My mission: “Bringing Talent, Tradition and Value Together” - this is the reason why I started an online gallery ARTODU is an online gallery representing artists from Budapest, one of the cultural hubs of Central and Eastern Europe. These artists’ fresh and individual visions are current and inspirational. Our gallery displays photography, architectural and spatial … Continue reading Art
By Beatrix Koch The Wife The flowers were lying in a trash can at the Hospital “Istvan” as she headed home with her husband in the car. Her leg was in a plaster. It broke when she slipped on the tram stairs earlier that day. She fell on the ice at the “Blaha Lujza” Station, … Continue reading Flowers from a Stranger
Beatrix Koch Csiszár Rita Ausztriából települt át Svájcba a férje munkája miatt, és elmondása szerint nem is gondolta volna, hogy ekkora különbség van a szomszédos két alpesi ország között. Svájc, Zugersee Még éppen a koronavírus járványt megelőző időben, egy februári estén ismertem meg Ritát Zürichben. Az egyik svájci-magyar Facebook csoportból néhányan találkozót szerveztek, és mivel … Continue reading Rita, akinek nyelvész létére eleinte beletörött a (magyar) bicskája a svájci dialektusba
By Beatrix Koch Rita Csiszár moved from Austria to Switzerland because of her husband’s work and she had no idea there was such a difference between the two neighboring alpine countries. Just before the coronavirus epidemic, I met Rita in Zurich on a February evening. A Swiss-Hungarian Facebook group arranged a meeting, and my friend … Continue reading Despite being a linguist, Rita had a hard time with the Swiss dialect
By Beatrix Koch My short story won the best story award in the ABSTRACT edition of the ArtAscent Magazine. I had a dream. The most confusing, scary and surreal dream. In my dream I was little, as small as a tiny pencil point. The place where I lived seemed a big universe with lines, points … Continue reading Alice’s Adventures in Geometry-Land
By Beatrix Koch It was nearly Christmas but the mountains were covered only on the top with the desired white snow. The extended wild hunting season was almost over, only one day remained. The hunters hunted hundreds and thousands of wild animals, mostly deers, in the three weeks-long September season, but the amount was not … Continue reading The Wolf from Grisons
Do You Want A Good Investment? Artwork of Ferenc Repas By Beatrix Koch Do you know why I recommend you art? Not because I founded an art gallery. No. I recommend art for your benefit. Let me tell you, why it is good for you. Imagine yourself. You are alone in the Louvre. This is … Continue reading How to Invest in Art – For your Benefit
By Beatrix Koch Photo credit: Heiner We were sitting in Budapest, in a hotel restaurant with our South-African friends who also live in Switzerland, Jenni and Peet, and they started to talk about the wedding rings. They only confessed after five years of friendship, how they were confused about our not-wearing-our-wedding-rings habit. Of course we had wedding-rings, not … Continue reading Wedding Ring and Coffee
I was only sixteen that spring, when I applied for the photograph course. Our young teacher was very special. He had bright eyes, calm manners and was full of ideas. He loved teaching and did it from his heart. What is more, he opened a door which lead us to another magical world. We learned … Continue reading Exploring the Marilyn Monroe Phenomenon
