Five Czech artists named finalists for 26th Jindřich Chalupecký Award
The 26th Jindřich Chalupecký Award has revealed its finalists: Vojtěch Fröhlich, Lukáš Karbus, Barbora Kleinhamplová, Pavla Sceranková, and Pavel Sterec. This award highlights young visual artists under 35 who are either born in or live in the Czech Republic, paying tribute to Jindřich Chalupecký, a key figure in Czechoslovakia's underground art movement. The winner will receive 100,000 CZK (approximately £2,600), which will help fund an exhibition and a catalog next year, along with a six-week scholarship in New York. Throughout the year, the finalists' works will be showcased at various events, leading up to Final 2015, scheduled from 25 September 2015 to 3 January 2016 at Brno's Pražák Palace of the Moravian Gallery.
Key facts
- Five finalists announced: Vojtěch Fröhlich, Lukáš Karbus, Barbora Kleinhamplová, Pavla Sceranková, Pavel Sterec
- Award in its 26th edition
- Honors Jindřich Chalupecký, a critic and philosopher who initiated unofficial avant-garde art in former Czechoslovakia
- For artists under 35 born or living in Czech Republic
- Winner receives 100,000 CZK (approx. £2,600) for exhibition and catalog
- Winner gets six-week scholarship in New York
- Finalists' work presented at events in several Czech cities
- Culminating exhibition Final 2015 at Pražák Palace, Moravian Gallery in Brno from 25 September 2015 to 3 January 2016
Entities
Artists
- Vojtěch Fröhlich
- Lukáš Karbus
- Barbora Kleinhamplová
- Pavla Sceranková
- Pavel Sterec
- Jindřich Chalupecký
Institutions
- Moravian Gallery
- Pražák Palace
Locations
- Czech Republic
- Brno
- New York
- Czechoslovakia