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'''Jakub Frank''' (1993) is a curator, theorist and art historian. He is a curator at the [https://www.muo.cz/ Olomouc Museum of Art], [[Olomouc]], and editor-in-chief of its [http://cead.space/ Central European Art Database] project. Previously, he worked as PR and communication manager at the Plato gallery in [[Ostrava]]. Since 2013 he has been the curator of [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Galerie-Cella/1353300621473151 Cella Gallery] and [http://bludnykamen.cz/rubrika/galerie-cella-a-hovorny-opava/ Hovorny] and a member of the [http://bludnykamen.cz/ Bludný kámen] association in [[Opava]]. Since 2017 he has been the curator of the art section of the [https://www.luhovanyvincent.cz/ Luhovaný Vincent] festival and a member of the Olomouc collective [https://www.facebook.com/Lebanon8848/ 8848], and since 2020 he has been the co-curator of the Ostrava festival of art in public space [http://www.kukacka.org/ Kukačka]. His activities include mapping and promoting independent audiovisual culture and organising exhibitions and concerts in Opava, Ostrava and Olomouc. In 2016, he co-founded the dormant platform for the presentation of contemporary art [https://www.facebook.com/galeriekonpost/ Kon:post]. [https://www.muo.cz/d/723.1/jakub-frank_cv_2020_cz.pdf (2020)]
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'''Jakub Frank''' (1993) is a curator and art historian based in [[Olomouc]] and [[Opava]]. He teaches at Palacký University and is the founding director of Kalliopi – Sommer Family Endowment for contemporary art. From 2019 to 2025, he curated modern, contemporary, and new media art at the Olomouc Museum of Art. He is active in [[Bludný kámen]] and has organized exhibitions and events focused on new media and sound art, as well as experimental music.
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Since 2013 he has been the curator of [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Galerie-Cella/1353300621473151 Cella Gallery] and [http://bludnykamen.cz/rubrika/galerie-cella-a-hovorny-opava/ Hovorny]. Since 2017 he has been the curator of the art section of the [https://www.luhovanyvincent.cz/ Luhovaný Vincent] festival and a member of the Olomouc collective [https://www.facebook.com/Lebanon8848/ 8848], and since 2020 he has been the co-curator of the Ostrava festival of art in public space [http://www.kukacka.org/ Kukačka]. His activities include mapping and promoting independent audiovisual culture and organising exhibitions and concerts in Opava, Ostrava and Olomouc. In 2016, he co-founded the dormant platform for the presentation of contemporary art. [https://www.facebook.com/galeriekonpost/ Kon:post]. ([https://www.muo.cz/d/723.1/jakub-frank_cv_2020_cz.pdf 2020], [https://www.oolongradio.com/schedule/Dec2025/041930 2025)]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 17:36, 8 December 2025

Jakub Frank (1993) is a curator and art historian based in Olomouc and Opava. He teaches at Palacký University and is the founding director of Kalliopi – Sommer Family Endowment for contemporary art. From 2019 to 2025, he curated modern, contemporary, and new media art at the Olomouc Museum of Art. He is active in Bludný kámen and has organized exhibitions and events focused on new media and sound art, as well as experimental music.

Since 2013 he has been the curator of Cella Gallery and Hovorny. Since 2017 he has been the curator of the art section of the Luhovaný Vincent festival and a member of the Olomouc collective 8848, and since 2020 he has been the co-curator of the Ostrava festival of art in public space Kukačka. His activities include mapping and promoting independent audiovisual culture and organising exhibitions and concerts in Opava, Ostrava and Olomouc. In 2016, he co-founded the dormant platform for the presentation of contemporary art. Kon:post. (2020, 2025)