Visit the OSTRAVA? exhibition free of charge!
On 18 and 21 October you will have the unique opportunity to visit the OSTRAVA? exhibition free of charge. On those two days visitors will also have free entry to Ostrava’s Gallery of Fine Arts, thanks to a partnership programme with the Ostrava 2015 project. On Wednesday 21 October the exhibition will be open longer than usual – until 8 p.m.

The OSTRAVA? exhibition will transform into the Workshop of Photography
On Saturday 10 Oct. the workshop of photography will take place within the supporting programme of the OSTRAVA? exhibition. The workshop is meant for both amateur and advanced photographers. You can try to work creatively with digital photography under leadership of the experts Martin Popelář and Roman Polášek, the founders of the Fiducia Photograph Gallery. Two showpieces from the exhibition OSTRAVA? will be the objects of photography: a designer gem Tatra 87 “Tatraplán“ and a popular vehicle “Velorex“, the main properties of a performance held by Petr Lysáček and Jiří Surůvka – Ostrava performers. The workshop of photography will take place in the Hall A at the Černá louka exhibition grounds from 10:30am to 12:30am and from 3:00pm to 5:00pm.
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Designer flea market – 3 October from 10:00 a.m. onwards
Are you a designer? Do you have your own brand? Are you an artist? Or a collector? Do you like bargaining to get the best price? Come to sell, swap and buy! Černá Louka Exhibition Centre, foyer and car park of pavilion A More >>>

Senior Citizens’ Day – 1st October
On Thursday 1 Oct. at 10 am, Radovan Lipus will accompany visitors older than 60 through the OSTRAVA? exhibition. Lipus is a theatre director, the creator of the “Comely Cities” television series, and initiator of the Ostrava Arrivals project, which like the OSTRAVA? exhibition is part of Ostrava’s candidacy for the title of European Capital of Culture 2015. Admission is free all day for visitors 60 and older.

Tickets for the exhibition OSTRAVA? are also valid at the Gallery of Fine Arts and vice versa
Visitors to the exhibition OSTRAVA? (which lasts until 25 October) can now also use their tickets to gain free entry to one of three exhibitions at the Ostrava Gallery of Fine Arts. The offer also applies to holders of Gallery tickets, who can visit the OSTRAVA? exhibition free of charge. The offer is part of a partnership agreement between the Gallery and the Ostrava 2015 project.
The offer applies to the following exhibitions: The Three-Headed Dragon 2009. Architecture in Upper Silesia Between the World Wars. (25. 9. - 31. 10.); And Ostrava Again…!!! This time in the graphic art of Helmut Krommer. (1. 10. - 29. 11.); Stanislav Kolíbal. Archive (7. 10. - 22. 11.). All three exhibitions are connected with Ostrava – as is the OSTRAVA? exhibition, which is being held as part of the city’s bid to become European Capital of Culture 2015. Many of the works on display at the OSTRAVA? exhibition have been borrowed from the collections of the Gallery of Fine Arts.

Have your photo taken!
Choose the work of art that you like the most and we will take a photo of you standing with it. Two photographs will be produced while you wait. One is for you as a souvenir, the other will be displayed on a wall as part of a growing collection of visitor photos. They will also be published on the internet >>>.
The photo wall is also an unofficial way of voting for the most popular artefact at the exhibition.

The fold-out book „Mysterious Ostrava“ On display in the foyer of Hall A are giant accordion-fold panels with pictures by Lucie Seifertová from “Secret Ostrava”, which can be purchased in book form on site.
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