In 2023, the Záhorie Gallery acquired into its collections a unique painting by the regional landscape artist Július Koreszka (1895, Dojč – 1958, Skalica). The work depicts a panorama of the landscape, with a massive tree in the foreground and an anonymous figure seated beneath it.

The gallery also acquired a small sculptural piece by the academic sculptor Štefan Belohradský (1930 – 2012) last year. The work is connected to our region – Myjava. It is the only model made of cast hydronalium (height 85 cm), which served as a prototype for the later realization of a monumental outdoor object in the spirit of the geometric abstraction of the 1960s. The model of the main pylon of the Memorial at Klasoviti (1968) in the village of Poriadie, commemorating the site of the final battle of the first Slovak volunteer expedition in 1848, was realized for the 120th anniversary of this historical event. Its title is “NAD TATROU SA BLÝSKA” (Lightning Over the Tatras). Štefan Belohradský had an artistic connection to Myjava since 1961 when he became the author of the Memorial of the Slovak National Uprising and Liberation. His collaboration with the region culminated in 1968, when, besides the aforementioned memorial, he created a sculptural dividing wall called “SLOVANSKÁ LIPA” (Slavic Linden) between the Museum of Slovak National Councils and the widow Kolényi’s house in Myjava. The only exhibition of Štefan Belohradský in the Záhorie Gallery in Senica was in 1995, and the collection includes 12 works on paper and 5 struck medals with regional themes related to Záhorie. The acquisition is the first and only freestanding sculptural object by Štefan Belohradský in our collection.

List of acquisitions in 2023:
           – Štefan Belohradský: “NAD TATROU SA BLÝSKA”
           – Július Koreszka: Untitled