Pastviny patří k nejbiodiverznějším místům na Zemi – jsou živými archivy vztahů mezi travinami, bylinami, houbami, hmyzem, ptáky, ovcemi, kozami, lidmi a mnoha dalšími bytostmi. Společně budeme zkoumat pastvinu jako místo setkávání, učení a kolektivního porozumění.

Výstava představuje tvorbu výjimečné umělecké dvojice plnou vzájemných podobností i protikladů. Pokud Věra Nováková (1928-2024) zůstávala u jedinečného artefaktu, klonil se Pavel Brázda (1926-2017) k repetici motivů a k představě demokratizace umění – nadšeně je množil a varioval. Vedle volné tvorby jsou tu zastoupeny také ilustrace, na nichž se oba podíleli.

The exhibition Caught by Branches / Zachytit se větví presents various artistic responses to themes related to the relationship between humans and nature. This international collaboration among fourteen artists brings site-specific installations, paintings, sculptures, and performances to the castle building and its immediate surroundings. The artworks will enliven the castle’s interior—which bears traces of both its original architecture and modern layers of utilitarian use—as well as the adjacent park. They will thus offer a reflection on the interconnected relationship between humans and (urban) nature and will also focus on nature’s influence on processes of regeneration and healing.

The exhibition Caught by Branches presents various artistic responses to themes related to the relationship between humans and nature. The common inspiration is the genius loci of the Baroque Veleslavín Castle, which was converted into a sanatorium more than a century ago and, even under state administration, served medical purposes until the recent past. Given the dynamic development of the surrounding neighborhoods, the castle grounds are now the only undeveloped green space in the wider vicinity of this bustling city.

An international collaboration of fourteen artists brings site-specific installations, paintings, sculptures, and performances to the chateau building and its immediate surroundings. The artworks will take up residence in the castle’s interior—which bears traces of both its original architecture and modern layers of utilitarian use—as well as in the surrounding park. They thus bring to light reflections on the interconnected relationship between humans and (urban) nature, as well as its influence on processes of regeneration and healing.

Exhibiting Artists: Sarah Atzori (IT/NL), Colina van Bemmel (NL), Anna Fiedlerová (CZ), Kateřina Gabriel Konarovská (CZ) + Martin Gabriel (CZ), Kristýna and Marek Milde (CZ/USA), Kateřina Rálišová (CZ), Johanna Seidel (DE) + Stefan Brock (DE), Lisa Šebestíková (CZ/NL) + Kevin Bauer (NL), Šimon Sýkora (CZ), Jochem van den Wijngaard (NL)

Exhibition curators: Veronika Čechová and Kateřina Gabriel Konarovská

The Academy of Fine Arts invites you to an exhibition of graduation projects The Eye of the Storm. This year’s curator Hana Janečková presents the works of 51 graduates—ranging from fine arts to restoration and architecture.

Graduating students: Pavla Bastlová, Filip Brandejský, Radim Brož, Kristýna Cvejnová, Vojtěch Čepelák, Matyáš Fiala, Pavel Geryk, Jiří Gruber, Matěj Hanusch, Ondřej Hanuš, Vojtěch Hlaváček, Jakub Hons, Tina Hrevušová, Matouš Kašpar, Eva Klečková, Demian Kovalov, Matouš Kučera, Klára Kusá, Anna Loudová, Viktorie Majoberová, Miroslava Martincová, Eve David Paterson Miller, Martin Mlateček, Matěj Pavelka, Tadeáš Pochman, Viktor Prokop, Ema Prosová, Lukáš Prudík, Matěj Pšenička, Polina Revunenko, Amálie Rybáková, Šimon Rychlik, Martin Řezáč, Erfan Sabzipoor, Nina Sibinská, Keya Singh, Enisa Skoko, Viktorie Součková, Alexandra Surovková, Michal Šefránek, Martina Šikulová, Jáchym Šimek, Bartoloměj Šolc, Emma Štěpánová, Rachael Thorleifson, David Turek, Karel Vladyka, Markéta Vychodilová, Vavřinec Vyoral, Dominika Vyskočilová, Antonín Závodný

venues:

