❤ Yesterday afternoon was UNFORGETTABLE!

HALFTIME IN OSTRAVA

I was literally showered with flowers and love more than hundreds of friends....

I would like to thank Mrs. Hance Bončková from the Slezskoostravská Gallery and her team for flawless organization, unceasing care and attention.

I thank the council of Silesian Ostrava for making the whole event possible.
I thank Antonín Gavlas for facilitating the exhibition.

I would also like to thank Libor Hřivnáč, who was supposed to introduce the opening, but unfortunately could not participate due to health reasons.

😘😘Of course, the biggest thanks goes to my beloved husband Russell and my mother, who fight with me to ensure that we have culture in Bílovec....

Thank you all so much for an amazing opening and an unforgettable HALFTIME. ☀️
The exhibition can be seen until 19.11. 2023 on weekends. For those who missed the opening, 15.10. there will be a comment!

INTERVIEW WITH POLAR TV

Rosana de Montfort, who will celebrate her fiftieth birthday this year, returned to the Czech Republic a few years ago. In addition to her beloved painting, she devotes herself to writing and music composition and production, has a recording studio at home, establishes and curates galleries and, with her British husband Russell, also develops the De Montfort Art foundation for gifted artists.

Rosana de Montfort, painter: In the Silesian Gallery, where I actually exhibit such a story of neo-dystopian paintings. It is neodystopism, posthumanism. And that's actually how I present myself not only here, but also abroad. I am very happy that I come from here and that I am from this tribe, from the Ostrava region, and this is actually reflected in my paintings, it is the technology, it is the progress of man, the impact that awaits us, if in life we will overdo it, with that technology, that virtual reality. I not only paint, read, but also write science fiction.

However her favourite film is the horror film Devil's Advocate.

Rosana de Montfort, painter: It shows what human pride can do to a man when he pursues his goals for himself.

Renata Mikolášová (Bílovecká patnáctka), former mayor of Bílovec: She managed to create a beautiful Moritz gallery in our Bílovec castle, where she promotes not only herself but also other artists, the openings are amazing. So I know her paintings, so every time I see it, every time I walk in here, I say, it's science fiction. But still, it has a deep emotion. And sometimes her pictures scare me. When they evoke, they provoke. And that's just all of Rosana.

The artist recalled with a smile several times her happy youth, spent on the right bank of Ostravice.

Rosana de Montfort, painter: I grew up in Ostrava, in Silesian Ostrava, I was born, my birthplace is actually here right below the house near Sýkorák, and exhibiting here, in my fifties, is symbolic, because it is actually a return to my childhood, when you are yourself. And that's why it fills me so much, there are an awful lot of people here. I'm so glad it turned out that way. In fact, I had my first cigarette, my first kiss, a date here at the gas station, I went to school here, we bobsled here, my mother and I went for walks here, so Ostrava is a favorite, always has been.

As an artist or musician, she worked for example for Channel U, BBC Channel 4 and Lion TV. She kept silent about the awards she received for her artistic life, for example from the White House and from San Francisco. In 2022, she received the City of Bílovce Award.

Věra Katka Tatarkovičová, artist: Of course I follow her work, she follows mine, although of course her level of visual art and not only visual art is at a completely different level than mine. This exhibition deserves to be seen by everyone. Every art lover will find something here.

The exhibited works can be viewed in the Silesian Ostrava Gallery until November 19.

"HALFTIME" 14.9.-19.11.2023

Silesian Ostrava Gallery

Vernissage 14/9/2023 at 17:00

For my 50ieth birthday this year I have organised an exhibition, which will be remembered for the rest of my life. The name "HALFTIME" suggests, that the age of 50 is the half life of human life if he/she is lucky.

Reflecting upon the events of my few recent years, I intend to leave a mark in the gigantic book of art history. Even if it is just few words... Here I am, here I was, here I remain in the hearts of those, who know me and those who never did.

This exhibition hosts most of my show pieces and will distinguish a mark in my creation to "The time before" and "Ever after".

It is my honour to have the gallerist, curator, poet and artists, Libor Hřivnáč, at this venue, who is making the foreword and introduction of my life's work.

The guitar virtuoso, Jakub Jalůvka, will accompany the event with dulcet tones and support the most important expo of my life.

You are cordially welcomed!

https://www.slezskoostravskagalerie.cz

ROMY&ROSE III 1.8. - 31.8. 2023

vernissage 1/8/2023 at 17:00 Archbishop's Castle Kroměříž

This year we  celebrate the 3rd year of the project, which is designed to save animals.
We start the auction of Saxány's painting for Wandering Happiness, z. s. with the godfather and great musician Pavle Váně!

Lucie Hlavinková writes the fairy tale for the auctioned and pictured animal hero.
We open the review together and tell you something about the project and our shared destiny,

but also about the news we are preparing.

It is our pleasure that our collaboration with Romana Štryncl developed quite naturally into a traditional traveling project. We will be very happy if you come to Kroměříž to support us at the opening and enjoy a spectacular experience in the Archbishop's Castle and gardens. If you're in the mood for a trip, here's a real program for the whole day!
We look forward to!!!

https://www.stryncl.cz/
http://www.zatoulanestesti.cz/
https://www.zamek-kromeriz.cz/

GROUP X - ART REVIEW - 1.7. 2023 at 13:00
13 ARTISTS at GALLERY MORITZ

Marcela Mrázková ● Marcela Kudlová ● Pavel Gregor ● Eva Muchová ● Šárka Quisová ● Miroslava Rychtářová ● Vlastislav Mojzcek ● Rostislav Herrmann ● Iveta Kovalíková ● Lada Červinková ● Petr Weiss ● Libor Hřivnáč ● Michaela Tichá

The vernissage will be presented by the artist, gallerist and curator, Rosana de Montfort.
Group X has a fifty-year period of activity behind it. Currently, it brings together 25 members of different ages, different views on art and diverse artistic concepts of artistic creation. In the castle premises, they will be presented not only in the gallery, but in the castle corridors. The vernissage will be accompanied by a live performance in which the entire group of exhibitors will participate.

