Do not be afraid! - the exhibition inviting the Eucharistic Congress opened in Rome

Do n't be afraid! was given the title of the first exhibition related to the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress (NEK) starting in Budapest in September, which can be visited from Friday in the Collegium Hungaricum, which operates as a Hungarian cultural institute in the Italian capital.

The Collegium Hungaricum in Rome reopened with a contemporary art exhibition after being closed for more than six months due to the pandemic.

Do n't be afraid! exhibition is the first cultural event related to the International Eucharistic Congress (INEC) between September 5 and 12, which aims to open the door to the congress near the Vatican to the Italian audience. As the curator Beáta Hauser, the late Polish Pope, II. He chose one of János Pál's best-known sentences. The message did not lose its relevance even after the months of fear due to the epidemic.

The exhibition lists the works of twenty-two artists from the Applied Arts and Design Department of the Hungarian Academy of Arts, whose common theme is the relationship with the Eucharist. The 1959 glass and metal installation by sculptor Sándor Oláh was among the more than fifty paintings, graphics, and posters.

At the opening of the exhibition in the presence of members of the Vatican and the international diplomatic corps in Rome, Cardinal Piero Marini, president of the Pontifical Commission of the International Eucharistic Congresses, called it significant that a contemporary art exhibition was chosen as the hallmark of the Budapest church event. He added that NEK is a symbol of hope and resumption after the epidemic for the whole of Europe and the world.

Gábor Kudar, director of the Collegium Hungaricum, told MTI that the Ne feljetek! exhibition was originally intended to be the closing event of this season, but due to the epidemic, it was reopened with the exhibition.

"The exhibition is an invitation not only for Italians, but also for foreigners visiting Rome to travel to Budapest"

said the director.

The exhibition awaits visitors until September 10, and it prepares the exhibition that will open in the Vigadó Gallery in Budapest in the days before the NEK.

MTI

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