The director of the Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art, Vlček, is leaving the NG

Prague - The National Gallery (NG) is losing the curator and director of the Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art, Tomáš Vlček. However, the current leadership of the NG, led by Vladimír Rösel, has not yet decided on his full-fledged successor. Vlček is to hand over his agenda by the end of October. Marcela Špačková informed ČTK on behalf of the gallery.
    ČTK was unable to obtain a statement from Vlček.
    He steps down from the position he held for ten years as of today, namely September 30. "The organizational management of the collection has been temporarily entrusted to Šárka Leubnerová, the director of the 19th Century Art Collection. Helena Musilová has been temporarily appointed as the deputy for the professional operation of the collection," states the official announcement from NG.
    Nevertheless, Vlček will remain an employee of the NG until October 31. During this time, he is to ceremonially hand over his agenda as the director of the collection. "The newly appointed management of the collection has a temporary mandate until the planned reorganization of the National Gallery in Prague is carried out. After discussing the reorganization with the relevant departments of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, the NG leadership will decide on the selection of a new director for the Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art in the usual manner, namely through a selection process," Špačková stated.
    Tomáš Vlček was born on January 9 in České Budějovice. He is a leading Czech historian, art theorist, and also engages in photography. He worked for the Memorial of National Literature and took the helm of the Trade Fair Palace in 2001.
    Vlček specializes in the art of classical modernism, particularly in the works of the Czech painter and graphic artist Vojtěch Preissig. At the turn of 2004 and 2005, he was even the curator of Preissig's comprehensive exhibition at the Riding School of Prague Castle.