Culture Events in Prague
1. 11. 2008 - 17. 10. 2009
The Curse of Gold - 1000 Years of Inca Gold
only exceptionally exhibited items of the national treasure of Peru from the Museum of Gold in Lima, Peru.
The Supreme Burgrave's House, Prague Castle
www.zlatoinku.cz
12. 5. - 26. 10. 2009
The Martinu Phenomenon
Exhibition offering a comprehensive view of an exceptional figure in international music history - the Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959), one of the important representatives of the musical avant-garde in the twentieth century.
Czech Museum of Music
www.nm.cz
13. 5. 2009 - 10. 1. 2010
Journey to the Excavations of the City - 12 best discoveries of Prague archaeology
The City of Prague Museum
www.muzeumprahy.cz
14. 5. - 20. 9. 2009
The Equator Trap - retrospective exhibition dedicated to the legendary travellers Hanzelka and Zikmund
Unique and impressive document about the world as it was 50 years ago, life and work of the two travellers who were the first in the world to cross Africa by car.
Náprstek Museum of Asian, African and American Cultures
www.nm.cz
June - September 2009
Green Space
Harmonious symbiosis of the Baroque chateau area and contemporary sculpture.
Troja Chateau garden
www.ghmp.cz
3. 6. - 20. 9. 2009
I Was Yesterday and I know Tomorrow...
Survey of the history of the Czech Museum of Fine Arts to date in a tangible selection of artworks from its collection.
Czech Museum of Fine Arts
www.cmvu.cz
12. 6. - 4. 10. 2009
Work by Jirí Anderle 1959 - 2009
Frog-Mouse Wars and Other Petty Tussles
Retrospective exhibition of world-famous Czech painter and graphic artist.
Stone Bell House
www.ghmp.cz
26. 6. 2009 - 24. 1. 2010
Otakar Lebeda (1877-1901)
The display of Lebeda's work presents over 250 paintings and drawings owned by the National Gallery in Prague and twenty other institutions. Of greatest importance to the exhibition, however, are the previously unknown artworks from private collections and as yet unexplored estate of Lebeda.
Otakar Lebeda produced his entire body of work in only nine years. Unique in its range and content, it shows rapid development from realistic painting to mood landscape painting as a reflection of the artist's state of mind and ultimately to the heightened expressiveness evident in his last works.
Wallenstein Riding School Gallery
www.ngprague.cz
5. 8. - 8. 11. 2009
Path of Life
Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel (ca. 1525-1609)
An exhibition held by the Jewish Museum in Prague and the Prague Castle for the 400th anniversary of the death of Rabbi Loew, the renowned rabbi Judah Liva (Loew) ben Bezalel, known as the Prague Maharal. The religious, pedagogical and philosophical legacy of this scholar remains a lively inspiration to this day.
Imperial Stables, Prague Castle
www.jewishmuseum.cz
www.kulturanahrade.cz
6. 8. - 24. 9. 2009
14th International Organ Festival
www.auditeorganum.cz
September - October 2009
5 [th ] International Biennial Vestiges of Industry 2009
www.industrialnistopy.cz
4. 9. - 1. 11. 2009
Karel Teige / Zbynek Baladrán: An Asymmetric Harmony
Exhibition centered around the involvement of Karel Teige - one of the foremost figures of 20th century Czech culture - with typography. Teige`s voluminous typographical legacy has influenced the work of Zbynek Baladrán, a young artist who treats in his own output some of the motifs frequently used by avant-garde artists of the 1920s and 30s.
Golden Ring House
www.ghmp.cz
9. 9. - 22. 11. 2009
Czech medal of the 19th Century
The exhibition follows the Prague Mint exhibition and presents the historical development of Czech medal art from 1795 to the turn of the 20th century in detail.
The City of Prague Museum
www.muzeumprahy.cz
10. 9. - 6. 12. 2009
Georg Baselitz / 1960-2008
view to the ouevre of the one most significant German painter, Georg Baselitz (born 1938)
Galerie Rudolfinum
www.galerierudolfinum.cz
11. 9. 2009 - 28. 3. 2010
Czech Banat
Exhibition on traditions and present of this extremely interesting land above the Danube River on the border of Romania and Serbia - small part of a distant land where Czech traditions and Czech language survived until today.
