Michal Novotný (born 1985) is a Czech art curator, critic and writer. He is the Director of the Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art at
National Gallery Prague.
Biography
Novotný studied art history, philosophy, and anthropology at
Charles University
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Novotný's researches focus on the question of central-eastern Europe identity and how the notion of quality art is constructed in regard of the material conditions. These researches transcribed themselves into the serie of Orient exhibitions as much as his dramaturgy at Futura Center of Contemporary art.
Novotný served as director of the Centre for Contemporary Art FUTURA in Prague from 2011 to 2018.
In 2016, the website
Artsy listed him as among the 20 most influential young curators in Europe. From 2016 to 2018, he was also an external curator at the Plato City Gallery in
Ostrava.
In 2018, Novotný became director of Modern and Contemporary Art collection at the National Gallery Prague. His nomination by
Jiří Fajt
Jiří Fajt (born 11 May 1960 in Prague) is a Czech art historian living in Berlin and in Prague. From July 2014 to April 2019 he served as a Director General of the National Gallery in Prague. He is particularly interested in mediaeval and early ...
was a surprise and was controversial because of his lack of a doctorate.
In 2020, he curated a retrospective for sculptor at the National Gallery.
Novotný’s independent exhibitions include the group exhibition series Orient, consisting of the exhibitions Orient (2018), Orient2 (2019), and Orient V (2019), which explore Eastern/Central European identities.
Michal Novotný teaches painting at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design,
Umprum
The Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague (AAAD, cs, Vysoká škola uměleckoprůmyslová v Praze, abbreviated VŠUP, also known as UMPRUM) is a public university located in Prague, Czech Republic. The university offers the study ...
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References
1985 births
Living people
Czech art critics
European art curators
Charles University alumni
Czech curators
Academic staff of the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague
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