The Czech and Slovak pavilion houses the national representation of the Czech Republic and Slovakia during the Venice Biennale arts festivals.
Background
Organization and building
Architect Otakar Novotny designed the pavilion for Czechoslovakia in 1926 with strong influence from Cubism and European functionalism.
Representation by year
Art
1926 — Charlotte Schrötter-Radnitz 1942 — Janko Alexy, Miloš Alexander Bazovský, Martin Benka, Ľudovít Fulla, Jan Hála, Jozef Kollar, Frantisek Kudlac, Eugen Lehotský, Gustáv Mallý, Peter Matejka, Lea Mrazova, Jan Mudroch, Karol Ondreička, Štefan Polkoráb, Teodor Tekel, Jaroslav Votruba, Júlia Kováciková-Horová, Vojtech Ihrisky, Jan Koniarek, Jozef Kostka, Ladislav Majerský, Fraňo Stefunko, Koloman Sokol 1956 — Josef Lada, Adolf Zábranský, Jiří Trnka, Antonín Pelc, Cyril Bouda, Václav Karel, Kamil Lhoták, Antonín Strnadel, Vincenc Vingler, a.o. 1964 — Vladimír Kompánek 1966 — Jozef Kornúcik, Vladimír Kompánek 1970 — Jozef Jankovič 1986 — Ivan Ouhel 1993 — František Skála, Daniel Fischer 1995 — Jozef Jankovič 1999 — (Curators: Petra Hanáková and Alexandra Kusá) 2001 — Jiří Surůvka, Ilona Németh (Curator: Katarína Rusnáková) 2005 — Stanislav Filko, Jan Mančuška, Boris Ondreička (Curator: Marek Pokorný) 2007 — Irena Jůzová (Curator: Tomáš Vlček) 2009 — Roman Ondak (Curator: Kathrin Rhomberg) 2011 — Dominik Lang (Curator: Yvona Ferencová) 2013 — Petra Feriancová, Zbyněk Baladrán (Curator: Marek Pokorný) 2015 — Jiří David (Curator: Katarína Rusnáková, Commissioner: Adam Budak) 2017 — Jana Želibská 2019 — Stanislav Kolíbal (Curator: Dieter Bogner, Commissioner: Adam Budak)Alex Greenberger (December 13, 2018), Stanislav Kolíbal Will Represent the Czech Republic at the 2019 Venice Biennale ARTnews.
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