The gallery is located in the courtyard tract on Gorkého Street. Amidst the clamor of the busy center, the inner courtyard offers a quiet space for contemplating the exhibited works. The institution primarily focuses on presenting young Czech artists. OFF/FORMAT’s roots were planted by former students of the Department of Art Education at the Faculty of Education, with Ondřej Navrátil, Petr Kovář, and Šimon Kříž contributing to its development.
The student gallery project emerged from meetings among a group of students from the Faculty of Arts. Discussions about the lack of curatorial practice for students and graduates of the Seminar of Art History and Cultural Management led to the idea of establishing a gallery that would allow students to explore the boundaries between art theory and practical gallery experience.
The exhibition space at Malinovského Square, together with the second venue of the House of Kunštát Gentlemen, hosts both group and monographic exhibitions addressing questions raised by the contemporary art scene. The House of Art is also behind the Brno Architectural Manual project and the international BAiR residency program.
Galerie Cejla was established in the former premises of the artist-run project SOLO offspace. The platform and its eponymous curatorial team aim to create a new exhibition and educational space in Brno. In addition, they strive to mediate art for diverse audiences and to present works by lesser-known artists.
Fait Gallery is a young gallery institution gradually expanding its range of interests beyond the Czech. Originally operating in the former Royal-Polish Brewery, it has been continuing its work at the Vaňkovka factory since 2016. Its exhibition projects cover the entire spectrum of visual art from the 20th and 21st centuries, featuring both established Czech artists and the contemporary art of the younger generation. In addition, it is committed to supporting private collecting in Brno.
The Moravian Gallery is the only art museum in the Czech Republic that addresses visual culture in a truly comprehensive manner. It works with fine arts – painting, drawing, graphics, and sculpture from the oldest periods to the present – as well as with photography, applied arts, graphic design, and architecture. In addition to its three exhibition buildings, the gallery also manages the Jurkovič Villa and the Birth House of Josef Hoffmann.
The Moravian Gallery is the only art museum in the Czech Republic that addresses visual culture in a truly comprehensive manner. It works with fine arts – painting, drawing, graphics, and sculpture from the oldest periods to the present – as well as with photography, applied arts, graphic design, and architecture. In addition to its three exhibition buildings, the gallery also manages the Jurkovič Villa and the Birth House of Josef Hoffmann.
The Moravian Gallery is the only art museum in the Czech Republic that addresses visual culture in a truly comprehensive manner. It works with fine arts – painting, drawing, graphics, and sculpture from the oldest periods to the present – as well as with photography, applied arts, graphic design, and architecture. It organizes expert lectures for the public and engages in publishing. Since February 2023, the palace has been closed due to renovations.
The Moravian Gallery is the only art museum in the Czech Republic that addresses visual culture in a truly comprehensive manner. It works with fine arts – painting, drawing, graphics, and sculpture from the oldest periods to the present – as well as with photography, applied arts, graphic design, and architecture. It organizes expert lectures for the public, engages in publishing, and also hosts the International Biennale of Graphic Design.
The gallery has been active in the Brno area since the late 1960s. Today, it focuses on contemporary art and comprises three spaces – the Gallery of the Young, which presents the youngest generation, the Gallery U Dobrého pastýře for established artists, and the Gallery Kontext, which hosts exhibitions curated by external curators. In March 2020, the gallery also initiated an art research project called “Černá skříňka” (Black Box) to reflect on the pandemic situation in the cultural …
In the basement of the former Medical Faculty, the bodies of art works are dissected. Under the curatorship of Petr Kamenický and Jana Nedomová, surgical operations have been replaced by visual, conceptual, and spatial interventions. The exhibitions always address contemporary art and remain true to their original function by delving beyond the surface, posing penetrating questions.
On the top floor of the building of MU Faculty of Education, visitors are greeted by the inscription “This reality has been appropriated by art”, in keeping with art’s role to uplift and connect us with the unattainable. Even after the establishment of the Faculty of Fine Arts at VUT in 1992 the department remained not only a center for teacher training but also organizes exhibitions, offers studies in gallery pedagogy, and manages a consortium of six galleries, including the Black …
Mikro-teatro is an auteur residential theater that brings its productions into micro-spaces or creates micro site-specific projects. Its performances for both children and adults, thanks to collaborations with young visual artists, are distinguished by original scenography and costumes that can transport the performers anywhere by train or bus. Since 2024, Mikro-teatro has had a permanent stage – a living room in the center of Brno at Josefská 1.
