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Prague Modern Art Private Tour: An Inside Look into Unique Art Scenes
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I don’t follow conventional tourist trails. With me, you’ll have a chance to explore Prague’s distinctive modern art and graffiti scene. Being an artist, I offer more in-depth knowledge than mere Wikipedia facts about various stops on our tour.
I don’t follow conventional tourist trails. With me, you’ll have a chance to explore Prague’s distinctive modern art and graffiti scene. Being an artist, I offer more in-depth knowledge than mere Wikipedia facts about various stops on our tour.
Duration:
2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Upside-Down Statue of King Wenceslas Riding a Dead Horse - First place we visit is Lucerna palace where the upside down statue of st.Wenceslas riding a horse is placed by. David černý It is an ironical interpretation of st.Wenceslas cult in Czech culture by DAVID CERNY
- Velvet Revolution Memorial - memorial dedicated to students who died…
- Upside-Down Statue of King Wenceslas Riding a Dead Horse - First place we visit is Lucerna palace where the upside down statue of st.Wenceslas riding a horse is placed by. David černý It is an ironical interpretation of st.Wenceslas cult in Czech culture by DAVID CERNY
- Velvet Revolution Memorial - memorial dedicated to students who died during protests against communist regime in Czechoslovakia
- Sculpture Embryo - The embryo did not receive enough attention after its installation, so the director of the Na zábradlí theater intervened. Together with other members of the theater, they spread the false news that some members of the theater corps were outraged by the play and that it would have to be covered up. David Černý also joined the whole event with his letter of apology. It was also partly a reaction to the case connected with the work of Entropa exhibited in Brussels. The event was a success, journalists took the news and more people started visiting the work.
- Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague - The middle point of the tour is UMPRUM university at Jan palach square, there tourists can learn about the university and see the The House of Suicide and the House of the Mother of Suicide statue. Here I Tell more about velvet revolution and Jan Palach
- Urinating Sculptures - The fountain’s basin is made of bronze and shaped like the Czech Republic. Standing in the fountain, opposite one another, are mechanical statues of men, standing 210 centimetres (6 ft 11 in) tall with bronze penises, urinating.Visitors to the area can command the men to write messages into the water via SMS.
- John Lennon Wall - here Tourists can learn about the wall itself, how this wall is being a platform for street art artists and how the wall helped Czech people to reach European media during Velvet revolution
- Crawling Babies - Here I tell about Miminka (babies) two meter tall statues of babies crawling, same statues can be seen on the Žižkov TV tower. babies were the way for Czech people to make the TV tower truly loved by locals, before that everyone hated it, because it represented the totality
- Memorial to the Victims of Communism - here, nerad Petřín Hill, i tell more about dictatorship history of Czech republic, most importantly, how it influences Czech art today
What's Included
- All fees and taxes included
- All fees and taxes included
Location
Statue of Saint Wenceslas
Václavské náměstí
Near the Svatý václav monument (Statue with the horse)
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.