MIDNIGHT OF ART. Ways of collecting: Collection of Karel Babíček

The Ways of Collecting series of exhibitions will present diverse approaches to collecting and provide a glimpse into rarely presented foreign and domestic private collections. It opens with the exhibition Midnight Art dedicated to the collection of Karel Babíček (1956). The collector, curator and dealer founded one of the first private galleries in Prague – Behémót – in 1991. He founded it with a vision of the New York model – the most important thing was the programme, the monitoring of current events and communication between different generations. As one of the first collectors, he sought out conceptual works and also supported their creation; his gallery presented multimedia works and regularly invited performers.