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SUMMARY:Desire to Create: Baťa's Architecture of Belonging - PRIVATE VIEW
DESCRIPTION:FreeExhibition marking 150 years of Tomáš Baťa explores his vision of work\, community and modernist design\, brought to life in East Tilbury. \n\n\n\nThe Czech Centre London\, in collaboration with the Tomáš Baťa Foundation and the Bata Heritage Centre\, marks the 150th anniversary of Czech entrepreneur Tomáš Baťa\, founder of the global Baťa Shoe Company\, with an exhibition exploring his achievements\, guiding principles\, and their realisation in East Tilbury. It reveals how ideas about work\, culture\, sport\, health and community were embedded in the design of the built environment. \nThe exhibition unfolds in two complementary strands. Desire to Create presents Baťa’s legacy as a comprehensive philosophy\, uniting work with service\, enterprise with education\, and personal development with responsibility towards others – not as a relic of the past\, but as a continuing source of inspiration. Baťa’s Architecture of Belonging brings East Tilbury to life through architectural drawings\, historic photographs and original artefacts\, evoking its distinctive modernist atmosphere. Together\, they trace how ideas were translated into built form – from vision to planning\, from planning to everyday life – creating a cohesive narrative of belonging\, work and community. \nOrganised by the Czech Centre London in partnership with the Bata Heritage Centre. \nEXHIBITION DATES: 10 April – 12 June 2026 \nVENUE & OPENING TIMES\nVitrínka Gallery\, Czech Centre London\n30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY\nOpening hours: Tue – Fri 10 am – 5 pm
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/desire-to-create-batas-architecture-of-belonging-private-view/
LOCATION:Vitrinka Gallery\, 30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
CATEGORIES:Architecture,Events in London,Exhibitions,Free Events
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SUMMARY:Pixels and Poetics: Sudek\, Funke\, and the Influence of New Technologies on the Development of Photography
DESCRIPTION:Pixels and Poetics: Sudek\, Funke and the Influence of New Technologies on the Development of Photography connects the world of interwar analogue photography with the visual aesthetics of today’s digital age. It offers visitors a unique opportunity to trace how the image has transformed over two centuries—from tangible traces of light to synthetic visual worlds created by artificial intelligence. \nThe exhibition presents iconic works by Josef Sudek and Jaromír Funke\, whose photographs demonstrate how light\, composition\, and atmosphere can transform reality into poetic or constructive visual worlds. These classical approaches are complemented by historical photomontages\, double exposures\, and analogue manipulations\, showing how deeply the desire to reshape the image is established in the tradition of photography. The historical works in the exhibition are drawn from the PPF Art collection\, which plays a key role in preserving and presenting Czech photographic heritage. \nThe contemporary section of the exhibition develops this dialogue through artists working with AI and generative technologies. In her work Your Addiction Is the Message\, Barbora Trnková reveals the mechanisms of visual dependency in the digital environment and the role of technologies in shaping our perceptions. Lenka Hamošová\, in the project Troubling GAN and the series Strange Attractions\, explores both the aesthetics and limitations of neural networks\, showing how algorithms create and reproduce stereotypes or visual hallucinations. A collaborative work by Trnková and Javůrek\, Generation of Princesses\, uses generative models to critically reflect on pop-culture ideals of femininity and their digital reconstruction. The exhibition offers a visually compelling and accessible perspective on how our understanding of the image\, reality\, and the things we are willing to believe when we look\, is changing. \nOrganised by the Czech Centre with the kind support of the PPF Foundation. \nEXHIBITION OPENING\nTuesday 20 January 2026\, 6.30 – 8.30 pm\nFree entry\, REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pixels-and-poetics-private-view-tickets-1977922480383?aff=oddtdtcreator\nEXHIBITION DATES: 20 January – 13 March 2026\nVENUES & OPENING TIMES \nVitrínka Gallery\, Czech Centre London\n30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY\nOpening hours: Tue – Fri 10am – 5pm \nBouda Gallery\, Czech Centre London\n132 Palace Gardens Terrace\, Kensington\, London\, W8 4RT\nOpening hours: Tue – Fri 10am – 5pm \nPublic space outside of the Czech Embassy\, London\n26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4RT\nAccessible 24/7
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/pixels-and-poetics-sudek-funke-and-the-influence-of-new-technologies-on-the-development-of-photography/
LOCATION:Vitrinka Gallery\, 30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Pixels and Poetics: Private View
DESCRIPTION:Pixels and Poetics: Sudek\, Funke and the Influence of New Technologies on the Development of Photography connects the world of interwar analogue photography with the visual aesthetics of today’s digital age. It offers visitors a unique opportunity to trace how the image has transformed over two centuries—from tangible traces of light to synthetic visual worlds created by artificial intelligence. \nThe exhibition presents iconic works by Josef Sudek and Jaromír Funke\, whose photographs demonstrate how light\, composition\, and atmosphere can transform reality into poetic or constructive visual worlds. These classical approaches are complemented by historical photomontages\, double exposures\, and analogue manipulations\, showing how deeply the desire to reshape the image is established in the tradition of photography. The historical works in the exhibition are drawn from the PPF Art collection\, which plays a key role in preserving and presenting Czech photographic heritage. \nThe contemporary section of the exhibition develops this dialogue through artists working with AI and generative technologies. In her work Your Addiction Is the Message\, Barbora Trnková reveals the mechanisms of visual dependency in the digital environment and the role of technologies in shaping our perceptions. Lenka Hamošová\, in the project Troubling GAN and the series Strange Attractions\, explores both the aesthetics and limitations of neural networks\, showing how algorithms create and reproduce stereotypes or visual hallucinations. A collaborative work by Trnková and Javůrek\, Generation of Princesses\, uses generative models to critically reflect on pop-culture ideals of femininity and their digital reconstruction. The exhibition offers a visually compelling and accessible perspective on how our understanding of the image\, reality\, and the things we are willing to believe when we look\, is changing. \nOrganised by the Czech Centre with the kind support of the PPF Foundation. \nEXHIBITION OPENING\nTuesday 20 January 2026\, 6.30 – 8.30 pm\nFree entry \nRegister Here
