About the event

The first Bator Tabor Contemporary Art Auction in Budapest was organized in 2005, and we can celebrate already the 20th jubilee event this year.

We are organizing a hybrid event in the Opera Eiffel Art Studios, when online and phone bidding will be also possible during the evening.

Thanks to our devoted professional jury teams we are proud to present this year a great selection of Hungarian and Central European artworks again. Our auctions draw more and more attention internationally, which obliges us to keep highest quality of the auction material including:

  • 55 – 60 top Hungarian artworks
  • 20 great international art pieces of artists with Hungarian or East-Central European roots
  • 10 talented, but less-known artists, who are not represented by galleries yet

We have 3 different jury teams selecting the auction material:

  • The selection of the top Hungarian artists is a result of the largest professional co-operation in the Hungarian art scene so far. With the involvement of our seven-member jury team Gábor Pados, Margit Valkó, Orsolya Hegedüs, Attila Pőcze, Gábor Einspach, Krisztina Hunya and Rita Kálmán a wonderful Hungarian selection awaits the artlover audience.
  • Carl Kostyál, Daniel Hug, Rózsa Farkas, Peter Peri and András Szántó are the members of our international advisory board with immense authority in the world of art and entrusted to quest for the creative activity of artists with Hungarian and East-Central European roots, living and working abroad, giving them an opportunity to participate in the Auction by presenting one piece each.
  • Few years ago we launched a new initiative to invite young, talented, but less known artists to apply to participate in the auction in an Open Call. Each artist may apply with a single piece of art, possible their best one, and the jury decides about their participation. The tradition will continue also in 2024 with the support of our 3-member jury: Katalin Spengler, Katalin Székely and Rita Kálmán. 

The auction will be organized with the operative support and guidance of the Kieselbach Gallery, the leading Hungarian auction house and based on the personal commitment of all participating galleries and artists.

The exhibition of the artworks can be visited in the Eiffel Art Studios on the auction day, 10th of May, 2024.