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Prednáška: Ponechať, presunúť, odstrániť / O kauze zničených umeleckých diel
Lecture: Keep, move, remove / About the case of destroyed works of art
Event by: Galéria M.A. Bazovského v Trenčíne
Location: Elite Barber, Palackého 99/25, Trenčín
Topics: History
About event
Did you know that dozens of works of art disappeared from Bratislava in the 1970s simply because they did not "fit" into the image of the socialist city? 🏗️
decided the fate of more than 90 works with three words: "keep, move, remove". Many of them - the works of Rudolf Uhr, Jozef Jankovič, Štefan Belohradský, Andrej Rudavský and Milan Laluha - were marked as unwanted and destroyed.
The lecture will explain the mechanisms, actors and consequences of this intervention, which irreversibly affected the Slovak visual arts.
🗣️ About the lecturer
Vladimíra Büngerová is a historian, theorist and art critic. She worked in the Lesser Carpathian Museum in Pezinok and for many years in the Slovak National Gallery as a curator of modern, contemporary and applied art. From 2025, she is a doctoral student of the joint program of FF TU and CVU SAV.
Photo and video recordings will be made at the event, which may subsequently be published.
The exhibition is an activity of the project With roots in Trenčín, which is part of Trenčín 2026. Trenčín 2026 is financially supported by the City of Trenčín, the Trenčín Self-Governing Region and the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic. The partner is the European Union.
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Did you know that in the 1970s, dozens of artworks disappeared from Bratislava simply because they didn't "fit" the image of a socialist city? 🏗️
committee decided the fate of more than 90 artworks with just three words: "keep, relocate, remove." Many of them — works by Rudolf Uher, Jozef Jankovič, Štefan Belohradský, Andrej Rudavský or Milan Laluha — were labeled undesirable and subsequently destroyed.
The lecture will shed light on the mechanisms, actors, and consequences of this intervention, which irreversibly affected Slovak visual art.
🗣️ About the speaker
Vladimíra Büngerová is a historian, theorist, and art critic. She previously worked at the Malokarpatské Museum in Pezinok and for many years at the Slovak National Gallery as a curator of modern, contemporary, and applied art. Since 2025, she has been a doctoral student in the joint program of the Faculty of Arts of Trnava University and the SAV Research Center for Visual Culture.
Photo and video documentation will be taken at the event and may be published afterwards.
The exhibition is part of the project Rooted in Trenčín, which is included in Trenčín 2026. Trenčín 2026 is financially supported by the City of Trenčín, the Trenčín Self-Governing Region, and the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic. The project is co-funded by the European Union.
decided the fate of more than 90 works with three words: "keep, move, remove". Many of them - the works of Rudolf Uhr, Jozef Jankovič, Štefan Belohradský, Andrej Rudavský and Milan Laluha - were marked as unwanted and destroyed.
The lecture will explain the mechanisms, actors and consequences of this intervention, which irreversibly affected the Slovak visual arts.
🗣️ About the lecturer
Vladimíra Büngerová is a historian, theorist and art critic. She worked in the Lesser Carpathian Museum in Pezinok and for many years in the Slovak National Gallery as a curator of modern, contemporary and applied art. From 2025, she is a doctoral student of the joint program of FF TU and CVU SAV.
Photo and video recordings will be made at the event, which may subsequently be published.
The exhibition is an activity of the project With roots in Trenčín, which is part of Trenčín 2026. Trenčín 2026 is financially supported by the City of Trenčín, the Trenčín Self-Governing Region and the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic. The partner is the European Union.
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Did you know that in the 1970s, dozens of artworks disappeared from Bratislava simply because they didn't "fit" the image of a socialist city? 🏗️
committee decided the fate of more than 90 artworks with just three words: "keep, relocate, remove." Many of them — works by Rudolf Uher, Jozef Jankovič, Štefan Belohradský, Andrej Rudavský or Milan Laluha — were labeled undesirable and subsequently destroyed.
The lecture will shed light on the mechanisms, actors, and consequences of this intervention, which irreversibly affected Slovak visual art.
🗣️ About the speaker
Vladimíra Büngerová is a historian, theorist, and art critic. She previously worked at the Malokarpatské Museum in Pezinok and for many years at the Slovak National Gallery as a curator of modern, contemporary, and applied art. Since 2025, she has been a doctoral student in the joint program of the Faculty of Arts of Trnava University and the SAV Research Center for Visual Culture.
Photo and video documentation will be taken at the event and may be published afterwards.
The exhibition is part of the project Rooted in Trenčín, which is included in Trenčín 2026. Trenčín 2026 is financially supported by the City of Trenčín, the Trenčín Self-Governing Region, and the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic. The project is co-funded by the European Union.