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In this week’s edition of Panorama: a student orchestra packs concert
halls with famous movie soundtracks, a computer as a work of art, chocolate
as the ultimate gourmet experience and kangaroo Vendelín becomes a
household name. More
Arts'A Hidden Face of Baroque’ offers viewers a unique opportunity to savour & contemplate rare 17th century prints
A new exhibition entitled ‘A Hidden Face of Baroque’ opened on Thursday
at the National Gallery’s Kinský Palace in Prague. The show allows
visitors a chance to view rare 17th century prints historically tied to the
lands of to Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia. Many are faithful renderings of
works by early Baroque painters such as Karel Škréta, expertly reproduced
by engravers both in Bohemia and neighbouring Germany, especially Augsburg,
renowned for printmaking at that time. The exhibition highlights all of the
dramatic grandeur, symbolism and allegory typical of the Baroque style. More
Current AffairsLandmark National Museum building closes for five-year long reconstruction
The historic National Museum building at the top of Prague’s Wenceslas
Square will close its doors on Thursday for five years of major renovations
– the first in the site’s 120-year-long history. When it reopens in
June 2016, the museum should offer visitors a whole new experience. On
Thursday, hundreds of people used the valuable opportunity to visit the
museum for one last time. More
One on OneMiroslav Trejtnar on teaching the Czech art of puppetry to international students
For the tenth year in a row, a small workshop in the Prague neighbourhood
of Vršovice is hosting a group of students from the US, India, Australia
and other countries who come to learn how to make traditional Czech
marionettes. The man who runs the courses and who teaches his international
students everything they need to know about puppets is Miroslav Trejtnar,
our guest in this edition of One on One. When I visited his workshops, the
course was halfway trough and the students had just begun carving their
puppets, which as Mr Trejtnar says it’s one of the most exiting stages of
the programme. More
Current AffairsMikulov’s summer art symposiums sampled at Malostranská beseda
Each summer, the south Moravian town of Mikulov hosts Czech and
international artists who come for an annual art symposium. Since the event
was first held in 1994, they have created more than 260 artefacts, some of
which are exhibited at the Mikulov chateau. But now, selected works from
the Mikulov collection of contemporary art have also gone on display at the
Malostranská beseda gallery in Prague. More
ArtsA tour through a world of performance design at the Prague Quadrennial
Last week we told you about the opening of the Prague Quadrennial, an
unparalleled showcase of world scenography – design for artistic
performance – that began in 1967 and only comes around every four years.
The exhibits cover everything from costumes, sound design, and theatre
architecture to multi-media theatrical and performance art… in short, if
you imagine a wildish menagerie of all things theatre, then you’re half
way there. For today’s Arts I spent an afternoon walking around one of
the most special attractions at the Quadrennial, which is the pavilion of
installations from 60 different countries and regions, all entirely unique
and hosting some of the best and most imaginative of scenographic work the
world over. More
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