To inaugurate our year-long programme celebrating the centenary of Miroslav Tichý—we are pleased to invite you to the opening of our upcoming exhibition, Tichý 100: Miroslav Tichý. This presentation marks the first exhibition in Zürich dedicated to the artist since 2021 and the opening of our exhibition space.

The exhibition brings together a curated selection of some of Tichý’s most compelling works, chosen by the foundation’s director, Roman Buxbaum.

Miroslav Tichý (1926–2011)
After completing his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, Miroslav Tichý withdrew to his hometown of Kyjov, where he lived and worked outside official artistic structures. In the late 1950s, he abandoned painting and gradually developed a solitary and unconventional practice.

From the late 1960s onward, he began producing photographs using handmade cameras of his own construction. Focusing on the female figure, he later intervened directly in the prints through drawing, collage, and improvised framing.

His work is characterised by distinctive formal qualities that deliberately depart from conventional photographic standards. The resulting body of work forms a unique and extensive corpus of images—poetic, fragile, and ambivalent—set against the backdrop of a provincial socialist environment.