ČVUT is announcing a selection procedure for the management of GJF

The Faculty of Architecture of the Czech Technical University in Prague is opening a new chapter in the operation of the Jaroslav Fragner Gallery (GJF), taking it under its management and opening it in 2027 as an open platform for the presentation of architecture and related fields. Applications for the position of director are open until June 26, 2026.

GJF is one of the few institutions in the Czech Republic that has long focused exclusively on architecture. It was established following the reconstruction of the Bethlehem Chapel complex and was named in honor of the chief architect of this reconstruction, Jaroslav Fragner. In the pre-revolutionary period, it belonged to the Union of Czech Architects and organized significant exhibitions, such as the Urbanita cycle or the Středotlakých exhibition. After 1989, it became involved in international events and established itself as a space for monographic exhibitions as well as current architectural topics. In 2020, the gallery building was acquired by the Czech Architecture Foundation for the Czech Technical University in Prague. The subsequent period was associated with a transformation of its institutional background and the search for further direction.

The current step builds on initiatives by the Faculty of Architecture aimed at professional debate about the functioning and future direction of the gallery, which the faculty opened last year, among other things, through a public letter from the dean and the Academic Senate of the Faculty of Architecture addressed to the then leadership of CTU. Thanks to constructive cooperation with the new university leadership led by Rector Michal Pěchouček, a solution was found that creates conditions for the long-term stable and professionally strong operation of the Jaroslav Fragner Gallery.

“The Jaroslav Fragner Gallery is an exceptionally important institution for us for the presentation of architecture and the public debate about its social significance. We have been working intensively to ensure that the gallery recaptures its appropriate institutional background and can fully develop its role as an open platform connecting the university environment with both the professional and the wider public. I am pleased that a new chapter in its operation and further development is now opening,” says Dalibor Hlaváček, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture CTU.

The gallery will now be directly subordinate to the dean of FA CTU, and its activities will be managed by a director selected through an open selection process. Part of its management will also include a Gallery Council as a professional advisory body. The new statute defines the mission of the institution as a public exhibition space focused on architecture, urbanism, landscape architecture, heritage care, and other related fields. The gallery will contribute to interdisciplinary professional and public debate and, alongside exhibitions, will also develop educational, research, and outreach activities.

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