Controversial Czech presidency sponsored art work may appear in Prague in future

An art work sponsored by the Czech EU presidency which has stirred controversy in Brussels may be shown in Prague in the future. The piece by sculptor David Černý and two other artists resembles a large Airfix kit with 27 parts representing the states of the EU, in some cases rather crudely. The artist had claimed to have worked with collaborators in other EU countries, before admitting to being behind the whole thing himself. Mr Černý later apologised to senior Czech politicians for the international embarrassment caused by the piece, entitled Entropa. One of the art work’s co-creators, Kryštof Kintera, said they were in negotiations with the National Theatre to hang it on the institution’s New Stage theatre. Entropa is due to be lit up for the first time at the Council building in the Belgian capital on Thursday.