Deputy State Secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office Péter Szilágyi opened a travelling exhibition in Madrid on Wednesday, 8 March, showcasing Hungarian artists living and working in the diaspora, MTI reported.

‘At today’s exhibition, you can admire the works of painters who, although living far from the homeland, are still proud of their Hungarian roots,’ said Péter Szilágyi. He added that the Hungarian motifs appearing in the exhibited works prove that artists living and working outside of Hungary are still proud of the heritage they received from their ancestors, even indirectly.

The exhibition is an example of how our shared culture, history, tradition, and art unite us, no matter where we live in the world, he added. ‘I believe that the message of today’s exhibition is that we are not lost in the world, and our national unity is stronger than ever,’ the state secretary emphasised. Szilágyi recalled that the material for the exhibition was selected from the works submitted for the competition announced in 2021 on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the House of Hungarians in Budapest. About 40 works were chosen  from nearly 300 entries from 17 countries, including Canada, the United States, Brazil, Chile, and Australia.

The collection, consisting of graphic art, paintings, sculptures, and photographs, mostly deals with the themes of nature, religion, and Hungarian identity. A bilingual catalogue is also available  to visitors of the the travelling exhibition, presenting the life and work of Hungarian artists living in the diaspora.

The works, with the support of the Hungarian Embassy in Madrid, can be viewed at the OCCO Art Gallery in the Spanish capital for one month. The exhibition material was supplemented on this occasion with the painting ‘Médos Negra’ by Zoltán Fodor-Lengyel, a Hungarian painter living in Madrid.