František Matula

František Matula was born in 1953 in Kyjov. He is a member of the Association of Painters Podblanicka in Vlašim. He was influenced by his meeting with the folk painter […]

Monastery

In 2019, the Premonstratensian Monastery in Želiv celebrated not only the 30th anniversary of the defeat of the communist regime, but also 870 years since the arrival of the first […]

František Pořický

František Pořický (1880–1950), a native of Libková Voda in Pelhřimov, was a talented artist who studied at the Pelhřimov gymnasium and then went to Prague, where he developed his artistic […]

Berousek circus – The world behind the curtain

More than 100 years ago, Ignác Berousek founded the tradition of the well-known and famous Berousek Circus. The first circus marquee, named after its founder, was created in 1918 from […]

Benedictines – Reditus / exhibition set

Evaluation of the author’s work by Jan Hlavatý: After several years, professional photographer Jiří Nováček returned to the Benedictine monastery in Rajhrad, one of the oldest residences of this order […]

Domicilia / exhibition set

In the Institute of Social Care for Clients with Mental Disabilities and Associated Combined Defects in Křižanov, I was inspired some time ago to write a subjective visual statement with […]

Transmissie / exhibition set

The set Transmissie, capturing the faces of the people, one of the most cosmopolitan European cities – Amsterdam, including a very open and tolerant society composed of many races, religions […]

Alba Lux Nostrum Via – Hybris / exhibition set

I have already entered the premises of the monastery several times in order to advance and perhaps close a triptych of documentary collections with a similar spiritual theme, started once […]

SS Nomadic

The SS Nomadic, a steamship of the White Star Line was launched on 25 April 1911 in Belfast. She was built as an auxiliary ship for the luxury liners RMS […]