In 2025, 100 years will pass since the discovery of the Venus of Věstonice - a 29,000-year-old ceramic sculpture. What does this Paleolithic work mean for contemporary art? What does Venus look like today? Is it still primarily an object of admiration and desire? Or have the scales tipped to the side of sovereign, active female movers and shakers? Does it still make sense to talk about the forms of contemporary femininity?

Venus in Historical and Contemporary Perspective will be the subject of an international scientific symposium organized by the Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Design and Art at the University of Technology in Pilsen. It will be attended by leading experts from the fields of archaeology, philosophy, theory and history of art and semiotics.

The Venus of Věstonice figurine is considered to be the oldest known ceramic product in the world. It is a work that is fundamental to the idea of the beginnings of artistic creation in the thematic and technological sense, as well as for relating to the theme of images of the female body and the feminine principle in general.

Students of the Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Design and Art in Pilsen have created a number of works within the Venus Today project, which will be presented at several exhibitions in Prague and Pilsen during 2025.

17 April - 11 May 2025

Nová síň Gallery

Voršilská 139/3, Prague 

Opening 16 April from 6 PM

6 May - 25 May 2025

Bubec Gallery Dejvická

metro station Dejvická vestibule in the direction of Vítězné náměstí

18 May - 25 May 2025

Studio Bubec

Tělovýchovná 748, Prague - Řeporyje

Opening 17 May  from 4 PM

The exhibition will take place as part of the Art Safari exhibition project

 29 May - 29 June 2025

Ladislav Sutnar Gallery

Riegrova 11, Plzeň

Opening 28 May from 6 PM