Darth Vader defends ’right-wing takeover’ of Hungarian art

What happens when the authorities fail the citizens? In Hungary, artists have taken matters into their own hands and unwittingly created a new contemporary art movement through the space reserved for protests outside of the city’s disputed contemporary art centre

Hungarian art critic József Mélyi laughs as the artist  pulls out a Darth Vader mask from his bag and straps it on while balancing his cigarette in his hand. Szabó climbs the stairs to the Kunsthalle Budapest (Muksarnok) and stands between the massive columns lining the entrance. He places his hands on his hips while photographer Dorottya Vékony takes pictures. What might St. Stephen, patron of the arts portrayed in the mosaic above, be thinking of this black-clad man?

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