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A Hungarian-Roma painter and the metropolis

, a Hungarian-Roma artist, arrived in London in the autumn of 2010. In the following short film below he talks about the gesture with which the metropolis welcomed him: he caught sight of a fox in the middle of the night on a busy London road. Robert also explains how moving to London shaped his creative work and identity. The film about Robert was made by students of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê on The Danube – Intercultural Interaction Global Citizenship summer school in June 2014. Right:Robert Czibi: London at First Sight. Oil on canvas graffiti

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London’s appeal to Hungarian artists is not without precedents. In the list below you can find out about other artists who left their mark on London’s urban landscape or on London’s museums and galleries.

László Moholy-Nagy, artist and teacher at the Bauchaus, and his wife, the photographer Lucia Moholy

One of Moholy-Nagy’s works is exhibited at the Ìý Forty-seven portraits by Lucia Moholy can be found at the .

André Kertész photographer

One of his A well-known photograph of his is ’The Lost Cloud’ which he photographed in New York, after having left Hungary for Paris and Paris for America.

John Halas (Halász László) animator

With the English artist Joy Batchelor he established Halas & Batchelor Studios in London and they created the famous animated film version of Orwell’s Animal Farm.

Trellick Tower and James Bond

The iconic, Modernist structure in North Kinsington, Trellick Tower, was designed by the very same person after whom Ian Fleming named his villain. Fleming and the Hungarian architect, Ernő Goldfinger were neighbours on . The author of the James Bond thrillers had a particular dislike for Modernist architecture, which was precisely the style his neighbour, Goldfinger, chose as the design for his home...

The much debated, unique home now belongs to the National Trust and it is a member of the

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