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Curators: Sandra Baborovská, Adelaide Ginga (MNAC, Lisabon)

The curatorial project highlights the surprising and hitherto unknown parallels of the Carnation Revolution in Portugal, which took place on 25 April 1974, and the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia of 17 November 1989. It will present artists of the former Czechoslovakia who were of crucial importance for the formation of contemporary art in their diverse responses to the totalitarian regime – Adriena Šimotová, Eva Kmentová, Jiří Kovanda, Petr Štembera, Jan Mlčoch, Milan Knížák, Jiří Kolář, Václav Havel, Július Koller, Ľubomír Ďurček and many others. They will be juxtaposed with their Portuguese contemporaries, such as Helena Almeida, Lourdes Castro, Ana Vieira, Ana Hatherly, Fernando Calhau and Alberto Carneiro. Space will also be given to the young generation of artists who reflect both revolutions, such as Zbyněk Baladrán and Ana de Almeida. In addition to works of art, the exhibition will feature extensive reviews of Czech Television, Radio Televisão de Portugal, the Václav Havel Library, Fundacão Soares and private archives. The large-scale research project will be accompanied by a trilingual publication.

Prague City Gallery — Municipal Library, 2nd floor