South Bohemian Gallery - Hluboká nad Vltavou

Opening Hours | daily 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

South Bohemian Gallery is the only art museum in the South Bohemian Region and one of the five largest institutions of its kind in the Czech Republic. It preserves works of art from the 13th century to contemporary works and its collection ranks among the most important Czech institutions. It has been in operation since 1953 and bears the name of the famous South Bohemian native, painter and illustrator Mikoláš Aleš. The gallery's headquarters are located in the Castle Riding Hall, which is part of the Hluboká nad Vltavou Castle and serves for the presentation of regular attractive exhibition projects. The AJG is also located in the branches of the Wortner House in České Budějovice and the International Museum of Ceramics in Bechyně.

Visitors can choose from a wide selection of professional and popular exhibitions, presenting their own collections and projects created in cooperation with external curators and other gallery and private entities.

Current exhibitions in Hluboká nad Vltavou:

Gentle SIN | Contemporary glass in dialogue with Gothic art: beauty between light and sin
January 18 – May 10, 2026
Curator | Adam Hnojil

The Gentle SIN exhibition explores the theme of beauty as an ambivalent phenomenon – as a means of spiritual elevation and sensual temptation.

Contemporary glass works by artists from SIN Studio Gallery (including Arik Levy, Krištof Kintera, Milan Knížák, Richard Štipl, and Rony Plesl), created using the unique Vitrum Vivum technology, enter into a thoughtful dialogue with medieval works from the AJG collections, which preserve fragments of glass applications.

Here, glass functions as a medium of light, transformation, and tension, referring to historical debates about the role of aesthetics in spiritual art.

The exhibition connects cutting-edge contemporary work with a historical perspective and asks whether beauty is a neutral value or a "mild sin" that oscillates on the edge between faith and sensory experience.

More information here.

Permanent Manifestation | Art Collection of the Olomouc Museum of Art from the second half of the 20th and the early 21st century
January 18 - May 10, 2026
Curators | Štěpánka Bieleszová, Ladislav Daněk

Permanent Manifestation presents a concentrated selection of key works from the Olomouc Museum of Art's collection of fine art from the second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century.

The chronologically conceived exhibition traces key trends in post-war art in the broader Central European context – from solitary personalities through abstract, conceptual and action art to the postmodern trends of the 1980s and 1990s.

The exhibition shows art as a living, changing process shaped by political, cultural, and personal experiences, emphasizing the dialogue between the Czech scene and the work of artists from Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, and exile.

More information here.