Few good and innovative artworks and site-specific interventions are currently created in Prague. Many people’s ideas of the “real” art in the public space are limited to monuments and memorials with bronze statues on granite pedestals, as typical for the turn of the 19th and 20th century. In this area, Prague is considerably lacking behind other capitals of the world. After 1990, there was no form of support of contemporary art in the city streets and parks. This meant that the public space was “littered” by works that were given free of charge, but not entirely selflessly, to the city districts, institutions, or the city. Such works were often installed with no regards to their surroundings, to the nature of the place, its history, or the local community. The program “ART FOR THE CITY” will therefore protect the worthiest asset that Prague has – the public space – by selecting and supporting the best works offered by the contemporary art.
Sculptures for Skatepark Řeporyje
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A competitive dialogue in order to project a new artwork for the Florenc underground station lobby
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Art competition for the artwork solution “A Girl with a Bike”
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Mural art for the community center Jablonecká
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John Heyduk, The Son’s House, The Mother’s House, 2016, Prague, Alšovo nábřeží
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The mission of the ART program is to provide financial support for artworks in the public areas
Václav Cigler, The Wells, 2015, Prague, garden of the Troja Chateau
We're supporting art in the public space
The mission of the ART program is to provide financial support for artworks in the public areas
Jakub Nepraš, Tree, Prague, courtyard of the Colloredo-Mansfeld Palace
We're supporting art in the public space
The mission of the ART program is to provide financial support for artworks in the public areas
Jordi Galí, Pavillon Fuller, 2018, in cooperation with the Center for the Choreographic Development SE.S.TA, Praha, Prague, garden of the Troja Chateau
We're supporting art in the public space
The mission of the ART program is to provide financial support for artworks in the public areas
