Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 08:19:01 +0200https://english.radio.cz/milan-knizak-opens-solo-exhibition-manes-gallery-8601317© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalLast week one of the Czech Republic’s most important artists, Milan Knizak - sculptor, painter, poet, head of the National Gallery and outspoken pedagogue - opened a new solo show (Recent Work) at Prague’s Manes Exhibition Hall. Dominant themes include Knizak’s take on the crucifixion as well as the Madonna with child, painted with a fresh, even punk sensibility and signature irreverence. Paintings include slogans, which some reviewers have called “urgent”, others “stinging”: slogans such as “I hate progress” or “I hate nature”, some in English, some in Czech. The famous artist makes clear he has lost none of the enfant terrible spark that defined much of his earlier career; now, as before, Milan Knizak aims to provoke.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/4f5197446b1f6808606b2a0aab5e5a67.png?timestamp=1583150525 https://english.radio.cz/milan-knizak-opens-solo-exhibition-manes-gallery-8601317 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9