The exhibition will last until August 31, 2023. There will also be light refreshments at the opening.

The castle exhibition will be closed for the duration of the opening.
We look forward to you!

Town celebration and exhibition of Raya and Marek

On the occasion of today's celebration of the day of the city of Bílovec, people flocked to our gallery all day to see the exhibition of Ray Campulkova and Marek Sebastian Coutierre. Special guests from Vienna also came to see, the sons of Dr. Moritz the free lord of Daublebsky from Sterneck, Karl and Georg. Dr. Tomáš Sterneck and his mother came from České Budějovice, and from Prague the representative of the Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic, Mr. Michal Pelíšek.
Thank you all for visiting our exhibition and the city of Bílovec!

"PAINTINGS"- Gallery of Silvie Kořistková

Orlová (CZ)

5.12.-31.12.2022

https://silviekoristkova.com

When your friend opens a gallery, it's like coming home. Tea is on the table next to an open art book, there are cute animals on the floor chilling and a good friend comes by as well.... Well, because we are friends, care for each other and help one another. So although I thought I won't do any more gallery exposure this year, but this one is just no stress.

"LET'S GIVE US A CHANCE!"

Beneficial project to save GALLERY FOR CANCER PATIENTS in Prague collects desired sum! 

So far I have given away several paintings to support the cause and objective of this gallery, led by a lovely angel alled Irena Kraftová.

And you can help too!!! In two ways:

🎗️ Click on the link you will find a bank connection where you can send an amount 👉 https://umeniprotirakovine.cz/

🎗️ You can give a piece of art and organise a public auction in benefit of this gallery. The person, who bids the most in the relevant time frame is going to transfer the amount they offered in their bid for your artwork. You will then send them the artwork as a present!

If you wish to help, but need help, reach out to me for advice through my email. I will be glad to show you what to do.

When you advertise the cause, please don't forget to quote these two hashtags #letsgiveusachance #dejmesisanci

Number of the transparent account : 2300911825/2010

IBAN: CZ24 2010 0000 0023 0091 1825

BIC/SWIFT: FIOBCZPPXXX

Thank you!

In the MORITZ Castle Gallery, this year we were able to welcome thousands of visitors not only to exhibitions of contemporary art, but also guided tours, openings, painting courses and music concerts. The interior also underwent a stylish renovation, in which local citizens and companies participated, so that it could enter the prestigious art scene and welcome not only local artists, but also important personalities from all over the Czech Republic.

 

May Day started with the opening of a native of Novi Jičín, Antonín Gavlas, who introduced himself with his exhibition "Soul of Light", where we got to know not only his paintings, but also sculptures, sculptures and digital images. Our guitar virtuoso Jakub Jalůvka played for us with the talented accordionist Anežka Gebauerová.

The members of the TELEMANNIA music group also came to make the gallery walls sound, who performed a Jazz-Baroque concert performed by M. Kratochvílova and M. Friedl, Fantasie per flauto traverso e contrabbasso by G.P. Telemann. We also welcomed members of the consort of Renaissance transverse flutes and Renaissance lutes "TOURDION A BOHEMIAN LUTE ORCHESTRA", whose performers Anežka Šejnohová, Radka Kubínová, Mirka Holá, Marta Kratochvílová, Jan Čižmář, Zuzana Meleková and others performed court music songs, period dances, and they also headed into the category of liturgical and folk music.

 

The exhibition season was rounded off by an exhibition entitled "MEETING IN TIME", whose participants literally took the visitors' breath away with their installation. The members of the artistic group Magnus Gradus, Jaroslav Jerry Svoboda (Prague, Vancouver), Radomír Bárta (Brno, Sebranice), Rosana de Montfort (Bílovec, London) invited a special guest, who was the world-famous painter and surrealist Michal Janovský (Česká Lípa). The paintings of Jaroslav Jerry Svoboda and Rosana de Montfort were attuned to the same wave because they both deal with the topic of post-humanism. Among the gigantic paintings of Michal Janovský, the metal sculptures and sculptures of the Brno artistic blacksmith and sculptor, Radomír Bárta, stood out. The experience of the exhibition was musically enriched by Jakub Jalůvka with a band that played old rock classics and his own compositions.

The exhibition took place under the patronage of Rosana de Montfort, who founded the Moritz Gallery in cooperation with the management of the town of Bílovec and the castellan of Bílovec castle, Eduard Valeš. The goal of the project was to show that people from different regions, genres and art technologies can combine their talents into one cultural experience for the general public even outside the big cities, namely in Bílovec.

We would like to thank the city management for their close cooperation and support. We thank the castellan, Eduard Valeš, for his helpfulness and dedication. We would like to thank the company Denas Color for sponsoring floor paints and work commitment, and finally to Petar Pavlík and his team for their assistance in the construction of the exhibition architecture. First of all, we thank you, the visitors, for your abundant participation!