Petra Widžová

Czech Republic °1991
research interests: curatorial research, Artist's estates, interdisciplinary research, Artist's studios
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MgA. Petra Widžová (*1991) graduated from the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Humanities at the Charles University in Prague and from the Curatorial Studies program at the Faculty of Art and Design in Ústí nad Labem, where she is currently pursuing doctoral research on the topic of Artists’ estates. In her practice, she focuses on cultural management and works as an independent curator of contemporary visual art.

 

She primarily concentrates on collective exhibitions emerging from interdisciplinary curatorial research (Logic of Growth, 2023, MUD Benešov; Good Job, 2024, Hraničář Gallery; the upcoming Shared Existences, 2025, House of Arts Ústí nad Labem; Atelier / Realité, 2026, GAMPA Pardubice).

 

She is the co-founder and curator of Artmat, a project dedicated to presenting young contemporary artists in public space, through which she has been developing international collaborations with Czech Centres since 2021. She also co-founded the gallery Vitríny Frýdlantská (now Vitríny Artbiom) and the Open Studios Prague festival.

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  • Ways of Managing Artists’ Estates in the Czech Context (2025) author(s): Petra Widžová published in: Research Catalogue
    Since 2023, I have been conducting doctoral research titled “Ways of Managing Artists’ Estates in the Czech Context”, which addresses the issue of managing Artists’ estates and maps the current situation in the Czech environment. Its main aim is to provide a comprehensive overview of the functioning, possibilities, and strategies related to the management, development, and accessibility of Artists’ estates as they appear in the Czech context. The research seeks to contribute to expanding the theoretical foundation in this field, which has so far received little systematic scholarly attention in the Czech Republic. It aims to identify the main challenges faced by estate management in the Czech context, to explore the role of estate administrators, and to find examples of projects and programs supporting the operation of artists’ estates in countries neighboring the Czech Republic. Doctoral research is to be followed by exhibition (2026, Industra Brno) and publication.
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