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Ben Soir – Harmonia Confusionis
A contemporary art exhibition in Budapest, Hungary

Resident independent artist Ben Soir of Start Gallery presents a new body of contemporary artwork where portraits evolve into layered, textured memories. Through these paintings, the personal transforms into a universal experience: the slow interplay of remembering and forgetting, the delicate balance between order and chaos.

Muted tones, irregular regularity, and labyrinth-like networks resist instant interpretation. These works invite the viewer to pause, let the gaze wander, and encounter their own inner memories along the way.

Harmonia Confusionis is both a professional experiment and a personal statement—painting that offers no fixed answers, but leaves questions suspended: what does time preserve of us, and what does it ultimately conceal?

📍 Start Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
📅 October 3, 2025 – 6:00 PM (Opening)

The exhibition is on view until October 23, open on Fridays, during announced guided tours, and by appointment.
Book your visit.

👉 We look forward to welcoming you

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Renyagyár Exhibition – Contemporary Artwork in Budapest, Hungary
December 5–19 | Start Gallery

The long-awaited Renyagyár exhibition, planned since the opening of Start Gallery, is now on view in Budapest, Hungary, featuring a bold selection of contemporary artwork by an independent artist.

Renya, a rockstar from Pécs, has been drawing his surroundings for years. His mixed-media works reflect our situations, our emotions, and our lived experiences—helping us process, understand, or simply laugh at them. Following exhibitions by Pulpbrother and Szofink, humor and text-based visuals return to the gallery.

A recurring idea at Start Gallery is that contemporary art is about us. This exhibition embraces absurd humor, sensitivity, and raw honesty, blending elements of Hungarian graphic traditions with comic-style storytelling reminiscent of illustrated tales—where the characters sit around a table… with us, unfortunately 😃

So go ahead—raise your hand if you don’t recognize yourself in at least one Renya piece.

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The artworks are available for purchase at:
shop.startgaleria.hu

By popular demand, the Renyagyár exhibition will remain open:

Daily until Christmas between 6:00 PM and 8:00 PM

From December 25 to January 1 by appointment

And on Friday, January 2 between 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM

Here at the Start Gallery, at 15–17 Margit Boulevard.