The period of the turn of the twentieth century was one of the most turbulent and dynamic stages in the development of fine art, which was becoming an increasingly important part of life in continental Europe and elsewhere at that time.
Upcoming exhibitions
With Time under One’s Skin. Tomáš Císařovský – Bohdan Holomíček
exhibition hall "13"
14/06/2023 to 01/10/2023
The exhibition of the photographer Bohdan Holomíček (*1943) and the painter Tomáš Císařovský (*1962) traces the intersection of two utterly different worlds, both in terms of the means of expression and generation-wise. The works of both artists show a similar intuitive sensitivity to the recurring order of the validity of historical, social and natural phenomena, whose counterpoint is always a specific historical constellation and a specific human fate.
‘Then I Saw a New Heaven and a New Earth …’ The Apocalypse in Czech Art from the Middle Ages to the Present
exhibition hall Masné krámy
04/10/2023 to 03/03/2024
Since the Middle Ages, the New Testament text of the Revelation of St. John and the visual imagination associated with it have included two antipodal points. On the one hand, the depiction of apocalyptic calamities and the dilapidation of the world represented destruction in a figurative sense, and thus social crises, upheavals and the horrors of war were associated with the apocalypse.
Full Steam Ahead! Boats and Navigation in Czech Art 1850–1950
exhibition hall "13"
27/10/2023 to 04/02/2024
Inland navigation in Bohemia is a rewarding and still not very well explored topic. In three thematic units, the exhibition presents often well-known paintings whose themes are identified for the first time in a credible way. The legendary steamship Primátor Dittrich, as captured by Josef Šíma, is also included.