Prague and town of Moravský Krumlov fail to reach agreement regarding Mucha’s Slav Epic

The city of Prague and the town of Moravský Krumlov have not been able to reach an agreement regarding the move of Czech art-deco painter Alphonse Mucha’s Slav Epic from Moravský Krumlov to the Czech capital. The city of Prague is now going to file an appeal against last week’s court decision that barred anybody from handling the twenty-canvass masterpiece until a controversy over ownership rights had been cleared. The two city halls have been at odds over the fate of the precious Slav Epic after Prague city hall attempted to get it moved to the city’s Veletržní Palác art gallery. It has been housed in the Moravský Krumlov castle for over half a century, partly because a designated home for the painting in Prague was never built, which was one of Mucha’s conditions when he donated the Slav Epic to the city in 1913.