9 November 2026
The Municipal Library hangs Jaroslav Čermák's first major retrospective in almost a century from 4 November, with loans from Brussels, Antwerp, Paris and Amsterdam. Prague Castle's Riding School, steps from the tram 22 stop, shows the furniture and uniforms designed for Václav Havel, free. Czech Press Photo closes on the 30th, Květa Kovářová at Museum Kampa on the 22nd.
Prague City Gallery (GHMP)Opens 4 November
The first major retrospective in almost a century of the 19th-century Czech painter, with loans from Brussels, Antwerp, Paris and Amsterdam, at the Municipal Library.
Prague CastleFree
For Havel's 90th birthday, the Riding School gathers the objects around him: Bořek Šípek's furniture and glass, Havel's own study and Theodor Pištěk's Castle Guard uniforms, which the guards at the gate still wear.
National Museum – New BuildingCloses 30 November
Nearly 800 winning and nominated news photographs from the 31st Czech Press Photo competition, in nine categories across the New Building's Brutalist travertine hall.
Museum KampaCloses 22 November
Sculptor Květa Kovářová's path from 1950s figures to 1960s abstract and architectural commissions: a retrospective for an overlooked woman in post-war Czechoslovak sculpture.
National Gallery Prague – Schwarzenberg PalaceUntil 31 January
Prints from the National Gallery's collection follow Father Time across three centuries, from allegorical triumphs of time to Hogarth's satires and Josef Bergler's New Year cards. Prague's other take on time, minus the crowd under the Astronomical Clock.
National Gallery Prague – Wallenstein Riding SchoolUntil 28 March
King Ferdinand I's own notebook is among more than 200 loans, beside works by Cranach, Dürer and Titian made for the royal couple. Queen Anna's life, fifteen children included, comes through her own letters rather than a chronicler's.
DOX Centre for Contemporary ArtUntil 4 April
A full-size 1859 copy of Géricault's Raft of the Medusa, seven metres wide, which DOX's director says is in better shape than the Louvre original. Behind it, 25 artists including Banksy and Bill Viola turn the raft into war and migration.
National Museum – New Building
Nearly 800 award-winning and nominated photojournalism images from the 31st Czech Press Photo competition, shown across nine categories in the New Building's Brutalist travertine hall.
DOX Centre for Contemporary Art
Glass and ceramic works by Anna Polanská and Pavla Vachunová in a silent dialogue exploring nature, memory and craftsmanship.
Náprstek Museum of Asian, African and American CulturesFree
A courtyard photography exhibition by Dr Karolina Kania documenting New Caledonia's history, identity and multicultural society.
National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace
A mini-exhibition marking 230 years since the founding of the Society of Patriotic Friends of the Arts, with 70 works from all five NGP collections tracing the gallery's history and acquisitions.
Prague City Gallery (GHMP)
At the House of Photography: video essays and installations on how media and measurement technologies shape our perception of the Earth as a resource for extraction.
National Technical Museum
Eight restored Praga vehicles from Emil Příhoda's private collection, shown alongside a borrowed Praga Alfa and motoring awards honouring the collector.
Galerie Rudolfinum
First major European joint show by these First Nations artists, with sculpture, installation and painting on Indigenous land, trade and erased histories, woven with Czech glass beads.
Náprstek Museum of Asian, African and American Cultures
Vietnam's history, traditions and contemporary culture, developed with the Vietnamese community in the Czech Republic.
Prague CastleFree
Marking Havel's 90th birthday, this Riding School show presents the first post-Communist president through the objects that surrounded him: Bořek Šípek's furniture and glass, Theodor Pištěk's Castle Guard uniforms, and Havel's own study.
Museum Kampa
Photographs by Jiří Hampl with works by Medek and Koblasa from 1959-63, marking Medek's centenary and commemorating a 1963 Teplice show of existential abstract art suppressed under communist rule.
Museum Kampa
Works from the 1980s alongside contemporary paintings by Milan Kunc, blending pop-cultural aesthetics, irony and surrealist imagination to explore consumerism, ideology and identity. Curated by Filip Kazda.
DOX Centre for Contemporary Art
Group show of around 50 Central European artists examining depictions of the male body and modern masculinity, curated by Vratislav Maňák.
National Gallery Prague – Schwarzenberg Palace
Prints from the NGP's Collection of Prints and Drawings tracing the allegorical figure of Chronos, "Father Time," from triumphs of time to William Hogarth's satires and Josef Bergler's New Year cards.
National Technical Museum
The story of modern rail transport as an engine of global change, told through authentic exhibits, interactive elements and artworks.
National Museum – Historical Building
Marking the 120th anniversary of composer Jaroslav Ježek's birth, twelve sections trace his life from student years through the Liberated Theatre to American exile.
Kunsthalle Praha
Solo exhibition tracing five decades of Annette Messager's work, transforming fabric, toys and stuffed animals into fragile monuments to memory, identity and desire.
Prague City Gallery (GHMP)
At the Municipal Library: the first major retrospective in almost a century of the 19th-century Czech painter, with loans from Brussels, Antwerp, Paris and Amsterdam.
National Gallery Prague – Wallenstein Riding School
Marking 500 years since the Habsburgs' accession to the Bohemian throne, this show traces the life of Queen Anna Jagiellon through Renaissance portraits and works by Cranach, Dürer and Titian.
DOX Centre for Contemporary Art
Contemporary artists respond to Géricault's "The Raft of the Medusa," exploring hope and solidarity amid war, displacement and ecological crisis.
DOX Centre for Contemporary Art
Retrospective of drawings and paintings by David Tibet, founder of Current 93, featuring recurring visionary motifs of children, angels and apocalyptic landscapes.
DOX Centre for Contemporary Art
Fourth instalment of DOX's Point of View series, exploring resilience as a quiet, relational form of resistance through contemporary art.
Náprstek Museum of Asian, African and American Cultures
Over 420 artifacts mark the 200th anniversary of founder Vojta Náprstek's birth, exploring his life, American travels and role as a champion of technological progress and women's rights.
A short note now and then when something new opens worth your time.
