Institution Ceské muzeum výtvarných umení (The Czech Museum of Fine Arts)

since 1963

Praha / Ceská Republika

The Czech Museum of Fine Arts (originally the Mid-Bohemian Gallery) was founded in 1963 as a regional gallery. It began its activities at Nelahozeves Castle near Prague,where in 1964 it opened a permanent exhibition of Czech modern art (which was discontinued in 1971).

In 1971 three reconstructed historical houses in Husova St, in the Old Town district of Prague, were opened as the new home of the gallery. They remain the centre of the Czech Museum of Fine Arts, where it also stages temporary exhibitions of 20th-century and contemporary art.

In 1994 the Czech Museum of Fine Arts opened the newly reconstructed House of the Black Madonna in Celetná St, Prague. This important monument of modern architecture, built in 1911-1912 by Josef Gocár, became the venue for a permanent exhibition of Czech Cubism (4th and 5th floors). The other three floors provided a venue for temporary exhibitions of Czech art and that of other countries, in particular art of the first half of the 20th century.

The Czech Museum of Fine Arts finished its exhibition programme at the House of the Black Madonna on January 30th 2002. The museum is currently reconstructing the former Jesuit College and its grounds in the historical town of Kutná Hora, some 60 kilometres east of Prague, as a new centre for its activities. The Kutná Hora Arts Centre is due to open in 2005.

(Info: The Czech Museum of Fine Arts)

Husova 19-21
11001 Praha
Czech Republic
+42(0) 222220218
Fax +42(0) 222221190
muzeum@cmvu.cz

Exhibitions / events

2006 Uta Peyrer. Rozširování prostoru a rozpínání casu, Ceské muzeum výtvarných umení, Praha
2006 Karl Prantl. Ticho, Ceské muzeum výtvarných umení, Praha, Rakouské kulturní fórum Praha, Praha
2001 Karl Prantl. Retrospektive, Ceské muzeum výtvarných umení, Praha, Haus zur Schwarzen Muttergottes, Praha, Rakouské kulturní fórum Praha, Praha
1998 Alfred Graf per fumum - innehalten , Ceské muzeum výtvarných umení, Praha
1998 Josef Hoffmann and contemporary international, Ceské muzeum výtvarných umení, Praha
1997 Für Lidice. 52 Künstler aus Deutschland / Pro Lidice. 52 umelcu z Nemecka, Ceské muzeum výtvarných umení, Praha