Prague, 14 June – 29 September, 2024, https://matterof.art For this edition, the itinerant biennial moved to the large hall of the Trade Fair Palace (Veletrzni Palac) of the National Gallery. Another half of the show was in the City Gallery of Lidice outside of Prague. This linked into the theme of the show, which focused…
Prague, June 8, 2023 – January 7, 2024 (Andres Serrano), September 14,2023 – February 11, 2024 (Beyond Words), October 26, 2023 – March 3, 2024 (Genesis Breyer P-Orridge), https://www.dox.cz On my visit, Dox featured a mixed bag of exhibitions. The large space close to the entrance was devoted to an Andres Serrano solo show. All…
Prague, November 16, 2023 – April 22, 2024, https://www.kunsthallepraha.org Elmgreen & Dragset are a well-known artistic “brand” in the global art market. Their installations are transforming gallery spaces into something slightly different by shifting or reversing certain expectations of spatial arrangements or material qualities. In the case of the “READ” exhibition, one could in fact…
Prague, December 1, 2023 – January 28, 2024, http://www.meetfactory.cz The central figure of the exhibition, both in metaphorical and spatial terms, was an humanoid fish-like alien with an afro-asian face. Numerous pencil-drawn portraits of this creature were lined up along the walls of the main exhibition hall. Some portraits were very precise and detailed, others…
Prague, December 1, 2023 – January 28, 2024, http://www.meetfactory.cz The installation in one large spacious room contained mysterious objects that looked like a real-life materialization of computer 3D simulations of liquid flows and biological forms. Partially hanging on thick metal ropes from the ceiling, partially placed on the floor. The objects were made of two…
Prague, 19 October 2023 – 21 January 2024, https://www.galerierudolfinum.cz The spacious and beautiful halls of Rudolfinum Gallery were adorned with a small number of large artworks, giving each individual work space to breathe. This was about minimalism and its heritage, but it was also about the effects that objects have on a space. Where is…
Prague, May 11 – 21, 2023, https://ctyridny.cz 4+4 days in motion is an annual art festival that takes place at a different location in Prague every year. The location of the art exhibition is usually an unused building prior to a new redevelopment. It seems that the Golf Center Erpet in Prague Smichov was the…
Prague, April 14 – May 13, 2023, https://avu.cz/oddeleni/galerie-avu The exhibition combines sculptures and drawings. The sculptures consist of hard skeletons made from large wooden branches which are wrapped in layers of soft material like wax, textiles and animal skins. This gives them a slightly uncanny nature of a large piece of meat in a butcher’s…
Prague, September 23, 2022 – January 9, 2023, https://www.ngprague.cz The Jindrich Chalupecky Award is the most established Czech art prize for emerging artists (up to 35 y.o.). It exists since 1990. In recent years, the mode of operation has changed. In the past, a winner was chosen among five finalists. In the last three years…
Prague, Sep 29, 2022 – Feb 13, 2023, https://www.kunsthallepraha.org Kunsthalle Praha is a new institution in the city. It is private and was founded by Petr Pudil and his wife Pavlina. Pudil is one of the Czech businesspeople, who succeeded amassing a fortune during the rather murky and lawless times of the 1990s political and…