Cultural Programs 2026

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At the initiative of the Janus Pannonius Museum, the cultural programs for 2026 will be organized as a unified city-wide season under the title “Vasarely 2026 – Pécs.”
  • January 13 – March 22, 2026: Plastic Units and Codable Textures – Victor Vasarely Exhibition at the JPM Modern Hungarian Art Gallery
  • February 26: “Vasarely Go Home!” performance (JPM Modern Hungarian Gallery)
  • March 4: Announcement of the results of the Vasarely 2026 – Pécs logo design competition (JPM Modern Hungarian Gallery)
  • Starting April 9: Vasarely 50: Opening of the renovated JPM Vasarely Museum on Viktor Vasarely’s birthday. Open to visitors again from 12:00 PM
  • April 16: Vasarely: Future Echoes – Exhibition by the Faculty of Arts at the University of Pécs (Nádor Gallery)
  • April 9–September 15: Medicine in the Op Art Style. Vasarely’s conference posters at the University of Pécs Historical Collection (Pécs, Szepesy St. 3)
  • May 28 – October 11: Vasarely 120 – Contemporary Art Reflections on Op Art (Zsolnay Quarter m21 Gallery)
  • June 6 – October 15: Claire Vasarely Temporary Exhibition (JPM Museum Gallery)
  • June 6: Birthday Party, 50th Anniversary of the Vasarely Museum
  • June 20: Night of Museums – Vasarely Museum 50
  • July 2 – August 23: Vasarely Light: light art exhibition (Zsolnay Quarter m21 Gallery)
  • July 2–5: 10th Zsolnay Light Festival – Plasti-Cité // Colorful City (downtown and Zsolnay Quarter)
  • November 1 – January 31, 2027: From Shape to Form. A Selection of Victor Vasarely’s Figurative Works – temporary exhibition featuring works from the collections of the Vasarely Museum in Budapest and the JPM (JPM Museum Gallery)
  • October 8–18: DesignPécs – Featuring the work of Vasarely
  • Mid-November: Exhibition of Vasarely-themed school art contests (JPM Csontváry Museum temporary exhibition space)
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VASARELY – SYMPHONY OF GEOMETRY

On 13 June 2026 at 7:00 PM, the Kodály Centre will host the premiere of Vasarely – Symphony of Geometry, a new musical work by Áron Sebestyén, recipient of the Artisjus and Fonogram Awards.
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Vasarely 120 – Contemporary Op-Art Reflections

The Visual Arts Centre at the m21 Gallery in Zsolnay Quarter presents contemporary fine art works that reflect on Vasarely's legacy and 21st-century visual culture through a reinterpretation of op-art. Alongside the contemporary works, the exhibition also features rarely seen and lesser-known pieces by Victor Vasarely.
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Claire Vasarely: The Independent Artist

Claire Vasarely, the French artist of Hungarian origin, is being presented for the first time in Hungary in a solo exhibition dedicated to her oeuvre. The exhibition opening on 6 June at the JPM Museum Gallery in Pécs enters into a unique dialogue with the permanent display of the nearby JPM Vasarely Museum: the art of the couple, Victor and Claire Vasarely, can be discovered within a few hundred metres of each other, in a complementary way – even with a discounted joint ticket.
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