Exhibition
Elmgreen & Dragset: READ
16 Nov 2023 – 22 Apr 2024
Regular hours
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 19:00
- Friday
- 11:00 – 19:00
- Saturday
- 11:00 – 19:00
- Sunday
- 11:00 – 19:00
- Monday
- 11:00 – 19:00
- Wednesday
- 11:00 – 21:00
Address
- Klárov 5
- Prague
Prague - 118 00
- Czechia
Travel Information
- We are located near the Malostranská public transport stop. You can easily reach us by metro or tram. Then all you have to do is head north to the Old Castle Stairs and cross Pod Bruskou Street.
The artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset have transformed Kunsthalle Praha into a curious public library. Titled READ, their exhibition celebrates Prague's literary heritage, and brings together works by sixty international artists.
About
For their first major exhibition in Czechia, Elmgreen & Dragset present their own work alongside artworks by sixty artists. Encompassing various decades, geographic regions, and artistic movements, many of these works have been selected from Kunsthalle Praha's Collection, while other artists have been personally invited by the duo to participate. The sprawling exhibition READ focuses on the historic and enduring relevance of books. Designed as a minimalist version of a contemporary public library, it also questions our relationship with books as physical objects and knowledge in the age of digital media. The title not only encourages reading, but also learning and understanding, as in to “read the signs,” “read a situation,” and “read the room.”