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/pixels-and-poetics-private-view/
LOCATION:Vitrinka Gallery\, 30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
CATEGORIES:Arts,Photography
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SUMMARY:Silent Systems: Breathing Devices (29th Made in Prague Festival)
DESCRIPTION:This group exhibition curated by British curator Daré Dada\, gathers works by Appau Junior Boakye-Yiadom\, Filomena Borecká\, Esther Gaton\, Evar Hussanyi and Henrique Paris to reimagine breath as more than a biological act. \n\nBreathing becomes rhythm and pulse\, presence and absence\, the invisible measure of life that extends beyond the body into objects\, spaces\, and systems. It invites viewers to ask: What is a breath of a city\, a machine\, a material archive? How might breathing become a metaphor for cultural memory\, ecological interdependence\, or technological survival? Filomena Borecká’s practice\, attuned to the subtle energies of air and time\, anchors the exhibition’s meditation on breath as both force and metaphor. Here\, stillness is unsettled: objects expand and contract\, silent systems exhale\, and the unseen currents of existence ripple quietly through matter\, inviting us to reconsider our entanglement with the material world. The works gathered here challenge the presumed stillness of things\, offering instead an ecology of quiet urgencies\, of devices that hold air\, circulate energy\, or embody invisible rhythms. \n\nEXHIBITION OPENING\nFriday 31 October 2025\, 6 – 7.30 pm  \nFree entry\, REGISTER NOW\nJoint Private View with Breathing with ‘Breaths – Air Bladders’\nEXHIBITION DATES: 31 October 2025 – 16 January 2026\nVENUE\nVitrínka Gallery\, Czech Centre London\n30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY\nOPENING HOURS:\nTue – Fri 10am – 5pm\n\nImage: “First Touch”\, Filomena Borecká\, ink and color pencils on paper (24 x 32 cm) Paris\, 2025 \nWhile exploring Silent Systems: Breathing Devices at Vitrínka Gallery\, you might also like to stop by the Czech Centre’s Bouda Gallery to see Filomena Borecká’s breathing sculpture.
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/silent-systems-breathing-devices-29th-made-in-prague-festival/
LOCATION:Vitrinka Gallery\, 30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
CATEGORIES:Visual Arts
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SUMMARY:They All Met in Karlsbad
DESCRIPTION:During the summer\, the Czech Centre’s Vitrínka Gallery presents a group exhibition showcasing recent works by eight emerging Czech artists from the 2024 Karlovy Vary (Karlsbad) residencies. Their cross-disciplinary pieces reflect the town’s rich heritage and spirit of collaboration. \n\nThe Magnus Art Gallery in Prague  launched its residency programme after gaining access to an elegant apartment in an Art Nouveau palace in Karlovy Vary. Designed for two artists at a time\, the residency fosters dialogue between disciplines and encourages creative exchange. \nIn 2024\, seven artist pairs took part\, often blending media—glass with textiles\, sculpture with painting. The town’s distinctive spa town atmosphere and layered history became a powerful source of inspiration. \nInitially shown at the palace’s Display Gallery and later in Prague\, a selection of these pieces now comes to London’s Vitrínka Gallery\, offering a glimpse into how young Czech art flourishes when given space and freedom to experiment. \nArtists exhibiting in London\nAnežka Hošková & Jakub Hošek\nAnežka Hošková’s paintings reflect her romantic vision of Karlovy Vary’s churches\, landscapes\, and mineral springs\, merging meditative experiences with watercolour techniques. Jakub Hošek responded to the city’s uneasy history\, blending beautiful and dark elements into stitched compositions filled with texts\, emotions and urban fragments. \nKaríma Al-Mukhtarová & TEA\nKaríma Al-Mukhtarová explored the transformative symbolism of bathing in a monumental tapestry\, capturing the moment between death\, acceptance and rebirth. TEA created a sculpture of a scribe inspired by Egyptian aesthetics\, integrating fragments of Karíma’s tapestry into the work\, reflecting on shared experience and artistic imprint. \nAnna Jožová & Lucie Rosická\nAnna Jožová and Lucie Rosická investigated materials tied to Karlovy Vary’s nature and culture. Jožová’s luminous glass objects engaged in dialogue with Rosická’s embroidered textiles\, as both artists inspired each other to cross creative and material boundaries\, exchanging insights from their differing practices. \nNéphéli Barbas & Jakub Tytykalo\nNéphéli Barbas was drawn to the city’s layered architecture and forested surroundings\, translating these into sculptural forms of bent aluminium. Jakub Tytykalo created a unique series of paintings exploring the inner energy of underground springs\, blending elemental forces in vibrant\, otherworldly compositions. \nEXHIBITION OPENING\nWith artists Karíma Al-Mukhtarová & TEA\nFriday 11 July 2025\, 6.30 – 8.30 pm\nFree entry\, Book Here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/they-all-met-in-karlsbad-private-view-tickets-1376243093139?aff=oddtdtcreator \n\nEXHIBITION DATES: 11 July – 31 August 2025\nVENUE\nVitrínka Gallery\, Czech Centre London\n30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY\nOPENING HOURS:\nTue – Fri 10am – 5pm\nor by appointment – +44 (0) 207 836 3669\n\nOrganised by Czech Centre London in partnership with Magnus Art Gallery and J&T Bank. \nThis exhibition is part of From Karlovy Vary\, With Art\, the Czech Centre’s series celebrating the cultural legacy and creative spirit of Karlovy Vary through contemporary art\, design and cinema — including the tribute screening Jiří Bartoška In Memoriam: Shadows of a Hot Summer\, the group exhibition They All Met in Karlsbad and the poster showcase The Embrace as a Symbol of Closeness from the 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/they-all-met-in-karlsbad/
