About the event

The first Bátor Tábor Contemporary Art Auction in Budapest was held in 2005, and this year we are proud to celebrate its 22nd edition.

The auction will take place as a hybrid event at the Opera Eiffel Art Studios, with live, online, and telephone bidding available throughout the evening.

Thanks to our dedicated professional jury teams, we are delighted to present once again an outstanding selection of Hungarian and Central European artworks. Growing international interest in our auctions motivates us to maintain the highest curatorial standards, reflected in this year’s selection, which includes

  • 55–60 top-tier Hungarian artworks
  • and about 20 exceptional international pieces by artists with Hungarian or East-Central European roots

The auction material is selected by two independent jury teams:

  • the selection of leading Hungarian artists is the result of a unique professional collaboration in the Hungarian art scene to date. With the involvement of our five-member jury – Gábor Pados, Margit Valkó, Attila Pőcze, Gábor Einspach and Rita Kálmán – an exceptional Hungarian selection awaits art lovers.
  • our international advisory board, consisting of Carl Kostyál, Daniel Hug, Rózsa Farkas, Peter Peri and András Szántó, brings outstanding authority and expertise from the global art world. Their mission is to identify artists of Hungarian and East-Central European origin living and working abroad, each invited to participate in the auction with a single artwork.

The auction is organized with the operational support and professional guidance of Kieselbach Gallery, Hungary’s leading auction house, and is made possible by the personal commitment of all participating galleries and artists.

The exhibition of the auction artworks can be visited at the Eiffel Art Studios on the day of the auction, May 8, 2026.