Zsombor Jékely

Zsombor Jékely received his PhD in art history at Yale University in 2003, with a dissertation on the medieval frescoes at the Augustinian church of Siklós. Since October 2010 he is the director of collections at the Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest, and since 2016 he works as associate professor of art history at the Károli Gáspár University in Budapest. He was co-curator of the exhibition “The Dowry of Beatrice”, dedicated to Italian majolica in the court of King Matthias (2008). He is the author of articles and books on wall-painting in medieval Hungary, including books on wall-painting in Transylvania (2008) and north-eastern Hungary (2009).