Musaion - National Museum Ethnographic Exhibition, Kinsky Folly
www.nm.cz
18. 9. - 11. 10. 2009
World Press Photo
international exhibition of the winning images of the professional press photographers contest, recalling the main world events of the previous year
Karolinum
www.wpppraha.cz
19. 9. 2009
DJ Tiesto
O2 Arena
www.O2arena.cz
22. 9. - 20. 11. 2009
Strings of Autumn
international music festival
www.strunypodzimu.cz
24. - 27. 9. 2009
3rd Folklore Festival of the Czech Diaspora
www.folklornisdruzeni.cz/en/folff-of-the-czech-diaspora
25. - 27. 9. 2009
Vejvoda`s Zbraslav
14th international festival of small wind bands
www.orfea.cz
26. - 28. 9. 2009
Visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the Czech Republic
Prague, Brno, Stará Boleslav
www.navstevapapeze.cz
1. - 7. 10. 2009
Der Film
film festival of German speaking countries
www.derfilm.cz
7. 10. 2009 - 17. 1. 2010
Josef Capek
Josef Capek is a leading 20th century representative of Czech culture whose work has influenced numerous sectors of art. His work includes paintings, graphic sheets, illustrations, caricatures, typography and stage design, as well as literature: stories, novels, plays, modern stories for children, reflexive prose with extraordinary intellectual depth. Before World War I he ranked among the leading representatives of the Czech Avant-garde and his work demonstrates a unique adaptation of expressionism and cubism.
Riding School of Prague Castle
www.kulturanahrade.cz
9. - 16. 10. 2009
4+4 Days in Motion
14th international theatre festival presents contemporary inovative theatre projects
www.ctyridny.cz
12. - 18. 10. 2009
Prague Bollywood Festival
Indian film festival
www.bollywood.cz
12. - 26. 10. 2009, Mondays at 6 p.m.
Autumn Organ Mondays
organ concerts in cooperation with wind instrumentalists (trumpet, oboe, clarinet, trombone, basson)
St James basilica
www.auditeorganum.cz
18. 10. - 28. 11. 2009
Guitar Across Styles
12th year of the international accoustic guitar festival
www.kytaranapriczanry.cz
23. 10. - 29. 11. 2009
Je Suis Dada: Flemish Design between Dream and Reality
This exhibition mirrors last-year`s successful show from Torino, featuring Belgian design inspired by surrealism and the Dada movement. Johan Valcke, director of Design Flanders, along with curator Inge Vranken, have chosen 32 contemporary designers who utilize humour and hyperbole based on the works of René Magritte (1898-1967).
Museum of Decorative Arts
www.upm.cz
28. 10. 2009 - 3. 1. 2010
That Time in the East
The aim of the exhibition prepared for the 20th anniversary of the fall of communism in 1989 is to show the lives of ordinary people in the Czech Republic from 1948 - 1989.
Stone Bell House
www.ghmp.cz
29. 10. - 1. 11. 2009
Prague Accordion Days
international festival for harmonica and accordion ensembles and orchestras
www.accordion.cz
29. 10. - 1. 11. 2009
Praga Cantat 2009
23 [rd] International Contest and Festival of Amateur Choirs
The competition in categories male, female, mixed, girls, youth mixed choirs and in category folklore.
www.bohemiaticket.cz
29. 10. - 8. 11. 2009
Prague German-Language Theatre Festival
festival of German speaking theatre ensembles
www.theater.cz
31. 10. 2009
Expat Expo 2009
first in a series of fairs for the expat community living in the Czech Republic
www.expatexpo2009.com
31. 10. 2009
Harlem Gospel Choir
concert
Prague Congress Centre
www.kcp.cz
2. - 8. 11. 2009
Mezipatra
queer film festival
www.mezipatra.cz
3. 11. 2009
Massive Attack
concert
Lucerna
www.ticketpro.cz
4. 11. 2009 - 31. 1. 2010
Outside - photographs 1970-1989
Langhans Gallery Prague presents artist and curator Dusan Simánek's distinctive view of photographic artwork from 1970 through 1989. His selection focuses on unmodified photographs marking the evolution of photographic images from modernism to post-modernism.
Langhans Gallery Prague
www.langhansgalerie.cz
6. - 8. 11. 2009
Encounter of Folklore Orchestras
folklore festival
www.fos.cz
9. 11. 2009
Jerry Lee Lewis
concert
Tesla Arena
www.tesla-arena.cz
10. 11. 2009
Tom Jones
concert
O2 Arena
www.o2arena.cz
11. - 12. 11. 2009
Swing Music Festival
www.nardum.cz
12. 11. - 31. 12. 2009
St Agnes of Bohemia
Exhibition introducing the life and work of St Agnes of Bohemia commemorating the 20th anniversary of her canonization.
The Charles Bridge Museum
www.muzeumkarlovamostu.cz
12. - 15. 11. 2009
Famufest
festival of films by Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) students
www.famufest.cz
from 17. 11. 2009
Be Free
Exhibition commemorating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the iron curtain and November 17 showing events from 1950`s to 1990`s.