LOCATION:Vitrinka Gallery\, 30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
CATEGORIES:Arts,Events in London
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SUMMARY:Identity - The Story of Czech Graphic Design
DESCRIPTION:Graphic design—including posters\, books\, magazines\, logos\, orientation systems\, and even national symbols—plays a crucial role in shaping the identity of every nation. For the Czech Republic (and formerly Czechoslovakia)\, the history of graphic design since the early 20th century has been particularly complex. The Czechs had to fight for their own statehood\, endure two world wars\, navigate two totalitarian regimes\, and transition from a socialist planned economy to a market economy. \n\nThrough original works and reproductions\, visitors to the exhibition will explore the most significant achievements in Czech graphic design and learn about their creators. Accompanied by detailed texts\, the exhibition positions these works within their broader cultural\, historical\, and political contexts\, showcasing the power of graphic design to influence society and reflect societal changes. \nCurated by  Filip Blažek and Linda Kudrnovská\, in collaboration with commissioner David Korecký\, the exhibition is part of the multi-genre project Identity – The Story of Czech Graphic Design(www.projektidentita.cz). This ambitious initiative also includes a seven-part television series\, a feature film\, and a bilingual monograph (published in Czech and English) under the same title. \nThe traveling exhibition Identity is a collaboration between by Typo\, the Mowshe Studio\, the Museum of Literature\, and the Czech Centres network. The graphic design was undertaken by the Marvil Studio\, while the exhibition design was created by Adam Blažek\, Jan Kloss\, and Matěj Činčera from Okolo. \n\nEXHIBITION OPENING\nWith curators Filip Blažek and Linda Kudrnovská\nFriday 28 February 2025\, 18:30 – 20:30\nFree entry\, REGISTER HERE\nEXHIBITION DATES: 28 February – 30 June 2025\nVENUE\nVitrínka Gallery\, Czech Centre London\n30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY\n&\nBouda Gallery\, Czech Centre London\n132 Palace Gardens Terrace\, Kensington\, London\, W8 4RT\nOPENING HOURS:\nTue – Fri 10am – 5pm\nor by appointment – +44 (0) 207 836 3669
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/identity-the-story-of-czech-graphic-design/
LOCATION:Vitrinka Gallery\, 30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
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SUMMARY:Benedikt Tolar: GRINDCORE - Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:“The flexi and eccentric grinder sound is a kind of special meditation for me\, that long\, drawn-out OM…” Benedikt Tolar \n\nBenedikt Tolar’s creativity is based on constant observation of reality. In things that an ordinary person would pass by without noticing\, he already observes future artefacts in advance. The basis of his work has thus become primarily recycling\, to which ecological thinking has gradually been added. With his typically peculiar humour\, he critically reacts to the present\, excess material\, and lack of greenery. He creates unexpected contexts by connecting seemingly incompatible things – often even for himself. The resulting theme depends on the material\, properties\, shape\, and colour. The artist frequently loses control over the creation of the work; on the contrary\, it is the material that controls its author in this case. \nTolar’s entire work works with the principle of more or less controlled chance. The artist accumulates found or scrapyard items in his studio\, where (sometimes more\, sometimes less) Duchampian ready-made objects are subsequently created under his hands. He is fascinated by the rawness of objects\, and he often tries to preserve their original form as much as possible. At the same time\, however\, he usually works with complex\, artisanal and technically mastered procedures. To find the appropriate colour and surface structure\, he also experiments with coffee or water with salt\, galvanic plating or paints\, for which he uses the simple principle of gravity in the form of flowing\, spilling\, and dripping. \nThe name of the exhibition\, GRINDCORE\, refers to the main content of the exhibition\, which is primarily made up of hoods and roofs of old cars\, from which the author creates metal paintings by grinding their coloured layers. All this to the sound of an angle grinder reminiscent of the uncompromising Grindcore music style. The exhibition also includes the Dance of Death sculpture created from an old\, deformed bathtub\, which refers to the work Aj Vana Be…\, which is part of the Winter Lights 2025 festival at Canary Wharf. The author used 32 retired bathtubs as building material for this work. The giant living sculpture Aj Vana Be…* is the author’s response to the theme of water as a precious resource\, which he connects with the principles of up-cycling obsolete bathtubs\, an inherent part of socialist housing in high-rise buildings. The concave shape of the bathtubs creates space for a light show synchronized with music. Aj Vana Be… has been exhibited in Belgium\, Finland\, Slovakia\, and France in recent years and can be enjoyed in London at Mackenzie Walk\, Canary Wharf E14\, daily between 5 and 10 pm from 21 January till 1 February 2025. More info \n*VANA in Czech means bathtub. \n\nEXHIBITION OPENING \nMonday 20 January 2025\, 18:30 – 20:30\nFree entry\, REGISTER HERE\nEXHIBITION DATES: 20 – 31 January 2025\nVENUE\nVitrínka Gallery\, Czech Centre London\n30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY\nOPENING HOURS:\nTue – Fri 10 am – 5 pm\nor by appointment – info@czechcentre.org.uk\n\nLinks:\nhttp://tolarbenedikt.com/\nhttps://www.artshifters.eu/ajvanabe\nhttps://www.instagram.com/tolar.benedikt/ \n 
