13 November 2026
19:00 - 9.00 pm

To mark the closing of the exhibition ‘Václav Havel – Photographs by Bohdan Holomíček’ on 13 November 2026, as part of the 28th Czech-German Cultural Days 2026, to an artist talk with Bohdan Holomíček entitled “Václav Havel the Man” at the nEUROPA Gallery.

Václav Havel – Photographs by Bohdan Holomíček

The nEUROPA Gallery run by Kultur Aktiv e.V. is marking Havel’s 90th birthday with an exhibition and accompanying programme to commemorate this pioneer of democracy and human rights in East Central Europe – a staunch European who, as President, also championed German-Czech reconciliation with great vigour.

Bohdan Holomíček’s photographs are characterised by closeness and a strong sense of intimacy. They reveal far more of Havel’s human greatness than official tributes ever could. The photographer does not see Havel primarily as a dissident, writer or president. Holomíček portrays Václav Havel as a human being.

Participating photographers

Bohdan Holomíček (CZ)

Curated by

Jan Oelker

Kultur Aktiv – ‘Václav Havel the Man’ – Artist talk with Bohdan Holomíček

The closing event is taking place in cooperation with the Elbe/Labe Euroregion as part of the 28th Czech-German Cultural Days. This exhibition is sponsored by the Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden. The ‘Galerie nEUROPA’ project is funded by the Saxon State Ministry for Social Affairs, Health and Social Cohesion. This initiative is co-funded by taxpayers’ money on the basis of the budget adopted by the Saxon State Parliament as part of the funding programme ‘Wir für Sachsen’