Program of the Biennale Matter of Art 2026

Biennale Opening Weekend Day 1 – National Gallery Prague

11. 06. 2026  19:00  National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace
Prague

Opening Ceremony

11. 06. 2026  19:00  National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace – Small Hall
Prague Opening Weekend Biennale 2026

Performance: Nadia Markiewicz – The Lonesome Wing

11. 06. 2026  19:45  National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace – Small Hall
Opening Weekend Prague Biennale 2026

Performance: Michal Durda / Izbova teplota – Looks Like a Calf at a New Door

11. 06. 2026  20:30  National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace – Great Hall
Opening Weekend Prague Biennale 2026

Afterparty: Shella Radio

11. 06. 2026  21:00  National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace
Opening Weekend Prague Biennale 2026

Biennale Opening Weekend Day 2 – Prague

12. 06. 2026  10:00  National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace
Biennale 2026 Opening weekend Prague

Guided tour with curators and artists in English

12. 06. 2026  10:00  National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace – Great Hall
Opening Weekend Biennale 2026 Prague

More Than 20 Years of tranzit.org. Launch of the book tranzit 20+

12. 06. 2026  11:30  National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace – Great Hall
Opening Weekend Prague Biennale 2026

Non-Aligned Feminist Friendships: Bulletin launch and conversation with Katia Krupennikova, Jelena Petrović, Armina Pilav, Tereza Stejskalová, and Bita Razavi

12. 06. 2026  13:00  Center for Contemporary Arts Prague
Biennale 2026

Performative lecture: Felipe Steinberg – Daylight All Night Long

12. 06. 2026  15:00  National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace – Hall B
Opening Weekend Prague Biennale 2026

Biennale Opening Weekend Day 2 – GAMPA

12. 06. 2026  19:00  GAMPA – City Gallery Pardubice
Opening Weekend Pardubice Biennale 2026

Guided tour of the exhibition with curators and artists in English

12. 06. 2026  19:30  GAMPA – City Gallery Pardubice
Opening Weekend Pardubice Biennale 2026

Performance: Seba Kayan – Scales of Knowledge

12. 06. 2026  20:30  GAMPA – City Gallery Pardubice
Opening Weekend Pardubice Biennale 2026

Collective reading with kroužek intersekce: What kind of world do we wish for?

13. 06. 2026  11:00  National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace – Great Hall
Opening Weekend Prague Biennale 2026

Biennale Opening Weekend Day 3 – Tusculum

13. 06. 2026  13:00  Tusculum Prague
StonyTellers GALAS Prague

Participatory Happening: How to Galas – A Guide in Progress

13. 06. 2026  13:00  Tusculum Prague
Opening Weekend Biennale Prague

Who is talking in the garden? Workshop with StonyTellers

13. 06. 2026  14:00  Tusculum Prague
Opening Weekend Prague Biennale 2026

Opening ceremony & poetry reading in Tusculum

13. 06. 2026  16:00  Tusculum Prague
Prague Biennale 2026

DJ set: Zoi Michailova

13. 06. 2026  16:45  Tusculum Prague
Opening Weekend Prague Biennale 2026

kroužek intersekce – The Tent

14. 06. 2026  National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace
Biennale 2026

Guided tour with Tereza Stejskalová and Jaroslava Tomanová

14. 06. 2026  11:00  National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace – Great Hall
Opening Weekend Prague Biennale 2026

Guided tour in Czech with Tereza Stejskalová Jaroslava Tomanová

20. 06. 2026  13:00  National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace – Great Hall
Biennale 2026 Prague

Guided tour of the Biennale in Czech with František Fekete and Tereza Stejskalová

20. 06. 2026  13:00  National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace – Great Hall
Biennale 2026 Prague

Shella Invites Infame Radio

21. 06. 2026  14:00  Planeta Za
Prague Biennale 2026

Collective reading with kroužek intersekce: Where does the landscape end and the body begin?

