Moravian Gallery is preparing an exhibition about Kotěra for next year

The exhibition of Jan Kotěra will take place in Jurkovič Villa.

Brno - The International Biennale of Graphic Design and the retrospective of the Rafani group are among the anticipated events of next year on the Brno art scene. During the biennale, three palaces of the Moravian Gallery in the center of Brno will be filled with graphic design from around the world. The successful and discussed Rafani will be presented by the House of Art of the City of Brno, which, however, is also expected to implement cost-cutting measures next year due to cuts in the municipal budget.
    The biennale will run from June 21 to October 28. "The Jubilee 25th edition will offer a number of novelties — the most important being that the biennale will be open to all exhibition categories for the first time in its history," stated Moravian Gallery spokesperson Martina Vašková. The cancellation of categories that have regularly alternated until now will allow for the presentation of the most interesting examples of graphic design from the past period without formal restrictions in the competition.
    The three main pillars of the biennale remain the international competition, an exhibition by guest curators, who this time are designers from the Dutch studio Experimental Jetset, and an international symposium. Accompanying exhibitions will feature, for example, the laureate of the biennale from 2008, Kasia Korczaková. The exhibition "Works from California" will be prepared for the biennale by American curator Joe Sueda. Czech artist Karel Haloun will exhibit his rare collection of music posters.
    Other projects of the Moravian Gallery include an exhibition about one of the founders of Czech modern architecture, Jan Kotěra, which will take place in the reconstructed villa of Dušan Jurkovič in Žabovřesky. The exhibition, which will start on March 29, will juxtapose the works of Kotěra and Jurkovič as creators who each, in their own way, honored folk art as an important source of inspiration for modern architecture and artistic craftsmanship.
    The House of Art of the City of Brno enters the new year with uncertainty brought about by budget cuts. The first concrete consequence is a change in opening hours. "Due to necessary savings, we are forced to reduce the opening hours from six to five days a week," said House of Art spokesperson Barbora Antonová. From January, people will be able to view exhibitions only from Wednesday to Sunday. There is also consideration of temporarily closing the exhibition halls in the House of Lords from Kunštát.
    One of the highlights of the upcoming year at the House of Art will likely be the exhibition of the artistic group Rafani. This is partly the first curatorial retrospective and partly a new project for the House of Art. The exhibition will begin at the end of June.
    Until then, supporters of the House of Art can look forward to further exhibitions by both Czech and foreign artists. From the end of February to the beginning of March, the House of Art will showcase a joint exhibition of Brno resident Pavel Hayek and Viennese Otto Zitko, followed by exhibitions by Slovak visual artist Ilona Némethová or her compatriot Radovan Čerevk, who examines current social and political phenomena through various media.