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Biennale Matter of Art Opening | NGP | Slavnostní zahájení bienále Ve věci umění 2026
Biennale Matter of Art Opening | NGP | Ceremonial opening of the Biennial In the Matter of Art 2026
Event by: Biennale Ve věci umění / Matter of Art, tranzit.cz, Národní galerie Praha, GAMPA - Galerie města Pardubic
Location: Shisha Palace Praha - Hookah Lounge & Cocktail Bar, Jenštejnská 2, Praha 2
Discussions and lectures, Art Exhibitions
About event
[scroll down for English] On Thursday, June 11, the opening ceremony of the fourth year of the biennale In the Matter of Art will take place in the National Gallery Prague in the Trade Fair Palace with performances by Nadia Markiewicz and Michal Durda with the group Room Temperature. / On Thursday, June 11, the opening ceremony of the fourth edition of the Biennale Matter of Art will take place at the National Gallery in Prague's Trade Fair Palace, featuring performances by Nadia Markiewicz and Michal Durda with the Room Temperature collective.
director of tranzit.cz, curators and curator of the biennale Jaroslava Tomanová, Jakub Gawkowski and František Fekete and curator of the National Gallery Prague Monika Čejková.
The program of the opening weekend will continue until Sunday, June 14 and will offer performances, guided tours, book presentations, workshops and other events in three places in two cities - in addition to the National Gallery Prague, also in the Pardubice City Gallery (GAMPA) and the Tusculum Art Center Prague. Admission to all events is free, as is the biennale exhibition itself, which will continue in three exhibition locations until September 13, 2026. art 2026
/ Biennale Matter of Art 2026
12. 6 - 13 September 2026
www.instagram.com/biennale.matterof.art
www.matterof.art
ART / ARTISTS
AntiGonna, Noor Abed, Szymon Adamczak, Željka Aleksić, Gleb Amankulov, David Apakidze, Yana Bachynska / Jan Bačynsjkyj, Jürgen Baldiga, Leila Basma & Zaher Jureidini, Rufina Bazlova / Stitch It Collective, Ștefan Bertalan, Cezary Bodzianowski, Tina Bxtq, Michal Durda / Room temperature, Jan Durina, Fůd, GALAS (Галас), Hana Garová, Ladislava Gažiová, Davyd Chychkan, Nosrat Karimi, Seba Kayan, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Adrián Kriška, Běla Kolářová, circle of intersection, Isadora Neves Marques, Nadia Markiewicz, Zoi Michailova, Shabu Mwangi, Aron Neubert, Aliza Orlan, Bronislava Orlická & Zuzana Smrkovská, Taring Padi, Cezary Poniatowski, Publik Universal Frxnd, Margaret Raspé, Nour Shantout, Shella Radio, Alex Sihelsk*, Felipe Steinberg, StonyTellers, Alina Sokolova, Fedir Tetyanych, Huda Takriti, Liliana Zeic, Jiří Žák
VENUES
National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace
/ National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace
Dukelských hrdinů 47
170 00 Prague
GAMPA – City Gallery Pardubice
Automatic mills 1962
530 03 Pardubice
Tusculum Prague
Chittussiho 144/1
160 00 Prague
Biennale In the Matter of Art 2026 takes place under the auspices of the first lady of the Czech Republic Eva Pavlova and the mayor of Prague 7 district Jan Čižínský.
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The exhibition will be inaugurated by Olga Kotková (director of the Collection of Old Masters and interim general director of the National Gallery Prague), Tereza Stejskalová (director of tranzit.cz), the curators of the Biennale (Jaroslava Tomanová, Jakub Gawkowski, and František Fekete), and Monika Čejková (a curator at the National Gallery Prague).
The opening weekend program will continue through Sunday, June 14, and will feature performances, guided tours, book presentations, workshops, and other events at three venues in two cities—the National Gallery Prague, the City Gallery Pardubice (GAMPA) and the Tusculum Prague art center. https://matterof.art/2026
The three-month exhibition and program of events will take place from June 12 to September 13, 2026, at the National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace, GAMPA – City Gallery Pardubice, and the Tusculum Prague arts center. The project is co-curated by Jaroslava Tomanová, Jakub Gawkowski, and František Fekete.
The Biennale Matter of Art 2026 is held under the patronage of Eva Pavlová, First Lady of the Czech Republic, and Jan Čižinský, Mayor of Prague 7.
