The fifth edition of Kyiv Biennial will be international and will take place in Kyiv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Uzhhorod, Vienna, Warsaw and Berlin.
In view of the brutal Russian attack on Ukraine, a comprehensive biennial project in Kyiv long seemed deeply uncertain, if not impossible. But, with a cascade of openings – starting in Kyiv and Vienna in October 2023, finishing in Berlin in 2024 – the fifth Kyiv Biennial will take place. This Biennial edition is conceived as a European event, with dispersed exhibitions and public programs in a number of Ukrainian and EU cities, and realized in partnership with leading European institutions in the field of contemporary art.
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tranzit.cz is publishing the first czech translation of Sophie Lewis's radical book /
On the evening of Wednesday 27 September 2023 the premises of the Petrohradská kolektiv will host the launch of the book Abolish the Family, featuring a thematic workshop headed by Maja Vusilović and Eliška Koldová from Druhá : směna. During the course of the evening the book shall be on sale at a special discount. Admission to the event is free of charge, but the capacity of the workshop is limited, so please register if you wish to take part in the latter.
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Call for applications 2024 is now open until September 13th, 2023 /
The residencies are aimed at artists and curators from Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovak Republic and Slovenia working in the field of critical contemporary visual art to do research in their respective area.
Taking into consideration the urgencies raised by the ongoing war against Ukraine, we would like to express our solidarity and add a grant of a two-month stay for a participant from Ukraine.
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Workshop with Kateryna Lysovenko /
Workshop for preschool children from Ukraine led by Ukrainian painter Kateryna Lysovenko. The children will be creatively processing the experience of living in a different country and a new environment. Lysovenko is in Prague in July and August 2023 for an artist residency as part of the In the Matter of Art 2023 Biennial. The workshop capacity is currently full.
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CALL for APPLICATIONS now open until 10 April /
ERSTE Foundation offers fourteen fellowships for young artists and emerging curators from Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine to take part in a course of their choice at the International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg 2023.
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Both Erdődi and Borisionok are based in Vienna, Austria, and Matter of Art marks their first professional collaboration. /
The biennale, which ended on October 23, focused on contemporary notions of decolonization in Central and Eastern Europe. Furthermore, it has brought attention to the topics of vulnerability, resilience, and trauma, both collective and individual.
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In addition to introducing the topics and the working and creative processes, Éric Baudelaire and Tomáš Vobořil will talk about the ongoing archival research leading to a future project involving elements of the history of the Czechoslovak training center in Zastávka u Brna. Admission to the event is free of charge.
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Can feminism bring us new perspectives based on which we can understand the war in Ukraine in ways that go beyond the hegemonic narratives circulating nowadays? Join the online debate streaming on October 19, 2022 from 6.00 pm CET.
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The book /
In September 2021 the artist and social worker Bára Bažantová together with the anthropologist Lenka Podroužek Polčová moved for one month into the Libuše Community Centre, based in the Janov housing estate in Litvínov. During this time Bažantová kept a diary, which then formed the background for her book
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Submit your aplication until September 18, 2022 /
The residencies are designed for artists, curators and theoreticians from Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovak Republic and Slovenia working in the field of critical contemporary visual art to do research in their respective area.
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The second edition of the international exhibition organized by tranzit.cz /
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A hospital, a white cube, and an art nouveau landmark /
Biennale Matter of Art Prague 2022 announces venues for the upcoming edition. The exhibition will take place from July 21 to October 23, 2022 across three sites that offer a very distinct architectural backdrop to the exhibition.
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The project comprises the international exhibition of contemporary art taking place once every two years as well as the platform’s long-term activities, which engage in critical reflection of the institutional aspects of the biennale format in the /
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