{"id":710,"date":"2005-08-14T17:40:46","date_gmt":"2005-08-14T15:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/?p=710"},"modified":"2005-08-14T17:48:34","modified_gmt":"2005-08-14T15:48:34","slug":"budapest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2005\/08\/14\/budapest\/","title":{"rendered":"Budapest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Man, I’m tired; mucho respect to Jonah<\/a> for always blogging when on the move. I’m finding it tiresome to even do a little bit. Granted, he usually has cooler things than I to say, and is usually in places, or at conference\/festivals, that have much easier net access than SA and Eastern Europe, but even when I am<\/i> in places like that, I don’t keep on it.<\/p>\n

Anyway, made it to the Budapest National Museum (or something like that) up by the castle today, and Nicks and I were really impressed by a lot of the contemporary Hungarian work.<\/p>\n

Imre Vargas. Forced March. 1968
\nImre Vargas. Forced March. 1968<\/small><\/p>\n

Above, Imre Vargas’ “Forced March,” circa 1968: a beautiful sculpture by a Hungarian gem. Very moving. I liked that, given the size, age, and funding of the institution (which mostly houses and exhibits art pre-20th century), it had a fairly decent collection of work post-1945, and was exhibiting some pieces from as recent as 1999. Good stuff, too.<\/p>\n

For my buddy Franci, an image of the Calvinist church of Budapest. Hee.
\nFor my buddy Franci, an image of the Calvinist church of Budapest. Hee.<\/small><\/p>\n

For my buddy Franci, an image of the Calvinist church of Budapest. Hee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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