In Prague, there will be a biennale, and Czech artists are participating in the prestigious Documenta

Prague - In 14 days, the international exhibition of contemporary art, Prague Biennale 3, will start in Prague. In June, two significant foreign exhibitions of visual art will also begin - Czech (and Slovak) art will be represented at the Venice Biennale by Irena Jůzová. For Documenta in Kassel, Germany, the organizers have selected three Czech artists - Kateřina Šedá, Jiří Kovanda, and Běla Kolářová.
    Contemporary Czech art will have representation at Documenta, held every five years, after 15 years. However, the information is still unofficial; the organizers have not yet published the list of exhibitors.
    Documenta is the largest European exhibition of its kind with a fifty-year tradition, setting current trends in art, and since the 1970s, it has mostly been politically charged. An artist who appears at Documenta draws the attention of international gallery owners.
    The three Czech artists represent three generations - Šedá will celebrate her 30th birthday this year, Kovanda gained fame for his performances in the 70s and 80s, when he was part of the circle of Czech action artists. The fifty-four-year-old artist is a frequent guest at foreign exhibitions lately. The widow of Jiří Kolář and one of the most original Czech visual artists will celebrate her 84th birthday this year.
    What is common to all three authors is the part of their concept based on the "do-it-yourself" principle - Šedá won the Chalupecký Prize for an installation with a strong social dimension, involving her resigned grandmother; previously she incorporated homeless people or an entire village into her other conceptual work. Kolářová has been experimenting throughout her life with various artistic techniques and processes, especially photography and assemblages made from everyday (female) necessities.
    Documenta and the Venice Biennale were reportedly models for the organizers of the Prague Biennale. This will take place from May 24 to September 16 this year and, according to the organizers, will focus on researching the most characteristic aspects of Central European art. 20 curatorial projects will present artists from many countries.
    The probably most extensive section will again be Expanded Painting, which will showcase 20 emerging European painters. Contemporary Czech and Slovak art will be presented by curators Jiří David and Vasil Artamonov, while young Czech and Slovak photographers will be introduced by curator Vladimír Birgus. Martin Dostál will present Czech minimalism, under the title Baltic Mythologies, audiences will find works by emerging artists from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and other sections will showcase existential trends in Czech art or kinetic art in Central Europe.