The exhibition is included in the standard admission fee and is located in the Gothic Arcade Corridor.

The anatomy of Prague’s architecture is revealed in the works of academic painter Tomáš Rygl.

The Prague in Detail exhibition invites visitors on a journey not only through space, but above all through time, revealing the secrets of Prague’s most significant landmarks. In his works, Tomáš Rygl does not present architecture as a static backdrop, but as a living organism. His unique “X-ray view” technique allows us to look beneath the surface of many important buildings.

The artworks depicting prominent Czech landmarks help us understand their internal logic and the principles that an ordinary visitor would have no chance of noticing in the real world. Following its extension, the exhibition is now newly presented in the arcade corridor on the ground floor of the monastery, offering visitors a more intimate selection of works.

Tomáš Rygl
Born 1968 in Jihlava
The work of this Jihlava-born academic painter and graphic artist is known both domestically and internationally. After studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, he also studied at the Glasgow School of Art. In addition to creating multi-layered cross-sections of landmarks, since the 1990s he has been drawing maps of metropolitan centers from an aerial perspective. These maps are produced in several language versions. At the beginning of his continuous work, Rygl captured the centers of Prague, Jihlava, Český Krumlov, and Kutná Hora. He is also engaged in publishing illustrated panoramic maps and guides to cities, regions, and historical sites.

The curator of the exhibition is David Černý, an author, journalist, and popularizer of Prague’s history and architecture. He is best known to the public as the author of the bestselling books 25 Secrets of Prague and Magical Secrets of Prague, and as the founder of the successful project I Love Prague.

THANK YOU TO THE PATRONS OF THE EXHIBITION