2025 - Leopold Bloom Art Award 2025

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Artistic director: Dalma Eszter Kollár

Assistant: Virág Fehér

Location: Church Hall

The aim of the award

The Leopold Bloom Art Award is aimed at supporting contemporary visual artists in Hungary and their presence in the international art scene.

The award aims to strengthen the presence of Hungarian Art in an international arena. Its primary aim is to support the promotion of Hungarian artists with prestigious international exhibition spaces, introduction of artists to the international scene and help progress their career development.

The award is named after the Hungarian-born hero of one the most important works of modern literature, James Joyce's Ulysses. Consistent with the important values of the award and the Irish founder, Leopold Bloom is the symbol of the paradigm-changing art, travelling, internationalism, and last but not least, of Irish-Hungarian relations.

Founders

The founders of Leopold Bloom Art Award are Mary Mc Loughlin, and John Ward, who with their exemplary activities as collectors and connoisseurs are committed supporters of contemporary art. They have created the Leopold Bloom Foundation, which welcomes all who also consider Hungarian art important, and would like to act for it.

Participants

Artists who work in Hungary can apply to participate in the award by submitting a presentation of their work together with a plan to exhibit internationally. In 2025: Tamás Dezső, Anna Fabricius, Katinka Hajas, Adrian Kiss, Judit Lilla Molnár, Dániel Szalai

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