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Current AffairsMucha family voices concerns as Slav Epic goes on display in Prague
After many months of delays, and several years of arguing, the Slav Epic
will go on display in Prague’s Veletržní palác on Thursday. Alfons
Mucha’s Art Nouveau masterpiece has been at the centre of a heated
dispute between the town of Moravský Krumlov, where the 20 enormous
canvasses were kept until recently, and the City of Prague, which has made
no secret of wanting to put the work on permanent display. As for the
painter’s own wishes, the Slav Epic was willed to the Czech capital upon
his death in 1939, but on the condition that a special building was made
for it. That has never happened, much to the ire of the Mucha family. We
spoke with the painter’s grandson John Mucha in London, and asked how he
felt about the opening. More
SpotlightThe history and mysteries of Zbiroh Chateau
Zbiroh Chateau has stood on its hill between the Křivoklátské and Brdy
Forests since the 12th century, a beautiful thing, wistfully recalled in
the famous melody by Václav Vačkář, “A Memory of Zbiroh”. Until
recently, memories of Zbiroh were just about all anyone had, because the
chateau and its many treasures and mysteries were strictly sealed off for
most of the 20th century. The memory of its illustrious history is only
resurfacing today. More
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