She focuses primarily on the history of Czech art from the 1940s to the 1980s, set in a broader local and temporal context. As a researcher and curator, she has worked on a number of previously neglected themes and personalities in her exhibition projects, thus significantly influencing today’s view of Czech post-war art. We can mention, for example, the exhibitions organised at the GHMP and accompanied by comprehensive publications such as Focal Points of Rebirth: Czech Art 1956-1963, Years in Days: Czech Art 1945-1957 and Things of Art, Things of Time: Group 42. In print is the essential book So Near, So Far. 1947-1960. Czech art in international socio-cultural contexts, where together with Hana Rousová she takes Czech art of this stage out of the stereotypical idea of its isolation.

Choosed publications:

• KLIMEŠOVÁ, Marie a Miroslav PETŘÍČEK, 2010. Roky ve dnech. Řevnice: Arbor Vitae.
• KLIMEŠOVÁ, Marie, 2011j. Věci umění, věci doby. Skupina 42. Řevnice: Arbor vitae.
• KLIMEŠOVÁ, Marie, 2015. Zbyněk Sekal. A věci se zvolna berou před se. Řevnice: Arbor vitae.
• KLIMEŠOVÁ, Marie, 2018a. Neustálé zoufalství plodí lhostejnost. In: Jiří Kolář. Úšklebek století. Praha: Národní galerie v Praze, s. 35–45.
• KLIMEŠOVÁ, Marie a Hana ROUSOVÁ, 2022. Tak daleko, tak blízko.1947 – 1960. České umění v mezinárodních sociokulturních souvislostech. Řevnice: Arbor vitae.