New Realisms: the Czechoslovak Scene 1918–1945

The works in New Realisms, featuring well-known artists such as Karel Čapek, Josef Sudek, and Otto Gutfreund, as well as works by lesser-known painters such as Ilona Singer, depict both the joys and the downsides of life in the city and countryside. The exhibit also showcases the prescient topics of women’s emancipation, ethnic minorities, fashion, and technology via paintings, sculptures, photographs, films, and advertising.

“The exhibition is unique not only in its new perspective on the interwar era of Czechoslovakia but also in the range and composition of the works. For the very first time, realistic paintings and photographs, as well as film, sculptures, and advertising from this period, meet side by side,” said curator Anna Habánová who, together with colleagues Ivo Habán and Helena Musilová, worked for over two years on the large-scale exhibit displaying works by more than 100 artists.