Vernisáž výstavy Expanze: Přírůstky 2013–2025

Between 2013 and 2025, the Prague City Gallery acquired 2,366 works of art. In the previous comparable period, the number was just 375. This expansion of the collection makes it possible not only to chart the work of established artists but also to capture developments in the emerging art scene. The exhibition presents a selection from the GHMP’s acquisitions during the period when the institution has been led by exhibition curator Magdalena Juříková.

The works on display encompass a wide range of media—from painting, drawing, and sculpture through photography and video to spatial installations and forms of conceptual art. Alongside well-known artists from several generations (Jitka Válová, Stanislav Kolíbal, Milan Grygar, Květa Pacovská, Milena Dopitová, Jiří David, and others), the exhibition also features younger artists (Tadeáš Kotrba, Vasil Artamonov and Alexey Klyuykov, the Podebal group, and others).

The expansion of the collections is a collective effort by the curators, which, through gradual steps, coalesces into a significant record of developments in the art scene. In recent years, the GHMP has consistently focused its acquisition efforts primarily on experimental art from the 1960s and 1970s, the 1990s generation—which was systematically explored through several authentic exhibition projects—and the contemporary scene, which it has mapped through the Start Up exhibition series and later through thematic projects (Thinking Through Film, 2023–2024; Enter the Room, 2025). In 2013, it became the first public institution to begin collecting moving images as an important component of visual culture. Gradually, GHMP has succeeded in covering the period of the second half of the 20th century and the first quarter-century of the new millennium.