Budapert Artineris (BA) is an annual citywide event dedicated to promoting contemporary art and its leading figures. The first edition will take place in Budapest from Monday 21 to Sunday 27 September 2026, involving the entire city through a varied programme of exhibitions, events, meetings, performances, guided visits and special openings.

For one week, Budapest will become an open and accessible network connecting artists, curators, exhibition venues, cultural institutions and the public. The aim of the event is to provide a broad, free and diverse overview of the city’s contemporary art scene, encouraging the discovery of both established organisations and new independent initiatives.

BA was created as a twin event of Rome Art Week, a project developed over the years with the aim of making contemporary art more accessible, visible and closer to the public. Its model is that of a citywide event: not a single venue, but a plurality of spaces, studios, routes and initiatives spread throughout the city.

Participation in Budapert Artineris is intended to establish a lasting network of connections between the different figures working in contemporary art. The event aims to encourage dialogue between those who create art, those who exhibit it, those who interpret it and those who wish to understand it more closely.

Budapert Artineris therefore represents a concrete opportunity to increase the visibility of artists, curators and venues, encourage new collaborations and offer the public direct contact with the places, creative processes and people shaping the city’s art scene.

The programme is open, dynamic and constantly evolving. From central areas to the outer districts, BA involves galleries, foundations, museums, cultural associations, academies, Hungarian and international institutes, independent spaces, artists’ studios and other venues devoted to the research, production and dissemination of contemporary culture.

Throughout the week, each participating venue may propose initiatives specifically designed for BA: solo or group exhibitions, special openings, presentations, meetings with artists, performances, talks, installations, interdisciplinary projects and opportunities for further exploration.

Artists

Participating artists may organise open studios, exhibitions and events to welcome the public into their workplaces or into venues made available by participating organisations. Artists’ studios therefore become places of encounter and dialogue where visitors, art enthusiasts, collectors and professionals can directly discover the artists’ creative processes, techniques, research and works.

The participation of artists makes it possible to highlight not only the final outcome of their work, but also the path, experimentation and context in which their works take shape.

Curators

Curators take part in the event by presenting exhibition projects, cultural initiatives, research programmes and opportunities for further exploration in different locations throughout the city. Their contribution is essential in building connections between artists, venues and the public, as well as in providing tools for interpreting contemporary artistic production.

Curators may also propose and lead the official Budapert Artineris Tours, accompanying visitors as they discover selected exhibitions, studios and projects.

Stuctures

Participating structures are the places that make the event truly citywide: galleries, museums, foundations, academies, cultural institutes, associations, independent spaces and organisations actively involved in promoting contemporary art.

Each venue may include its events in the programme for the week and present its activities through a dedicated profile, helping to create an up-to-date and accessible map of Budapest’s art scene.

Collectives

BA also encourages the creation and promotion of collectives, understood as groups of artists who choose to collaborate in order to develop shared projects, use common spaces, compare artistic languages and experiment with new forms of expression.

Collectives are a valuable way to encourage collaboration, cross-disciplinary exchange and the creation of new professional and artistic relationships.

Budapert Artineris Tours

Throughout the week, Budapert Artineris offers Tours: free guided routes organised by geographical area or theme, enabling the public to explore the city and discover artists, exhibitions, studios and exhibition venues.

The Tours are conceived, organised and led by the curators participating in BA. Each route accompanies small groups of visitors through a carefully selected series of events and locations, offering a direct, in-depth and engaging experience of contemporary art in Budapest.

The routes also provide an opportunity to discover the city from a different perspective, connecting its urban heritage, neighbourhoods, emerging cultural organisations and places of artistic production.

An accessible and citywide event

Budapert Artineris is designed as an open and accessible event. All initiatives included in the official programme must be free for the public. Paid events and activities requiring a compulsory participation fee are not permitted.

The aim is to allow everyone to approach contemporary art without financial barriers, encouraging broad and informed participation and creating new opportunities for exchange between the public and professionals in the sector.

The digital platform

The official website, budapestartweek.com, is the operational and informational centre of the event. It does not merely present the programme for the week, but serves as a dynamic, constantly updated digital resource that remains accessible after the conclusion of each edition.

• For participants, the platform makes it possible to create and manage a personal profile free of charge, including a biography, images, contact details, professional information, proposed events and additional materials.

• For the public, the website provides an interactive map, the complete calendar, dedicated profiles for artists, curators and venues, details of individual events and all the information required to take part in the Tours.

• For the city, the platform gradually creates a permanent and searchable archive of the local contemporary art scene, connecting places, people, projects and cultural activities.

All content remains online after the conclusion of the event. Participants’ profiles, event information and published materials therefore contribute to the creation of a permanent archive of contemporary art in Budapest, accessible at any time and open to public consultation.

An open, collective and independent project

Participation in Budapert Artineris is completely free of charge, both for participants and for the public. Applications are subject to assessment in order to ensure the cultural consistency and overall quality of the programme.

BA is an open, collective and independent project. Each edition is shaped by the direct contribution of the people and organisations that animate the city and renews its mission: to promote, connect and give greater visibility to the many voices of Budapest’s contemporary art scene while creating new relationships with the international art world.