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/benedikt-tolar-grindcore-exhibition/
LOCATION:Vitrinka Gallery\, 30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
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SUMMARY:Jakub Matuška aka Masker: A Shocking Experience Behind the Curtain
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe Czech Centre London presents A Shocking Experience Behind the Curtain\, an exhibition of new paintings by Jakub Matuška\, aka Masker\, the award-winning representative of new figurative painting in Central and Eastern Europe\, renowned for detailed combinations of digital manipulations\, airbrushes and masterly use of traditional drawing and painting techniques. The artist returns to the UK with the first major exhibition in over a decade. \nFor Jakub Matuška\, 2023 was a pivotal year. Technically and thematically\, he reached a level of self-assurance he had been building toward for years\, crafting his stylistic universe as one of the most prominent figures on the Czech art scene. He celebrated his newfound confidence with an extensive monograph\, A Man of Special Shapes\, summarizing fifteen years of artistic development and maturation. This was accompanied by two outsized exhibitions: the critically acclaimed installation When the Wings of Swallows Obliterate a Granite Block from the Face of the Earth at the Castle Riding School in Hluboká nad Vltavou\, and the popular exhibit The Sphere\, Or You’ll Pass Ten Stones on the Way to the Abyss at Villa Pellé in Prague. Simultaneously he has prepared a larger presentation at the international stage\, where he has been making his mark since his prolonged stays in London and New York\, and through representation by galleries in Paris and Leipzig. In the spring of 2024\, he launched a major installation in Tokyo’s Shibuya district\, which now continues in London\, taking over both Kensington galleries of the Czech Centre. \nMatuška’s work has been recognised for its meticulous combination of hand-drawn sketches\, digital interventions and acrylics applied on canvases with sprays and brushes. His richly detailed\, vividly coloured figurative paintings\, which explore existential yet poetic themes from contemporary urban life\, balance the weariness and melancholy of their subjects with pastel lightness and implicit humour. The post-analogue response to the intersection of the “old” and virtual worlds gives rise to a sophisticated interplay of digitally manipulated motifs expertly executed in traditional painting techniques\, wholly revealed only in close\, personal interaction with his large-scale canvases. \nA Shocking Experience Behind the Curtain presents the selection of the last two series of Matuška’s paintings\, most of which are exhibited for the first time. \nHere\, the painter’s life themes\, the difficulty of increasingly mediated communication\, the tension between observable and inner worlds\, or the struggle to bridge the gap between the conceptual and the material on the canvas\, resurface with renewed urgency. Constantly examining his own experiences and life in his immediate surroundings while remaining acutely attuned to the movements within Western societies\, he returns to the ups and downs of family life and its intersection with creative work. \nThe figures in these new paintings—now seemingly successful\, middle-aged men—often retreat from the realities of their middle class anchoring into the woods\, the thickets of city parks\, or the silence of a nocturnal studio. Tragicomic and vulnerable\, instead of achieving the authority that masculine stereotypes assign to the peak of one’s productive years\, they find themselves bumping against the limits of understanding with their partners and humanity in general. \nBut despite the melancholy and struggles with both personal and societal bipolar tendencies\, the subject of the exhibition is not sorrow but rather a contemplative observation of inner processes\, exploring the paradox of imagined versus seen reality on a single plane. \nThe transitions between worlds are formally conveyed through unexpected combinations of perspectives\, cut-outs offering insights\, or shifts in technique. Even smaller formats play with the magnified reproduction of quick\, loose ballpoint pen sketches\, switching between parts developed freehand\, lighter shading or layering different strengths of linear strokes\, gradually moving towards more dominant motifs built with quick\, loose brushstrokes directly onto the canvas. First\, the latest works add watercolour effects to large-format paintings with finer strokes and pastel colours. As Matuška’s inner world gains the upper hand again\, the ongoing ethereal transparencies in his work allow us to see even closer. \nOrganised by the Czech Centre\, curated by Michal Nanoru. \nExhibition dates: 8 October 2024 – 24 January 2025 \nOpening times: Tuesday – Friday\, 10 am – 5 pm\n(or by appointment via info@czechcentre.org.uk) \n  \nEXHIBITION OPENING & London launch of the retrospective monograph Jakub Matuška\, aka Masker: A Man of Special Shapes\nTuesday 8 October 2024\, 6:30 pm – 9 pm \n  \n 
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/jakub-matuska-aka-masker-a-shocking-experience-behind-the-curtain/
LOCATION:Vitrinka Gallery\, 30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
CATEGORIES:Arts,Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:PRIVATE VIEW: Infinite Universes – Czech Games and Their Global Success
