Pavla Machalíková (ed.)
Exhibitions in the 19th century became spaces in which artistic experiences were staged for an audience whose composition and social background were fundamentally changing throughout the century, and whose numbers were steadily growing. The book offers the first comprehensive view of the dynamic development of art exhibitions in the Czech lands during the 19th century and of their role in shaping modern art and the artistic public. Drawing on a wide range of case studies, it traces the transformation of exhibition spaces, institutional strategies, and modes of communication. It shows how exhibitions became arenas for competing curatorial concepts, instruments of cultural representation, and tools for cultivating taste, providing education, as well as offering entertainment.
First edition in Czech, 283 pages, colour illustrations, Prague: Artefactum 2025
ISBN 978-80-53018-05-0
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