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.
Now on view
7 exhibitions
Adriena Šimotová, The Joy of Life. Paintings and Prints 1963-1970
Marie Klimešová
The work of Adriena Šimotová (1926–2014) is rightly considered a significant contribution to Czech modern art. As a respected artist, she has been featured in numerous major group and solo exhibitions. This time, we…
Lucie Rosická, Soft Breakdown
Radek Wohlmuth
Lucie Rosická (1998) presents an intimate exploration of the transformation of female identity through motherhood, physicality, and introspective observation. Formally, it builds on the artist’s previous work, which is…
Wilhelm von Kaulbach,The Naval Battle of Salamis (study), c. 1860
Marie Plešáková
The Municipal Museum and Gallery in Mariánské Lázně (Marienbad) houses a study for the monumental work The Naval Battle of Salamis by Wilhelm von Kaulbach, a leading painter of German Historicism and director of the…
Acknowledgments. A Selection of Donations to the GAVU Cheb Collection 2024-2026
Marcel Fišer
Donations to the museum’s collection can take various forms. Most often, a living artist adds another work to an acquisition free of charge, which effectively serves as an elegant form of discount without the artist…
Martin Sladký, Mosaicist
Zuzana Krišková
The painter and mosaic artist Martin Sladký (1920–2015) was a prominent figure in the official visual arts scene of the second half of the 20th century; however, his work was never comprehensively presented before 1989,…
KeraVitral. The New Life of the Znojmo Phenomenon in Plesná
Jana Pokorná Kalousková
The exhibition will showcase KeraVitral, a company that has been operating in an old factory building in Plesná since 2024 and specializes primarily in the production of wall and floor tiles, as well as the ceramic…
Michaela Kukovičová, Illustrations for the book Wishes
Veronika Lochmanová, Veronika Lochmanov
Michaela Kukovičová (b. 1988) graduated from the Animation Studio at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, where she currently works as an assistant professor. Books featuring her illustrations have…
