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
7 exhibitions
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…
Jiří Valoch
Jana Písaříková
Jiří Valoch’s artistic practice has been fundamentally defined by a sensitivity to language since the mid-1960s. Valoch created his first textual installation in the spring of 1970, during the last pioneering years of…
Eva Horská & Jakub Horský | All That We Have
Petra Příkazská
The exhibition All That We Have, named after a painting by Stanislav Diviš, presents a cross-section of works by Eva Horská and Jakub Horský and offers an overview of a broad range of printmaking techniques and book…
Veronika Rónaiová & Peter Rónai | The Past Won’t Let You Go
Anna Horák Zemanová
The exhibition The Past Won’t Let You Go presents the art of Veronika Rónaiová and Peter Rónai as a dialogue between two distinctive artistic strategies that, despite their different visual language, share an interest…
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 upcomingErika Pfeifferová
The Za zdí exhibition space, which is part of the permanent exhibition Czech Art of the 20th Century and its Categories, is dedicated to artists who created outside the official structures of cultural policy, in the…
Jan Trampota
The exhibition space On the Wall, which is part of the permanent exhibition Czech Art of the 20th Century and its Categories, is dedicated to styles, motifs, groups, and artists who remained outside the main narrative…
Matouš Hrbek | Men Whose Sawdust Remains
The chamber gallery Na bidýlku II presents the work of the youngest generation of artists, current students or graduates of art school studios. Its title and focus refer to the activity of gallerist Karel Tutsche, whose…
The Black Hole in Art
A black hole is inherently unrepresentable, yet many artists have tried to capture it. This paradox also applies to all other non-cosmic holes, cracks, or rifts. What exactly are holes? We have words for them and we can…
