The Prague opening of the long-term exhibition The City of K. Franz Kafka and Prague takes place in summer, a time of special significance for Kafka. He was born here on 3rd July 1883, died in a sanatorium at Kierling on 3rd June 1924, and was buried in Prague on 11th June.
MUCHA MUSEUM PRAGUE
The world´s first Mucha Museum, dedicated to the life and work of the world-acclaimed Czech ART NOUVEAU artist Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939), is housed in the Baroque Kaunický Palace in the very heart of Prague.
ALFRED VE DVOŘE
We support theatre at its most progressive forms – physical, non-verbal, experimental and contemporary.
We support talents who bridges and overlap different art disciplines.
Our shows are very often non-verbal, physical or dance-based and
ART MASTER Gallery was started in 2000.
It specializes on contemporary painting by artists from East European countries like Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Armenia etc.
Since opening it held numerous personal and group exhibitions in own spaces developing its own trend in art.
VERNON GALLERY
www.galerievernon.com
The unique space of Vernon gallery exists in Prague from 2001. Although open to the public, Vernon gallery has an intimate, almost meditative, atmosphere of the modern design flat.
Divadlo v Dlouhé is a repertoire theatre with a permanent group of actors established in 1996 as a set financed by the Municipality of Prague. Director Daniela Šálková heads the theatre and the art management comprises:
The Museum of the Bohemian Paradise belongs to the oldest museums of the regional type in the Czech Republic. At the beginning, the collecting activities focused on archaeology, history and ethnography. These collections formed the basis of the regional national history and geography centre.
The Prague State Opera resides in the building which on January 5, 1888 was opened as a Prague German stage with the performance of Wagner’s opera, The Mastersingers of Nürnberg. In the 19th century, Prague Germans performed in the Estate’s Theater in alternation with a Czech company. Desire for their own theater led to negotiations in 1883 [...]
Prague is traditionally one of the cultural centres of Europe, hosting many cultural events.
Significant cultural institutions:
* National Theatre
* Estates Theatre, premiere of Mozart’s Don Giovanni was held there
* The Rudolfinum (home to the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra)
* State Opera
* National Museum
* Náprstek Museum
* National Library
* National Gallery
There are hundreds of concert halls, galleries, cinemas and music [...]
Monday, June 22, 2009
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