National Gallery Prague
The history of the NGP collection, however, reaches back to the early 17th century, when Albrecht Dürer's legendary Feast of the Rosary became part of Rudolf II's art collection in 1606. As one of the few works to do so, this famous painting has remained in Prague to this day and ranks among the cornerstone pieces of the gallery's collections. In the second half of that same century, the collecting activity of the Czech nobility began to flourish in earnest, and thanks to it — once the Picture Gallery was founded — the wider public could admire these masterpieces for the first time. It was then that the foundations of today's National Gallery Prague were laid.
Now on view
21 exhibitions
Edith and Egon: Iconic Drawings of Egon Schiele from the NGP Collections
PhDr. Petra Kolářová, Ph.D.
Drawing Seated Woman with Bent Knees (Edith) on display from 24 September to 11 October 2026 Drawing Self-Portrait on display from 13 October to 25 October 2026 This year, Czech Post has issued a commemorative postage…
230 Years of the NGP
Mgr. Veronika Hulíková
The day of 5 February 2026 marks 230 years since the founding of the Society of Patriotic Friends of the Arts, a private association whose main goal was to open a picture gallery to the public and in the course of time…
Open for 230 years
PhDr. Martina Jandlová Sošková, Ph.D.
On February 5, 1796, the Society of Patriotic Friends of Art was founded, which soon established the Picture Gallery, the predecessor of today's National Gallery Prague. A selection of seventeen archival photographs…
Drawings by Zbyněk Sekal
More is Now! New Czech Architecture
Exhibition at the Deutsches Architekturmuseum DAM on the occasion of the Frankfurt Book Fair, Czechia 2026 Venue: DAM Frankfurt am Main, 3rd-floor gallery Organisers: Deutsches Architekturmuseum DAM, National Gallery…
The Cabinet of Doctor Faust II
Mgr. Markéta Vondrová, Ph.D.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s drama Faust ranks among the key works of world literature, and its representation in the fine arts also constitutes an important chapter in the history of 19th-century art. Illustrations for…
Helena Emingerová – Graphic Art
6 October 2026 – 17 January 2027 The Graphic Arts Cabinet presents the work of the artist Helena Emingerová (1858–1943) through the prints she produced from the second half of the 1890s. Already a respected and…
Zbyněk Sekal — Blue Flower
PhDr. Adriana Šmejkalová, Ph.D.
The exhibition traces the drawings of sculptor Zbyněk Sekal (1923–1998), from his early figural studies to works created while in exile in Vienna, presenting drawing as an autonomous space of thought and existential…
NGP: New Media – Lukáš Hofmann: Sospiri
Intervention by the Jindřich Chalupecký Society: Ezra Šimek The exhibition presents Lukáš Hofmann and his work Sospiri from the Magnus Art Collection, which the gallery acquired in 2024 as a donation from J&T Banka. The…
Georges Kars, a Bohemian in Paris
Venue: Musée d'art et d'histoire du judaïsme, Paris A prominent yet little-known figure of the School of Paris, Georges Kars is the subject of his first major Paris retrospective since 1945. Bringing together more than…
ATLAS
Traditionally, the term “atlas” refers to a set of maps depicting specific territories. Our ATLAS is a similar set that charts areas of the gallery that are often invisible: the café, workspaces, the library, relaxation…
Tactile Exhibition
PhDr. Marina Hořínková, Ph.D.
HAPTIC TRAIL – CLOISTER REMOVABLE ENLARGED PRINT DESCRIPTIONS FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED Introduction to the Tactile Exhibition The National Gallery Prague holds a significant collection of medieval cast works. From…
1956–1989: Architecture for All
Mgr. et Mgr. Helena Huber-Doudová, Ph.D.
A ticket for this exhibition is also valid for all collection exhibitions at the Trade Fair Palace. The exhibition focuses on architecture and lifestyle between 1956 and 1989. Lifestyle is a phenomenon in which everyday…
1939–2021: The End of the Black-and-White Era
Mgr. Michal Novotný, Mgr. et Mgr. Eva Skopalová, Ph.D.
A ticket for this exhibition is also valid for all collection exhibitions at the Trade Fair Palace. The End of the Black-and-White Era is not a comprehensive title for the years 1939–2021 but rather a slogan summarizing…
Medieval Art in Bohemia and Central Europe 1200–1550
Mgr. Štěpánka Chlumská
The exhibition from the collections of the National Gallery Prague, which can be visited on the first floor of the convent complex, presents more than two hundred exhibits of painting, sculpture and arts and crafts…
1918–1938: First Czechoslovak Republic
PhDr. Anna Pravdová, Ph.D.
A ticket for this exhibition is also valid for all collection exhibitions at the Trade Fair Palace. The permanent exhibition on the third floor of the Trade Fair Palace was created on the occasion of the hundredth…
1796–1918: Art of the Long Century
Mgr. Veronika Hulíková
A ticket for this exhibition is also valid for all collection exhibitions at the Trade Fair Palace. The exhibition 1796–1918: Art of the Long Century purposefully and naturally connects Czech and international art.…
Old Masters I
The permanent exhibition Old Masters in the Schwarzenberg Palace presents selected key artworks from the Collection of Old Masters (Hans von Aachen, Petr Brandl, Matthias Bernard Braun, Lucas Cranach, Adriaen de Vries,…
Old Masters II
PhDr. Olga Kotková, Ph.D., PhDr. Martina Jandlová Sošková, Ph.D.
The Old Masters II exhibition a follow-up to the Old Masters I permanent exhibition located in the opposite Schwarzenberg palace. Both exhibitions complement each other to form a coherent whole, while presenting…
ATLAS
Traditionally, the term “atlas” refers to a set of maps depicting specific territories. Our ATLAS is a similar set that charts areas of the gallery that are often invisible: the café, workspaces, the library, relaxation…
The Art of Asia Across Space and Time
Mgr. Lenka Gyaltso, Mgr. Markéta Hánová, Ph.D., Mgr. et Mgr. Kristýna Rendlová, Mgr. Jana Ryndová, Ph.D.
In a new exhibition at the Salm Palace, the Collection of Asian Art of the National Gallery Prague presents a selection of 520 artworks from Asia and the Islamic world, spanning 5,000 years and set in the context of…
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Chronos. The Theme of Time in 16th- to 18th-Century Prints
Chronos – the personification of time as a winged old man with an hourglass and a scythe – was one of the most prominent and frequently used symbolic figures in Early Modern art. We find him in painting and graphic art,…
Jaroslav Čermák: Myths of European Reality
Venue: GHMP Library, Mariánské náměstí 98/1, 110 00 Prague 1 – Old Town The National Gallery Prague is participating in the exhibition Jaroslav Čermák: Myths of European Reality, held at the Prague City Gallery from…
Anne Jagiellon (1503-1547): Queen at the Dawn of a New Era
The exhibition is being held on the 500th anniversary of the accession of the House of Habsburg to the Bohemian throne and the establishment of the Habsburg monarchy within Central Europe. In 1526, when Louis II of…
Against the Current. The Surrealist Group. 1934-2024
Ten years after the publication of the first Surrealist manifesto by André Breton, the Surrealist Group in Czechoslovakia was founded on 21 March 1934. This quickly became the second most prestigious group of its kind…
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