The House of the Kunštát Gentlemen is one of the exhibition spaces of the Brno House of Art, hosting both group and monographic exhibitions that address issues raised by the contemporary art scene. The House of Art is also behind the Brno Architectural Manual project and the international BAiR residency program.
Gallery G99 is located in the House of the lords of Kunštát. It is dedicated to contemporary visual art in an international context combined with a strong sense of place. Its goal is to be a versatile, interdisciplinary platform that responds to diverse needs and offers opportunities. Since 2017, it has been part of the City of Brno’s House of Art residency program – Brno Artists in Residence.
A presentation space for the artistic work of the emerging generation of artists and curators, as well as an experimental laboratory for open dialogue between the academic environment and the public. Our aim is to showcase the widest possible range of artistic projects in the areas of visual, audiovisual and sound art.
König Vlk Gallery is a lively platform for the presentation and discovery of contemporary art. In a newly renovated Art Nouveau house from 1922, on Fryčajova Street in Brno, we combine historical atmosphere with progressive artistic approaches. Our exhibition programme is curated to reflect the most current topics, open new perspectives on art, shape cultural awareness and stimulate dialogue between artists and the public.
The Brno City Museum, a significant institution with over a century of tradition, has been housed since 1960 in the National Cultural Monument – the Špilberk Castle and Fortress. Visual art is presented in exhibitions under the Brno City Gallery umbrella, including shows such as “Austrian Moravia,” “Moderna” (followed chronologically by “From Modernity to Contemporary”), and interwar architecture is featured in the “O nové Brno” exhibition.
Architectural purity, the interplay of interior and exterior spaces, timeless technical equipment, noble and exotic materials, and above all, a high degree of preservation – these are the main attributes that led to Villa Tugendhat being inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2001. Built between 1929 and 1930 for Grete and Fritz Tugendhat according to the design by German architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the villa is part of the Brno City Museum.
IA is a contemporary art gallery that presents the best of current Czech and international visual art. It is part of the INDUSTRA cultural center, founded in 2012 by Pavel Stratil and Jakub Konvica, which today brings together under one roof an independent theatre scene, a residency center, a café with its own roastery, and a cinema with a fablab. It is located in the Nová Zbrojovka complex, where it gives new life to former industrial halls and connects the Czech Republic with the wider world.
Many Brno residents have likely “visited” Galerie Umakart without even realizing it. The display case at the Antonínská stop was transformed in 2008 into a living entity by the initiative of students from the Faculty of Fine Arts, regularly updating its content. The window display offers an opportunity for continuous interaction with art – a place to see the ordinarily unseen and to subtly broaden one’s horizons.
A stage for contemporary live art and new forms of audiences. Terén is a dramaturgical and production platform without its own ensemble and permanent stage, which has been operating alongside the Husa na provázku Theatre and HaDivadlo as part of the Centre for Experimental Theatre since 2019. We support the creation and performance of new works of contemporary live and interdisciplinary art.
Open Studios focuses on the diversity of the Brno scene – encompassing fresh graduates, relocated artists, as well as established painters, sculptors, and conceptual artists. The platform is continuously mapping urban clusters where artists live and work, with the aim of opening studios to the public for a weekend in June. The festival also seeks to showcase the breadth of contemporary art, its various approaches, and the ways individual artists or artistic groups think about it.
Artist-run space in Brno, Czech Republic. Unlimited in bringing overground cultural events.
The museum is the second oldest museum institution in the Czech Republic, with extensive collections comprising materials primarily from the natural and social sciences. It currently operates in six buildings in Brno and three outside the city. Visitors can explore Moravia’s fauna and minerals, the origins and evolution of humanity, and various historical phases of settlement in the region. It also focuses on notable Brno natives such as Gregor Mendel and Leoš Janáček.
The museum is the second oldest museum institution in the Czech Republic, with extensive collections primarily from the natural and social sciences. It currently operates in six buildings in Brno and three outside the city. Visitors can learn about the fauna and minerals of Moravia as well as the origins and development of humanity, along with various historical stages of settlement. It also dedicates itself to notable Brno natives such as Gregor Mendel and Leoš Janáček.