DESCRIPTION:Find out all about the contemporary Czech gaming industry\, discover (and play!) fascinating games from global hits to indie games by small studios\, and learn about the creative processes behind them. With a presentation by journalist and photographer Pavel Dobrovský\, a leading Czech expert on the gaming industry. \n  \nJoin the Private View of the exhibition project Infinite Universes – Czech Games and Their Global Success\, which introduces the contemporary Czech gaming industry in all its complexity. While showcasing individual games\, the exhibition also presents the creative process behind the game-making with a focus on selected elements that define individual studios and their approaches to chosen themes\, as well as the games’ educational and artistic value.  \nThe selection of exhibits curated by Miroslav Žák\, founder of Visiongame\, focuses on audio-visual qualities of the games as well as their relationship to Czech culture and history. Czech video games often reflect the Czech tradition of authorial animation. They excel in unique solutions for their inner structures\, incorporating audio design\, and in the way they work with stories\, including many social themes. Moreover\, video games developed in Czechia gain international recognition and awards for their creative approaches\, inspiring messages\, artistic qualities\, and educational characteristics. Czechia is home to more than 130 developer companies\, employing over 2000 people. New specialised university programmes are being made\, schools\, incubators\, or accelerators\, pushing the whole industry forward. \n  \nWhat can you expect?\nAt the exhibition the visitors will be able to play a great selection of Czech video games on one of our four gaming stations\, sit back and listen to the music from the video games by Czech and international composers on vinyl\, immerse themselves in the fascinating world of video graphic art\, explore figures and toys featuring characters from the games and watch one of the characters being printed on a 3D printer. \nComplimentary drinks will be provided. \n  \nThe exhibition will be on until 31st August. Openining times: Tuesday – Friday\, 10am-5pm \n  \nRegistration: https://bit.ly/InfiniteUniverses_PrivateView \n 
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/private-view-infinite-universes-czech-games-and-their-global-success/
LOCATION:Vitrinka Gallery\, 30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
CATEGORIES:Entertainment,Events in London,Free Events
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SUMMARY:ULTRA-SUPER-NATURAL
DESCRIPTION:The multimedia project entitled ULTRA-SUPER-NATURAL is an exhibition as an organism\, composed of films\, animations\, photographs\, drawings by BARBORA ŠLAPETOVÁ and sculptures by LUKÁŠ RITTSTEIN. The show includes accompanying books of the same name. \n\n\n\nThe exhibition is a result of a joint project by Czech artists Barbora Šlapetová and Lukáš Rittstein\, who first travelled to Papua New Guinea in 1997 and\, face to face with the collision of two different worlds\, decided to record\, in an artistic form\, the life of some of the local people. Over the last twenty-five years\, the pair returned to the same area of Papua over a dozen times to investigate the leap in time of prehistoric people into the 21st century. As artists\, they intended to record both the visible and the invisible that shapes the community of some of the last ‘natural’ people on Earth. \n\n\n\nThe result is a unique exhibition composed of Barbora’s experimental films\, animations\, photographs and drawings and Lukáš’s sculptures providing a layered testimony on the wonder of the meeting of two worlds and the very essence of human existence. \n\n\n\nAs the artists formed relations with the locals\, the Papuan chiefs shared their beliefs\, stories and experiences and expressed a desire to meet the ‘greatest Czech chief’ as well as someone who\, like their own tribal magicians\, can fly to the ‘upper level of the world’. This led to the Papuans – known around the world for their cannibalistic practices and black magic – to many unexpected experiences such as collaborating with then-Czech President Václav Havel or receiving a call from the International Space Station. In return\, the elite of the Yali Mek tribe then fulfilled an astronaut’s wish to learn their smoke-flying technique\, which allows chosen individuals to travel to Heaven through smoke… \n\n\n\nWhat could not be photographed and filmed was drawn and animated\, depicting the inner world of the Papuans as they told it. Prepare to lose yourself in the elasticity of time\, drawn into the melting pot of magic and art based on real encounters and observations. \n\n\n\nBoth artists will be present at the Private View to offer further insights. \n\n\n\nPrivate View \n\n\n\nFriday 3 November 2023\, 6 – 7.30 pmFree\, all welcome\, with complimentary drinks
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/ultra-super-natural/
LOCATION:Vitrinka Gallery\, 30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Events in London,Exhibitions,Family Activities,Free Events
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SUMMARY:Instant Highway: Connectivities in a 15-Minute City
DESCRIPTION:Bringing together ideas from urbanist Dan Luscher’s ’15-Minute City’ and London-based architectural group Archigram’s ‘Instant Cities’\, which reimagined urban possibilities in the form of portable kits\, this half-day workshop will focus on the ‘Instant Highway’ as a means of imagining connectivities within a city in which all necessary infrastructure can be reached on foot within 15min. By responding to the immediate local environment and architecture of the Czech Embassy’s celebrated Brutalist style\, participants will record\, document and represent their surroundings through photography\, collage and drawing to create a collaborative model of an ‘Instant Highway’. \n\n\n\nThe workshop is ideal for those interested in Brutalist architecture and how it exists in urban spaces – from interested public to art\, design and architecture students. You will have the opportunity to learn about the architectural group Archigram and work on a zine that will be shown on the Czech Centre’s webpage. \n\n\n\nA workshop led by Adam Knight & Wiebke Leister\, Graduate Diploma of Art & Design\, Royal College of Art\, London\, complementing Highway Mindway\, a collaborative exhibition between the RCA & Prague’s Academy of Arts\, Architecture and Design at the Czech Centre London. \n\n\n\n\nMaximum 15 participants\, 18+.’\n\n\n\nEquipment/material to bring: 10 images/objects that represent the ideal city connectivity\n\n\n\nNo previous experience is necessary.\n\n\n\nAdmission: £20 (£15 concs.)\n\n\n\nFor concession tickets (full-time students\, income-based benefit/Jobseeker’s Allowance\, 65+) please use InstantHighwayCONCS as your promo code on Eventbrite.\n\n\n\n\nSaturday 24th June\, 12 – 4 pm (incl. 30-minute break) \n\n\n\n\nPart 1: Introductory talk\, walks and gathering of material\n\n\n\nPart 2: Building and documenting a modular city highway & producing a zine\n\n\n\n\nBOOK NOW \n\n\n\nThe event is part of London Festival of Architecture.