23. 06. 2026  15:30  National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace – Great Hall
Prague Biennale 2026

Guided tour of the Biennale in Czech with Denisa Michalinová

05. 07. 2026  13:00  National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace – Great Hall
Biennale 2026 Prague

Guided tour of the Biennale in Czech with Denisa Michalinová

09. 07. 2026  16:00  National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace – Great Hall
Biennale 2026 Prague

Guided tour of the Biennale in Czech with František Fekete

09. 07. 2026  18:00  GAMPA – City Gallery Pardubice
Biennale 2026 Pardubice

Shella Radio & Angel Audio Soundsystem – Daytime Gathering

18. 07. 2026  12:00
Prague Biennale 2026

Decolonial Feminism: Let’s restore the creative power of dreams of disobedience! A group reading and craft session with the dekoloniální kroužek of the SdruŽeny Collective

21. 07. 2026  15:30  National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace – Great Hall
Prague Biennale 2026

Guided tour of the Biennale in Czech with Denisa Michalinová

23. 07. 2026  16:00  National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace – Great Hall
Biennale 2026 Prague

Who is talking in the garden? Workshop with StonyTellers

30. 07. 2026  16:00  Tusculum Prague
Biennale 2026 Prague

Guided tour of the Biennale in Czech with Denisa Michalinová

02. 08. 2026  13:00  National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace – Great Hall
Biennale 2026 Prague

Guided tour of the Biennale in Czech with Denisa Michalinová

06. 08. 2026  16:00  National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace – Great Hall
Biennale 2026 Prague

Shella Radio: Pride Week

06. 08. 2026  16:00  Planeta Za
Prague Biennale 2026

Guided tour of the Biennale in Czech with František Fekete

13. 08. 2026  19:00  GAMPA – City Gallery Pardubice
Biennale 2026 Pardubice

Guided tour of the Biennale in Czech with Denisa Michalinová

20. 08. 2026  16:00  National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace – Great Hall
Biennale 2026 Prague

Who is talking in the garden? Workshop with StonyTellers

27. 08. 2026  16:00  Tusculum Prague
Biennale 2026 Prague

Guided tour of the Biennale in Czech with František Fekete

27. 08. 2026  19:00  GAMPA – City Gallery Pardubice
Biennale 2026 Pardubice

Guided tour of the Biennale in Czech with Denisa Michalinová

29. 08. 2026  13:00  National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace – Great Hall
Biennale 2026 Prague

Guided tour of the Biennale in English with Jaroslava Tomanová

03. 09. 2026  14:00  National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace – Great Hall
Biennale 2026 Prague

Stitching Protest: Lecture on the history of Palestinian embroidery with Nour Shantout

03. 09. 2026  16:00  National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace – Great Hall
Biennale 2026 Prague

Stitching Protest: A Workshop of Palestinian Embroidery by Nour Shantout

04. 09. 2026  14:30  National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace – Great Hall
Biennale 2026 Prague

Stitching Protest: A Workshop of Palestinian Embroidery by Nour Shantout

05. 09. 2026  14:30  National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace – Great Hall
Biennale 2026 Prague

Stitching Protest: A Workshop of Palestinian Embroidery by Nour Shantout

06. 09. 2026  14:30  National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace – Great Hall
Biennale 2026 Prague

Guided tour in Czech with Tereza Stejskalová Jaroslava Tomanová

10. 09. 2026  16:00  National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace – Great Hall
Biennale 2026 Prague

Guided tour of the Biennale in Czech with František Fekete

10. 09. 2026  19:00  GAMPA – City Gallery Pardubice
Biennale 2026 Pardubice

Guided tour of the Biennale in English with Jakub Gawkowski

12. 09. 2026  11:00  National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace – Great Hall
Biennale 2026 Prague

Curatorial guided tour of the Biennale in English – Trade Fair Palace

13. 09. 2026  13:00  National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace – Great Hall
Biennale 2026 Prague

Guided tour of the Biennale in English with František Fekete and Jakub Gawkowski – GAMPA

26. 09. 2026  17:00  GAMPA – City Gallery Pardubice
Biennale 2026 Pardubice