anna zemánková in Extrazimmer
at the hermès fondation in brussels
La Verrière, the exhibition space of the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès, presents the exhibition “Extrazimmer” by Caroline Achaintre, starting April 23, 2026. On this occasion, the artist presents several works, including a monumental tapestry. This selection is notably complemented by eight works by Anna Zemánková, on loan from the gallery.
curator : Joël Riff
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It was at the beginning of the 1960s that this humble Moravian woman began creating works, strikingly responding to impulses from the depths. At dawn, she would mentally gather flowers “that grow nowhere else,” making them emerge from the paper.
Anna Zemánková is an established figure of outsider art, to the point that she was honored in 2013 at the Venice Biennale before a significant collection of her works joined the collections of the Centre Pompidou, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and the Mumok.
In 2023, the gallery presented her in a solo show at Art Basel Paris, and the following year Adriano Pedrosa, curator of the Venice Biennale, exhibited a group of her works. In 2026, the Hermès Corporate Foundation in Brussels subsequently presented eight of her drawings.