Bratislava Design Week 2024 / Expedition D

The works from the Bratislava City Gallery´s collection included in the permanent exposition represent the Central European art of the eighteenth century. Selected paintings and sculptures provide a comprehensive overview of art production in Bratislava in the Baroque period, put in a broader, Central European context.

The Graphics Cabinets form the interior decoration in two rooms on the first floor of Mirbach Palace, having probably been commissioned by one of the original owners of the building. They are exceptional not only for their rococo stucco decorated ceilings, but also for wooden panelling into which are embedded 290 graphic sheets, engravings, etchings and mezzotints from the second half of the 17th and 18th centuries that have been secondarily coloured by unknown authors.

The exhibition presents an overview of the work of Bratislava native Július Schubert (*1888 Bratislava–†1947 Bratislava), last chairman of the Bratislava Art Society (BAS), set within the context of the Bratislava art scene. In addition to the artist's work and the results of recent research, the curatorial concept portrays a complex image of artistic life within the urban environment.