Current Affairs

Adolf Loos and Plzeň

From September 13th to November 29th Adolf Loos and Plzeň Until the end of November, Villa Winternitz, in Prague 5, will be hosting an exhibition devoted to the works that the architect Adolf Loos created in Plzeň. During two long-term travels in the first...

The Italian Honorary Consulate in Brno

September 27th The Italian Honorary Consulate in Brno Reopened in early July and seated in Zelný trh old town square, the Italian Honorary Consulate in Brno will be officially inaugurated on September 27th. It is under the guidance of the consul Pavel Zezula, chairman...

Gott, my life

From June 8th to September 30th Gott, my life One of the boats anchored on Vltava hosts in its floating gallery a retrospective exhibit dedicated to the 60-years carrier anniversary of the Czech popular music icon, Karel Gott, also known as “the golden nightingale”....

Tomáš Skuhravý, Bohemian genius and recklessness under the Lanterna

The story of Tomáš Skuhravý, the Czechoslovakian footballer who made the Genoa fans dream in the nineties “With his goals you fly, give us a somersault, give us a somersault”. A scream, a deafening chorus that would be heard every Sunday at the Stadio...

Gerhard Richter

Until September 3rd Gerhard Richter The Czech-German Cultural Spring 2017 includes a series of initiatives dedicated to the twentieth anniversary of the Czech-German declaration. On this occasion, the Prague National Gallery in collaboration with the German Embassy and Goethe Institute have chosen to organize...

Giacometti, Picasso, Chirico in Liberec

From July 13th to October 1st Giacometti, Picasso, Chirico in Liberec The Liberec Regional Gallery organizes a great exhibition on the 20th century European art with over 150 works of about 60 artists, some never exhibited in Czech Republic. Open until October 1st, the...

Czech football scores an own goal on corruption

Flooded with scandals, both big and small, Czech football has decided not to turn over a new leaf from the management of the last fifteen years From zero to zero. It is in this way that one could sum up the outcome of the...

Bob Dylan: On the road

From June 7th to August 31st Bob Dylan: On the road “The Unknown Face of the Known Artist” is the subtitle of the exhibition “Bob Dylan: On the road”, open all summer long in the Cross Hall of the old Town Hall in Prague....

Jan Kodeš, the gentleman who conquered world tennis

From the early days in Prague to the victories in Grand Slam tournaments, we look at Jan Kodeš, the first world famous Czech tennis player Disarming elegance. His movement between the court lines used to display a class above the norm, which along with...

Prague’s fight against fake news

The Centre against terrorism and hybrid threats has been set up ahead of the October elections. But for President Zeman, it is nothing more than an organ of censorship: “No one has a monopoly on truth” As in the days of the Cold War,...