The House U šlechtičen was built between 1682 and 1690 in the style of an urban baroque palace by Jan Křtitel Ernů. In 1790–1791, the building was expanded with an additional floor and connected to the neighboring Althanský Palace. Its interior features a chapel adorned with late baroque frescoes. The palace served as a foundation for the education of abandoned noble and burgher girls.
The Center for New Media Art – Vašulka Kitchen Brno (VKB) is a space for research, artistic experimentation, and informal education in new media art. It comprises the study archive of Woody and Steina Vašulka, an exhibition of selected works, and a reading room. A regular public program is held here, including lectures, concerts, exhibitions, presentations, workshops, screenings, and seminars.
The gallery is housed in a factory space from the early 20th century near the former Vlněna textile mill. It operates in symbiosis with the neighboring Schrott cellar, from which it has gradually separated. Its exhibition program focuses on photography, complemented by painting, sculpture, drawing, and applied graphics. The gallery provides space for both established contemporary art creators in Brno and the surrounding area, as well as for the youngest generation of students.
The First Republic brought many public libraries to Czechoslovakia, and Brno was no exception. A library was meant not only as a place to borrow books but as an institution that systematically educates and nurtures, as envisioned by Jiří Mahen, the founder and organizer of Brno’s cultural life. Even today, the library continues his legacy as an important community center actively involved in cultural life. The Central Library is complemented by a network of branches throughout the city.
Forty-five thousand liters is a volume that extends beyond the walls of the institution into the public space of a passage in the center of Brno. The “gallery” aims to confront everyday reality and the challenges of contemporary architecture with its interdisciplinary reach. Its exhibition program seeks current societal themes, placing them in the context of the city and site – raising the question of how to exhibit and communicate with passers-by through the format of a display …
The Museum opens pathways to the roots of Roma identity and contributes to tolerance and mutual understanding. In the European context, it is a unique institution that documents Roma and Sinti culture globally. Today, it manages collections of traditional crafts and professions, types of dwellings, interior furnishings, clothing and jewelry, fine art, written materials, posters, and audio, photo, and video documentations, as well as reflections of Roma culture in the mainstream.
Galerie Sibiř is an exhibition space located in the cultural center Sibiř in Brno’s Husovice district. Since 2022, it has presented works by both local and non-local artists. It also regularly organizes guided tours of exhibitions that touch on broader societal themes, participating in programs such as this year’s Brno Art Week.
Shortcut Gallery is Vitamin’s in-house gallery space that provides an accessible and inclusive environment designed to cultivate, interact, and connect. By linking global cultural issues with local realities, the gallery creates an accessible environment and brings together cultural workers, artists, generations, and communities. Education plays a key role, and so the Shortcut Gallery is not only an exhibition space but also a platform for dialogue and collective imagination.
GJJ is located in the house where the academic painter Josef Jambor lived and worked between 1931 and 1964. In 2017, part of the house was renovated into modern exhibition spaces. The gallery presents the work of Josef Jambor as well as contemporary art, with an emphasis on artists of the young and middle generations. It also responds to the needs of the local community by implementing artistic interventions in the public space of Tišnov.
The uniquely preserved apartment of Brno poet Zeno Kaprál (1941–2020) offers a space for literary gatherings, readings, discussions, book christenings, and other events. The program is curated by TIC Brno – in collaboration with the publishers Host, Druhé město, and Větrné mlýny, as well as the Moravian Library and the magazine Host – and features formats that bridge literature and visual art. The atmosphere is enriched by the apartment’s original furniture and fittings.
The exhibition space of Galerie Otevřená zahrada is located on three floors of a passive building in a courtyard on Údolní, which is connected to the environmental project Otevřená zahrada. Since 2013, the Partnership Foundation – in collaboration with the House of Art of the City of Brno – has organized exhibitions here. The exhibitions have been curated by Jana Vránová and, in recent years, also by Roman A. Muselík.
Spektrum gallery is an experimental space for investigating diverse forms of contemporary art. Similar to the interdisciplinary overlap characteristic for the current art scene, the gallery’s programme is polycentric and open to all artistic mediums. A particular focus of the space is in providing opportunities for production and exhibition of sound performances and installations. We wish to create and initiate new forms of activities and approaches within the organism of the gallery platform.
