OUTSIDE THE GALLERY! / ART IN CZECH PUBLIC SPACE after 1989

The exhibition is carried out under the patronage of Minister for European Affairs, Associate Professor Mikuláš Bek, Ph.D.

The exhibition presents the integration of art in the public space since the late 1960s. At that time, art left galleries and museums worldwide, and started creating new visual and social connections in the broader context of landscape and urban planning, within the discussion on the quality of public space in urban agglomerations. This project maps the "Czech situation" from the normalization era that started in the late 1960s till the present post-industrial capitalism of the "post-truth" era. It’s based on the exhibition “Public Space CZ”, prepared by Jaroslav Fragner Gallery in collaboration with the Institute of Art History of the Czech Academy of Science, curated by Professor Petr Kratochvíl in 2017. The development on the Czech territory has reflected the global transformation of art or visual culture, responding to new geopolitical or social connections and also to the economic materialization enabled by private investments.

OPENING  - June 30 - discussion, performance

BOOK LAUNCH & DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE - August 4, 6 pm