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/instant-highway-connectivities-in-a-15-minute-city/
LOCATION:Vitrinka Gallery\, 30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
CATEGORIES:Architecture,Arts,Cheap Tickets,Events in London,Festivals
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SUMMARY:Highway Mindway
DESCRIPTION:Students from London and Prague’s top art universities present their view of modern urbanism in a joint multi-disciplinary exhibition. \n\n\n\nThe collaborative exhibition between RCA & Prague’s Academy of Arts\, Architecture and Design Highway-Mindway following Josef Pleskot’s reflection on city highways as scars or hardened arteries of the urban organism challenges us to think differently about public spaces. \n\n\n\nDrawing from their diverse backgrounds\, the student exchange brings experiences from their respective international hometowns\, visual interactions\, and different modes of communication\, initially online and later in person. The exhibition consists of photographs\, drawings\, objects\, and moving images that are explored through technology-driven metaphorical approaches – explored through installations\, projections\, fragrances and sound. \n\n\n\nThe project is led by: Wiebke Leicester\, Gary Clough (RCA); Alena Kotzmannová\, Tomáš Souček\, Alex Bykov (UMPRUM) and curator Michal Nanoru. \n\n\n\nExhibition dates:28 February – 30 June 2023 \n\n\n\nVitrínka Gallery\, Czech Centre London30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QYTue – Fri\, 10 am – 5 pmor other times by appointment at info@czechcentre.org.uk \n\n\n\nOutdoor exhibition on the fence of the Czech Embassy26 – 30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London W8 4QYFree access 24/7 \n\n\n\nImage: Highway-Mindway\, © Racers (Táňa Zvolská\, Lukáš Skála\, Radka Čejdíková)
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/highway-mindway/
LOCATION:Vitrinka Gallery\, 30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
CATEGORIES:Arts,Community Events,Design,Events in London,Exhibitions,Free Events,Photography
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SUMMARY:Highway-Mindway – Private View
DESCRIPTION:Students from London and Prague’s top art universities present their view of modern urbanism in a joint multi- disciplinary exhibition  \nThe collaborative exhibition between RCA & Prague’s Academy of Arts\, Architecture and Design Highway-Mindway following Josef Pleskot’s reflection on city highways as scars or hardened arteries of the urban organism\, challenges us to think differently about public spaces. \nDrawing from their diverse backgrounds\, the student exchange brings experiences from their respective international hometowns together with visual interactions and different modes of communication\, initially online and later in person. Explored through technology-driven metaphorical approaches\, the exhibition consists of photographs\, drawings\, objects and moving image – explored through installations\, projections\, fragrances and sound. With complimentary drinks. \nProject led by: Wiebke Leicester\, Gary Clough (RCA); Alena Kotzmannová\, Tomáš Souček\, Alex Byk (UMPRUM) and curator Michal Nanoru. \nRegistration here. \nExhibition dates:\n28 February – 30 June 2023 \nVitrinka Gallery\, Czech Centre London\n30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY\nTue – Fri\, 10 am – 5 pm\nor other times by appointment at info@czechcentre.org.uk \nOutdoor exhibition on the fence of the Czech Embassy\n26 – 30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London W8 4QY\nFree access 24/7 \nImage: Highway-Mindway\, © Racers (Táňa Zvolská\, Lukáš Skála\, Radka Čejdíková)\, © Athena Wang\, © Adriana Ingeli
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/highway-mindway-private-view/
LOCATION:Vitrinka Gallery\, 30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
CATEGORIES:Arts,Design,Events in London,Exhibitions,Free Events
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SUMMARY:Míla Fürstová: All the Rivers That Flow Through Me - Art Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:A mid-career retrospective of the Czech-born artist Míla Fürstová best known in the UK for creating artwork for Coldplay’s best-selling album Ghost Stories.\n\n\n\nMíla’s works are an intimate portrayal of the human soul explored through the medium of etching\, expressed in a distinctly female voice. The content of her work is inspired by universal and personal mythologies\, poetic and often narrative. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMíla’s mid-career retrospective at the Czech Centre’s Vitrínka Gallery charts the course from Míla’s graduation from the Royal College of Art\, to her becoming the youngest ever elected Academician at the Royal West of Academy in Bristol\, being collected by the V&A and Her Majesty the Queen\, to her commission by Coldplay and finally the creation of “All the Rivers That Flow Through Me”\, selected from ten thousand artworks to represent the Summer Exhibition online by the Royal Academy of Arts.Private view: Thursday 17 March 2022\, 6 – 9 pm \n\n\n\nABOUT MÍLA FÜRSTOVÁMíla Fürstová is an award-winning internationally exhibited artist who has shown in 20 solo shows in many countries\, including Britain\, the USA\, France and the Czech Republic over the last decade. During this time\, she has won 14 prestigious awards. Her work has become part of critical private and public collections\, including Queen Elizabeth II and the V&A Museum in London and has featured in numerous publications.Born in Czechoslovakia\, Míla gained an MA degree in Art\, English Language and Psychology at Charles University in Prague\, whilst simultaneously studying for her BA degree in Fine Art Printmaking at the University of Gloucestershire.In 2001\, Míla Fürstová received her Master’s degree at the Royal College of Art and had subsequently lectured at Coventry University and The University of Gloucestershire.In 2003\, Míla was appointed the first Artist in Residence at the Cheltenham Ladies College\, where she founded and ran an Etching studio till 2010.In 2009\, Míla Fürstová became the youngest ever elected Academician at the Royal West of Academy in Bristol.In 2014\, Míla’s work reached over 400 million people when she was commissioned to make the artwork for the Coldplay Ghost Stories album and four singles.In 2015\, the sale of Míla’s Coldplay artwork raised over £100 000 in aid children’s charities. \n\n\n\nFree event but registration required: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mila-furstova-all-the-rivers-that-flow-through-me-private-view-tickets-270894220907 \n\n\n\nNew Gold Coldplay Etching Demonstration:12 May 2022\, 6.30pmFollowed by a film screening at 7 pm \n\n\n\nExhibition opening hours:18 March – 10 June 2022Tuesday – Friday10 am – 5 pm or other times by appointment at info@czechcentre.org.uk \n\n\n\nA new golden version of the two wings in the shape of a broken heart\, Míla’s art for Coldplay’s worldwide number one album Ghost Stories\, will be presented at a charity event at the Czech Centre in May as well as a digital screen featuring the forty-minute animation that Coldplay made of Míla’s art.Also included in the exhibition are works from Míla’s graduation at the Royal College of Art\, work also in the collection of the V&A\, Her Majesty the Queen\, the Czech Republic’s first democratic President\, Václav Havel and selected results from Míla’s commissions by Coldplay and for the British covers of the New York Times Best Selling series Mortal Instruments.In the Czech Centre window\, looking out onto Notting Hill’s busiest road by Kensington Palace Gardens will be Míla’s “All the Rivers That Flow Through Me”\, a six-panel etching which Grayson Perry handpicked for central display at the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition\, and then selected as the one image from over ten thousand entries\, to represent the show online. \n\n\n\nAnother relevant series to be exhibited in Míla’s Czech Centre retrospective is “Motherhood”\, a series which playfully deals with the joys and difficulties of being a parent as well as a professional artist. In one of these series\, the artist depicts herself contorted into a yoga pose to protect and cradle her son whilst following her calling. Míla produced this series after the birth of her second child\, Viola\, who was delivered just hours after Míla made the finishing touches to Coldplay’s final single\, “True Love”\, a work which also will be on display and a term that sums up her dedication to her craft. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is organised by the Czech Centre and Míla’s long time art dealer\, Fraser Scott of A Gallery.