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The Biennale is organized by the non-profit initiative for contemporary art tranzit.cz in cooperation with the National Gallery Prague, the Pardubice City Gallery (GAMPA) and Petrohradská kolektiv. tranzit.cz is part of the tranzit.org network, whose main partner is the ERSTE foundation. / The biennale is organized by the nonprofit initiative for contemporary art tranzit.cz in cooperation with the National Gallery Prague, the City Gallery Pardubice (GAMPA), and Petrohradská kolektiv. tranzit.cz is part of the tranzit.org network. The main partner of tranzit.org is ERSTE Foundation.
director of tranzit.cz, curators and curator of the biennale Jaroslava Tomanová, Jakub Gawkowski and František Fekete and curator of the National Gallery Prague Monika Čejková.
The program of the opening weekend will continue until Sunday, June 14 and will offer performances, guided tours, book presentations, workshops and other events in three places in two cities - in addition to the National Gallery Prague, also in the Pardubice City Gallery (GAMPA) and the Tusculum Art Center Prague. Admission to all events is free, as is the biennale exhibition itself, which will continue in three exhibition locations until September 13, 2026. art 2026
/ Biennale Matter of Art 2026
12. 6 - 13 September 2026
www.instagram.com/biennale.matterof.art
www.matterof.art
ART / ARTISTS
AntiGonna, Noor Abed, Szymon Adamczak, Željka Aleksić, Gleb Amankulov, David Apakidze, Yana Bachynska / Jan Bačynsjkyj, Jürgen Baldiga, Leila Basma & Zaher Jureidini, Rufina Bazlova / Stitch It Collective, Ștefan Bertalan, Cezary Bodzianowski, Tina Bxtq, Michal Durda / Room temperature, Jan Durina, Fůd, GALAS (Галас), Hana Garová, Ladislava Gažiová, Davyd Chychkan, Nosrat Karimi, Seba Kayan, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Adrián Kriška, Běla Kolářová, circle of intersection, Isadora Neves Marques, Nadia Markiewicz, Zoi Michailova, Shabu Mwangi, Aron Neubert, Aliza Orlan, Bronislava Orlická & Zuzana Smrkovská, Taring Padi, Cezary Poniatowski, Publik Universal Frxnd, Margaret Raspé, Nour Shantout, Shella Radio, Alex Sihelsk*, Felipe Steinberg, StonyTellers, Alina Sokolova, Fedir Tetyanych, Huda Takriti, Liliana Zeic, Jiří Žák
VENUES
National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace
/ National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace
Dukelských hrdinů 47
170 00 Prague
GAMPA – City Gallery Pardubice
Automatic mills 1962
530 03 Pardubice
Tusculum Prague
Chittussiho 144/1
160 00 Prague
Biennale In the Matter of Art 2026 takes place under the auspices of the first lady of the Czech Republic Eva Pavlova and the mayor of Prague 7 district Jan Čižínský.
—
The exhibition will be inaugurated by Olga Kotková (director of the Collection of Old Masters and interim general director of the National Gallery Prague), Tereza Stejskalová (director of tranzit.cz), the curators of the Biennale (Jaroslava Tomanová, Jakub Gawkowski, and František Fekete), and Monika Čejková (a curator at the National Gallery Prague).
The opening weekend program will continue through Sunday, June 14, and will feature performances, guided tours, book presentations, workshops, and other events at three venues in two cities—the National Gallery Prague, the City Gallery Pardubice (GAMPA) and the Tusculum Prague art center. https://matterof.art/2026
The three-month exhibition and program of events will take place from June 12 to September 13, 2026, at the National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace, GAMPA – City Gallery Pardubice, and the Tusculum Prague arts center. The project is co-curated by Jaroslava Tomanová, Jakub Gawkowski, and František Fekete.
The Biennale Matter of Art 2026 is held under the patronage of Eva Pavlová, First Lady of the Czech Republic, and Jan Čižinský, Mayor of Prague 7.
—
The Biennale is organized by the non-profit initiative for contemporary art tranzit.cz in cooperation with the National Gallery Prague, the Pardubice City Gallery (GAMPA) and Petrohradská kolektiv. tranzit.cz is part of the tranzit.org network, whose main partner is the ERSTE foundation. / The biennale is organized by the nonprofit initiative for contemporary art tranzit.cz in cooperation with the National Gallery Prague, the City Gallery Pardubice (GAMPA), and Petrohradská kolektiv. tranzit.cz is part of the tranzit.org network. The main partner of tranzit.org is ERSTE Foundation.