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We Can Be Fragile and Strong at the Same Time — HERA x RASCALS, Považská Bystrica

A mural of a boy with large brown eyes in a pale hoodie holding a pencil and a spiral sketchbook beside a copper and silver theater mask on a stack of books, with orange lilies, in Považská Bystrica
Artwork FilePovažská Bystrica, Slovakia

Fragile and strong

SeenOct 2026

HERA x RASCALS · 2026 · Kukučínova 207, Považská Bystrica

Photo: as published on World Art Utopia (Vol. 117); photographer not named.

HERA x RASCALS painted Môžeme byť krehkí a silní zároveň (We Can Be Fragile and Strong at the Same Time) beside the dormitory of a mechanical-engineering school at Kukučínova 207 in Považská Bystrica, Slovakia. It was made for Destinácia All Inclusive, part of Trenčín 2026 – European Capital of Culture, and draws on the surrealist painter Imro Weiner-Kráľ. Source Source Source Checked

Seen Oct 2026: Trenčínak reported the new mural with photos on 14 October 2026, and its public opening was set for 16 October. Source Source Reported

💡 4 things to know

  1. A surrealist’s motifs, not copiesTrenčínak says the artists chose not to copy Weiner-Kráľ’s paintings but to bring elements of his visual world into their own style. Source Reported
  2. Mask and boyAccording to Trenčín 2026, the mask is inspired by one of his paintings and the boy comes from another motif in his work. Source Reported
  3. Warm against coolThe work plays with contrasts, fragility and strength, cool and warm colours and different motifs, Trenčínak writes. Source Reported
  4. Unveiled at the schoolThe Stredná odborná škola strojnícka says its dormitory is now decorated with the mural and that the school’s director formally unveiled it. Source Reported

📍 Where it is

Kukučínova 207, Považská Bystrica, by the dormitory building of the Stredná odborná škola strojnícka (secondary school of mechanical engineering). Source Source Source Checked

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🗓️ Sightings

  1. 202614 Oct

    The new mural reported, with photos · Trenčínak

  2. 202616 Oct

    Public opening scheduled at the mural (event listing) · Trenčín 2026

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🗞️ In the sources

Trenčínak14 October 2026

FOTO: V Považskej Bystrici vzniklo nové umelecké dielo. Čo inšpirovalo autorov a kedy ho predstavia verejnosti?

“Hlavnou inšpiráciou pre autorov muralu HERA x RASCALS sa stal surrealistický maliar Imro Weiner-Kráľ.”

The main inspiration for the mural’s authors, HERA x RASCALS, was the surrealist painter Imro Weiner-Kráľ.

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✅ The facts

Title
Môžeme byť krehkí a silní zároveň (We Can Be Fragile and Strong at the Same Time) Source Checked
Artists
HERA x RASCALS Source Source Source Checked
Project
Destinácia All Inclusive, Trenčín 2026 – European Capital of Culture Source Source Checked
Place
Kukučínova 207, by the school dormitory of the Stredná odborná škola strojnícka Source Source Checked
Inspiration
The surrealist painter Imro Weiner-Kráľ, whose work is tied to the town Source Source Source Checked
Reported
14 October 2026, with photos Source Checked
Opening
16 October 2026, until 18:30; start 15:30 per Trenčín 2026, 15:00 per Trenčínak; we lean to the organiser’s 15:30 Source Source Conflicting
Status
Photographed finished, published 14 October 2026 Source Reported

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