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/mila-furstova-all-the-rivers-that-flow-through-me-art-exhibition/
LOCATION:Vitrinka Gallery\, 30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
CATEGORIES:Arts,Events in London,Exhibitions,Family Activities,Free Events,Visual Arts
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SUMMARY:Ophelia in Exile - Art Installation Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Meet the fictional character of Ophelia\, who has been in quarantine for an indefinite period. Ophelia in Exile is a multi-media art installation exploring the importance of all our senses in giving meaning to our human experience. Its concept is inspired by the current pandemic and its impact on how we engage with others. The exhibition is one of the manifestations of an ongoing collaborative project called Tangible Territory journal\, conceived by artist Tereza Stehlíková and her multi-disciplinary team of TT collaborators from the world of arts\, philosophy and science. \n“We are not creatures that see\, hear\, touch\, smell and taste as separate and isolated sensations. Our sensory systems integrate experiences of our existential encounters with the world. Human reality is not visual or auditive. It is essentially multi-sensory\, and this sensory integration provides the integrity of the real\, the truth and the magic of the world.” Professor Juhani Pallasmaa\, architect (from Tangible Territory Journal’s upcoming issue n.3)\nThe exhibition by Czech artist Tereza Stehlíková explores the fictional character of Ophelia\, who has been quarantined in her home for an indefinite period. Ophelia has been exiled from the outside world: from contact with people\, from nature\, from a whole human experience. Instead\, she encounters the world through windows of monitors\, engaged in Zoom calls or simply browsing Instagram\, searching for images of the natural world which she longs to touch\, smell. After many months of her strange\, sterile existence\, Ophelia is starting to feel two dimensional\, like her version inside a computer monitor. \nOphelia is a kind of avatar who stands in for each of us\, as we appear on the other side of the screen when we communicate on video calls or us isolated in our homes\, perhaps deprived of smell by the virus. The Covid pandemic has accelerated the existing move towards virtualisation of our experience and over prioritising the audio-visual senses. The computer/phone screen has become a modern-day shrine\, our most favoured window\, a portal into other realities\, a representation of the world that is out of reach\, as well as a mirror reflecting our image. We are all a bit like Ophelia in this new world\, deprived of touch\, disconnected\, only virtually present. How can this strange state of being be explored creatively and questioned philosophically? Have we examined it scientifically? \nThe exhibition is connected to the Tangible Territory journal\, which Stehlíková conceived during a lockdown in 2020 https://tangibleterritory.art/. This cross-disciplinary journal focuses on “how we make sense with all our senses”\, the role of embodiment and multi-sensory perception in aesthetics\, and the interplay between the “real world” of our proximity senses and the screen world audio-visual re-presentation. (The third issue of TT journal is being launched in connection with the exhibition’s opening.)\nThe exhibition invites visitors to enter Ophelia’s living room to witness some of her everyday reality through all their senses\, including touch and smell. You will find a strange hybrid space\, where the domestic environment\, technology and nature intertwine or even compete for attention. You will catch glimpses of Ophelia on monitors as she moves through strange interiors\, trying to feel and make sense. You will find traces of her presence in the objects she left behind: empty cups\, a mirror\, a necklace\, a letter from a distant friend\, her unique perfume. You may also overhear fragments of Zoom conversations\, voices of scientists and philosophers speculating on how and why Ophelia might be feeling what she does.\nTereza Stehlikova is a Czech-born artist who works across media\, primarily in video and performance. She has just become the visual arts department head at the University of Creative Communication in Prague. Stehlikova holds a PhD from the Royal College of Art\, where she researched tactile language of cinema and is currently engaged in cross-disciplinary research\, investigating how moving images can be used to communicate embodied experience and questioning the role of the senses in aesthetic experience.\nShe is a founder of Sensory Sites\, an international collective based in London\, generating collaborative exhibitions\, installations and research projects that explore multi-sensory perception and bodily experience. Stehlikova’s work has been shown at a variety of film and art festivals around the world.\nMore about Stehlikova’s work at https://cinestheticfeasts.com/ \nExhibition dates: 8 October 2021 – 15 January 2022\nVitrínka Gallery\, Czech Centre London\n30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY\nOpening hours:\nTue – Fri 10 am – 5 pm\nPrivate View: Friday 8 October 2021\, 6 – 8 pm. Free\, registration at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ophelia-in-exile-private-view-tickets-172113495097
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/ophelia-in-exile-art-installation-exhibition/
LOCATION:Vitrinka Gallery\, 30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
CATEGORIES:Arts,Events in London,Exhibitions,Free Events,Photography
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SUMMARY:Antonín Kratochvíl: Testimonies
DESCRIPTION:06 MAY 2021 – 30 SEP 2021\nCzech Centre’s Window Gallery & Czech Embassy London (outdoor exhibition\, free access)\nMore info: https://london.czechcentres.cz/en/program/antonin-kratochvil-testimonies \nAn outdoor exhibition of striking black and white photographs by four-time World Press Photo winner Antonin Kratochvil. Highly expressive\, evocative photographs provide a cross-section of Kratochvil’s work featuring show-business celebrities such as David Bowie and Bernardo Bertolucci as well as war and human catastrophes. With his unique style of photography marked by the depth of his understanding of his subjects Kratochvil\, one of the leading representatives of social documentary photography and photojournalism\, provides testimonies to the problems of modern society and civilization while portraying the state of the human soul and its prospects in today’s world. \nABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER:\nAntonín Kratochvíl (b.1947) is a Czech photojournalist of international renown. After five years of exile in Europe (1967–1972)\, including life-changing experiences from his time in a refugee camp\, in prison\, and in the French Foreign Legion\, he studied art and photography at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam and moved to the United States in 1972\, where he became one of the top photojournalists and war photographers. A turning point in his career came with his self-published book Broken Dream: Twenty Years of War in Eastern Europe (1997).

