[spectre] Ludwigstaircase, Budapest

[Janos Sugar]

More than 30 artists occupied the Ludwig Museum on Thursday, May 9th 
2013, to demand complete transparency in the selection process for a 
new director and the institution's autonomy from right-wing ruling 
party Fidesz.

(the protest is still running, every day at 7pm there is a general 
meeting of the occupiers, and during the day there are public 
programs organized by the protesters. cheers: j
email of the occupiers: ludwiglepcso at gmail.com)

PRESS RELEASE

Enough is enough!

Ludwig Museum Budapest, 10 May 2013, 1 pm

 From this day on, United for Contemporary Art keeps the building of 
the Ludwig Museum open 24 hours a day. We are present, and we will 
work here, hold forums here, and sleep here, until our demands have 
been granted.

We have come to this decision as the State Secretariat for Culture of 
the Ministry of Human Resources has ceased to operate as a competent 
maintainer and resource manager. For months, it has not been capable 
of appointing a professionally competent and responsible new 
leadership to the museum. To this day, it has not made available the 
withheld part of the bursary granted to independent performing art 
groups in 2012, despite repeated promises.

The examples of the Ludwig and the independents are symptomatic of 
the system's malfunctioning. The functioning of Hungarian public 
administration lacks transparency and, for this reason, does not 
serve the needs of its citizens.

in English:
http://art-leaks.org/2013/05/12/enough-is-enough-ludwig-museum-budapest-hungary/

http://www.budapesttimes.hu/2013/05/10/nationalism-is-stifling-culture/

http://nemma.noblogs.org/category/english/

in German:
http://www.monopol-magazin.de/artikel/20106697/Ludwig-Stiftung-betruebt-ueber-Personalplaene-fuer-Museum-in-Budapest.html

http://www.pesterlloyd.net/html/1319besetzungludwig.html

http://derstandard.at/1363710578614/Aktivisten-besetzten-Ludwig-Museum-in-Budapest

http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/kultur/orban-regierung-entlaesst-museum-ludwig-direktor-,10809150,22675070.html

http://www.heute.at/freizeit/kultur/art23668,877051

http://nemma.noblogs.org/category/german/

on the situation in Hungary:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/05/arts/05iht-angels05.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/world-affairs/2012/10/hungary-being-held-hostage-outdated-tyrant

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/08/guest-post-hungary-the-public-relations-offensive/#more-34278

http://derstandard.at/1363709211136/Gefaehrliche-Entwicklung

https://nemma.noblogs.org/2013/04/30/rechtsextreme-fusballrowdies-attackieren-ungarischen-aktivisten/