Culture
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Prague’s Villa Bílek, “stronghold of a higher realm”, opens after renovation
Prague’s Villa Bílek, an intriguing piece of modern architecture, has opened to the public after two years of renovation. Designed by the Czech Art Nouveau artist…
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National Gallery hosts collection of 20th century masterpieces
Many of the most famous artists of the 20th century will be in Prague as of Wednesday, vicariously through their artworks that is, as the National Gallery opens a major…
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The brief but monumental life of composer Vítězslava Kaprálová
The story of Vítězslava Kaprálová’s is one of a 25-year-old girl who had a career in music of five years. However, even today, 70 years after her death, there are…
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Image of child who survived catastrophic earthquake in Haiti wins Czech Press Photo
The winners of this year’s Czech Press Photo – a competition recognising the very best in Czech and Slovak photography – were announced on Monday. This year the…
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Martin Pomothy, founder of country’s largest film website
Since it was first created in 2001, the Czech and Slovak Film Database, or CSFD, has gained a massive following in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The largest such…
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Irony sips whiskey: savouring the poetry of Sylva Fischerová
It is not often that we are given a taste of contemporary Czech poetry in really good English translation. A remarkable exception is a new collection of poems by one of…
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Row over Slav Epic heats up
The row over the Slav Epic, a series of 20 large canvasses bestowed to Prague by their creator, the Art Nouveau painter Alphonse Mucha, has entered a new round. Prague…
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New festival aims to generate interest in community theatre among Czech audiences and professionals
A new festival that has just got underway in Prague focuses on social outreach or community theatre, in which professionals engage in a hands-on way with the world around…
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Pavel Bobek – veteran voice of Czech country pop
In this edition of Music Express we meet a veteran of the Czech pop and country scenes, Pavel Bobek. He was a member of the renowned Semafor theatre group for two and a…
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From Daruvar to Vancouver: Czechs tread the boards on five continents
Julek Neumann is a man of many talents: theatrical director, actor, journalist, playwright and poet. He is currently writing, directing and acting with a number of Czech…
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Back to the (socialist) future
A recently opened exhibition in Prague turns the spotlight on science fiction in Czechoslovakia between the late 1940s and the late 1970s, when countless magazines, books…
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Decadence Now! opens at Galerie Rudolfinum
Prague’s Galerie Rudolfinum has officially opened one of its most ambitious projects to date: the exhibition Decadence Now! Visions of Excess, looking at the use of…
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