24–27/9
2026; selected installations on view until 3/1 2027
To
mark the NGP’s 230th anniversary, a series of artistic and architectural
interventions will be unveiled at the Trade Fair Palace, commemorating the
history of the National Gallery in this building through temporarily installed
works. The Small Hall will feature a suspended object by architect Jan
Kaplický, created for his 1999 exhibition. Also on view will be a large-scale
painting by Vojtěch Kovářík, donated to the National Gallery in 2024.
As part of
the cllection display 1939 – 2021: The End of the Black-and-White Era,
visitors will encounter a work by Martin Zetová[RI3] ,
offering a new interpretation of the oeuvre of his father, Miloš Zet. Magdaléna
Cubrová’s 1979 painting On the Edge of the Pit, which became the focus
of the eponymous art project by the Rafani group, will also be exhibited for
the first time. Tomáš Vaněk’s Particip No. 4, created for the landmark
1999 exhibition Distant
Resemblances: Something More Than Cosmetics by Jana and Jiří Ševčík, will
return to the foyer. In the second-floor former lounge,
visitors can learn about preparations for the collection display for the Trade
Fair Palace in the 1980s, as well as about artistic activities by artists Margita Titlová and Jiří
Sozanský that took place in the fire-damaged Trade Fair
Palace. The opening of the Trade Fair Palace for the public in 1995 is,
besides the artistic
rendering of the
cargo gate by Michal
Gabriel, symbolically commemorated by the artwork of Ivan Kafka.
In the ATLAS space a newly acquired installation of Jan Šerých will be
displayed.
The
exhibition 1956–1989: Architecture for All will feature a video
presentation of proposals for the renovation of the Trade Fair Palace,
developed by architect John Eisler as author or co-author. These will be
accompanied by Jaromíra Šimoníková’s Osaka chair, designed from bent wood for
the EXPO 70 exhibition, and by neon elements referencing the logos of companies
that once operated in the Trade Fair Palace.
All
installations will be on display from 24 to 27 September 2026, with some
remaining in place until 3 January 2027.
