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A question about female Old Masters led to major new show
For over 30 years, Olga Kotková has lived among the Old Masters. Now, a major exhibition she curated -Women Artists 1300–1900 - is one of the most important events of the season at the National Gallery's Waldstein Riding School in Prague.
University tapestry: For 75 years, a signature feature
It's one of the signature features of the Great Hall at the Carolinum: a 5 x 8 metre tapestry adoring the front wall of the aula. On it? An image of Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV with St. Wenceslas and symbols of the university's faculties.
He has illustrated magazines and books but recently took on his biggest project: a large mural on the wall of a four-story apartment building at Hradčanská in Prague 6. He is Marek Kulhavý, known in the art world as Mára Čmára (Mára Scribbles). Kulhavý found his way to art at Charles University’s Catholic Theological Faculty.
