National Gallery Prague

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We have been a stable partner of Czech art and culture for a long time. We fell honoured to support the best in their respective fields. We truly appreciate National Gallery Prague’s work and believe that, through our partnership, we can bring the world of art closer to the public.

One example of our partnership with National Gallery Prague is the original Empathy Award competition intended to recognise creative projects transcending visual art with their social and environmental impacts. Artistic installations of the 2021 winners, Romana Drdová and Lenka Záhorková, were displayed in the Small Hall of the Trade Fair Palace for several months.

National Gallery Prague is a state-owned organisation that manages the largest visual art collections in the Czech Republic. This second oldest European gallery, after the Louvre, is one of the most prominent art galleries in Europe. Its collections comprise many masterpieces of Czech and the world’s visual art, which are displayed in beautiful historical buildings: The Convent of St Agnes of Bohemia, the Kinsky Palace, the Salm Palace, the Schwarzenberg Palace, the Sternberg Palace, the Waldstein Riding School, and the Trade Fair Palace.

Discount for our clients

We have a special 20% discount for you to enhance your enjoyment of visiting the gallery. The discount applies to admission tickets for all National Gallery Prague exhibitions and permanent displays. It is enough to be a KB payment card holder to obtain the discount.

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The 1918⁠–⁠1938: First Czechoslovak Republic exhibition installed in the Trade Fair Palace was created on the occasion of Czechoslovakia’s 100th anniversary. It shows the young country’s rich creative activities and artistic operation between 1918 and ⁠1938. In addition to paintings and sculptures of prominent Czech, Slovak, Czech-German and Carpathian-Russian artists (Václav Špála, Josef Čapek, Jindřich Štyrský, Toyen, August Brӧmse, Maxim Kopf, Wenzel Hablik, etc.), the exhibition also includes artworks from the renowned French collection (Paul Gauguin, Henri Rousseau, Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh, and others) that the Czechoslovak state acquired, a short time after its establishment, during the 1920s and 1930s.

The exhibition is not limited to visual art only; it features an interdisciplinary span, presenting also other cultural and artistic achievements in the First Czechoslovak Republic, such as books and their illustrations, design, applied graphic design, etc.

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1918-1938 První republika | Národní galerií s Benem

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The 1796⁠–⁠1918: Art of the Long Century exhibition in the Trade Fair Palace interconnects Czech and international art. It presents, for example, Gustav Klimt’s famous Maiden and Egon Schiele’s, Edvard Munch’s, Paul Gauguin’s, Vincent van Gogh’s, and Pablo Picasso’s works. The assortment includes more than 450 works by 150 artists in three main chapters: Mankind, The World, and Ideas. In addition to paintings, it also offers the art of sculpture. Free-standing sculptures accompany paintings. Public sculptures form a separate section paraphrasing the three basic themes in the Architecture, Monument, and Tombstone subsections, in line with the selected approach and subject to the availability of the exhibits.

The objective of the exhibition is to showcase the major achievements of the Czech and European (in particular French) world of art, which are owned by National Gallery Prague, ranging from self-portraits, and family and official portraits, to paintings portraying life in cities, cafés, and boulevards, to romantic landscapes and realistic renditions. It also includes works with historical, religious, and mythological themes. Consequently, works created in very different periods and using very different visual techniques can be seen side by side. It may even be striking, and for Czech visitors quite surprising, how seemingly completely different paintings may end up next to each other, such as the delightfully romantically realistic Josephine by Czech painter Mánes next to Picasso’s raw and crushing Female Nude in Cubism style.

1796-1918 Umění dlouhého století | Národní galerií s Benem

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The Buddha Up Close

This exhibition will show you the history of Buddhist art and Buddha Shakyamuni himself. You will learn about his teachings and how Buddhism made its way from the Indian subcontinent to Southeast Asia, China, Tibet, Japan, and other regions.

Waldstein Riding School until 24 April 2022

Who was Buddha Shakyamuni?

The introductory section of The Buddha Up Close exhibition will highlight the diverse forms in which artists in the regions to which his teachings had spread depicted the founder of Buddhism. Then follow works inspired by legends from Buddha’s life and those outlining the main directions of Buddhism.

Forgeries? Forgeries!

This exhibition will take you on a spectacular journey through the world of art forgeries. You will learn about how, when, and for what purpose replicas, copies, imitations, and forgeries can be created and how they differ. You will see forgeries emulating the style of the Dutch Old Masters of the 17th century as well as fake works allegedly by prominent Czech painters of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Sternberg Palace until 1 May 2022

Digital Intimacy

The screen has recently become something that we hold in our hands most often, and so modern technology has crept very deep into our privacy. Therefore, the exhibition offers answers to the question of how, following the virtual experience reinforced by the pandemic situation, our concept of privacy and intimacy has changed and what effect technology has on interpersonal relationships.

Trade Fair Palace until 10 July 2022

The Empathy Award

The Empathy Award is Komerční banka’s and National Gallery Prague’s joint project.

In 2019, KB and NGP called the first open competition, under the heading Empathy Award, intended to support creative projects transcending visual art with their social and environmental dimension.

The purpose of the competition was to support the materialisation of new works of art in any visual form, transcending the limits of visual arts, which would relate to one of the current burning social issues in an original and proactive way. One of the key reasons for devising this project was the intention to support artists operating on the Czech visual art scene irrespective of their ethnicity or community membership. The other reasons included support for selected artists on their artistic journey, provided through help offered by National Gallery Prague, which let its premises for displaying the works.

In November 2021, National Gallery Prague and Komerční banka presented the first Empathy Award winning projects in the Small Hall of the Trade Fair Palace in Prague. Artistic intentions that transcended the limits of visual arts and creatively brought opportunities for mutuality and coexistence in the environment and society won the support.

Romana Drdová deals with environmental and consumerism issues, which she infuses with a conscientious consideration of the options for creative treatment of waste products from various industries. Her works take the form of fashion, through which she wants to redirect our thinking towards sustainability.

Lenka Záhorková opens an inter-generational dialogue, highlights the problems associated with old age, and offers reflection on the values and experience of old age. She works with senior citizens and paints their stories on china crockery so that their experience can be preserved for the entire society. Her project highlights the problems associated with old age and, above all, communicates ideas of the values brought by old age.

Discount for our clients

Discount conditions

The 20% discount is intended for Komerční banka’s clients and cardholders and can only be granted to rightful holders of KB payment cards. The discount does not apply to admission tickets for additional persons. Clients claiming the discount have to notify National Gallery Prague’s box office and show a valid KB payment card. The discount is not provided automatically by the payment terminal; the box office personnel process the discount further to the client’s request and show of their payment card.

The 20% discount applies to FULL ADMISSION bought from NGP’s box offices for any and all NGP collection displays and exhibitions, and it can be utilised repeatedly.

The discount does not apply to the following privileged or reduced admission:

For collection displays:

Admission for senior citizens over 65
Admission for valid ITIC card holders
Ten-day admission for all NGP collection displays

For short-term exhibitions:

Admission for students aged 10 to 26 who show a valid ISIC, IYTC, or EYCA/EURO<26 card
Admission for senior citizens over 65
Admission for valid ITIC card holders
Family tickets

Admission under the NGP Club of Friends membership programme in the following categories: Friend, Friend Plus, Family, Senior, and Supporter.

Please visit NGP’s website for more detailed information about admission to NGP and reduced admission.

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