Exhibition “Woven in Hungary”

On March 17, 2017 the opening ceremony of the tapestry exhibition Woven in Hungary was held at the Azerbaijan Carpet Museum within the framework of the project Hungarian Days. The project was held within the cooperation between the Embassy of Hungary to the Republic of Azerbaijan and Heydar Aliyev Foundation under the auspices Mehriban Aliyeva, First Vice-president of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

At the ceremony Abulfas Garayev, Minister of the Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azebaijan; Imre Lastosky, Ambassador of Hungary to the Republic of Azerbaijan, and Peter Hoppal, Secretary of Cultural Affairs of the Ministry of Human Resources of Hungary made speeches. Hedi Sepesh, curator of the exhibition said that at the exhibition were displayed 18 outstanding Hungarian tapestry artists’ works which featured past and future of the Tapestry Art. These samples were woven in both traditional and modern techniques by tapestry artists, such as Edit Balog, Ester Beny, Beata Hosler, Ibolya Hed, Erjebet Katona Sabo and others.

The exhibition Woven in Hungary will be until March 19.