Lecture on the 230th Anniversary of the Founding of the National Gallery's Predecessor. Sanctuary or Laboratory?

Name: Lecture on the 230th Anniversary of the Founding of the National Gallery's Predecessor. Sanctuary or Laboratory?
Start: 2026-05-14
End: 2026-05-14
Location: Národní galerie

took place · 14 May 2026

National Gallery, Prague

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A lecture commemorating the 230th anniversary of the founding of the predecessor institution to the National Gallery. The talk explores whether the institution functioned as a sanctuary of art or as a scientific laboratory.

About the venue: National Gallery

Veletržní palác is a landmark functionalist building from 1928 that houses the National Gallery Prague's collection of modern and contemporary art spanning the 19th to 21st centuries. Works by Picasso, Klimt and Alfons Mucha are among the highlights. The building itself ranks as one of the finest examples of functionalist architecture in Central Europe.

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