In early December, Telegraph Gallery launched the exhibition Signal IV: The Eighties, which will be open to visitors until March. This is the fourth exhibition in a series of selections from the Robert Runták Collection. Curated by Miroslav Jiřele and Pavla Kosař, the exhibition highlights a generation of Czechoslovak artists from the 1980s, in confrontation with their mentors who operated outside formal educational institutions and significantly influenced this emerging wave of creators through their work.
The next exhibition, opening in early April, will bring together Danish multidisciplinary artist Søren Dahlgaard and Czech artist Jakub Janovský in a thematically driven show with the working title Game Owner. Dahlgaard will showcase his series Dough Portraits, which employs dough as a sculptural medium in a uniquely creative way. The exhibition will feature portraits of visitors, Telegraph staff, and prominent Czech and Slovak contemporary art collectors, including Kunsthalle Praha founders Pavlína and Petr Pudil and Jakub Kodl, founder of the Kodl Contemporary platform. Janovský will contribute paintings, collages, and sculptural objects, unified by the principle of play. The exhibition is being curated by Telegraph Gallery’s team, Mira Macík and Erika Kovačičová.
Late July will see the arrival of an evocative installation by Slovak artist Lucia Tallová. Her work blends painting with objects, collages, and spatial compositions, exploring themes of archives and nostalgia. Through layering images, old photographs, and peculiar objects, Tallová creates fictional narratives. Her pieces combine feminine symbolism, melancholy, and everyday life, incorporating flaws and patina as aesthetic elements. The exhibition will be curated by Jan Kudrna.
The November exhibition will unite two distinctive artists: Czech painter Adéla Janská and Polish multidisciplinary artist Paulina Olowska. Inspired by the iconic Czechoslovak TV series Žena za pultem (Woman Behind the Counter), the artists will respond to its themes and visual language through an expansive installation complemented by individual works from both creators.
In addition to the main exhibition programme, Telegraph Gallery will host a range of side events, including guided tours, artist and curator talks, and the continuation of the Contemporary Art Collecting series. Throughout 2025, the gallery will also present Open Studio sessions with its resident artists, including Slovak painter Rita Koszorús, intuitive drawing specialist Taya Spasskova, Italian painter Giacomo Modolo, Slovak painter Samuel Kollárik, and Greek artist Dimitris Gketsis.
