About

Lucie Drdova is an art historian, gallerist, curator, and author. She lives and works in Prague and Venice.

In her work, Lucie combines academic expertise (Department of Art History at Masaryk University in Brno and University of Applied Arts in Vienna) and professional expertise from European exhibition institutions (Museum of Modern Arts in Vienna and Academy of Fine Arts in Prague).

As a gallerist and curator, Lucie is currently preparing the interdisciplinary exhibition Confluence in Venice (opening October 2024). For the coming year, she is curating and implementing the concept of a multimedia work in the field of visual art, contemporary design, and education in the Ventilation Shaft in Dolni Vitkovice in Ostrava. In 2022, she curated Rony Plesl’s exhibition Trees Grow from the Sky included in the official program of La Biennale di Venezia within Collateral Events. In the following year, she prepared an eponymous exhibition in Museum Kampa in Prague. In cooperation with Galleria Continua, she was responsible for the curatorial concept of the Sculpture Park and Art Shows at Bechyne Castle in South Bohemia in 2023.

In 2012, she founded Lucie Drdova Gallery with a focus on contemporary art based in Prague and Brussels. In tandem with managing the gallery, she initiates non-commercial exhibition projects with partners and professionals. Besides marketing and promoting the works by the represented artists, she supports their growth and international careers through professional networking and publishes books and catalogues.

Lucie regularly writes and lectures on the institutional context of contemporary art, gallery practice, and work of contemporary artists as well as the art market for Czech professional media and newspapers. She is a co-author of several studies on the state and support of the visual art scene and museum and gallery practice for leading Czech institutions including the Ministry of Culture Czech Republic.