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Gallery of fine arts in Cheb

Gallery of fine arts in Cheb
Gallery of fine arts in Cheb

Gallery of fine arts in Cheb is an art museum in Cheb, Czech Republic.

About Gallery of fine arts in Cheb

Gallery of Fine Arts in Cheb (Czech: Galerie výtvarného umění v Chebu, abbreviated GAVU) is an art gallery in Cheb in the Czech Republic. It is a subsidiary organization of the Karlovy Vary Region. It is located in the New Town Hall on the main town square in Cheb. Its permanent exhibition features a collection of Gothic art from the Cheb region and a collection of Czech modern art from the 19th to 21st centuries, which has been built up from the mid-1960s to the present. In 2016, it has also founded the Retromuseum, which focuses on post-war design and lifestyle and is located in the neighboring Schiller House. In the past, the gallery also used exhibition spaces in the deconsecrated churches of St. Clare and St. Bartholomew in Cheb.

Gallery of fine arts in Cheb by the numbers

Collection
3,544 objects

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  • Exhibition: Jindřich Janíček, Ilustrace k třídílné dystopii o robotech

    Jindřich Janíček, Ilustrace k třídílné dystopii o robotech

    3 Mar 2026 – 23 Aug 2026

  • Exhibition: Malá architektura. Nábytková a interiérová tvorba Dřevopodniku Holešov

    Malá architektura. Nábytková a interiérová tvorba Dřevopodniku Holešov

    12 Mar 2026 – 6 Sep 2026

  • Exhibition: Jan Smetana ve sbírkách GAVU Cheb

    Jan Smetana ve sbírkách GAVU Cheb

    25 Mar 2026 – 4 Oct 2026

Artworks shown from Gallery of fine arts in Cheb are in the public domain; images via the open-access programs of their source collections. Spotted an error in this record? Tell us.