{"id":11144,"date":"2024-03-26T13:08:29","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T12:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.galerie.litomysl.cz\/smetanas-art-litomysl\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T13:37:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T11:37:21","slug":"smetanas-art-litomysl","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.galerie.litomysl.cz\/en\/smetanas-art-litomysl\/","title":{"rendered":"Smetana Art Litomy\u0161l"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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SMETANA ART<\/strong><\/h1>

LITOMY\u0160L 2026:<\/strong> THE TOWN AS A GALLERY<\/em><\/h1>
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Smetana Art Litomy\u0161l 2026 transforms Litomy\u0161l into a gallery full of contemporary and historical art. The project, which runs from June to September, is prepared by the Litomy\u0161l Municipal Gallery in cooperation with galleries and cultural institutions located in the town and its immediate surroundings. Thanks to this cooperation, an exceptionally varied show of exhibition projects is created every year, focusing both on the presentation of older art and the work of contemporary Czech and foreign artists.<\/p>

PROGRAMME OF THE SMETANA ART LITOMY\u0160L 2026<\/h3>

MUNICIPAL GALLERY LITOMY\u0160L EXHIBITIONS\u00a0<\/h4>

The Municipal Gallery Litomy\u0161l<\/strong>\u00a0has been sponsoring the Smetana Art Litomy\u0161l for seven years. The curatorial concept behind the central exhibitions of this year’s 2026 edition views art as an “experience” that takes place in a specific time and relationship. The gallery’s intention is not to dazzle or shock viewers, but to offer moments in which to pause – outside the daily rhythms of production and consumption – and enter into concentrated contact with the artwork. Exhibitions There are more variants<\/em><\/a><\/strong>, Jaroslav R\u00f3na – Silence and Myths<\/em><\/a><\/strong>, Gerhard Flekatsch – Resonance<\/em><\/a><\/strong>, Out of Ostrale<\/em><\/a><\/strong> or Natura<\/em><\/strong><\/a> thus do not create a spectacular whole, but rather a network of situations that work with attention, silence and the possibility of inner response.<\/p>

WHAT ELSE TO VISIT IN LITOMY\u0160L: GALLERIES AND EXHIBITIONS<\/h4>

In addition to the main exhibition projects, visitors to Smetana Art Litomy\u0161l can see other attractive shows spread across the city and its institutions. The Town Picture Gallery also offers a glimpse into the world of book culture through the exhibition The Most Beautiful Czech Books of 2025<\/em><\/strong><\/a>. The gallery at Milovsk\u00e1 hu\u0165 offers a project Vitrum et natura<\/em><\/a><\/strong>, which connects glass art with the landscape of the Highlands through the works of Milu\u0161e and Ren\u00e9 Roub\u00ed\u010dek and other important studio glassmakers from the region. The exhibition is repeatedly presented in Litomy\u0161l MenART – On the Road 2026<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, which captures the results of a year-long collaboration between young talents, their teachers and leading Czech artists. This season, the Zden\u011bk Sklen\u00e1\u0159 Gallery<\/strong> has prepared an exhibition dedicated to V\u00e1clav Bo\u0161t\u00edk<\/a><\/strong>, an important painter associated with Litomy\u0161l. V Portmoneum – Josef V\u00e1chal Museum <\/a><\/strong>Museum and Museum of V\u00e1chalov, an exhibition dedicated to the versatile Litomysl artist Anton\u00edn P\u00ed\u010d. Miroslav Kub\u00edk Gallery has prepared a retrospective exhibition Jan \u0160vankmajer – Reliquaries and Fetishes<\/em><\/a><\/strong>, which presents the author’s work in its entirety. The White Gallery will present Patrik H\u00e1bl’s exhibition Behind the Painting<\/em><\/a><\/strong>. Two projects will be on view at the Nov\u00e9 Hrady Castle – M\u00edla F\u00fcrstov\u00e1 – Tenderness in natura<\/em><\/a><\/strong> and Veronika B\u00edlkov\u00e1 – Bohuslav Martin\u016f<\/em><\/strong>.<\/a> Pakosta Gallery will present a project by Simona Blahutov\u00e1 Solitudine Contemporanea<\/em><\/a><\/strong>, which reflects on issues of freedom, media reality and the changing image of the contemporary world.<\/p>

Looking for other places to visit in Litomy\u0161l in 2026? Discover Smetana Art\u00a0 Litomy\u0161l.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>