Jiri Svestka Gallery
Jiri Svestka Gallery was founded by Dr. Jiri Svestka in 1995. Dr. Svestka’s passion was art history and also served as the gallery’s curator.
Prior to opening his namesake gallery, Dr. Svestka was the director and curator of 2 galleries in Germany: the Kunstverein Duesseldorf and the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg.
The gallery has the distinction of being one of the first private galleries in the Czech Republic. Dr. Svestka’s purpose is to bring both Czech and Central –European art at the forefront of international art scene.
Among the prominent Central European artists featured by the gallery are Katerina Kozyra, Marketa Othova, Jitka Hanzlova, Ioana Nemes, Dan Perjovski, Kristof Kintera, Petra Feriancova, and Rafal Bujnowski.
The Jiri Svestka Gallery is a regular exhibitor at several distinguished art fairs such as Art Basel, FIAC, Armory show, Art Chicago, TEFAF Maastricht, and ARCO.
Address: Janackovo nabrezi 5, Prague 5, 150 00, Czech Republic
Kodl Gallery
The Kodl Gallery is one of the oldest art galleries in the Czech Republic. Its history goes as far back as 1885 with Jan Kodl who acquired the Gamisch picture gallery.
His collection primarily consisted of the practitioners of the Haushofer and Maarka traditions.
The gallery was succeeded by Jan’s son, Jiri who expanded the collection to include the works of Jan Bauch, Emil Filla, Otto Gutfreund, Alfred Justitz, Georg Kars, Ludvik Kuba, Jan Lauda, Josef Sudek, and many other prominent artists at the time. Today, the gallery is managed by the new generation under Martin Kodl.
The Kodl Gallery has held many exhibitions throughout the years. These events have featured the artwork of Emil Filla, Karel Vaca, Frantisek Kavan, Frantisek Ronovsky, Vaclav Radimsky, and Ivan Gruber.
Address: Národní 7, Praha 1, 110 00, Czech Republic
Miro Gallery
The Miro Gallery was established in 1987 but started out in Berlin before relocating to Prague, the Czech Republic in 1994.
The move was made possible when the gallery’s founder, Miro Smolak, received timely financial assistance from popular Czech singer, Karel Gott.
The gallery is located at the Church of St. Rochus at the Strahov Monastery. It has since organized more than 100 art exhibitions that featured the best in world classical Modern and Contemporary art.
It has presented the creations of Picasso, Chagall, Rodin, Dali, and Warhol among the most notable.
The Miro Gallery holds the distinction of hosting the International Trebbia Awards which awards the most distinguished personalities in the world of fine art.
The gallery was also named the “The Most Popular Commercial Art Gallery in Prague” in a survey conducted by the Gallup organization.
Address: Strahovske nadvori, 1/132, Czech Republic
Cermak-Eisenkraft Gallery
Tomas Zapletal and David Zelezny founded the Cermak-Eisenkraft Gallery in 2014. Their ambition was to become the leading dealer of both Czech post-war and Contemporary art.
The name of the gallery is a celebration of the founders’ rich family history. Cermak came from the side of Tomas’ – the former mayor of Chicago, Anton Cermal who brought Al Capone to justice.
Meanwhile, Eisenkraft is the name of Torden Eisenkraft, a hero in World War II and Zelezny’s grandfather.
The gallery has participated in Art Paris, Pop Surrealism in New York and Cologne, and has conducted private sales in Prague, Dubai, and London.
Among the artworks represented by the gallery include those of Salvador Dali, Joan Miro, Lazslo Nagy, Emil Schumacher, Andy Warhol, Antoni Tapies, and Jaroslav Serpan.
Address: Dlouhá 616/12, 11000, Czech Republic
Galerie Arcimboldo
Galerie Arcimboldo was established in 2001. The gallery conducts direct sales as well as auctions on the finest works of art.
According to the gallery, the most expensive item it has sold fetched US$415,000 in the market. The gallery also claims that it has currently sold a total of 1,767 works of art.
The focus of Galerie Arcimboldo is to feature the best representations of Contemporary art from the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
The gallery’s roster of artists include Alexandra Barth, Karel Balcar, Michal Cernusak, Zdenek Danek, Andrej Dubravsky, Milos Englberth, Viktor Freso, Krystof Hosek, Krystof Krejca, Miroslav Marenec, Michal Ozibko, Frantisek Skala, Paulina Skavova, Leos Suchan, Jaroslav Valecka, and Jan Vasilko.
Address: Láze?ská 287/4, 118 00 Malá Strana, Prague, Czech Republic
Rubikon Gallery
Mgr. Bronislav Pauckova established the Rubikon Gallery in 2001. It specialises in fine art from Czech Republic masters.
The Rubikon is a merger with Pauckova’s other gallery, Bohema. The merger necessitated the transfer to the gallery’s current location.
The gallery has hosted several exhibitions. These events have featured the works of such luminaries in the world of Czech fine art such as Miroslav Marina, Zdenek Tomanek, Alena Cikova, Jan Cerny, Rea Simlikova, Dagmar Dudova, Karel Safar, Barbora Bendova, Borek Ziman, Oldrich Eichler, Zuzana Honsova, Jan Rapin, Ivana Pavlisova, Michael Halva, Sergej Kulina, Karino Amade, and Daniela Foltynova.
Address: 1. máje 24, 779 00 Olomouc, Czech Republic
Gallery of Fine Arts in Ostrava
The Gallery of Fine Arts in Ostrava is the largest gallery in the Moravian-Silesian region.
Presently, it houses more than 23,000 works of art and welcomes an estimated 100,000 people each year into its gallery. It is widely recognized among the 5 most important art galleries in the Czech Republic.
The gallery’s section the House of Art was inaugurated in 1925. It featured the massive collection of the building’s contractor, Frantisek Jurecek.
Unfortunately, Frantisek died before the gallery opened which motivated then-Curator, Alois Sprucil, to rename the House of Art to the Jurecek Gallery.
The Gallery of Fine Arts holds some of the most important works of 18th century Czech art.
These masterpieces include paintings by Brozik, Havranek, Machek, Manes, Navratil, Chittussi, Purkyne, Ulik, Uprka, and Vesin.
Address: Jure?kova 1750/9, 702 00 Moravská Ostrava a P?ívoz, Czech Republic
Galerie Art
Galerie Art was founded by Svetlana and Lubos Jelinek in 1996. The gallery has a massive collection of artwork that covers a wide range of styles and traditions.
These masterpieces cover work from the 13th century, 18th century, 19th century, and 20th century Old Masters to Modern and Contemporary art.
The gallery has organized exhibitions to honour the creations of Jiri Anderle, Jan Knap, Adolf Born, Olbram Zoubek, Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro, Marc Chagall, Erika Klos, Igor Kitzberger, Zdenek Mezl, and Jan Svoboda among the more notable ones.
Address: Resslovo námstí 12, 537 01 Chrudim, Czech Republic