See what’s coming up on on the BCSA’s Events Calendar.
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 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 »
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 »
A unique exhibition at the Slovak Embassy in London illustrates the life and work of the legendary artist Miro Žbirka. Come and see mementoes from his personal and professional life, listen to his songs through a silent disco and discover unpublished photos and interesting things you didn't know about Meky! From his first days playing... Read more »
Vítězslava Kaprálová and Geraldine Mucha (wife of Jiří Mucha) are two of the seven women composers whose work is being celebrated in a unique tribute, brought to London fresh from its premiere at the International Music Festival Český Krumlov by the talented young violinist Elizabeth Jiřičková and pianist Barbora Brabcová. With a meticulously researched programme... Read more »
An illustrated talk by Caroline Cannon-Brookes will explore a range of historic links between Britain and Bohemia and their varying impacts. Amongst the topics included will be John Wycliffe and Jan Hus; Baron Waldstein’s travels in Elizabethan England; Elizabeth Stuart, the Winter Queen; the English influence on 18th century Bohemian parks and gardens; and King... Read more »
The Smetana Trio perform three Czech composers: the ensemble’s namesake’s trio (1855, revised 1857), Dvořák’s pupil and son-in-law Josef Suk’s 1902 work inspired by Julius Zeyer's epic poem Vyšehrad and Martinů’s 1951 Third Piano Trio. Josef Suk Elegie Op. 23 Bohuslav Martinů Piano Trio No. 3 in C Bedřich... Read more »
Do you remember Sokol, or is it totally new to you? In the month when Czech National Day is observed, it is appropriate to (re)discover and re-evaluate Sokol, a highly patriotic movement. Mark Dimond will give an illustrated talk on the history of Sokol since its origins in 1862. He will look at the initial... Read more »
In this gripping true-life Cold War drama, brothers Josef and Ctirad, sons of legendary anti-Nazi resistance fighter Josef Mašín, take up arms against the oppressive communist state. Spurred by their mother‘s defiance and its consequences, the brothers embark on a violent resistance campaign. As their actions escalate, a relentless policemen is hot on their trail,... Read more »
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