Exhibition Boris Vitázek: Infinity Countdown
We invite you to the exhibition Infinity Countdown: Boris Vitázek. The rapid progress of generative AI models has become a highly polarizing topic in the field of art. The existence of these models directly challenges fragile questions of ego, human uniqueness and consciousness, as well as the value of human labor. The installation combines various […]
Exhibition Painted with Light II
Painted with Light II is a loose continuation of the exhibition of the same name, featuring artistic photographs focused on traditional dress in the Myjava region from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century. Once again, the exhibition presents forms of clothing that are today often overlooked or already forgotten. This time, however, the […]
Exhibition: Maj Horn (DK): Floating Communities
Maj Horn’s work combines socially engaged art with an installation merging costumes, masks, images and organic materials. The installation serves as a workshop and meeting place, where Horn collaborates with local artists, designers, and theatre professionals to create masks. The mask-makers take turns to become hosts, inviting visitors to contribute to the collaborative process. This exhibition emerges from a deep curiosity about the strange and wonderful, and also irritating plants and animals, with whom we share urban habitats and surrounding landscapes. As part of her artistic practice, Maj Horn asks herself the following questions: Which plants and animals do I see and how do I value them? How do plants, animals and humans coexist together in the same environment? How can I expand my awareness and understanding of other species and their ways of being in the world, their superpowers? To explore these questions, Horn has developed a working method: she selects a plant or animal and gathers knowledge and stories about it. She chooses species with whom humans have a deep history and complex relationship with. The exhibition features four figures that she has been working with in performances and workshops over the past few years: the cow, the pigeon, the nettle and the beaver. The beaver is the newest figure and is chosen specific for Trenčín: After being absent from Slovakia for over a century due to human hunting, the beaver has returned and now lives in the centre of Trenčín. As part of her work, Maj Horn creates masks and costumes. She uses used textiles, paper, and organic materials. This approach becomes a method of seeing other species, and working with material transformation as forms of changing perspective. In the exhibition this approach is combined with Slovak folkloric animal mask traditions. A site-responsive process took place prior to the exhibition in Spring and Fall, 2025. Numerous meetings and events were held with ecologists, artists and other local people. Gradually, a community emerged, sharing stories about their connections with, and knowledge of, the plants and animals of Trenčín and the surrounding area. These public events included lectures, performances, workshops, shared meals, and walks. We held discussions with herbalist and plant guide Veronika Repková, and with artist, researcher, and urbanist Isa Klee, focusing on how sustainable interspecies relationships can be built in times of climatic and social change. Together with Sylva Mertanová, director of the Administration of the White Carpathians Protected Landscape Area, we visited a site inhabited by beavers. The exhibition will culminate in a walk. On 1 March, a public performance will bring all the masks and costumes to life. Maj Horn (b. 1987, Denmark) lives and works in Copenhagen. Her artistic practice explores nature-culture relations, storytelling and ecological thinking. She works with performance, installation and socially engaged art. She holds a master’s degree from the Funen Art Academy, followed by postgraduate courses in Nature Interpretation in Theory and Practice at the University of Copenhagen. Hosts: Jana Gombiková, Kasha Potrohosh, Paulína Pokryvková, […]
Introduction of the exhibition with the artist Maj Horn and curator Lýdia Pribišová
Maj Horn’s work combines socially engaged art with an installation merging costumes, masks, images and organic materials. The installation serves as a workshop and meeting place, where Horn collaborates with local artists, designers, and theatre professionals to create masks. The mask-makers take turns to become hosts, inviting visitors to contribute to the collaborative process. This exhibition emerges from a deep curiosity about the strange and wonderful, and also irritating plants and animals, with whom we share urban habitats and surrounding landscapes. As part of her artistic practice, Maj Horn asks herself the following questions: Which plants and animals do I see and how do I value them? How do plants, animals and humans coexist together in the same environment? How can I expand my awareness and understanding of other species and their ways of being in the world, their superpowers? To explore these questions, Horn has developed a working method: she selects a plant or animal and gathers knowledge and stories about it. She chooses species with whom humans have a deep history and complex relationship with. The exhibition features four figures that she has been working with in performances and workshops over the past few years: the cow, the pigeon, the nettle and the beaver. The beaver is the newest figure and is chosen specific for Trenčín: After being absent from Slovakia for over a century due to human hunting, the beaver has returned and now lives in the centre of Trenčín. As part of her work, Maj Horn creates masks and costumes. She uses used textiles, paper, and organic materials. This approach becomes a method of seeing other species, and working with material transformation as forms of changing perspective. In the exhibition this approach is combined with Slovak folkloric animal mask traditions. A site-responsive process took place prior to the exhibition in Spring and Fall, 2025. Numerous meetings and events were held with ecologists, artists and other local people. Gradually, a community emerged, sharing stories about their connections with, and knowledge of, the plants and animals of Trenčín and the surrounding area. These public events included lectures, performances, workshops, shared meals, and walks. We held discussions with herbalist and plant guide Veronika Repková, and with artist, researcher, and urbanist Isa Klee, focusing on how sustainable interspecies relationships can be built in times of climatic and social change. Together with Sylva Mertanová, director of the Administration of the White Carpathians Protected Landscape Area, we visited a site inhabited by beavers. The exhibition will culminate in a walk. On 1 March, a public performance will bring all the masks and costumes to life. Maj Horn (b. 1987, Denmark) lives and works in Copenhagen. Her artistic practice explores nature-culture relations, storytelling and ecological thinking. She works with performance, installation and socially engaged art. She holds a master’s degree from the Funen Art Academy, followed by postgraduate courses in Nature Interpretation in Theory and Practice at the University of Copenhagen. Hosts: Jana Gombiková, Kasha Potrohosh, Paulína Pokryvková, […]
