Culture
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Robotics and conservation experts turn to drones to map state of historic sites
Members of the Czech Technical University in Prague’s Faculty of Cybernetics, focusing on multi-robotic systems, have been cooperating with experts from the National…
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Iggy Pop one of top acts to play new Prague festival
In June, Prague will see the arrival of a new music festival called Metronome. The announcement this week made many headlines not least because organisers have confirmed a…
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Unique exhibition spotlights Afghanistan’s Buddhist period
An exhibition called Afghanistan: Rescued Treasures of Buddhism organized by the National Museum aims to present the war-torn country in a different light, to draw…
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Renowned Czech opera singer backs ‘professional’ arts education for schoolchildren
The internationally renowned Czech opera singer Magdalena Kožená has established an endowment fund to support the Czech Republic’s unique system of art schools, focused on…
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Armchair used by President Masaryk sold at auction for 1.1 million crowns
An armchair designed by Slovenian architect Josip Plecnik for Czechoslovak President Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk was sold for a record sum at Prague’s Sýpka auction house on…
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Performing the Jewish Archive: an international project revives the work of persecuted playwrights…
Thousands of Jewish writers and musicians found their careers cut short by the Holocaust. Tragically, this was the culmination of a long history of persecution and pogroms…
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Czech designers win main award at the International Fashion Showcase in London
Czech fashion designers from Prague’s Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design (UMPRUM), headed by curator Pavel Ivančic, won the main prize this week at London’s…
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Migrants’ tough journeys and arrivals among key focuses of One World 2016
Organisers are currently gearing up for this year’s One World festival of human rights documentaries, which kicks off in Prague on March 7. As every year, One World will…
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Mateřská.com focus on the trials and tribulations of motherhood
Maternity leave, as most parents know, is no holiday despite what the Czechs call it (mateřská dovolena). In this week’s programme, we play music from the duo Mateřská.com…
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Rediscovered Mozart Salieri cantata undermines Amadeus scenario
A lost composition by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri was recently discovered in the archives of the Czech Museum of Music in Prague. On Tuesday, the re…
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Czech auction market strengthens in 2015 with surge in sales set to continue
The Czech art market saw the second best result in its history last year, according to data released by the Czech art investment website artplus.cz. Collectors and…
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Vložte Kočku – intense but compelling on fourth LP Hedvika
The Prague group Vložte Kočku (meaning Insert the Cat; apparently it’s a reference to American Psycho) revolves around brothers Kryštof and Cyril Kaplan. Last year the…
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