Art that means to provoke
The programme deals openly with politics, environment and media — not art for quiet contemplation.
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It cannot be stated — everything shown is temporary and changes several times a year. That makes an unchecked visit a gamble, and you may arrive between installations. Look at the programme before going.
If contemporary art interests you, yes, and the whole district with it. Holešovice has become one of Prague's liveliest quarters for art, cafés and markets, and deserves half a day. If contemporary art does not interest you, do not go for the building alone.
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A private contemporary art centre in Holešovice, a former industrial district north of Prague that has turned into a quarter of galleries and workshops. The building is by Ivan Kroupa, a conversion of an old factory into sharp-angled white spaces. Its best-known feature is the Gulliver Airship: a huge wooden airship frame forty-two metres long mounted on the roof, which can be entered and is used for readings and discussions. It was designed as a space for dialogue and has become the district's landmark. DOX does not simply show beautiful art for contemplation: its programme deals openly with politics, the environment, media and human rights, and its exhibitions are often deliberately provocative. Anyone looking for quiet classical art will be in the wrong place. Everything shown is temporary and changes several times a year, so check the programme before going. The site is outside the centre and reached by tram.
The programme deals openly with politics, environment and media — not art for quiet contemplation.
An architectural conversion by Ivan Kroupa in a district that reinvented itself.
The district itself is worth wandering: workshops, cafés, a market and other art spaces.
Holešovice district, north of the centre