4AM is collective based in Brno, active since 2010, with collaborations extending across the Czech Republic and beyond. It serves as a platform for critically examining questions around architecture, urbanism, contemporary audiovisual culture, and broader socio-political and cultural phenomena. 4AM’s projects emphasise interdisciplinarity, engage with urgent social issues, bringing together practitioners and thinkers from the fields of architecture, art, and theory.
Cultural centre Kafara is located in the historic former rectory building in the Brno district of Obřany and represents an important community and cultural hub of the area. It offers year-round café services with outdoor seating, a children’s corner and a multifunctional hall. Since 2017, it has been systematically developing an open space for meeting, education and creative activities, supporting families with children as well as the wider cultural public.
The Blansko City Gallery presents contemporary art in two exhibition spaces through both solo and group shows spanning various genres. In addition, it offers a broad accompanying program including guided tours with commentary, art workshops for children, workshops for adults, and a series of “NA DOMA” activity sheets. This year the offer is complemented by a regular cycle of expert lectures and discussions titled “ART IN CONTEXT and the SITUATION of Art in Public Spaces.”
The cultural center CO.LABS is an open space providing comprehensive services for creators and offers visitors dozens of high-quality cultural and educational events. In addition to its supportive activities, CO.LABS has its own programming focused on auteur projects in performing arts, visual arts, and music. It emphasizes interdisciplinary creation, engagement, and progressiveness with a focus on politically and socially themed topics.
Galerie Průchod is an exhibition space located in a passage connecting Úvoz and Údolní streets. Its very character invites installations and the consumption of art. The generous space, suitable lighting, and well-maintained walls invite visitors to pause and engage in a subtle, non-invasive manner. Anyone passing through becomes unwittingly part of the installation – a visitor who may be unsure of what they are looking at, yet is subtly influenced by the space.
The Faculty of Fine Arts at the Brno University of Technology (FaVU) is the smallest and second youngest faculty of the university. Founded in 1993, it is the oldest art faculty at a non-art university in the Czech Republic. Covering a range of disciplines including fine arts, applied arts, and contemporary trends, it spans the entire spectrum of contemporary art and design. Currently, FaVU has 17 studios.
Arnold Villa is a cultural monument and part of the oldest villa colony in Brno, established in the 1860s. It is located in close proximity to Brno’s most sought-after monument – Villa Tugendhat. It was the second building constructed on the slope above Lužánky, built in 1862 according to the design of prominent Brno builder Josef Arnold, and later modified in the Art Deco style between 1909 and 1915 by Cecilie Hože.
The exhibition “The Life and Work of Leoš Janáček” is located in the garden house of the former organ school where Leoš Janáček lived from 1910 to 1928. It includes Janáček’s original studio with a piano, while another part of the house hosts a modern exhibition that provides basic textual and visual information about the composer’s life and recalls his best-known works. Temporary exhibitions are held here as well.
The gallery is located in the foyer of the Art Cinema in Brno. The classical linear perception of the exhibition becomes dominant here, to which the artists usually naturally submit, even though the space for experimentation remains open. The gallery is managed by the group Grau kllktv as a mobile space for long-term and temporary projects. It does not seek a fixed shape and place, it works with opportunity and lives in the moment.
ssesi (pronounced /ˈsasi/ as in “sassy”) is a cross-sectional cultural organisation freely traversing formats and disciplines. ssesi is planted on the steep hills of the Svratka river in Brno, Czechia, on the land of former communal gardens that are now rewilding. It connects artists, architects, environmental scientists and engaged public with the context of former urban gardens, its cultures and more-than-human specificities.
Brno Art Open transforms selected locations in the city into a space for artistic dialog. The varied interventions open new readings of known sites and revive forgotten recesses of the cityscape.
After Gallery was founded as a platform for research and support of art, curating, and theory. It links the presentation of visual art with reflections on current issues in cultural theory, philosophy, and social life, opening space for imaginative and speculative responses to contemporary conditions of artistic production. It organizes events without a permanent physical base, fostering collaborations and supporting sustainable, slower approaches to artistic and theoretical practice.
SOC is an informal student collective based at the Faculty of Law of MU. Its aim is to create space for contemporary artistic practice and to foster dialogue between law and art. It focuses on exhibitions, site-specific interventions, and interdisciplinary collaborations that reflect the faculty’s public space, legal culture, and broader social issues. It seeks to cultivate critical thinking, openness to experimental forms, and a stronger cultural dimension within the academic environment.