We were mostly in the popular Old Town and Castle areas of Prague, so street art was not as easily seen, so here are some things I liked.
Famous Czech artist David Czerny has done many installations and sculptures around Prague, here are just a few we saw:
Diana had noted the Stone Bell House, which houses a small Modernist Museum on 3-floors, in an old Monastery. It’s easy to disregard with the Church of Our Lady before Týn towering next to it.
They had a lot of really interesting art pieces from a variety of modern artists, many women. The building itself still has the doorways, walls and ceilings of the monastery. Here are some favorites(the names of the artists in order: Lito Kattou, Anna Hulačová, Šejla Kamerić):
The House of the Black Madonna is home to a Cubist Museum and French Cafe:
We learned there are many Cubist buildings around Prague, and they had a couple floors of very cool Cubist furniture. The staircase was awesome!
Jesse and I later returned to the French themed cafe and shared some very decadent desserts and prosecco under Cubist light fixtures and blue skies.
We also visited the Mucha Museum, dedicated to Czech painter, illustrator and graphic artist Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939). The museum is near Wenceslas Square and, although much of the art on the walls are prints, there are some original sketchbooks and a few other pieces from this internally renowned artist.
Next to the Spanish Synagogue we visited was a surrealist sculpture of Frank Kafka, where rubbing his feet leads to good luck:
Finally, had a snap a pic of the Prague Old Town made of Legos!
While the Czech Republic is in the EU, they do not use the Euro, and maintain their own currency, the Koruny. A few coins are pictured below:
We bought tickets to public transport around town; from buying the Funicular ticket up to see Petřín Tower, to the stamp-like ticket we needed to cross the Vltava River (a two-minute journey), and the tram ticket, good for 90 minutes, purchased from a convenience shop. Let’s end on some street graffiti we did see:
Prague had so much art and artistry everywhere we looked; and we didn’t even make it to the major art galleries and museums, of which there are many, so if its art you’re looking for, Prague has it!
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