In Berlin, Chinese artist Ai Weiwei covered the outdoor columns of the city’s main concert hall, Konzerthaus, with 14,000 refugee life jackets. In the middle of the columns, Ai placed …
Ai Weiwei´s Safe Passage
22. 2. 2016
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In Berlin, Chinese artist Ai Weiwei covered the outdoor columns of the city’s main concert hall, Konzerthaus, with 14,000 refugee life jackets. In the middle of the columns, Ai placed …
NYU-New Presence Journalism intern. Once a sprawling city of Europe, Prague became the capital of the Holy Roman Empire during the reign of Charles IV in 1355.The city was thriving …
NYU – New Presence Journalism Intern If someone asked whether you would want one million “followers” or one million “likes” on Instagram, what would you choose? An artist might choose …
Melchior Vischer’s Second Through Brain. “The first Dada novel,” translated by David Vichnar & Tim König. ISBN 978-0-9931955-1-8. Paperback. 220pp. Publication date: November 2015. Equus Press: London. Price: € 8.00 …
NYU – New Presence Journalism Intern The manipulation of bias is a local problem that operates on a global scale. Nowhere is this more evident than in media. The role …
In the Czech Republic, we are pre-occupied by local issues and are far more interested in the military forays of Russia in Ukraine along with local Chinese investments in our …
Jacques Rossi (1909 – 2004) was born in France, but spent most of his youth in Poland. In Poland he joined the Communist Party and thanks to his outstanding language …
November 2015 marks the 40th anniversary of the death of Petr Zenkl, one of the most important figures of Czechoslovak democracy, as leader of the anti-communist movement in exile in …
One of the earliest baroque buildings in Bohemia, the church of the Holy Trinity at Zahořany near Křešice was built between 1653 and 1657 by the Italian architect Bernardo Spineta …
The 14th-century church of Saint Stephen was one of two ecclesiastical foundations built specifically to serve the parish of Charles IV’s New Town. Construction took place between 1351 and 1392, …
There is, at the heart of Europe, an industrial pig farm that stands on the site of a concentration camp. On the fence of this farm, there is a sign …
The mineral springs of the north Bohemian village of Mšené-Lázně have enjoyed a long reputation, in particular for their effective treatment of bowel disorders and inflammations of the nervous system. …
The EU common market provides many benefits, including the option of rejecting the Euro, its common currency. However, prices in all EU countries, including the Czech Republic (ČR), are set …
At the last exhibition of Pavel Vošický in Gallery 1, I was talking about the inseparable link between his art and politics. Today I would correct myself a little. The …
I recently spoke to a long-time friend, who is a ‘Putin sympathiser’. He argued that NATO was threatening Russia and that Putin had no choice but to occupy Crimea. At …
The Czech Foreign Minister, Lubomír Zaorálek recently invited Russian ambassador Sergey Borishovich Kiselev to Czernin Palace. The conversation was mainly about two issues: Russian propaganda on state-owned television concerning the …
It may seem strange that Czech President Miloš Zeman is offering a 100,000 CZK reward to anyone who finds an article that simply doesn’t exist. Zeman is, however, totally convinced …
A recent unique survey of Czech community involvement describes the layers of Czech society, ranging from the most active individuals to those that are completely passive. Such a ‘map of …
How is life in Prague for a Muslim? I have been asked this question a lot since I moved here. “Life is good”- that’s the simplest and most generic answer …