai és textilmunkái a mozdulat és az emlékezet kapcsolatát idézik meg.
🕒 15:00 óra
𝐴 𝘩𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑧𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑒 𝑎 𝑓𝑜̋𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑛 | Esterházy Art Award
📍 Esterházy-kastély dísztermei
A 2025-ös Esterházy Art Award díjazottjai – EJTECH & Melkovics Tamás, Koós Gábor, Pap Gábor és Vékony Dorottya – helyspecifikus alkotásaikkal párbeszédbe lépnek a kastély múltjával, és új nézőpontból értelmezik újra a történelmi tereket.
A kiállításokkal elindul a kastély 2026-os programsorozata, ahol a művészet, a történelem és egy kis „szellemes” hangulat találkozik.

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Am heutigen Tag erwarten Sie gleich zwei spannende Ausstellungseröffnungen:
🕑 14:00 Uhr
𝐷𝑒𝑛 𝑁𝑎𝑐𝘩𝑘𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑖𝑛 𝐾𝑙𝑒𝑖𝑑
📍 Hotel Galántha & Tanzpassage
Die Werke von Alphonse Ndagijimana – Malerei, Skulptur und Textil – setzen sich mit Bewegung und Erinnerung auseinander.
🕒 15:00 Uhr
𝐺𝑒𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝐵𝑒𝑙 𝐸́𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒 | Esterházy Art Award
📍 Prunkräume von Schloss Esterházy
Die Preisträger des Esterházy Art Award 2025 – EJTECH & Tamás Melkovics, Gábor Koós, Gábor Pap und Dorottya Vékony – präsentieren ortsspezifische Werke, die im Dialog mit der Historie stehen und die Räume neu interpretieren.
Mit diesen Ausstellungen startet die Saison 2026 im Schloss Esterházy – mit einem besonderen Zusammenspiel aus Kunst, Geschichte und einer „geisterhaften“ Atmosphäre.

Sneak Peek: 𝐴 𝘩𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑧𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑒 𝑎 𝑓𝑜̋𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑛 | Esterházy Art AwardEzen a vasárnapon 15 órakor nyílik meg a kiállítás a kism...
10/04/2026

Sneak Peek: 𝐴 𝘩𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑧𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑒 𝑎 𝑓𝑜̋𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑛 | Esterházy Art Award
Ezen a vasárnapon 15 órakor nyílik meg a kiállítás a kismartoni Esterházy-kastélyban.
A 2025-ös Esterházy Art Award négy díjazottja – EJTECH & Melkovics Tamás, Koós Gábor, Pap Gábor és Vékony Dorottya – helyspecifikus alkotásokkal idézik meg és gondolják tovább a kastély múltját.
A történelmi terek és a kortárs művészet párbeszéde különleges perspektívát nyit a látogatók számára.

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Sneak Peek: 𝐺𝑒𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝐵𝑒𝑙 𝐸́𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒 | Esterházy Art Award
Diesen Sonntag um 15 Uhr eröffnet die Ausstellung im Schloss Esterházy in Eisenstadt.
Die Preisträger des Esterházy Art Award 2025 – EJTECH & Tamás Melkovics, Gábor Koós, Gábor Pap und Dorottya Vékony – präsentieren ortsspezifische Werke, die im Dialog mit der Historie stehen und diese neu interpretieren.
Im Zusammenspiel von historischen Räumen und zeitgenössischer Kunst eröffnen sich neue Perspektiven für die Besucherinnen und Besucher.

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