Dům umění města Brna

About the museum

The Dům umění began as the Dům umělců (House of Artists), built in 1910 to a design by the Viennese architect Heinrich Carl Ried. The initiative for its construction came from the Moravian Art Society, and the building opened on 25 March 1911 with an exhibition of German-Moravian visual artists. During the Second World War, the conditions of operation changed, and from 1944 exhibitions were banned.

After Brno was liberated in 1945, the city administration took over the building and handed it to artists under the name Dům umění města Brna. In 1946–1947 the building, slightly damaged by bombing, was rebuilt into its present functionalist form. It was then administered by the municipal national committee, and later by the City of Brno.

In 1958 the Dům umění acquired the administration of the Renaissance palace Dům pánů z Kunštátu on Dominikánská Street, where exhibitions began that same year. On the ground floor, a set of exhibition spaces for different disciplines was created, for example the Kabinet grafiky and the Kabinet fotografie.

Throughout its existence, the Dům umění has operated as a kunsthalle without its own collection. Up to 2020 it staged more than two thousand exhibitions, focusing mainly on 20th-century visual art and on current domestic and European art. Today exhibitions and accompanying programmes alternate in both buildings, and the Vašulka Kitchen Brno archive and study room is also open to the public.

Highlights

• Functionalist building of the Dům umění from 1946–1947 on Malinovského náměstí
• Renaissance Dům pánů z Kunštátu on Dominikánská Street
• Changing exhibitions of contemporary and modern art, without a collection of its own
• Vašulka Kitchen Brno – archive and study room
• Guided tours by arrangement

Founded

1945

Director

Mgr. Terezie Petišková

Admission & discounts

On entering an exhibition, visitors choose their admission price from three options (CZK 50, 100 or 150); the ticket is valid for one day for both buildings. Free admission applies, for example, to holders of ICOM, INSEA and AMG cards, to teaching staff accompanying school groups, to companions of ZTP/P card holders, and to participants in private views. Holders of an IDS JMK public transport ticket receive a 20% discount on the accompanying programme.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The Dům umění has a step-free entrance to the right of the main entrance; a bell at the door can be used to call staff to operate the lift. The Dům pánů z Kunštátu has a step-free entrance at the back of the courtyard, also with a bell for lift staff.

Kids & families

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Getting there & parking

From the main railway station it is about 10 minutes on foot (1.5 km).

Amenities & dining

• Museum shop
• Coat check

The Dům umění has a bookshop. The large lecture hall of the Dům pánů z Kunštátu is leased to the Trojka café.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent

Up to 300 guests.

Exhibition halls, the entrance hall, the studio and the terrace in the main building, and the halls and courtyard of the Dům pánů z Kunštátu (the courtyard for up to 300 people), are rented for short periods; furniture and a cloakroom are available.

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