National Museum
www.nm.cz
from 17. 11. 2009
After Velvet
The reconstructed rooms at the Golden Ring House will again house a permanent exhibition. Through the works of several artistic generations the concept's authors will attempt to reflect pivotal socio-cultural and economic changes that have taken place in the Czech Republic since 1989. This turnaround will be presented by the work of artists that developed their art before 1989 and also by young artists that entered the arts scene after the revolution.
Golden Ring House
www.ghmp.cz
17. 11. 2009
Concert 20 Years without the Curtain
Prague, Národní st.
www.oponaops.eu
17. 11. 2009
Eros Ramazzotti
concert
O2 Arena
www.O2arena.cz
19. 11. 2009
Pink
concert
O2 Arena
www.O2arena.cz
19. - 22. 11. 2009
ClassinAction
The International Youth Theatre Challenge ClassinAction is a unique opportunity for students and young people to meet, compete, and share inspiration with similar-minded colleagues from many different countries of the world.
www.ifbbohemia.cz
19. - 25. 11. 2009
French Film Festival
www.fff.volny.cz
25. 11. 2009
Rammstein
concert
O2 Arena
www.o2arena.cz
26. 11. 2009
Diana Krall
concert
Prague Congress Centre
www.kcp.cz
27. 11. 2009
Prodigy
concert
Tesla Arena
www.tesla-arena.cz
27. - 28. 11. 2009
International Festival of Advent and Christmas Music with Petr Eben`s Prize
international festival competiton of amateur choirs
www.orfea.cz
28. 11. 2009 - 1. 1. 2010
Christmas market 2009
www.taiko.cz
3. 12. 2009
Pet Shop Boys
concert
Tesla Arena
www.tesla-arena.cz
8. - 13. 12. 2009
Prague Christmas
international festival of Advent and Christmas music
www.choirs.cz
5. 12. 2009 - 4. 1. 2010
Czech Touches of Music
International Music Festival - 11 [th] year
www.ceskedotekyhudby.cz
16. 12. 2009 - 4. 4. 2010
Art of Czech Reformation
art and culture of Czech Reformation period
Imperial Stables, Prague Castle
www.kulturanahrade.cz
17. 12. 2009
Smokie
concert
Prague Congress Centre
www.kcp.cz
26. 12. 2009 and 1. 1. 2010
Christmas Organ Concerts
organ concerts of Christmas music performed together with vocal and instrumental chamber groups
St James basilica
www.auditeorganum.cz
2. - 7. 1. 2010
Prague Winter
international festival of classic music, opera and ballet performances
www.praguewinterfestival.com
8. - 9. 1. 2010
International Festival of Wind Orchestras Prague 2010
international festival competition of big wind orchestras
National House Smíchov
www.orfea.cz
14. 1. 2010
Depeche Mode
concert
O2 Arena
www.O2arena.cz
www.livenation.cz
21. - 23. 1. 2010
Eurocarnival and 17th Festival of Guggemusik Ensembles Prague 2010
international festival of European Guggemusic ensembles
www.orfea.cz
25. - 28. 3. 2010
young2010prague
popular venue for young people aged 8-26 who have an active interest in music and choir singing
www.youngprague.cz
12. 5. - 3. 6. 2010
Prague Spring
International music festival
www.festival.cz
21. - 31. 5. 2010
Czech Beer Festival Prague
The largest gastronomic event in the Czech Republic. Expansive offerings of the best products from Czech breweries, Czech pork and beef butchers, delicatessens and confectioners. 10 000 seats and full food and beverage service in traditional Czech folk costumes.
Vystaviste PVA Letnany
www.ceskypivnifestival.cz
19. - 23. 6. 2010
Golden Prague Festival
international television festival
www.festivalgoldenprague.cz
24. - 27. 6. 2010
Brass2010Bohemia
the eighth year of the most popular Prague get-together for brass bands and wind orchestras
www.ifbbohemia.cz
26. - 29. 8. 2010
Dance2010Bohemia
performances of dance ensembles from different countries of the world
www.ifbbohemia.cz
24. - 26. 9. 2010
Vejvoda`s Zbraslav
15th international festival of small wind bands
www.orfea.cz
25. - 28. 11. 2010
ClassinAction
The International Youth Theatre Challenge ClassinAction is a unique opportunity for students and young people to meet, compete, and share inspiration with similar-minded colleagues from many different countries of the world.
www.ifbbohemia.cz
26. - 28. 11. 2010
International Festival of Advent and Christmas Music with Petr Eben`s Prize
20th anniversary international festival competiton of amateur choirs
www.orfea.cz
Culture Events in Prague
