GASK presents its exhibition programme and other events planned for the year 2026

Kutná Hora, 4 December 2025 – GASK presents its main exhibition plans for 2026, which bring together historical contexts with contemporary tendencies and new media art. The programme includes a retrospective look at the work of Milan Mölzer, František Kyncl and Jiří Hilmar (three Czech representatives of constructive tendencies who were active in West Germany), an international dialogue between Renaissance ideas and new media, a large installation by Lukáš Machalický exploring our changing reality, and a selection of collages from the collections of Pražská plynárenská. Other events include sales of designer wares, educational programmes, the opening of a new guesthouse and international collaborative efforts.

Main exhibitions in 2026

Mölzer, Kyncl, Hilmar: 1968–1978

Gallery 1 | 12. 4. – 13. 9. 2026

Curators: Pavel Kappel, Monika Immrová, Veronika Marešová (GASK)

This exhibition is the first systematic look at the life and work of three important representatives of post-war constructive art – Milan Mölzer, František Kyncl and Jiří Hilmar – from their time in West Germany. Besides exploring these Czech artists’ emergence onto the international art scene, it also looks at mutual influences with various individuals from the Düsseldorf scene and identifies new contexts and connections through the use of archival materials. Visitors to the exhibition will see iconic works alongside previously unknown ones, with a particular focus on paper reliefs and objects that underscore the experimental character of the artists’ approach. ‘The exhibition opens up a dialogue between the Czech and European art scenes of the 1970s while taking a fresh look at artists whose work transcended the domestic context’, says GASK’s director Jana Šorfová.

UNCOVERING THE FUTURE

The Legacy of the Renaissance in New Media Art

Gallery 1 | 18. 10. 2026 – 14. 3. 2027

Curators: Dr. Anett Holzheid (ZKM), Veronika Marešová (GASK), Adriana Primusová (GASK)

This international project, organised in collaboration with ZKM Karlsruhe, connects Renaissance thinking with the work of contemporary new media artists working with artificial intelligence, robotics, biotechnology and environmental approaches. According to the curators, ‘the exhibition includes works by thirty-three Czech and foreign artists who use new technologies to explore various forms of the relationship between people, technology and nature, with a view to the future.’ The exhibition asks whether contemporary art inspired by science can provide us with new visions of a sustainable future. An accompanying audio guide created using artificial intelligence adds to the interpretation of the exhibited works.

Lukáš Machalický – Vaníček and Vosmík

Printmaking Crossovers & Blackbox | 24. 5. – 4. 10. 2026

Curator: Adriana Primusová

In his new site-specific installation, Lukáš Machalický responds to the architecture of the Jesuit College while exploring the question of how we perceive reality at a time when the boundaries between reality and simulation are disappearing. ‘Viewers enter this space as if they were entering a virtual reality, except that it is material. They thus physically enter into a real “meta” space of which they become a part’, says curator Adriana Primusová. With this installation, Machalický follows on an earlier project in which he explored the eclectic visuality of the present day. With the idea of ‘nothing is as it seems’, he responds to artificial intelligence and to today’s world in which the boundaries between the real and the imagined are becoming increasingly blurred.

From the Collections of Pražská plynárenská – Collages

Printmaking Crossovers & Blackbox | starting 1. 11. 2026

Curator: Jiří Machalický, Vanda Skálová (GASK)

This selection of works from the collection of the Pražská plynárenská gas company presents collages by Czech artists spanning several decades – from Surrealism and the experimental tendencies of the 1960s all the way to the contemporary younger generation. Continuously expanded since its inception, the collection consists of a comprehensive set of works by key figures from the Czech art scene such as Toyen, Jindřich Štyrský, Aleš Veselý, Jan Švankmajer, Libor Fára, Jiří Kolář and Zbyněk Sekal. The collection has been shown at numerous well-received exhibitions at home and abroad. The exhibition at GASK follows on the recent Traces of Memory project at the Prague House in Brussels. ‘This exhibition nevertheless presents a broader selection of works from the collection that hints at all the things hidden in its depository’, adds Jana Šorfová. The exhibition will be accompanied by a comprehensive publication documenting this exceptional art collection.

Other planned exhibitions

PROJECTROOM

Radim Langer, 22. 3. 2026 – 23. 8. 2026

Milan Cais, 20. 9. 2026 → 2027

WHITEBOX

Jakub Berdych, 22. 3. 2026 – 23. 8. 2026

Ludmila Šikolová, 20. 9. 2026 → 2027

EXPERIMENTAL SPACE 1 and 2

Petr Válek, 22. 3. 2026 – 23. 8. 2026

Milan Cais, 20. 9. 2026 → 2027

CAFÉ FATAL

Marcela Vichrová, 1. 3. 2026 – 31. 5. 2026

Filip Černý, 28. 6. 2026 – 4. 10. 2026

Ivan Komárek, 1. 11. 2026 → 2027

Design and public events

Spring at the gallery opens with our traditional SPRING-DESIGN-GASK event on 18 April, where visitors can find original contemporary design products. This is followed on 15 May by Museum Night featuring an evening programme inside the gallery and in the GASK gardens. The highlight of the summer season is the A Day of Sound festival on 27 June, which combines audio installations, concerts and audiovisual interventions throughout the Jesuit College, at the Church of St. Barbara and in the Chapel of Corpus Christi, all of it under the direction of Michal Rataj. And the autumn programme comes to a close on 28 November with our advent gathering, ADVENT-DESIGN-GASK, dedicated to pre-Christmas design and original works of art.

Educational programmes and accompanying events

The GASK Learning Centre organises programmes aimed at introducing children, schools, families, teenagers, seniors and visitors with specific needs to art. The general public is welcome to participate in art workshops, all-day programmes inspired by the permanent exhibition Through the Labyrinth of Nature, smaller public forums in the library, the series The Face of the Baroque (on the history of the Jesuit College), film and music evenings, (non)club lessons and (non)camp summer camps for kids, and interventions into the exhibitions for young gallery visitors. Next year marks the culmination of Turn on the Light for Pešánek, a regional art contest for schools in the Central Bohemian Region. Also in 2026, GASK will participate FestivAL100, a festival marking the centenary of the birth of writer Arnošt Lustig. As a partner to this festival, on 20 May the gallery will host a discussion of Lustig’s legacy.

Guesthouse

In the summer of 2026, a new guesthouse with five separate units will open on the gallery’s grounds. These accommodations will be available to artists, guests and partner institutions, but can also be rented by the public or for corporate events. ‘The guesthouse provides an additional service for artists and official guests of the gallery while also making this unique GASK venue accessible to the general public’, says the gallery’s director.

Future projects

For 2027, the GASK is planning an exhibition titled Terra Incognita, which is being put together in collaboration with curator Miroslav Halák of the Belvedere in Vienna. This exhibition featuring a selection of Czechoslovak art from 1948–1989 juxtaposed with works from Austria’s Museum Liaunig, presents a new perspective on art from behind the Iron Curtain and its place within the European context. ‘I view this undertaking as an opportunity to provide our audience with a broader perspective on Central European art’, says Jana Šorfová.