Sample for the Trade Fair Palace, 2026, site-specific installation, found and borrowed objects, dimensions variable, Biennale Matter of Art 2026, National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace, photo: Jonáš Verešpej
Gleb Amankulov is participating in the fourth edition of the Biennale Matter of Art, entitled Necessary Wishes, at the National Gallery of Prague. The biennale foregrounds art that is born out of necessity and shaped by a reflexive, embodied engagement with the conditions people inhabit every day. The biennale is co-curated by Jaroslava Tomanová, Jakub Gawkowski, and František Fekete and will run from June 12 to September 13, 2026.
The biennale comprises a three-month exhibition, a program of events, and long-term activities that examine forms of artistic and civic endurance, solidarity, and collective practice. The main exhibition features forty-nine artists and collectives from Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Czechia, Georgia, Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Kenya, Lebanon, Poland, Portugal, Ukraine, Romania, Palestine, Serbia, Slovakia, Syria, and the United Kingdom.
The biennale is organized by the nonprofit initiative for contemporary art tranzit.cz in cooperation with the National Gallery Prague, the City Gallery Pardubice (GAMPA), and Petrohradská kolektiv.
June 12, 2026
