"Jogom van élni, sírni, nevetni." | Juhász Anna irodalmár szubjektív tárlatvezetése

“I have the right to live, to cry, to laugh.” (Sophie Török)

How did the female voice emerge in the 20th century, and how are womanhood, creative freedom, and the awakening of self-awareness represented in art? In the Hungarian National Gallery’s exhibition *The Dedicated*, literary scholar Anna Juhász leads a subjective guided tour that focuses on female artists of the 20th century. During the program, paintings, life stories, and women’s destinies intersect with literature: works of visual art are paired with the writings and thoughts of 20th-century writers and poets under a single motto—“in the name of one’s own voice.” Through the works of Mária Lehel, Valéria Dénes, Noémi Ferenczy, Anna Lesznai, Masa Feszty, and other artists, the guided tour explores how the creative voice of women has become increasingly powerful and free. How is women’s self-image changing? How do the strength, sensitivity, and autonomy of womanhood manifest in these works? And how does all of this lead to a kind of artistic and personal awakening? Anna Juhász’s literary associations open up new perspectives on the images: through the dialogue between painting and literature, the female experience of an era takes shape, along with the process in which women are no longer merely the subject of art, but also the creators of their own stories and voices.