We warmly invite you to a curator’s tour of the exhibition ‘Václav Havel – Photographs by Bohdan Holomíček’. It will take place on 26 September at 7.30 pm at the nEUROPA Gallery. As part of the Neustadt Art Festival, curator Jan Oelker will welcome you and give you an exclusive insight into the works of Bohdan Holomíček and the life and work of Václav Havel.

The event is part of the Neustadt Art Festival. This non-commercial art and culture festival is being held for the 14th time this year. From 25 to 27 September 2026, there will be exhibitions, concerts, readings, performances and much more – all in one weekend in Dresden’s Neustadt district – self-organised by representatives of all manner of artistic genres and held together at a colourful array of venues.

Václav Havel – Photographs by Bohdan Holomíček

On 5 October 2026 marks the 90th anniversary of Václav Havel’s birth. The Galerie nEUROPA run by Kultur Aktiv e.V. is marking this anniversary with an exhibition and a programme of events to commemorate this pioneer of democracy and human rights in Eastern 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)

Curator

Jan Oelker

This exhibition is sponsored by 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’.