1.10. – 16.11. 2025 Jiří Straka: Where the West Ends, Where the East Begins
A profile exhibition featuring paintings and painted porcelains by the artist Jiří Straka, who employs traditional Chinese art techniques for his contemporary “Western” themes, is currently on display at Villa Pellé. Using large-format ink paintings on rice...
TRNKA: THE STORY OF A LEGEND 21. 5.-31. 8. 2025
The legendary Czech animator and puppet filmmaker, the maestro of illustration, Jiří Trnka, was born in Plzeň-Petrohrad in 1912. Throughout his relatively brief life, he invented and created puppets, worked on films as a director, scriptwriter, and designer,...
IN PROGRES: KARÍMA AL-MUKHTAROVÁ: THROUGH THE BODY 19. 3.–27.4.
The forthcoming exhibition by Karima Al-Mukhtarová (*1989) will present the artist's current work, reflecting on her experience during her residency at Villa Karo in Benin in 2024. The works presented are mostly new works created especially for the exhibition...