Gallery of Modern Art in Hradec Králové
Gallery of Modern Art in Hradec Králové was founded in 1953 under the name Regional Gallery of what was then Královéhradecký Region. In its early years, the gallery was housed in Rychnov nad Kněžnou Castle. In the spring 1963, the gallery returned to Hradec Králové. Then, it was housed in two wings of former Bishop’s Residence in Great Square. It was renamed as Area Gallery and later as Regional Gallery again (1963-1990). In January 1990, the gallery moved permanently to its current location under its current name-Gallery of Modern Art in Hradec Králové. The present building, where the gallery is housed, is a former seat of a banking and financial institution called Credit Union Bank. Gallery of Modern Art was a replacement for the Museum of Revolutionary Traditions of the East Bohemia Region, that opened in 1988 and shut down in 1990. The collections represent a development of modern Czech art from late 19th to early 20th century until today. As of 2008, Gallery of Modern Art (commonly abbreviated as GMU) houses a collection of modern art as well as a collection of other works, including former Vladimír Preclík Gallery and Stations of the Cross of the 21st Century. Stations of the Cross is a series of sculptures called Story of Misery and Hope of Men, installed outdoors between villages Stanovice and Žireč near Kuks. 2019 saw foundation of two entirely new collections: Moving Image Collection and Central and Eastern Europe Collection.
Now on view
10 exhibitions
Erik Sikora | Narwhal Navigation
Anna Horák Zemanová
The exhibition at the Black Cube, GMU’s exhibition space for works from the gallery’s Moving Image Collection, presents Erik Sikora’s new video Narwhal Navigation (2026), which loosely follows on from his older works…
Jan Pražan | Moonlight on My Boat
Tomáš Kolich
Jan Pražan’s work revisits questions that landscape painters have been asking themselves since at least as far back as the Romantic era. How should we understand the “religious” awe that landscape inspires? Can one…
Dušan Zahoranský | Wish
František Zachoval
Wish consists of two columns between which five steel cables are stretched. Letters of the alphabet hang from the cables, which visitors can manipulate to form various five-letter words in a vertical formation. The…
Karel Miler
Anna Horák Zemanová
The exhibition space Behind the Wall, which is part of the permanent exhibition 20th-Century Czech Art and Its Labels, is dedicated to artists who in 1948–1989 worked outside official structures of cultural policy –…
The Circle of Women Artists
Jan Florentýn Báchor
The exhibition surface On the Wall, which is part of the permanent exhibition 20th-Century Czech Art and Its Labels, is dedicated to styles, motifs, groups and artists that have remained outside the mainstream narrative…
Polina Davydenko | Salty Wounds, Stony Shells, Imprinted Territory
Anna Horák Zemanová
This intimate gallery space Na bidýlku II presents works by the youngest generation of artists, current students and art school graduates. Its name and mission recall the activities of the gallerist Karel Tutsch, whose…
Home Is Where the Heart Is
Anna Horák Zemanová
The exhibition explores the phenomenon of artistic partnerships in the visual arts, meaning the relationship between married artists or life partners, with a focus on artists whose personal and artistic careers unfolded…
Vladimír Preclík’s Gift to the Hradec Králové Region
Petra Příkazská, Anna Horák Zemanová
Presented in the form of an open depository, the exhibition Vladimír Preclík’s Gift to the Hradec Králové Region includes all the works from a collection donated by the sculptor Vladimír Preclík (fifty-four works in…
20th-Century Czech Art and Its Labels
Tomáš Kolich, Petra Příkazská
The exhibition 20th-Century Czech Art and Its Labels presents labels that are used to define the chronology of 20th-century Czech art and are commonly found as chapter headings in art history publications: the Mařák…
Archwerk.cz | Corral
Hradec Králové’s Velké náměstí (Great Square) is currently dominated by cars. This large parking area in the historic city centre has been the scene of clashing opinions regarding the square’s current and future use. On…
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4 upcomingEva Horská & Jakub Horský
The solo exhibition in Bílá kostka will reflect the experimental and conceptual outputs of illustration, which is one of the important forms of traditional visual expression.
Veronika Rónaiová & Peter Rónai
The Past Won't Let You Go (2021) is Veronika Rónaiová's central work in a dialogical exhibition between the artist and her partner, multimedia artist Peter Rónai. The aim of the exhibition is to present media-diverse…
Matouš Hrbek
Through expressive painting, the artist addresses themes connected with childhood. The artist places great importance on the process itself, on decay and chance, during which a dialogue occurs between drawing and…
(Black) Hole in Art
A black hole is inherently unrepresentable, yet many artists have attempted to capture it. This paradox also applies to all other non-cosmic holes, fissures, or chasms. What exactly are holes? We have words for them and…
