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Dream!?
The exhibition entitled DREAM!? features a unique presentation of the works of key Slovak visual artists who emerged on the art scene in the 1960s up to the “post-November” generation of the 1990s. It is based on artwork reflecting the easing of social and political tensions during the Prague Spring (1968) in former socialist Czechoslovakia. In those briefly “liberated” times,…
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…AND QUIETLY THE NIGHT ARRIVES
The exhibition …AND QUIETLY THE NIGHT ARRIVES presents twelve international artists exploring perspectives on the aesthetics of darkness, melancholy, mythology, and imagination. In a symbolic and surreal manner, the night serves as a metaphor through which ordinary modes of perception are disrupted and hidden aspects of existence are revealed. As Jean-Luc Nancy writes in The Ground of the Image, the nocturnal is a…
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Books / Paintings
The exhibition of three works in the Pálffy Palace of the Bratislava City Gallery forms a unified whole—one that also acts as a striking intervention into the architecture and functioning of the building itself. The installation of a “lift shaft and elevator,” the creation of a “cinema hall,” and the establishment of a “storage depot” and “waste site” are not…
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Ambient Gallery
The Largest Art Installation in Slovakia at Grape. Slovak artist Matej Krén, known for his iconic Infinite Library at Bratislava City Gallery, presented a large-scale mirrored installation at the Grape Festival. Spanning 6,000 m² and designed exclusively for the festival, the AMBIENT GALLERY featured seven monumental mirrored paintings integrated into the natural landscape, creating a space for reflection and repose.
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Figura Obscura
The Figura Obscura exhibition presents a selection of established Slovak and Czech artists exploring the dark tendencies in contemporary figural painting. With authenticity and innovation, they expose the inverse side of humanity and critically reflect on the pressing issues of today’s consumer society. Holding up an unrelenting mirror, they observe and scrutinize themselves in the process. Through somber depictions of societal decline,…
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Contemporary Icons: The Art of Spectacle
The 3rd DANUBE BIENNALE presents 22 artists from the young and middle generations across ten Danube basin countries—Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine.