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London’s Victoria&Albert Museum’s DIVA exhibition travels to Budapest to open next month
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DIVA, a large-scale exhibition from London’s Victoria&Albert Museum showcasing costumes and the life of iconic performers will be on display in in the House of Music Hungary (Magyar Zene Háza) in Budapest on its first journey abroad from May 18, the organisers said on Tuesday.
DIVA exhibition in Budapest
The DIVA exhibition, viewed so far in London by 300,000 visitors, will present dresses worn on stage by Tina Turner, Whitney Houston, Cher, Maria Callas, Edith Piaf, Ingrid Bergman, Billie Eilish, Rihanna and Bjork, the statement said. The Budapest exhibition will also present the costumes and life stories of Hungarian performers such as opera diva Éva Marton, actresses Lujza Blaha and Katalin Karády, and singers Zsuza Koncz, Zsuzsa Cserháti, Zséda, Bori Péterfy and Déva,it added.
Divas&Icons
“When working out the narrative, we sought to showcase personalities fit to present the[V&A] exhibition’s original messages. The Budapest exhibition entitled Divas&Icons will reflect the diversity of the music scene,” the statement quoted András Batta, the House of Music’s managing director, as saying.