The Moravian Gallery in Brno
The Moravian Gallery in Brno, the second largest art museum in the Czech Republic, is exceptional for the wide range of artistic disciplines it covers. It is the only institution in the country collecting visual art that is concerned with painting, drawing, graphic art and sculpture – from the past and the present – as well as photography, applied art and design. Founded in Brno in 1961 by amalgamating the Museum of Applied Arts and the Picture Gallery of the Moravian Museum, it is housed in three centrally located and architecturally impressive buildings.
The Moravian Gallery in Brno sets out to present visual culture from within the Czech Republic in a European context, both through permanent and temporary exhibitions. To achieve its goals it works together with a number of institutions at home and abroad and participates in international projects.
Contact
Brno Biennial
Moravian Gallery in Brno
Husova 18
CZ-662 26 Brno
Czech Republic
Miroslava Pluháčková
Head of Production of Exhibitions and Publications Department, Secretary of the Brno Biennial
info@bienalebrno.org, miroslava.pluhackova@moravska-galerie.cz
+ 420 532 169 160
Andrea Vojtěchovská
Head of the Marketing and Communications Department
andrea.vojtechovska@moravska-galerie.cz
+420 532 169 189; +420 602 509 278
Anna Šimková
Coordinator of the Accompanying Programs
anna.simkova@moravska-galerie.cz
+420 532 169 119
Press
PR - Opening of the Exhibition 10. 5. 2018
PR - Jury Statement 12. 1. 2018
PR - Call for Entries 6. 9. 2017
PR - Concept of Exhibitions 7. 6. 2017
PR - Introducing Curators 14. 2. 2017
Michaela Paučo
E-mail: tisk@moravska-galerie.cz
Tel.: +420 724 516 672
Jury Statement
This is how the Jury commented on their statement:
“The Jury’s selection aimed at accentuating projects that are formally daring, yet elaborate from the point of view of concept and craftsmanship. The highest concentration of these projects is related (unsurprisingly) to the field of culture (e.g. promotion of cultural events, festivals, the production of smaller publishers, independent magazines, art monographs, etc.). On the contrary, the representation of good quality projects from the commercial sphere was relatively low. There is also an apparent fluctuation of quality in comparing individual media. There is for instance an important representation of good quality poster work (reflecting a certain inertia of the profession, conditioned on the one side by the long-term profile of the Brno Biennial exhibition, and on the other by straightforward exhibition possibilities of the poster). The share of digital works, or – on a more general level – of projects that would identify themselves against traditional conventional formats and media, is rather secondary.”
Colophon
Curators
Adam Štěch, Matěj Činčera a Jan Kloss
OKOLO
Organizers
The Moravian Gallery in Brno
The Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic
Cooperation and Financial Support
City of Brno
Southern Moravia Region
Czech Centres
Auspices
The Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic
Ing. Jiří Havlíček, MBA, Minister of Ministry of Industry and Trade
JUDRr. Bohumil Šimek, Governor of the South Moravian Region
Ing. Petr Vokřál, Mayor of the City of Brno
Board of the Organization Committee
Ing. Jaroslav Kacer, Deputy Mayor of the Statutory City of Brno (chairman)
Mgr. Hana Vondráčková, The Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic
Ing. Tomáš Soukal, South Moravian Region
Mgr. Monika Koblerová, Czech Centres
Mgr. Jan Souček, Czech Television
Moravian Gallery in Brno:
Jan Press, Director of the Moravian Gallery in Brno and Brno Biennial
Miroslava Pluháčková Head of Production of Exhibitions and Publications Department, Secretary of the Brno Biennial
Ondřej Chrobák, Head Curator of the Moravian Gallery in Brno
Marta Sylvestrová, Graphic Design Collection Curator of the Moravian Gallery in Brno
Rostislav Koryčánek, Head of the CENS of the Moravian Gallery in Brno
Silvie Šeborová, Deputy for External Relations of the Moravian Gallery in Brno
Žaneta Drgová, Head of the Marketing and Communications Department of the Moravian Gallery in Brno
Maria Kočařová, Deputy for Economics and Operation, Head of the Finance Department of the Moravian Gallery in Brno