The Cake is a Lie

The group exhibition The Cake is a Lie presents the perspectives of two generations of Czech and Slovak artists, whose work oscillates between aspiration and its limits.

Date
5 March – 4 April 2026
Location
— Galerie AVU Veletržní 63, Prague 7

Through objects and artifacts, it explores the aestheticization of work and rituals of consumption. It also highlights the everyday demands of symbolic conformity and the need for repetitive performance of consent to a gender- and class-structured social situation.

Artists: Anna-Marie Berdychová, Valentýna Janů, Tereza Kalousová, Bety Krňanská, Markéta Slaná, Nik Timková

Curators: Lamija Čehajić and Jirka Skála

Opening: 5 March 2026, 6 pm

Exhibition: 6 March – 4 April 2026

Galerie AVU, Veletržní 63, Prague 7

Opening hours: Tue-Sat 1-6 pm

photo: František Svatoš