Gay artist exposes Slovaks to homosexuality and gender equality
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When she was small, she imagined what it would be like if she could lie down in a tin mould and have her body grow into the shape she wanted herself to be. It was not into the shape of her mother, a woman.
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Reconstruction of the Slovak National Gallery closer to completion
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Reconstruction of the gallery will last longer and cost more than originally planned.
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The suitcase reveals more than artwork
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Katarina Curtis shares memories on relationship of her mother and Expressionist Arnold Peter Weisz-Kubínčan.
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Forgotten artist symbolically returns home
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Expressionist Arnold Peter Weisz-Kubínčan was of European importance; he brought international thought to Slovak art.
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Bookworms get a sanctuary in the Slovak National Gallery
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The Kornel and Naďa Földváry Library is both a traditional library as well as a piece of art.
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New ways and new path of Slovak architect Weinwurm
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The irregular guided tour in English this time offers an insight into the innovative thinking and concept of Slovak architect Friedrich Weinwurm, known also outside the then-Czechoslovakia, a pioneer of architectural avant-garde in Slovakia.
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Famous painter Bazovský was also a photographer
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The iconic Slovak painter Miloš Alexander Bazovský, whose many works revive the rural idylls or stylised portraits of Slovaks and Slovakia, also made numerous photographs on his travels around the country. What was once an appendix to his work has now become the core of current exhibition.
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Czech and Slovak Pavilion explores whether Soviet-era architecture is worth saving
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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.
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20th Century Czech and Slovak Women Sculptors
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Art-historian Benedict Read reviews Women Sculptors: A Selection of Significant Czech and Slovak Sculptors at the Slovak National Gallery.
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Gallery offers delight for body and soul
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The Slovak National Gallery (SNG) tries, in its Nestex exhibition, to present old Slovak art in a very modern way. In March, this offer is being enhanced with a lecture in English.
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