Art and culture

The Magic Lantern: The revolution of ‘89 witnessed in Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin and Prague by Timothy Garton Ash We recommend the new edition of an essay of contemporary history, a real classic by now. “The Magic Lantern” is one of those rare books able...

Gustav Machatý’s 1930s masterpiece, a watershed in the history of the art of film, made a return to the Venice festival this summer “In the garden of the Excelsior that evening, you could hear the breath of the extremely attentive spectators, you felt a...

The study centre dedicated to the former Czech President in the centre of Prague: a place of research to delve into the concept of dialogue The events are frequent, one every three to four days, at the Václav Havel Library, the library located in...

December 10 On December 10, in the church of St. Salvator – a baroque monument part of the Klementinum in Prague – will take place a Classic concert, organized and conducted by Maestro Walter Attanasi, as part of the Italia Arte Fest and Umbria...

Intellectual, archaeologist, art collector. Story of Ludwig Pollak: unknown in Prague, legend in Rome He loved to refer to himself as Ludovicus Romanus, and to say that the Eternal City was the alpha and omega for him. Rome, its light, its art, its history,...

From November 1 to December 5 With his exhibition “Naše normalizace”, Pavel Kopp wishes to leave his own testimony of the years of totalitarianism, now, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution. Former Czechoslovakian and then Czech diplomat, the author...

La fine del mondo sembra non sia arrivata by Patrik Ouředník Patrik Ouředník, a Czech writer living in France, has published the novel entitled “La fine del mondo sembra non sia arrivata” (The end of the world seems to have not arrived), the plot...

Vita di Alfons Mucha. Nel cuore dell’Art Noveau by Patrizia Runfola Patrizia Runfola, after her beautiful “Praga al tempo di Kafka” (Prague at the time of Kafka), again astonishes readers with the publication of a book dedicated this time to the life of Alfons...

October 22 The famous Italian singer and composer Eros Ramazzotti returns for the fourth time to the O2 Arena in Prague, twenty years after his first performance, followed by two other occasions in 2013 and 2015. Scheduled for October 22, the concert is one...

Legend recalls that Pablo Neruda chose his name in homage to the Czech master Jan. But the truth could be another On September 23, 1973, Pablo Neruda died in mysterious circumstances, leaving the puzzle of his name unresolved On a summer morning, Nerudova street...