He has worked for prestigious American newspapers and magazines including Rolling Stone\, New York Times Magazine\, Newsweek\, Mother Jones\, Smithsonian\, Condé Nast Travel\, Geo\, Playboy\, Penthouse and Vogue. He has received many international awards including the Dorothy Lange Prize\, the Ernst Haas Award\, the Golden Light Award\, the Gold Medal for Photography from the Society of Publishing Designers in New York\, the Gold ARC Award for the Best Annual Report\, the Lucie Award and World Press Photo of the Year. In 2014 he was named the Czech Photography Personality of the Year. 

This exhibition would not have been possible without the generous participation of Antonín Kratochvíl\, the Czech Embassy in London and the Czech Embassy in Paris.
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/antonin-kratochvil-testimonies/
LOCATION:Vitrinka Gallery\, 30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
CATEGORIES:Arts,Community Events,Events in London,Exhibitions,Free Events,Photography
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SUMMARY:TENDER IN LONDON: In Love with Contemporary Czech Photography Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:The broad spectrum of human vulnerabilities and desires raging from motherhood to abandonment and inspired by Allen Ginsberg’s thoughts on ‘tenderness’ is presented in the new London edition of Tender\, a group show of contemporary Czech photography that premiered in New York in 2019. Highlighting the work of New York-based Marie Tomanova alongside Tereza Zelenkova and Hana Knizova from the London Arts scene\, the exhibition introduces 12 Czech photographers using a deliberately wide range of photographic strategies – from snapshot-like images that have appeared in the context of fashion editorials to post-conceptual works. \n \n  \n  \nARTISTS: \n\nDenis Baštuga & Iryna Drahun\nRadek Brousil\nAdam Holý\nValentýna Janů\nVáclav Jirásek & The Peerless Cooperative of the Holy Nurture\nHana Knížová\nLena Luga & Denis Baštuga\nJiří Thýn\nMarie Tomanová\nDušan Tománek\nTereza Zelenková\n\nCURATOR: Michal Nanoru \nCurator:\nMichal Nanoru \nOpening hours: Tue – Fri 10 am – 5 pm \n \n 
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/tender-in-london-in-love-with-contemporary-czech-photography-exhibition/
LOCATION:Vitrinka Gallery\, 30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
CATEGORIES:Arts,Exhibitions,Free Events,Photography
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SUMMARY:To the Edge of the World and back to their Roots
DESCRIPTION:To the Edge of the World and back to their Roots is the story of a creative journey conceived in London and developed around the globe. A fashion and art exhibition by a young creative couple – Andrea Vytlačilová\, fashion designer\, and visual artist Josef Zlamal – tackling the quest for identity through a creative voyage. \nAfter Creating a winning outfit for Grayson Perry in June 2018\, Andrea Vytlačilová left London to explore the fashion industry working for Acne Studios\, Marc Jacobs and Kenzo fashion houses. Josef Zlamal joined her on the voyage and the duo began creating a body of work as visual mementos of the time spent abroad and of the experiences they were exposed to whilst living and working in Sweden\, the USA and France\, their relocation back to London and their reconnection with their Czech and European identities. \nAdmission to the exhibition is free\, but entry must be booked in advance: https://bit.ly/ToTheEdge_EventbriteSlots\nOne ticket is valid for a maximum of 5 people from the same household. \nAndrea Vytlačilová (*1996)\nAndrea Vytlačilová is a young fashion designer and Central Saint Martins student\, born in Eastern Bohemia\, whose work moves between fashion\, textiles\, illustration and photography. She has worked for fashion houses including Acne Studios\, Marc Jacobs and Kenzo. Recently\, she was selected as one of Forbes Czechia’s 30 under30. Andrea is currently in her final year of studies\, working on her fashion collection and a multidisciplinary project called ‘My Bohemian Tale‘ rediscovering Czech cultural heritage and resurrecting the disappearing textile industry and traditional crafts.\nhttp://www.andreavytlacilova.com \nJosef Zlamal (*1983)\nJosef Zlamal\, born in Šternberk\, is among the most promising of contemporary Czech artists. His work has been exhibited in the company of both contemporary and classic masters (e.g. Otto Dix\, Lucas Cranach\, Daniel Richter and Marc Quinn)\, in private institutions and leading public museums (e.g. the Power Station of Art\, Shanghai and the Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig). His paintings\, drawings\, sculptures and films confront the viewer with a world of uncertainty. He searches for light through darkness\, offering new perspectives on history and geopolitical issues connected with human existence.\nhttp://www.josef-zlamal.com \nCORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) Update\nWe follow our guideline principles and measures which are based on the UK government advice and regulations and which are regularly reviewed when government guidelines change. We also take under consideration the advice of the Czech Ministry of Health and the Czech Embassy in London.\nFull guideline principles and measures:\nhttp://london.czechcentres.cz/news/coronavirus-covid-19-update1/
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/to-the-edge-of-the-world-and-back-to-their-roots-2/
LOCATION:Vitrinka Gallery\, 30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
CATEGORIES:Arts,Design,Events in London,Exhibitions,Free Events,Illustration,Performing Arts
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