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About the exhibition

The SCAPEGOATING PICTURES illustrate the nervous system, the state and fears of today’s multi-cultural, multi-religious, and technologically advanced society. It is all about religious and social conflicts; about fundamentalism and the threat of terrorism. In an expansive panopticon, young people with different cultural and social backgrounds – such as veiled women – take the stage among threatening, bomb-shaped gas cylinders, arranged kaleidoscopically like geometric forms. And time and again, the artists themselves appear as quiet admonishers. The bomb cartridges, which appear in nearly every picture in the series, symbolize the explosive mechanisms of our culture of finger-pointing: Who is the scapegoat today?

Walter Smerling
curator of the exhibition

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Ticket purchase

Tickets bought online are valid until 24 September,
for all our ongoing exhibitions.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

No, full price tickets are sold online actually for a better price than tickets purchased directly at Ludwig Musem’s infodesk. When you buy your ticket online, you get a discount and it costs you only 2 200 HUF instead of the undiscounted price, which is 2 600 HUF.

We kindly ask you to print out your tickets to facilitate fluent entry into the exhibition rooms.

No, we are sorry, it is not.

Yes, our online ticketing system accepts OTP SZÉP kártya free time pocket.

Yes, the entire museum building is easily accessible for wheelchair users.

Visitors can park on nearby streets for free, or in MÜPA multi-level underground garage, where you will be charged by the hour.

You can either take suburban railway (HÉV) No. H7 or tram No. 1 and get off at stop “Közvágóhíd”. Arriving by tram No. 2 and 24, or bus No. 23, 54, 55 you should get off at stop “Millenniumi Kulturális Központ”. Our address is: 1095 Budapest, Komor Marcell u. 1.

Yes, along the Danube bank you’ll find a well-marked cycle path. Reaching the museum, you can leave your bike at the bicycle racks, you’ll also find here a MOL Bubi docking station (if you are using the public bike-sharing system).

Yes, you are advised to take either line D11 or D12 southbound, to the last stop (“Müpa – Nemzeti Színház HÉV megálló”). Please, note that D11 is running only on weekdays, also, normal BKK tickets and passes are valid for boats only on weekdays. At weekend, there is an extra charge to be paid. For further information, please, visit BKK website.

It is awaing visitors from Tuesday to Sunday. Opening hours: from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Last entry: 1 hour before closing.
The exhibition is on until 24 September.

Yes, it is. However, when sharing your pics, you are kindly asked to use the hashtag #gilbertandgeorge.

GALLERY

Gilbert & George: AIR, 2013 AIR
226 × 381 cm, 2013
copyright Gilbert & George
courtesy of Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London ･ Paris ･ Salzburg Gilbert & George: BANGLA CITY, 2013 BANGLA CITY
191 × 377 cm, 2013
copyright Gilbert & George
courtesy of Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London ･ Paris ･ Salzburg Gilbert & George: DALES, 2013 DALES
254 × 377 cm, 2013
copyright Gilbert & George
courtesy of Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London ･ Paris ･ Salzburg Gilbert & George: KYBOSH, 2013 KYBOSH
151 × 191 cm, 2013
copyright Gilbert & George
courtesy of Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London ･ Paris ･ Salzburg Gilbert & George: MILE END, 2013 MILE END
254 × 377 cm, 2013
copyright Gilbert & George
courtesy of Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London ･ Paris ･ Salzburg Gilbert & George: POST OFFICE POST OFFICE, 2013 POST OFFICE POST OFFICE
226 × 317 cm, 2013
copyright Gilbert & George
courtesy of Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London ･ Paris ･ Salzburg

IN COOPERATION WITH



With special thanks to Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac.