FVLCRVM TO CLOSE THE GRAPE FESTIVAL
The Slovak electronic music innovator will close this year’s Grape Festival, which gets under way on Friday, 14 August, in Trenčín, the European Capital of Culture. Over two days, audiences will have the chance to see an impressive international line-up, including Jorja Smith, Yung Lean and Bladee, Parcels and The Wombats. Fvlcrvm will bring the festival to a close on Saturday night with his distinctive combination of electronic music and visual art. Other Slovak artists on the bill include Porsche Boy, Karlo, Dušan Vlk, Wen and SIMILIVINLIFE.
SLOVAK TAPESTRY DEVELOPMENT MAPPED IN LIPTOVSKÝ MIKULÁŠ
Until 4 September, an ambitious exhibition is being held in the Peter Michal Bohúň Gallery in Liptovský Mikuláš, northern Slovakia. The selection of top artworks in the genre of tapestry produced in the 20th and 21st centuries was curated by Lívia Rášová. Inviting to see the development of tapestry in Slovakia is the director of the Peter Michal Bohúň Gallery in Liptovský Mikuláš, Richard Gregor.
Slovak Tapestry in Liptovsky Mikulas
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MATÚŠ MAŤÁTKO LOOKS BACK AT CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Until 23 August, you can see an exhibition by Slovak artist Matúš Maťátko at the Dům umění gallery in Ostrava, in northern Moravia. Its title, Bratříčku, drž sa, is a play not only on the Czech and Slovak languages, but also on the title of a famous 1968 song, Bratříčku, kde jsi. The song is closely associated with Czech singer-songwriter Karel Kryl and his outspoken protest against the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact troops in 1968, which brought the country’s brief period of political liberalisation to an end. Maťátko takes an ironic look at the history of former Czechoslovakia and at the present-day realities of its two successor states. He tells this history through the Czech and Slovak national colours — white, blue and red — with each painting reflecting on a particular historical event. The story begins in 1918 and brings us right up to the present day.
RUDOLF SIKORA: EIGHT DECADES OF ART — FOR AND AGAINST
In Brno, meanwhile, the Moravian Gallery is presenting a major retrospective of internationally acclaimed Slovak artist Rudolf Sikora, who turned 80 in April 2026. Rudolf Sikora: Za a proti — meaning For and Against — can be seen at the Pražák Palace of the Moravian Gallery in Brno, in southern Moravia. The title itself contains a playful contradiction. Sikora is za — for — his eight decades, and yet at the same time proti — against them, in the sense that his energy and radical approach show little sign of slowing down. As so often in his work, Sikora confronts both himself and the forces shaping our world — politics, power and powerlessness, ecology and science. The exhibition runs until 13 September. And now, a reminder of another opportunity to discover Slovakia’s cultural heritage.
THE GOTHIC ROUTE REVEALS GEMER-MALOHONT'S FORGOTTEN HERITAGE
The tenth annual Gothic Route – Forgotten Heritage event, formerly known as Gothic Route Open, takes place in the Gemer-Malohont region on Saturday, 15 August. This year, experts and volunteers presented the results of years of restoration and conservation work at selected churches in the region at a conference held on Thursday, 13 August. One of the techniques you may encounter during the visit to the mediaeval churches is fresco painting — a method in which paint is applied to wet plaster. During the summer holidays, churches along the Gothic Route that have been awarded the European Heritage Label are open according to the following schedule: Summer season 2026 on the Gothic Route – Gotická cesta.
