Events: Culture

You can have a great meal in the Old Market Hall every month of the year

Slovak design and applied art of the 20th century have a key place in the SNG collections, primarily in an author’s and solitary position. Pairs or trios of artifacts are allowed by the curators to converse in harmony and tension, peace and ambivalence

The Laputa exhibition is the completion of the artist’s work dedicated to the three hundredth anniversary of Jonathan Swift’s fantasy novel Gulliver’s Travels. The exhibited works were created for the latest edition of the book (Slovart, 2023) from Uchnár’s illustrations from 1998. More than fifty full-page pictures of the new edition were created from the original acrylic paintings using digital collage and newly painted parts.

Josef Mikl is one of the most influential artists since World War II. Born in Vienna in 1929, he lived and worked in his home town until his death in 2008. His curriculum vitae lists impressive international successes, countless exhibitions and tributes. These, as well as the manifold projects he was hired for are indicators for his importance. Curator: Günther Holler – Schuster.

Ferenc Lantos was one of the most significant geometric abstract artists in the Central-European region. As a student of Abstraction-Création member Ferenc Martyn, he was delved into the current Parisian abstract trends in 1940s in Hungary, and developed an own geometric language built on the mentioned international approach.

Hermann Nitsch was known for his interdisciplinary practice that encompassed performance, painting, musical composition, and more. Having trained at Vienna’s Graphische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt in the 1950s, the artist became a pioneer of the city’s avant-garde scene in the 60s and 70s, staging radical and controversial performances as part of the Viennese Actionism movement. Curators: Sammlung Werner Trenker and Nitsch Foundation.

A joint exhibition of Marek Ormandík and Norbert Šmondrk in the Slovak National Museum.

The annual musical highlight of autumn Bratislava, during which dozens of symphonic and chamber concerts are performed.

The solo exhibition of the artist Marek Štuller, entitled Time Overripe, presents his longer-term direction within his free practice. The exhibition will present recent realisations supported by the scholarship, as well as a selection of work from recent years in the form of sculptures, objects, installations and interactive works.

The Pre-Christmas time in Bratislava is inseparably connected with illuminated streets, Christmas trees or stalls full of goodies and handicrafts.

The Christmas Market in the Old Market Hall is a week of local art, books and goodies. Under one roof, from Sunday 15 to Sunday 22 December, visitors will have the opportunity to shop for original gifts for their loved ones, while supporting local brands, book publishers, artisan food producers and artists with their purchases.