Gallery of Fine Arts in Cheb

The Gallery of Fine Arts in Cheb (GAVU Cheb) is an art museum focusing on 19th- and 20th-century art, as well as the Gothic art of the historical Egerland region. It is located in Cheb, on the western border of the Czech Republic, in the New Town Hall Palace designed by architect Giovanni Battista Alliprandi. The building houses several exhibition spaces: the second floor contains the collection of Gothic sculpture, the Great Gallery, which focuses on major exhibition projects, and the Opus Magnum exhibition format, which presents exceptional works of Czech and international art; the first floor houses the permanent collection of 19th- and 20th-century Czech art; and the ground floor contains the Small Gallery, which focuses on works by artists of the younger and middle generations, the museum café, a room for exhibitions of modern Czech illustration, and a lecture hall.