Opening of contemporary art exhibitions at the castle
6 February 2026, 6:00 PM – Trenčín Castle We invite you to the opening of three exhibitions that, as part of the Contemporary Castle project, will enliven the historic spaces of Trenčín Castle with contemporary art. Discover artistic interpretations of space, time, memory, and myth by internationally renowned artists whose works were created specifically for […]
Yasuaki Onishi (JP): Crystallized Silence
Yasuaki Onishi (JP) Opening: 6 February 2026, 6:00 PM Duration: 7 February – 24 May 2026 Venue: Trenčín Castle, Barbora Palace – Knights’ Hall Exhibition partner: EU–Japan Fest What happens when a work based on fragility is placed within the massive architecture of a castle? Crystallized Silence, an exhibition by Japanese artist Yasuaki Onishi, transforms […]
Carla Rebelo (PT): Barbora’s Thread
Carla Rebelo (PT) Opening: 6 February 2026, 6:00 PM Duration: 7 February – 24 May 2026 Venue: Trenčín Castle – Barbora Palace (small hall) In Barbora Palace, history can be read even without words – in surfaces, in the rhythm of the architecture, in the way light falls across the floor. Portuguese artist Carla Rebelo […]
The Well of Love Exhibition
Kerem Ozan Bayraktar (TR), Ahmet Rüstem Ekici & Hakan Sorar (TR), Ekmel Ertan (TR), Buşra Tunç (TR) Duration: 7 February – 28 August 2026 Venue: Trenčín Castle (Gothic Chapel + basement / underground of the cannon bastion) Project: Contemporary Castle The Legend of the Well of Love is present at Trenčín Castle in the stones, […]
Guided tour of the exhibition Boris Vitázek: Infinity Countdown
Guided tour of the exhibition Boris Vitázek: Infinity Countdown Rapid progress in the field of AI generative models has emerged as a strongly polarizing topic in contemporary art. The existence of these models directly challenges fragile questions of ego, human uniqueness and consciousness, as well as the value of human labor. The installation combines various […]
Guided tours of exhibitions at the gallery
During the opening weekend of the European Capital of Culture Trenčín 2026, the Bazovský Gallery becomes one of the key cultural hubs, offering a rich programme for all lovers of visual art. 15 February, 11:00 AM: Guided tours of the exhibitions with expert commentary Stano Filko: Colour and System, Face and Reverse A major exhibition […]
Guided tours of contemporary art exhibitions at the castle
The Contemporary Castle project presents contemporary art by three artists from different parts of the world—Turkey, Japan, and Portugal—situated within the historic setting of Trenčín Castle. Ekmel Ertan (TR): Love Well A curatorial selection of works by artists from Turkey, divided into two parts: Gothic Chapel: Palimpsest and The Whispers of the Well – Ahmet […]
Exhibition Carla Rebelo (PT): Barbara’s Thread
In Barbora’s Palace, history can be read even without words—in surfaces, in the rhythm of the architecture, in the way light falls across the floor. Portuguese artist Carla Rebelo builds on this with the site-specific installation Barborina niť (Barbora’s Thread), which gently weaves together material, space, and memory. Without grand gestures, it works through details […]
Exhibition Yasuaki Onishi (JP): Crystallized Silence
Exhibition opening hours: Sunday 9:00 – 17:00 Guided tours: Sunday 10:00 The Contemporary Castle project presents contemporary art by three artists from different parts of the world – Turkey, Japan, and Portugal – set within the historic space of Trenčín Castle. ➡ Ekmel Ertan (TR): Well of Love A curatorial selection of works by artists […]
Exhibition Kerem Ozan Bayraktar (TR), Ahmet Rüstem Ekici & Hakan Sorar (TR), Ekmel Ertan (TR), Buşra Tunç (TR): The Well of Love
Exhibition opening hours: Sunday 9:00–17:00 Guided tour: Sunday 10:00 The Contemporary Castle project presents contemporary art by three artists from different parts of the world—Turkey, Japan, and Portugal—situated within the historic setting of Trenčín Castle. ➡ Ekmel Ertan (TR): Well of Love A curated selection of works by artists from Turkey, divided into two parts: […]
Exhibition Maj Horn (DK): Floating Communities
An exhibition by Danish artist Maj Horn at Fleck Coworking creates a space for meeting, conversation, and the sharing of stories. 12:00-13:00 Introduction of the exhibition with the artist Maj Horn and curator Lýdia Pribišová Maj Horn’s work combines socially engaged art with an installation merging costumes, masks, images and organic materials. The installation serves as a workshop and meeting place, where Horn collaborates with local artists, designers, and theatre professionals to create masks. The mask-makers take turns to become hosts, inviting visitors to contribute to the collaborative process. This exhibition emerges from a deep curiosity about the strange and wonderful, and also irritating plants and animals, with whom we share urban habitats and surrounding landscapes. As part of her artistic practice, Maj Horn asks herself the following questions: Which plants and animals do I see and how do I value them? How do plants, animals and humans coexist together in the same environment? How can I expand my awareness and understanding of other species and their ways of being in the world, their superpowers? To explore these questions, Horn has developed a working method: she selects a plant or animal and gathers knowledge and stories about it. She chooses species with whom humans have a deep history and complex relationship with. The exhibition features four figures that she has been working with in performances and workshops over the past few years: the cow, the pigeon, the nettle and the beaver. The beaver is the newest figure and is chosen specific for Trenčín: After being absent from Slovakia for over a century due to human hunting, the beaver has returned and now lives in the centre of Trenčín. […]