AVU Main Building, U Akademie 4, Prague 7
School of Architecture, U Akademie 2, Prague 7
AVU Veletržní, Veletržní 826/61, Prague 7
Modern Gallery, Výstaviště 188, Prague 7

opening hours: weekdays 1 PM – 7 PM, weekends 10 AM – 7 PM

Galerie Benedikta Rejta presents two exhibitions František Kyncl – Trommel and Martin Janíček – Sound Projects, which connect visual art with sound, rhythm and spatial experience. The project builds on the exhibition trilogy KRÁSA-HRA-DUŠE and expands the gallery space towards an interactive and multisensory perception of contemporary art.

František Kyncl – Trommel

The exhibition devoted to František Kyncl (1934–2011) presents a cross-section of the work of the important representative of Czech constructive art, who gained international recognition after his emigration to Germany in 1968. The exposition includes structural paintings, drawings, spatial objects and experimental works linking visual art with sound and music.

The core part consists of the so-called phonetic paintings created in 1979–1985 on a rotary drum constructed by the artist Trommel. In them, Kyncl translated rhythm, ambient movements and musical recordings into dynamic layers of colour and gesture. The exhibition also includes an original Trommel drum and authentic sound recordings used in the creation process.

Curator: Monika Immrová

Martin Janíček – Sound Projects

Martin Janíček presents a new interactive installation combining sound objects, experimental music and spatial composition. The artist, who has long been working between acoustic experimentation, sculpture and site-specific installation, works with recycled materials to create original instruments and sound situations that actively engage visitors.

The project refers, among other things, to the experiments of Zdeněk Pešánek and his concept of coloured music. The exhibition will also include a sound projection The Voice of the Landscape, created in collaboration with Pavel Mrkus and inspired by the landscape of the Bohemian Central Highlands.

Curator: Lucie B. Šiklová

Lidická sbírka umění představuje výstavu NHK Collection Lidicím, sestavenou výhradně z významného daru 65 uměleckých děl, který Lidické sbírce umění věnovala turecká sbírka Nahit & Huma Kabakci Collection.

Fakulta umění a designu UJEP vás srdečně zve na tradiční přehlídku klauzurních prací, která završí letní semestr akademického roku 2025/2026. Dveře fakulty se otevřou veřejnosti od 25. do 27. 6. a představí projekty studujících všech designových i uměleckých ateliérů. Čeká vás pestrá mozaika médií, přístupů a čerstvé tvůrčí energie.

The exhibition In limine: On the Threshold of Transformation explores transformation as an inseparable part of existence, in which finitude and decay are not a definitive end, but a condition for new beginnings. The exhibition does not treat extinction as a point of completion, but as a moment of transition in which old forms disappear and make way for new potential.

By juxtaposing the reality of biological decay with the symbolic language of transformation, the exhibition explores the tension between rationality and the mythical understanding of finitude. In the biological rhythm, decay is a natural part of the cycle of life—a process from which new growth sprouts. On a symbolic level, transformation is reflected in the form of ritual, transition, and a silent shift between being and non-being.

Here, decay and emergence are not opposites but rather two phases of a single cycle. Cyclicality and changeability thus become the key to understanding (in)finity as a space in which the silence of decay transforms into a harbinger of new life. The exhibition presents the end not as a negation, but as a necessary condition for continuity—as an act of transformation in which the old is released so that the new may emerge.

Exhibiting artists: Silvia Balážová, Mikuláš Dušek, Jonáš Gono & Josef Kovář, Anna Gorbušinová, Lucie Hošková, Mia Milgrom, Adéla Mitová, Mária Mokrášová, Matěj Pokorný, Nikola Tužová, Monika Váňová Horčicová, Zlata Ziborova

Curatorial team: Anna Gotvaldová, Kristina Kolbasová, Nikola Kubátová, Kateřina Kubešová, Marie Laiblová, Michaela Ličková, Elektra Maria Müller, Nia Petrovič, Kristýna Slámová, Sofia Zorina