Chvalsky castle

The legendary Trnk’s garden has come to life again! Exhibition? No, cybernetoscope!

by
The legendary Trnk’s garden has come to life again! Exhibition? No, cybernetoscope!

It is a story that one of the most important Czech artists Jiří Trnka (†57) originally told to his son Jan (68 today). “And the lambs in the sky are always running somewhere and running,” reads the last sentence of the book The Garden. And on the contrary, it is with her that the adventure … Read more

100 years since the birth of Helena Zmatlíková (†81)

by
100 years since the birth of Helena Zmatlíková (†81)

She won the award for the most beautiful book of the year four times, and many more for the illustrations that today’s moms, dads, and grandparents accompanied them through their childhood. Helena Zmatlíková (†81) created images for Pinocchio’s Adventures by Carlo Collodi (1826–1890), Children from Bullerbyn by Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002), she collaborated several times with … Read more