Jitka Šosová

Jitka Šosová is an art historian based in Prague. She studied at Charles University and UMPRUM, both in Prague, as well as Université de Bourgogne in Dijon, France. She holds degrees in Art History and Theory and History of Design and New Media. Her doctoral project at UMPRUM explored the construction of the cannon of Czech postwar art. She has worked extensively as a curator and lecturer, collaborating with institutions such as the Kampa Museum in Prague, the National Gallery Prague, and Prague City University. In 2018, on the occasion of the centenary of Czechoslovakia, Jitka together with Markéta Ježková prepared an exhibition Go Ahead and Buy It, Then!, detailing the creation and functioning of the presidential collections of Prague Castle from 1918 to 1953. In her art historical research, Jitka primarily focuses on the social and political dimensions of the art world and the methodology of art history.

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