Through the Temple, in a Circle, on the Slope – Permanent Exhibition of Alšova jihočeská galerie

The permanent exhibition Through the Temple, in a Circle, on the Slope is located in the Wortner House (U Černé věže 22, České Budějovice) and presents a selection of works from the Alšova jihočeská galerie collection. Medieval art forms the foundation of the collection and its earliest acquisitions.

The exhibition is divided into thematic sections: the section called Through the Temple is situated in the basement and simulates a sacred space – the natural setting for medieval collection pieces, such as the medieval Madonna from Rudolfov. The sections In a Circle and On the Slope, by contrast, are white galleries offering a selection of modern art – particularly interwar avant-garde, post-war Czech art, postmodern tendencies of the 1990s, and contemporary works (for example, paintings by Jan Zrzavý).

The exhibition is continuously evolving. The curators of the exhibition are Dita Pfefferová, Miroslav Růžička, and Hynek Látal. The Wortner House is a Gothic-Renaissance building in the centre of České Budějovice and has been a branch of the Alšova jihočeská galerie since 1993.