16:30 – 17:45 Guided tours of the exhibitions of the CJCH 2025 laureates and the international guest Kinke Kooi
18:00 – 19:00 Artist talk with Kinke Kooi in dialogue with curators Barbora Ciprová and Veronika Čechová
As part of Prague Art Week (PAW), two guided exhibition tours will take place. The program will begin with a tour of the Jindřich Chalupecký Award exhibition, accompanied by this year’s laureates and curators Tereza Jindrová and Veronika Čechová. This will be followed by a guided tour of the Kinke Kooi exhibition, led by the artist herself together with curators Barbora Ciprová and Veronika Čechová.Both guided tours will be held in Czech.Guided tours led by the curators with the participation of the artists will take place in Czech. The artist talk Listening Body with Kinke Kooi and curators Barbora Ciprová and Veronika Čechová will be held in English. In her practice, Kooi draws on delicacy, sensuality, and a visual language of care, ornament, and femininity. Her intricate drawings, reminiscent of baroque opulence, re-discover decorative elements as sources of strength and meaning. Her works create a universe where care is not weakness but resistance, where beauty is not superficial but political, and where female experience is not marginal but central. In dialogue with the artist, the curators will further unfold the feminist dimensions of her work.
Listening Body – Artist Talk
Friday, September 26, 6:00 PM, Respirium of Trade Fair Palace, National Gallery Prague
This year’s international guest of the Jindřich Chalupecký Award, renowned Dutch artist Kinke Kooi, will join curators Barbora Ciprová and Veronika Čechová to discuss the feminist dimension of her artistic work. Her practice embraces softness, sensuality, and a visual language of care, ornamentation, and femininity.In her detailed drawings, reminiscent of baroque opulence, Kooi reclaims decorative elements as sources of strength and meaning. Her images create a universe where care is not weakness but a form of resistance, where beauty is not superficial but political, and where the female experience is not marginal but central.The conversation will take place in English.
Admission: Free / Languages: Czech and English / Duration: Both guided tours approx. 90 minutes, artist talk approx. 60 minutes / Meeting point: By the visitor elevators at the mazanin of the Trade Fair Palace (Veletržní palác) / Reservations via on GoOut
18:00 – 19:00 Artist talk with Kinke Kooi in dialogue with curators Barbora Ciprová and Veronika Čechová
As part of Prague Art Week (PAW), two guided exhibition tours will take place. The program will begin with a tour of the Jindřich Chalupecký Award exhibition, accompanied by this year’s laureates and curators Tereza Jindrová and Veronika Čechová. This will be followed by a guided tour of the Kinke Kooi exhibition, led by the artist herself together with curators Barbora Ciprová and Veronika Čechová.Both guided tours will be held in Czech.Guided tours led by the curators with the participation of the artists will take place in Czech. The artist talk Listening Body with Kinke Kooi and curators Barbora Ciprová and Veronika Čechová will be held in English. In her practice, Kooi draws on delicacy, sensuality, and a visual language of care, ornament, and femininity. Her intricate drawings, reminiscent of baroque opulence, re-discover decorative elements as sources of strength and meaning. Her works create a universe where care is not weakness but resistance, where beauty is not superficial but political, and where female experience is not marginal but central. In dialogue with the artist, the curators will further unfold the feminist dimensions of her work.
Listening Body – Artist Talk
Friday, September 26, 6:00 PM, Respirium of Trade Fair Palace, National Gallery Prague
This year’s international guest of the Jindřich Chalupecký Award, renowned Dutch artist Kinke Kooi, will join curators Barbora Ciprová and Veronika Čechová to discuss the feminist dimension of her artistic work. Her practice embraces softness, sensuality, and a visual language of care, ornamentation, and femininity.In her detailed drawings, reminiscent of baroque opulence, Kooi reclaims decorative elements as sources of strength and meaning. Her images create a universe where care is not weakness but a form of resistance, where beauty is not superficial but political, and where the female experience is not marginal but central.The conversation will take place in English.
Admission: Free / Languages: Czech and English / Duration: Both guided tours approx. 90 minutes, artist talk approx. 60 minutes / Meeting point: By the visitor elevators at the mazanin of the Trade Fair Palace (Veletržní palác) / Reservations via on GoOut
