NGP: New Media – Lukáš Hofmann: Sospiri

Digital Art & Videoart Exhibition Performance Route P6, P7
Duration:Jun. 12, 2026 - Feb. 21, 2027
Artists:Lukáš Hofmann, Ezra Šimek
Curator:Michal Novotný
Text by:Národní galerie Praha
Address:National Gallery Prague, Trade Fair Palace, Dukelských Hrdinů 47, Prague 1, Prague 7, 170 00

25. 9. 2026, 17:30: Book Launch for Three Perspectives on a Single Work and a Talk by Michal Novotný and Lukáš Hofmann

PAW | BOOK LAUNCH: Three Perspectives on a Single Work – Lukáš Hofmann – Sospiri

On the occasion of the book launch for Three Perspectives on a Single Work: Lukáš Hofmann: Sospiri, there will be a discussion between artist Lukáš Hofmann and Michal Novotný, director of the Post-1945 Art Collection.

The second volume of the series Three Perspectives on a Single Work brings together essays by renowned theorists responding to Lukáš Hofmann’s work Sospiri. The work is a recording of his performance at the Trade Fair Palace in 2018 as part of his participation in the Jindřich Chalupecký Award and was included in the Magnus Art collection donated to the NGP by JT Bank.

Fiontan Moran of Tate Modern describes the evolution of performance art from its original emphasis on authentic experience to the staged theatrical works of recent years. Alice Koubová focuses on the social aspect of performance as a means of building community. Ivan Foletti examines the various “renaissances” and imaginings of the Middle Ages throughout history, as well as their relationship to the medieval costumes that Hofmann uses.

The exhibition and bookstore will be open until 7:00 p.m.

The publication will be available for purchase on site at a 15% discount.

Price: free / Duration: approx. 45 min. / Meeting place: Small Hall of the Trade Fair Palace / No reservation required

Intervention by the Jindřich Chalupecký Society: Ezra Šimek

The exhibition presents Lukáš Hofmann and his work Sospiri from the Magnus Art Collection, which the gallery acquired in 2024 as a donation from J&T Banka. The work is a cinematically dramatized record of a several-hour performance that Hofmann staged in the Veletržní palác as part of the exhibition of nominees for the Jindřich Chalupecký Award. It creates a temporary community of performers and viewers, a space in which it ceases to matter whether the emotions expressed by the performers are spontaneous or staged.

As part of the long-term collaboration between the National Gallery Prague and the Jindřich Chalupecký Society, the lower gallery spaces will also feature a film by Ezra Šimek.
Lukáš Hofmann (b. 1993) works primarily in the fields of performance and installation, while also being active as a curator. He is known for choreographic projects involving dozens of performers in carefully composed costumes and in direct interaction with audiences.
Ezra Šimek (b. 1997) works across film, performance, installation, sound, and text. Drawing on popular culture, queer and trans experiences, and a deep interest in storytelling as a form of resistance, his practice combines speculative fiction, personal memories, and diverse genre formats.

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