Spanning generations and geographies, this donation unites artists whose practices strongly resonate with Lidice's mission. Among contemporary voices, Volkan Aslan explores half-remembered narratives by manipulating everyday objects into subtly surreal structures. İpek Duben examines themes of identity, feminism, and migration across various media, while Işıl Eğrikavuk advances dialogue-based performance rooted in protest and civic imagination. Babi Badalov's visual poetry bends and splices languages to reflect on the theme of displacement. Sabina Shikhlinskaya, a pioneer of conceptual art in Azerbaijan, investigates the evolving relationship between the individual and society. From Bosnia and Herzegovina, Edin Numankadić's post-war assemblages and painterly practice trace memory through found materials. Georgian painter Gia Gugushvili merges pedagogy and artistic practice with a lyrical approach to form and place.

The selection also includes canonical figures whose work has significantly shaped visual culture across the region and beyond. Ara Güler, the legendary photojournalist known as the "Eye of Istanbul" is celebrated for his humanist images that have entered the global canon. Ferruh Başağa, a key Turkish modernist, is known for his abstract language that fuses vivid colour with avant-garde experimentation. Alexander Kosolapov's incisive, pop-inflected juxtapositions, such as the iconic Lenin Coca-Cola, critique the intersections of ideology and consumer culture. Finally, Czech artist František Burant, born in the nearby village of Železná, will see his work resonate in a new context through this incredibly generous donation. Together, these artists anchor the donation in the lived histories of memory, language, and resistance while opening new avenues for research and exhibitions for the Lidice Art Collection.

The Lidice Art Collection was established through solidarity and continues to grow as a public resource for research, exhibitions, and education. This donation will expand and support our curatorial projects, public programmes, and residencies for underprivileged curators. It is a public solidarity collection established in the 1960s by Sir Barnett Stross MP (1899–1967). Comprising artworks donated by artists worldwide, LAC includes pieces by Gerhard Richter, Mona Hatoum, Joseph Beuys, VALIE EXPORT, Alfredo Jaar, the Válovy sisters, and Eva Kmentová, among others. Today the collection advances themes of memory, resistance, and solidarity through exhibitions, education, public programmes, and residencies for underrepresented practitioners. LAC is part of the Lidice Memorial, a public memory museum.

The Nahit & Huma Kabakci Collection (NHK Collection) comprises over 900 works by over 200 artists, representing diverse artists worldwide. Thoughtfully collected since the 1980s, the intergenerational collection is one of the most important examples of consciously created and well-sustained collections in Turkey. The NHK Collection represents the combined efforts of father (Nahit) and daughter (Huma) Kabakci to sustain artistic output in the region and to create cross-cultural references further afield. The inherited responsibility has allowed Huma to expand on the subject, making it relevant to her curatorial interests and experiences. The collection's unique nature comes from its ability to place artists alongside one another who might not otherwise be in conversation and, through this, create cross–cultural exchanges. The collection is a testament to the richness of cross-cultural dialogues, reflecting the interconnectedness of artistic expressions and the evolving tapestry of cultural identity. The collection reflects themes such as diaspora, translocality, grief, and identity politics. It allows dialogues between works irrespective of geography, culture, or religion, and, in doing so, comments on the unifying power of art as a medium. In 2024, the collection name changed to NHK Collection to emphasise the intergenerational nature and Huma's role as a carer for the collection.