Recommendations of what to see in the Prague art scene this month by our local guide, Martina Freitagová. Discover more on a private art tour!
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Exhibition: Vladimír Škoda: Harmonices Mundi / Johannes Kepler
Artist: Vladimír Škoda
Venue: Prague City Gallery, Troja Château
Dates: Until November 11th, 2018
This carefully curated project in the enchanting interiors of Troja Château offers an important insight into the work of Vladimír Škoda. Although he lives and works in France, this Czech sculptor never forgot his homeland and the places that inspired him as for example the house By French Crown (U Francouzské koruny), where the mathematician and astrologist Johannes Kepler once worked. Kepler’s work Harmonices Mundi is reflected in the objects from metal, bronze and steel resembling the solar system. More works by Vladimír Škoda can also be found in the Kampa Museum in the center of Prague.
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Exhibition: Sempé – Little Nicholas and Other …
Artist: Sempé
Venue: Vila Pellé
Dates: Until July 7th, 2018
Comic strips by Sempé are very well known in Europe and beyond. His charming drawings of Little Nicholas have entered almost every children’s room. Usually devoid of words, Sempés comics are created with the utmost diligence, yet feel like the result of a spontaneous moment. Great exhibition for a fun and easy afternoon.
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Exhibition: Koudelka: Returning
Artist: Josef Koudelka
Venue: Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague (UPM)
Dates: Until September 23th, 2018
Josef Koudelka is one of the most significant photographers of the 20th century. Rising to fame with his photographs of military forces of the Warsaw Pact as they invaded Prague in 1968, Koudelka later emigrated and now is returning with his retrospective with a distinctive title “Returning”. Member of Magnum Photos, Koudelka is showing a selection of 350 photographs, which he bequeathed to his native land and thus created the largest collection of his oeuvre world-wide.
