The MFS Houston presents private Collection of the Czech Avant-Garde Art and Glass
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), presents New Formations: Czech Avant-Garde Art and Modern Glass from the Roy and Mary Cullen Collection November 6, 2011-February 5, 2012, shedding light on a still under-known chapter of 20th-century art. The exhibition features more than 150 Czech avant… more
The Breviary of Martin I of Aragon: a sumptuous codex for the royal pantheon in the monastery of Santa Maria de Poblet
A leading Spanish researcher in the field of mediaeval manuscripts, Josefina Planas, will deliver a lecture in French on the sumptuous manuscript commissioned by the King of Aragon, Martin I, for the Cistercian monastery of Our Lady in Poblet at the end of the 14th century. The lecture will take… more
Attached file: 20111130_Planas.pdf
Umění / Art 2011–5
The fifth issue of Umění/Art for this year has just been published. Among the articles it contains, we would like to draw your attention to Martin Mádl’s contribution on “Giuseppe Bragalli and Bolognese Ceiling Painting in the Czech Lands in the 17th Century”. Iconographic research is represented… more
Attached file: umeni_art_2011-5.pdf
The English Version of the catalogue "A Royal Marriage"
This publication, printed in both English and Czech version is the catalogue for the exhibition of the same title. The exhibition took place in the Stone Bell House on Old Town Square in Prague 2010–2011 coinciding with the 700th anniversary of the ascent of John of Luxembourg to the Bohemian… more
Rodin's Material Practices: Persona, Transmission, and Effect
Rodin's touch grew to be infamous, infecting each of the sculptures he created and becoming the metaphor for his famously eroticized persona. David Getsy examines – in his lecture held on 29 June 2011 at 3.30 p.m. in the Institute of Art History, Husova 4, Prague 1, room 117 – Rodin's material… more
Attached file: Getsy_for web.pdf
Attached file: Getsy bio for Czech Institute.pdf