Nils Amadeus Lange – Hildegard von Bingen
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Lunchmeat Festival, tranzit.cz, the National Gallery Prague, and Prague Art Week present the performance Hildegard of Bingen by Swiss artist Nils Amadeus Lange.
It will take place on Thursday, September 24 at 6:30 p.m. in the Small Hall of the Trade Fair Palace. Through contemporary queer rituals, medieval chants, scents, and movement, the performance brings to life the work of the medieval mystic, healer, and thinker Hildegard of Bingen, which focused on plants, sexuality, music, and the body.
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Queer Existence as Collective Choreography
Screening of short films and discussion with Michal Durda and Paulína Pinková /
The two independent short films by Michal Durda and Paulina Pinková explore the concept of “queer” through social and collective choreography. The screening will be followed by a discussion with the artists, moderated by Nela Pietrová. The films address the themes of chemsex and folklore from a queer perspective, incorporating elements of storytelling, dance, and music. These are collective rituals that can be appropriated as methods of everyday rebellion.
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Biennale Matter of Art 2026 Announces Its Closing Program
The complete biennale exhibition in Prague can be visited until September 13, 2026. /
Through exhibitions, lectures, workshops, performances, guided tours, film screenings, and outdoor events, the biennale explores how relationships, solidarity, and imagination can shape artistic practice and collective life. The complete biennale exhibition in Prague can be visited until September 13, 2026.
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📢 CALL for APPLICATIONS 2027: Artist-in-Residence Programme at MuseumsQuartier in Vienna
Deadline: 15. 9. 2026 /
The participants are given the opportunity to live and work in one of the MuseumsQuartier studios right in the heart of Vienna. The residencies are aimed at artists and curators from Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, and Ukraine working in the field of critical contemporary visual art to do research in their respective area.
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A space for all at the National Gallery Prague
kroužek intersekce offers an equipped space for community events, free all summer long /
Groups, collectives, as well as individuals seeking a temporary space to host events in Prague are invited to use The Tent, which can be found within the 2026 Biennale Matter of Art exhibition in the Great Hall of the National Gallery Prague’s Trade Fair Palace.
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Biennale Matter of Art 2026
49 artists and collectives, and dozens of events across three venues in Prague and Pardubice /
The fourth edition of the Biennale Matter of Art will take place from June 12 to September 13, 2026, in Prague and Pardubice. The international exhibition and public program will be held in three principal locations: The Great Hall of the Trade Fair Palace in Prague, GAMPA – City Gallery Pardubice, and Tusculum Prague.
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Wayang kardus workshop with Taring Padi
Stop the violence against humanity /
The Indonesian art collective Taring Padi, founded in 1998 by art students and activists in Yogyakarta, will hold a two-day workshop of making life-size cardboard puppets, known as wayang kardus in Indonesian, which are used at protests and demonstrations.
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More than 20 years of tranzit.org with Paul B. Preciado and Doris Uhlich in Venice
More than 20 years—tranzit.org celebrates with Doris Uhlich and Paul B. Preciado on the opening weekend of the 2026 Venice Biennale. /
Taking place on Saturday, May 9, 2026, in the iconic In Paradiso Restaurant in the Giardini della Biennale in Venice, Italy, the daytime event features a performance by acclaimed Austrian artist Doris Uhlich and a discussion between philosopher and author Paul B. Preciado, and Tereza Stejskalová, the director of tranzit.cz. The event celebrates the publication of the anthology tranzit 20+, which chronicles the first two decades of the tranzit.org network of initiatives in Vienna, Prague, Budapest, Cluj, Iași, Bucharest, and Bratislava. Admission to the event is free of charge, and capacity is limited.
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Call for texts: Druhá : směna and Biennale Matter of Art seeks proposals from emerging authors
Pitch a text on queer migration and diasporas in an open call by Monday, May 11th, 2026 /
The project's goal is to subject this year's Biennale Matter of Art theme to broader critical reflection and expand opportunities for emerging writers.
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2026 Editorial Plan
tranzit.cz publishing house /
What new books does tranzit.cz have in store for 2026? Take a look at the publication schedule, which you can view or download as a PDF.
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The 2026 Biennale Matter of Art announces six new artistic commissions and the theme of this year’s edition
Press release /
Selected by curators Jaroslava Tomanová, Jakub Gawkowski, and František Fekete, the new projects will be presented as part of the upcoming edition of the biennale in Prague and Pardubice. Created by artists from various regions of the world, the autonomous projects gravitate toward the themes of migration and displacement as well as queer identity in the context of spirituality. The commissioned artists and collectives are Noor Abed, David Apakidze, Yana Bachynska, a.k.a. Jan Bačynsjkyj, Adrián Kriška, Aliza Orlan, and Leila Basma & Zaher Jureidini.
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Biennale Matter of Art 2026
49 artists and collectives, and dozens of events across three venues in Prague and Pardubice /
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Biennale Matter of Art
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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