See what’s coming up on on the BCSA’s Events Calendar.

Transmodernity – Slovak design exhibition

Slovak Embassy 25 Kensington Palace Gardens, London, United Kingdom

A curated selection of works from the collections of the Slovak Design Museum and selected artists, representing a cross-section of Slovak design from the past 30 years. Each piece has a unique story to tell. The exhibition will be open to the public free of charge on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 10 and 5 pm.... Read more »

New Realisms: the Czechoslovak Scene 1918–1945

Městská knihovna Mariánské námestí 98, Praha 1, Czech Republic

The exhibition features more than 300 works of art depicting a simple yet modern lifestyle driven by technological advancements, travel, communication, and entertainment. The works in New Realisms, featuring well-known artists such as Karel Čapek, Josef Sudek, and Otto Gutfreund, as well as works by lesser-known painters such as Ilona Singer, depict both the joys and... Read more »

Get on the ice! Ice Hockey and Skating in Art

Kinsky Palace Staroměstské náměstí 1/3, Prague, Czech Republic

On the occasion of the 2024 Ice Hockey World Championship, Prague National Gallery presents an exhibition that opens up the theme of skating and hockey in visual art. Skating on frozen canals, lakes, and rivers was popular in 17th- and 18th-century Holland, and it soon spread to the Czech lands and Prague and became a... Read more »

Kafka: Making of an Icon

Weston Library Broad Street, Oxford, United Kingdom

Kafka: Making of an Icon marks the 100th anniversary of the author’s death, celebrating not only his achievements and creativity but also how he continues to inspire new literary, theatrical and cinematic creations around the world. This free exhibition features materials from the archives of the Bodleian Libraries, which hold the majority of Franz Kafka's papers,... Read more »

Tereza Bušková: Hidden Mothers

Midlands Art Centre Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, United Kingdom

This installation features a video and objects created as part of Tereza Bušková’s project Hidden Mothers, conducted in Birmingham and London from 2019 to 2021. The project aimed to empower women, especially migrant mothers facing isolation, drawing inspiration from Victorian photography where mothers hid behind cloths while their infants were photographed. In contemporary society motherhood's complexities... Read more »

From the Homeland – opening concert

St Mary's Church Upper Streeet, London, United Kingdom

The inspiration for this year's Islington Festival of Music and Art is the Homeland, what it means, how it is celebrated. Looking through composers' relationships with their roots, how they take inspiration from them, either by going straight to the source, or by nostalgically diving in to their distant but strong memories. An obvious place... Read more »

From the Homeland – grand finale

Christ Church Highbury London, United Kingdom

The inspiration for this year’s Islington Festival of Music and Art is the Homeland, what it means, how it is celebrated. Looking through composers’ relationships with their roots, how they take inspiration from them, either by going straight to the source, or by nostalgically diving in to their distant but strong memories. An obvious place... Read more »

Czech Philharmonic play Dvořák and Suk

Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore, London, United Kingdom

When the great Czech composer Antonín Dvořák died, his protégé and son-in-law Josef Suk wrote three movements of a symphony in his mentor’s memory. Then tragedy struck again: Suk’s wife, Dvořák’s own daughter, died too. Added to the long-breathed, lyrical symphony Suk had written came two new movements: a furious scherzo and a transcendental statement... Read more »

Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass

Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore, London, United Kingdom

For their second consecutive night at the Proms, Jakub Hrůša and the Czech Philharmonic bring to life the blazing fanfares, raw outcries and hushed humility of Leoš Janáček’s unparalleled Glagolitic Mass. Inspiration for the work struck the composer in a misty wood. ‘Its moist scent was the incense,’ he wrote. ‘I felt a cathedral grow out... Read more »

Alice: Jan Švankmajer

BFI Belvedere Road, South Bank, London, United Kingdom

Alice in Wonderland told through the lens of Jan Švankmajer. Young Alice watches as the stuffed rabbit in her living room smashes itself out of a display case and disappears on a journey through a garden, soon followed by the girl who drinks a potion that allows her to enter a nightmarish, dark world where... Read more »



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