Longtermhandstand

𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗔𝗧 𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗜𝗜𝗜 We are deeply grateful for the incredible response to Longtermhandstand’s solo presentation of new works by Kata Tranker at ESTHER III. From being featured in The Wall Street Journal and Observer to being highlighted by CULTURED in “7 Artists to Watch at the New York Fairs This Weekend”, the past days have been truly unforgettable. Most importantly, thank you to everyone who visited, supported, wrote about, collected, and connected with the works. Special thanks to Olga Temnikova and Margot Samel, the mothers of Esther, for creating such a unique and generous platform and for bringing together this amazing community. We are open today until 5pm at the Estonian House. 243 East 34th Street, New York See you there 🤚🦶🦶🤚 #katatranker #longtermhandstand #esther #newyork #arthistory

Wired at Longtermhandstand, Budapest Curated by Peter Bencze With Adam Takács, Anna Hulačová, Botond Keresztesi, Harrison Pearce, Justin Fitzpatrick, Nam June Paik, OMARA Mara Olah, Robotto Ottó Szabó, Roza El Hassan April 1 – May 22, 2026 Photos: ©Áron Weber / All images copyright and courtesy of the artists and Longtermhandstand @longtermhandstand @everybodyneedsart

𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 We are thrilled that Longtermhandstand’s presentation of new works by Kata Tranker at ESTHER III has been included in The Wall Street Journal’s roundup: “The Best Art at Frieze New York, Future Fair, NADA and Esther III” written by Brian P. Kelly The article highlights standout presentations across New York Art Week, and we are incredibly happy to see Kata Tranker’s works featured among them. Two more days at Esther III. Estonian House 243 East 34th Street, New York See you there 🤚🦶🦶🤚 #katatranker #longtermhandstand #newyork #wsj

Wired at Longtermhandstand [@longtermhandstand ] / Budapest, Hungary With: Róza El-Hassan [@roza.elhassan ] Justin Fitzpatrick [@justinfitzpatr1ck ] Anna Hulacova [@anna.hulacova ] Botond Keresztesi [@keresztesibotond ] OMARA Mara Oláh [@omaramaraolah ] Nam June Paik Harrison Pearce [@_harrison_pearce ] Robotto Ottó Szabó [@_robotto_ ] Adam Takács [panko.takacs] Curated by: Péter Bencze [@everybodyneedsart ] Dates of the exhibition: 01 Apr 2026 - 22 May 2026 photo credits: Áron Weber #dailylazysubmission #dailylazy #RózaEl-Hassan #JustinFitzpatrick, #AnnaHulacova BotondKeresztesi

Meet the participants of RIGA CONTEMPORARY 2026: @longtermhandstand is an international art gallery and “soul care system” founded by Péter Bencze and Réka Lőrincz in Budapest, Hungary. Representing 15 artists across multiple exhibition spaces, including Longtermhandstand Hall and the newly opened nocturnal venue Longtermhandstand Palazzo, the gallery has presented more than 40 exhibitions since 2022. The gallery regularly participates in leading international art fairs including Liste Art Fair Basel, Paris Photo, Art Brussels, Material Mexico, and Art-o-rama. Secure your FREE TICKET via link in bio!

We are delighted to participate again in ESTHER, New York from May 12–16, 2026 at the historic Estonian House, a four-story Beaux-Arts landmark, with a solo presentation of new works by Kata Tranker. 🤚🦶🤸‍♀️🦶🤚 ESTHER III May 12–16, 2026 The Estonian House 243 East 34th Street, New York 💌 [email protected] ESTHER III is free and open to the public / RSVP via @esther.ee The new works explore the unknown prehistory of humanity and the deep evolutionary past that continues to shape human existence. Drawing on speculative narratives such as the Aquatic Ape Hypothesis, the works imagine early hominids living in close relation to water, nature, and one another, before the emergence of human self-consciousness and civilization. Through reliefs, sculptures, and ritual-like forms, Tranker creates fictional archaeological scenes populated by bathing hominids, aquatic plants, shells, and intimate ancestral figures. The works seek to move beyond scientific descriptions of evolution by imagining emotional, spiritual, and relational dimensions of prehistoric life. At the center of the presentation is a sarcophagus-like installation conceived as a tribute to forgotten ancestors who vanished without memorials or burial sites. Inspired by ancient goddess figures and archaeological remains, the works combine human and non-human features to evoke myth, ritual, and collective memory. Kata Tranker (b. 1989, Budapest) lives and works in Budapest. Her work has been presented at major international exhibitions including the Timișoara Biennale 2023 and Manifesta 14, as well as institutions such as the Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art and ICA-Dunaújváros. In 2025, she was awarded the main prize of the LOKART Biennale 2025. #katatranker #longtermhandstand #esther #newyork #contemporaryart

Omara – Mara Oláh at East Slovak Gallery, Košice “This Is What I See From The Back Window At Sunset” Curated by Peter Bencze, Zuzana Janecková January 28 – May 17, 2026 Photos: ©Áron Weber / Courtesy of VSG, Kosice and Longtermhandstand @omaramaraolah @vychodoslovenska_galeria @longtermhandstand @everybodyneedsart #zuzanajaneckova

