Exhibitions in
Ostrava's exhibition scene features numerous museums and galleries with varied focuses. For visual art, the House of Art (Dům umění) is a gallery of fine art, while PLATO serves as a space for rotating exhibitions of contemporary Czech and international work. The city also hosts a wide range of institutions exploring its history, from the Ostrava City Museum in a 16th-century hall to specialized museums dedicated to mining, railways, toys, and technology.
This week's highlights
Soil and Friends
MATÚŠ MAŤÁTKO / Hang in there, brother!
Eduard Halberštát / Configuration / Blast Furnace Tapping / Exhibition of a single work
Timelessness
100 YEARS OF THE HOUSE OF ART IN OSTRAVA / (1926–2026)
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Timelessness
Gallery of Fine Arts in Ostrava
The gallery’s collection of 19th-century works, particularly paintings, ranks among the leading art collections in the Czech Republic, as it comprehensively maps developmental currents and trends throughout the entire…
MATÚŠ MAŤÁTKO / Hang in there, brother!
Gallery of Fine Arts in Ostrava
This solo exhibition in Ostrava by the Slovak artist Matúš Maťátko (1984) presents a current collection of paintings, reliefs and graphic pieces from the most recent period in his career, as well as a visual…
Imprint (1926–2026)
Gallery of Fine Arts in Ostrava
The concept of an imprint has become the central leitmotif for us when mapping the House of Art’s 100 years of history. An imprint can mean an impression, as in soil, or it can signify a trace of something that seems to…
Eduard Halberštát / Configuration / Blast Furnace Tapping / Exhibition of a single work
Gallery of Fine Arts in Ostrava
The thirty-second artwork was selected by the director Slobodanka Radun. This passionate yet contemplative painting strongly resonates with my intuition. On a rational level, and after the experience of creating a…
Soil and Friends
PLATO Ostrava
We present to you: soil. Soil is neither invisible nor quiet, as it might erroneously seem, and the plants and animals connected with it are excellent narrators of what’s going on in the depths hidden from human eyes.…
The enchanting beauty of eternal pages
Gallery of Fine Arts in Ostrava
Viewed from the perspective of artists’ books and bibliophilism, a book is considered to be a unique work of art in which the text is integrated with visual, typographic and haptic properties. It is a medium in which…
Albums of resistance and hope
Gallery of Fine Arts in Ostrava
In the mid-1970s, an idea emerged in the Ostrava region to compile albums showcasing the work of selected artists. Albums 75, 76 and 77 were the first publishing projects by Ivo Janoušek, Kamil Drabina, Jan Štefan, and…
100 YEARS OF THE HOUSE OF ART IN OSTRAVA / (1926–2026)
Gallery of Fine Arts in Ostrava
The year 2026 is exceptional for the House of Art in Ostrava. Our exhibition building will celebrate 100 years since its opening. Since May 13, 1926, when it was first opened to the public, it has remained one of…
At the Turn of the Millennium
Gallery of Fine Arts in Ostrava
This exhibition consists exclusively of works from the collection of the Gallery of Fine Arts in Ostrava. It explores the forms of visual art created by the generation that emerged on the art scene around the turn of…
MARIANNE AUE
Gallery of Fine Arts in Ostrava
Výstava představuje tvorbu německé umělkyně Marianne Aue (1932 Bruntál – 2016 Leverkusen), která patřila k výrazným, i když dnes méně známým, osobnostem evropské poválečné avantgardy. Aue, spjatá s hnutími ZERO a Nové…
MSK, History, and I Project
Gallery of Fine Arts in Ostrava
Online project MSK, history, and I We invite you on a journey of discovery through the Moravian-Silesian Region, during which you will be able to visit castles and chateaux, birth houses, museums and galleries,…