Czech Republic art: museums, art galleries, attractions, Prague, Czech artists, a guide to websites
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A2. Advojka
A weekly Prague-based cultural newspaper.
Architecture
The architecture of Prague. Buildings, bridges and monuments.
Art Nouveau/Art Deco buildings in Prague.
Art Nouveau/Jugendstil or Secessionist buildings in Prague.
Images of Art Nouveau in Prague. Google image search.
Pinterest image gallery of Art Nouveau in Prague.
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Brno
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Český Krumlov
Czech artist portfolio display websites
Czech Art Gallery
Online exhibits of Czech artists, sculptors, photographers, designers, students. Forum.
Czech Art Gallery
An online gallery of contemporary Czech artists.
Czech Museum of Fine Arts, Prague
The Czech Museum of Fine Arts, Prague, is a non-profit organisation dedicated to collecting, documenting and promoting artworks by Czech 20th- and 21st-century artists.
Events
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Franz Kafka Museum
Franz Kafka (1883–1924), a Czech writer, is one of the most significant figures of the 20th century. At the heart of his literary, and real, world was Prague – and it is to Kafka and Prague that the exhibition in the Hergertova cihelna (Franz Kafka Museum) in the Lesser Quarter, in the heart of Kafka’s native city, is devoted.
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Glass; Czech (Bohemian) glass
A guide to Czech glass and Czech crystal shops in Prague. Living Prague
Government information and tourist portal, with an arts and culture overview.
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Music in The Czech Republic
Czech Music Information Centre
Prague Spring International Music Festival
Rudolfinum. Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Statni Opera Praha. Prague State opera
Museums
A directory of Czech Republic museums.
Association of Czech Museums and Galleries
Photography
Museum of Decorative Arts Czech Photography Exhibitions
Photography in the Czech Republic.
Prague museums and art galleries; music and theatre venues
See also: Prague art museums
Art Master Gallery
Contemporary pantings by East European artists. Located in the historical centre of Prague.
Art Residence Prague
Art Residence Prague is an independent contemporary fine arts gallery, founded in 2010 and located on the Royal Road, a few steps faraway from the Charles Bridge.
Center for Contemporary Arts Prague
Galerie Rudolfinum
Galerie Rudolfinum is a state institution managed and financed by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic. Along with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, of which it is a part, the gallery is housed in Prague’s historic Rudolfinum building.
Museums in Prague.
Opening times, tickets, contact addresses.
Artbanka Museum of Young Art (AMoYA)
AMoYA, founded in 2011, is a museum established by Artbanka, a non-for-profit project supporting young art.
National Gallery in Prague
The National Gallery in Prague (Národní galerie v Praze) is a state-owned art gallery which manages the largest collection of art in the Czech Republic. The collections of the gallery are not housed in a single building, but are presented in a number of historic structures within the city of Prague, as well as other places. The largest of the gallery sites is the Veletržní Palác, which houses the National Gallery’s collection of modern art.
City of Prague Museum Muzeum Hlavniho Mesta Prahy
Czech Museum of Fine Arts
The Czech Museum of Fine Arts is a non-profit organisation dedicated to collecting, documenting and promoting artworks by Czech 20th- and 21st-century artists.
DOX Centre of Contemporary Art
The DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Architecture and Design originated as a private initiative, founded on the conviction that Prague belongs on the map of contemporary art and lacked such an alternative centre. Over the course of its existence, DOX has presented many exhibition projects, educational and family programmes. Today it ranks amongst the most progressive artistic institutions in the Czech Republic and enjoys wide popularity amongst the public.
Lapidárium
A display of 11th to 19th-century sculptures rescued from torn-down buildings.
Museum of Decorative Arts
The Museum’s collections include decorative and applied arts and design work ranging from Late Antiquity to the present day with a focus on European objects, particularly arts and crafts created in the Bohemian lands.
Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague
Museum Library
Museum Kampa
is a modern art gallery showing central European (and in particular Czech) work. The pieces are from the private collection of Meda Mladek.
The National Museum (Národní Muzeum)
The National museum is a Czech museum institution intended to systematically establish, prepare and publicly exhibit natural scientific and historical collections. At present the National Museum houses almost 14 million items from the area of natural history, history, arts, music and librarianship, and is located in several buildings.
The Olomouc Museum of Art
The Museum of Modern Art, dedicated to the creative arts of the 20th and 21st centuries; and the Archbishop’s Museum, which is home to artistic treasures of the 12th to 18th centuries.
Galleries in Prague
Addresses, tickets, opening times, directions.
Prague gallery, museum and sites guide.
Time Out
Music, theatre, news, events
Prague Information Service
Events, theatres, exhibitions, centres, music.
Prague Spring International Music Festival
Theatre and opera in Prague
Addresses, directions, opening times, tickets, contacts.
Theatre
National Theatre. Národní Divadlo
Czech Theatre Web Site. Divadlo Cz
Czech artists
Artcylopedia directory of Czech artists.
Sculptors in the Czech Republic. Sculptor.org
Wikipedia entries on Czech artists.
Czech artists with work of art in art museums. Artcyclopedia
Czech Republic’s 10 contemporary artists and where to find them. CultureTrip
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Gebauer, Kurt
Kubin, Alfred
Alfred Kubin
Wikipedia
The Alfred Kubin dedicated website.
Kupka, Frantisek
Frantisek Kupka
Guggenheim Collection
Frantisek Kupka
Wikipedia
Matulka, Jan
Moholy, Lucia
Mucha, Alphonse
Alphonse Mucha
Galleries and museums. Artcyclopedia
Alphonse Mucha
The Artsy Mucha page provides visitors with Mucha’s bio, over 25 of his works, exclusive articles, as well as up-to-date Mucha exhibition listings.
Alphonse Mucha image gallery at Pinterest.
Švabinský, Max
Max Švabinský
Wikipedia