Réka Lőrincz and Róza El-Hassan at Institute of Contemporary Art, Dunaújváros “Ways of Being” Curated by Sonja Teszler In collaboration with Longtermhandstand March 21 – April 30, 2026 Photos: ©Áron Weber, courtesy of the artists, Institute of Contemporary Art, Dunaújváros and Longtermhandstand, Budapest @longtermhandstand @rekalorincz_ @roza.elhassan @tulipankocso

𝗚𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝘃𝗮́𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗞𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘆𝗮́𝗹, 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 “The experience of wonder can itself open pathways of curiosity, prompting our continued search for meaning.” Zsolt Petrányi House of Threads marks the UK debut solo exhibition of Gideon Horváth at Carl Kostyál, realised in collaboration with Longtermhandstand. Working with beeswax, porcelain, silk, and metal structures, Horváth constructs fragile systems suspended between mythology, queerness, and existential uncertainty. His installations move through labyrinths, fortune, vulnerability, and transformation, where “the body and soul appear as fragile structures within a timeless natural universe.” Drawing from antiquity, postwar modernism, and queer ecological thought, the exhibition proposes the labyrinth not as a dead end but as a condition of becoming. Ariadne’s thread appears throughout the works as both guidance and contradiction, suggesting that even within unstable systems there remains the possibility of orientation. Horváth lives and works in Budapest. In 2025, his sculpture The King was acquired by Museum of Fine Arts – Hungarian National Gallery. Recent exhibitions include EVA International, OFF-Biennale Budapest, Museum Römerhalle, and Intertwined at the Hungarian National Gallery. On view until May 30 Installation views Ben Westoby Courtesy the artist, Carl Kostyál and Longtermhandstand #gideonhorvath #contemporaryart #carlkostyal #london #longtermhandstand

𝗕𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗞𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘇𝘁𝗲𝘀𝗶 𝗮𝘁 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 Within WIRED, Botond Keresztesi presents hybrid landscapes where mechanical systems mutate into speculative, almost biological forms. Bicycle derailleur structures dissolve into iridescent figures suspended between technological precision and organic transformation, reflecting on adaptation, evolution, and the unstable boundary between machine and body. The works evoke scrolling digital environments and alchemical symbolism, where movement, perception, and material continuously shift between functionality and fiction. Shimano h grx 11 direct mount shadow 2024 Acrylic and oil on canvas in artist frame 160 × 140 cm Tin – Jupiter 2024 Acrylic and oil on canvas, wooden artist frame 50 × 140 cm Botond Keresztesi lives and works in Budapest. Recent institutional solo exhibitions include presentations at X Museum, Beining, Kunsthalle Košice. His work is also featured in Vitamin P4, the newest edition of Phaidon’s landmark survey of contemporary painting, considered one of the most influential international publications dedicated to painting today. #botondkeresztesi #universe #contemporaryart #longtermhandstand

𝙐𝙉𝙄𝙏𝙔 𝙄𝙎 𝙈𝙊𝙑𝙀𝙈𝙀𝙉𝙏 Currently on view at Longtermhandstand Winged altars were never just objects. They opened. They closed. They revealed worlds only at the right moment. UNITY IS MOVEMENT brings together János Brückner, Mamali Shafahi and Domenico Gutknecht, Frieda Toranzo Jaeger, Áron Lőrincz, Tincuta Marin, and Kata Tranker around the form of the winged altarpiece, reimagined through contemporary practices. Tincuta Marin Untitled 2023 29 x 21 x 4 cm / 29 x 42 x 4 cm Oil and wax on wood panel This work draws on ancient visual languages and ritual forms. Its folding structure suggests a story unfolding across time, where figures exist between worlds in a suspended, symbolic space shaped by memory and transformation. Tincuta Marin is a Cluj based artist whose practice moves between dream, narrative, and subconscious logic. Her paintings build strange yet familiar worlds populated by hybrid figures and recurring characters, where humour and unease coexist. Her visual language blends comic like simplicity with deeper psychological charge, allowing the grotesque and the tender to meet. She has exhibited internationally, with solo exhibitions at Galeria Plan B Berlin, Ellen de Bruijne Projects Amsterdam, and Oratorio dei Crociferi Venice, and has been included in institutional exhibitions such as the National Museum of Art Cluj and MARe Bucharest. #tincutamarin #contemporarypainting #longtermhandstand #budapest

𝗥𝗼́𝘇𝗮 𝗘𝗹-𝗛𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝗞𝘂𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗞𝗼𝗵𝘁𝗮, 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶 Curated by Anders Kreuger On view until 14.6.2026 The exhibition is organised in collaboration Longtermhandstand. “The non-violent revolution is feasible” is a panoramic survey of past, recent, and new works by Róza El-Hassan, tracing a practice that consistently engages with social and political realities through a deeply personal visual language. Spanning sculpture, drawing, ceramics, and installation, the exhibition reflects her long-standing commitment to non-violent action, social responsibility, and grassroots perspectives. Rather than presenting a fixed position, it unfolds as an open framework where questions of care, resistance, and collective responsibility remain in constant negotiation. At its core, the exhibition considers whether non-violence can operate as a transformative force today, not as passive withdrawal, but as an active and radical form of engagement. Across works that move between intimate gestures and broader political references, El-Hassan constructs a field where personal histories, global conflicts, and ethical positions intersect. Róza El-Hassan represented Hungary at the 47th Venice Biennale and has exhibited internationally since the early 1990s, with presentations in major museums and institutions across Europe and beyond. Photo Jussi Tiainen #rozaelhassan #kohta #helsinki #longtermhandstand