Biennale Matter of Art 2026
International exhibition organized by tranzit.cz / cz /
The fourth edition of the Biennale Matter of Art will take place from June 12 to September 13, 2026, in Prague and Pardubice. The international exhibition and public program will be held in three principal locations: The Great Hall of the Trade Fair Palace in Prague, GAMPA – City Gallery Pardubice, and Tusculum Prague.
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Interregnum Here & Now: Post-Communist Collapse, Planetary Crisis, and Emancipatory Resolve
CALL FOR CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION / ro /
Interregnum Here & Now: Post-Communist Collapse, Planetary Crisis, and Emancipatory Resolve
April 16–18, 2026, Cluj- Napoca
Deadline for applications: February 8, 2026
Following the 2024 „Polycrisis across Divides” conference, the next edition of the Historical Materialism Cluj/Kolozsvár conference has released its call for participation.
„Interregnum Here & Now: Post-Communist Collapse, Planetary Crisis, and Emancipatory Resolve” will take place in Cluj-Napoca between April 16–18, 2026.
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Silent Spring
We build, we repair, we plant, we talk. / ro /
21, 28 March,
4, 25 April 2026
The Experimental Station for Research on Art and Life
Int. Primaverii 10, Silistea Snagovului village
In 1962, environmentalist Rachel Carson was publishing her book, Silent Spring, which was thoroughly documenting and denouncing the devastating effects of DDT and other chemicals used intensively as pesticides after WWII. The book raised the awareness on how synthetic pesticides kill indiscriminately insects, birds, soil, and eventually people, while only making stronger the pests against which they are designed to work, and became fundamental for the environmental movement in the United States and worldwide.
Since then, some small victories were obtained, in phasing out chemicals such DDT, or in preventing big polluting projects from being implemented, and yet, the losses were much more substantial and we continue to count them, as toxic chemical agents return in force on the agricultural field and to the field of strategic weapons in current wars.
We can still hear the birds at the Station, and in the past five years, we brought back insects unseen anywhere on the nearby lands of monocultures. While they are still there, we invite you to listen to them and to each other, during a series of spring gatherings, with seasonal work, with collective cooking, and with discussions about whichever future we might have left.
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BYOC: Bring Your Own Conspiracy
Participatory Workshop / sk /
⊹ Workshop Facilitators: Dominika Čupková & Štefánia Ďuricová
⊹ When? March 12, 2026, 5 p.m.
⊹ Where? tranzit.sk, Beskydská 12, Bratislava
The number of places is limited. Registration via email at studyroom.tranzit@gmail.com
by March 10, 2026
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Endnotes. On Reading Anarchy
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Exhibition, publication, and event project from the legacy of the Free Thought Library / Вольная Думка (Minsk, Belarus) curated by Aleksei Borisionok with the participation of Gleb Amankulov, Olia Sosnovskaya, XYANA, Viktsya Vdovina
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Man Has Emerged Triumphant / Guided Tour
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Guided tour of the exhibition Man Has Emerged Triumphant: Jan Medlen's Arena with its authors, Matej Gavula and Jonáš Gruska.
➺ When: March 10, 2026, at 6:00 PM
➺ Venue: tranzit.sk, Beskydská 12, Bratislava
The event will be held in Slovak language.
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Life-Whetter and Momentum-Booster
A mobilizing workshop (in the spirit of empowerment) led by artist Dorottya Szonja Koltay / hu /
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The 2026 Biennale Matter of Art Announces Its Theme and Six New Commissions
Press release / cz /
Selected by curators Jaroslava Tomanová, Jakub Gawkowski, and František Fekete, the new projects will be presented as part of the upcoming edition of the biennale in Prague and Pardubice. Created by artists from various regions of the world, the autonomous projects gravitate toward the themes of migration and displacement as well as queer identity in the context of spirituality. The commissioned artists and collectives are Noor Abed, David Apakidze, Yana Bachynska, a.k.a. Jan Bačynsjkyj, Adrián Kriška, Aliza Orlan, and Tadamun Kolektiv.
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Viktor Čech / Mario Mu
Curator in Residence / Czech Republic, Artist in Residence / Croatia, March–April 2026 /
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Of Another Metal // STRM // Light*
Jewelry-Making Workshop as an Act of Self-Identification / sk /
✧ Workshop led by: Kristína Červencová
✧ When? February 27, 2026, 17:00
✧ Where? tranzit.sk, Beskydská 12, Bratislava
ꕤ The number of places is limited. Registration is via email at application.tranzit.sk@gmail.com by February 25, 2026 ꕤ
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Artistic Practice in Times of War
Panel discussion on the occasion of the fourth Commemoration Day of Russia's large-scale invasion / at /
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Towards more inclusive Artworlds
Film screening and discussion with Eva Egermann / sk /
Moderated by Michaela Kučová
Bratislava City Gallery, Emil café
The event will be held in English with simultaneous interpretation into Slovak.
The event venue is fully accessible and barrier-free.
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CALL for APPLICATIONS now open until 15 March 2026
ERSTE Foundation offers fourteen fellowships for young artists and emerging curators from Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine to take part in a two-week course of their choice at the International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg 2026.
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Fellowships for Curators and Artists at Salzburg Summer Academy 2026
CALL for APPLICATIONS now open until March 15 / ro /
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Interregnum Here & Now: Post-Communist Collapse, Planetary Crisis, and Emancipatory Resolve
CALL FOR CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION / ro /
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Life-Whetter and Momentum-Booster
A mobilizing workshop (in the spirit of empowerment) led by artist Dorottya Szonja Koltay / hu /
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Towards other possible artworlds
Lectures, discussion forums, screenings / sk /
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Biennale Matter of Art
The project comprises the international exhibition of contemporary art taking place once every two years as well as the platform’s long-term activities, which engage in critical reflection of the institutional aspects of the biennale format in the / cz /
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The Space of Opportunity is open
Community space under 63 Práter Street / hu /
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ERSTE Foundation is the main partner of tranzit:
