Virtual gallery → Painting
Artwork of the month:
Milan Bočkay — The Square in the Space
Milan Bočkay belongs to the important representatives of the Slovak art of the second half of the 20th century and his work is based on the complex research of the painter´s illusion. From 1978 he uses the historically oldest artistic technique trompe l´oeil (from French – optical illusion).
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Current exhibitions
Legend of the (Regional) Artist
December 13, 2025 – May 24, 2026
The third in a series of annual exhibitions of the Nitra Gallery is inspired by the essay The Legend of the Artist by Ernst Kris (1900-1957) and Otto Kurz (1908-1975). The text was written almost 100 years ago (1934) and focused on the clichés and strategies that complete the so-called legend of the artist…
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Exhibitions → Salon
Don’t Kill a Mockingbird O. D.
November 22, 2024 — February 22, 2026
Nitra Gallery’s Salon hosts an intimate exposition dedicated to the printmaking art of Orest Dubay, Sr. The project’s title is a paraphrase of a book title by the American author Harper Lee…
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Publications
Legend of the (Regional) Artist
This full-colour, 144-page catalogue accompanying the exhibition Legend of the (Regional) Artist also reflects on selected events from the institution’s recent history (2016–2025). Within its pages, readers can delve deeper into the theme of Nitra Gallery’s latest anniversary exhibition…
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