The public opening will take place at the Lidice Gallery, Tokajícká 152, Lidice, attended by Huma Kabakci, custodian of the NHK Collection; Dr. Eduard Stehlik, Director of the Lidice Memorial; Ruth Noack, member of the LAC Council; and Míloslav Vorlíček, Head of the Lidice Art Collection.
The Lidice Art Collection (LAC) at the Lidice Memorial in the Czech Republic presents NHK Collection for Lidice, a new exhibition drawn entirely from the landmark donation of 65 artworks by Huma Kabakci, the Turkish-British custodian and curator of the Nahit & Huma Kabakci Collection (NHK Collection), to LAC. The exhibition opens on 9 June 2026 and runs through 7 March 2027 at the Lidice Gallery. It is the first exhibition to present the donated works to the public and marks the most significant addition to LAC in recent years. The gift highlights artists from Turkic-speaking regions while broadening the LAC’s global perspective and fostering dialogue across different geographies and generations.
NHK Collection for Lidice exhibition brings together artists whose practices span generations and geographies and resonate directly with Lidice’s mission. Artist Volkan Aslan explores half-remembered narratives by manipulating everyday objects into surreal structures. İpek Duben explores themes of identity, feminism, and migration across various media. Işıl Eğrikavuk advances dialogue-based performance rooted in protest and civic imagination. Babi Badalov’s visual poetry bends and splices languages to reflect on displacement. Sabina Shikhlinskaya, Azerbaijan’s conceptual art pioneer, explores the changing relationship between individuals and society.
The Lidice Art Collection was established through solidarity and continues to grow as a public resource for research, exhibitions, and education. NHK Collection for Lidice is a direct expression of that founding principle, presenting an exceptional private gift as a permanent contribution to the public record.
