3 days, 42 art venues – nearly 1,000 participants – 12 different art walking routes – 7 extra programs – 5 invited guests – this is how the third ART WEEKEND BUDAPEST can be summed up in numbers.
During the festival, held on the first weekend of Advent, institutional exhibition spaces, contemporary galleries, studios, and alternative exhibition spaces participating in the program opened their doors to the general public. There were many individual visitors, but more people than ever before chose to take part in the one-and-a-half to two-hour art walks, which took place every day from Friday to Sunday at different times and along different routes.
Six months before the event, the last major contemporary art event of the year promises to break records - In the heat of summer, the date still seems a long way off, but preparations for the 3rd ART WEEKEND BUDAPEST (AWB) are already in full swing. In keeping with tradition, contemporary art lovers and visitors interested in the arts are welcome to join the program at participating institutional exhibition spaces, contemporary galleries, studios, and alternative exhibition spaces on the first weekend of Advent, November 28-30, 2025. This year's theme, "Seeing and Being Seen," promises to be a great success, as exactly six months before the event, more venues than in previous years have already indicated their intention to participate. The basic concept of AWB remains unchanged from previous years. During the three-day, free event, the participating institutional exhibition spaces, contemporary galleries, studios, and alternative exhibition spaces will be open to the general public and can be visited either as part of organized art walks or individually. The iconic 1.5-2-hour "tours" run from Friday to Sunday, at different times and routes each day, and participants can take part in mini-tours of three or four exhibitions close to each other. This year's theme: "To see and be seen" It promises to be a great success, as exactly six months before the event, more venues than in previous years have already indicated their intention to participate.