Slovak National Gallery

Academy to Nature. Forms of Landscape Painting in Central Europe 1860 – 1890

This exhibition, organized jointly by the SNG and the Gallery of West Bohemia in Plzeň, is among the first efforts at concentrating on the work by art personalities who moved between the Danube Monarchy and that time’s visual art centres, responding to the attraction of the plein-air landscape. The “paysage intime” (intimate landscape) focused on live reality and domestic and country life, and helped transform the landscape toward modern art.

Current exhibitions

From the Academy to Nature. Forms of Landscape Painting in Central Europe 1860–1890 Esterházy Palace,
Exhibition will last 66 days

This exhibition, organized jointly by the Slovak National Gallery and the Gallery of West Bohemia in Pilsen, is among the first efforts at concentrating on the work by art personalities who moved between the Danube Monarchy and that time's visual art centres, responding to the attraction of the plein-air landscape.

Icons in Slovakia Zvolenský zámok, Zvolen
Permanent exposition

The exposition on the first floor in Zvolen castle gallery begins with the display of the cabinet collection of icons of SNG. The objects are the heritage of medieval Byzantine painting.

Gothic Art Zvolenský zámok, Zvolen
Permanent exposition

Exhibition on the ground floor of Zvolen Castle is compiled according to various criteria. This created a sequence of relatively independent exhibition rooms.

European Art, 16th – 19th Centuries Zvolenský zámok, Zvolen
Permanent exposition

Opened depository of The Collection of old European paintings of SNG was created considering the planed reconstruction of the building of SNG in Bratislava.

Into the Wild
Schaubmarov Mlyn v Pezinku, Pezinok-Cajla
Exhibition starts in 14 days

The exhibition Into the Wild will present works of (mostly) contemporary Slovak artists focusing on the topic of wild nature. "Nature" or "wilderness" exist as constructs of human mind by which we oppose the "civilised", i.e. human-occupied and human-shaped environment.

Suitcase from the United States
Esterházy Palace,
Exhibition starts in 54 days

Arnold Peter Weisz-Kubínčan (1898 - 1944) was born into a Jewish family in the town of Usch, Prussia. From 1913 to 1917 he studied sculpture at the School of Arts and Crafts in Budapest. After the war he continued in his studies in Berlin, most probably at a private academy. In Berlin of the 1920s he could be close to the expressionistic tendencies which suited his artistic nature. Weisz-Kubínčan is a unique figure in terms of our modern painting and drawing but also due to his mysticism.

Upcoming events

Sunday Rest: From the Academy to Nature. Forms of Landscape Painting in Central Europe 1860 – 1890
5. may / 16:00

SNG in the media

Czech and Slovak Pavilion explores whether Soviet-era architecture is worth saving
dezeen.com
4. june 2016

„Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: a bright red model of the Slovak National Gallery forms the centrepiece of the Czech and Slovak Pavilion, which questions whether the countries' Soviet-era architecture should be saved or demolished.“

20th Century Czech and Slovak Women Sculptors
3rd-dimensionpmsa.org.uk
17. july 2015

„Art-historian Benedict Read reviews Women Sculptors: A Selection of Significant Czech and Slovak Sculptors at the Slovak National Gallery.“

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