Schools – Guided Tour 1939–2021: The End of Black and White

This guided tour of the permanent exhibition 1939–2021: The End of Black and White presents art as testimony to its era – the result of artistic visions and broader social, political, and economic forces. Following a chronological structure, it traces the major currents of modernism, postmodernism, and contemporary creation, examining how the concept of artistic quality has evolved.

The title "The End of Black and White" refers to an approach that rejects simple divisions between official and unofficial, abstract and figurative, formal and engaged – showing that these polarities existed side by side and influenced each other. The exhibition is not a hierarchical selection of "the best," but an attempt to understand what art was created and why.

The programme relates to works by these artists: Jan Zrzavý, Kamil Lhoták, Mikuláš Medek, Pavel Brázda, Jiří Kolář, Eva Kmentová, Vladimír Janoušek, Karel Nepraš, Zdeněk Sýkora, Adriena Šimotová, Milan Knížák, Jitka and Květa Válovy, Karel Malich, Theodor Pištěk, Jiří Sopko, Michael Rittstein, Milena Dopitová, Jiří Černický, Josef Bolf, Ztohoven, Kateřina Šedá and others.

Target group: secondary and university students / Duration: 60 or 90 minutes / Price: 100 CZK / 12–30 people, 2 teachers free