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With its rich history and impressive neo-Renaissance architecture Zbiroh
Chateau is a big attraction in its own right. In the course of the next two
months it will moreover boast a rare exhibit – the Lucan portrait of
Leonardo da Vinci, an alleged self-portrait by Leonardo da Vinci, which has
never before been shown outside Italy. More
Current AffairsModern Czech art masterpieces fetch record prices at Sotheby’s auction
More than 200 masterpieces of Czech avant-garde and modern art fetched
record prices at a Sotheby’s auction in London on Monday.
František Kupka’s early abstract Movement, created between 1913 and
1919, sold for 1.3 million pounds, the highest sum ever paid for a Czech
artwork. Monday’s auction brought 11.1 million pounds, more than double
then Sotheby’s estimated. Other significant works sold at the auction
included Josef Čapek’s Sailor and Phantomas and Sculptress in the Studio
by Emil Filla. Jan Richter spoke about the action with Czech Radio’s
reporter in the UK, Ivan Kytka. More
Current AffairsCulture Ministry orders return of state-owned artworks from abroad to avoid seizures in arbitration case
The Czech Republic will bring back home state-owned artworks that are on
loan abroad in an effort to avoid their seizure in a protracted arbitration
case. The decision comes after an Austrian court last week upheld the
claims of the Swiss firm Diag Human and seized three modernist artworks
lent to a gallery in Vienna. The Czech Foreign Ministry considers any
seizures of Czech property in breach of international law. More
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