How can visual media, such as objects, static and moving images, transmit the equivalent ‘power, beauty and alienation’ of Black music in US culture? What it means to be a part of a complex landscape of Black representation? Join us for the guided tour of Arthur Jafa’s exhibition on Thursday 21 March 2019 at 18:00. Admission to […]
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Doors Open Day 2018
On Saturday 13 January, the annual Doors Open Day is going to be held at the main building of the Faculty of Arts (Jan Palach Square). The programme includes: presentations of individual BA and MA programmes, student café, presentation of various student clubs and association, and a book exhibition by CUFA Press. All welcome!
“…and the Word Became Music”: Virtual Exhibition
The virtual exhibition “…and the Word became Music” invites you to the world of books made many centuries ago to record the musical ideas of the people of that era. Music is what connects us with the world of our ancestors living during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period. Do not miss this […]
Performance Philosophy 2017: Project Golem – Uncanny Acts of Creation between Art, Philosophy and Technology
Inspired by the legend of the Golem of Prague as created by Rabbi Loew with divine help and Kabbalistic formulas in 16th century, five scholars and three artists unfold a philosophical performance that includes reflections on both the creation of artificial beings and human beings as artificial, mastering the environment and forming it artistically. Creating […]
Peru’s New Chronicle and Good Governance by Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala
The Embassy of Peru and Charles University, Faculty of Arts, are pleased to present an exhibition of 32 posters, with drawings by the indigenous chronicler Guaman Poma de Ayala (1535-1616), who toured the ancient Inca Empire.
Taiwanese Painter Lo Ch´ing (羅青): Exhibition and Reading
Lo Ch’ing (羅青) is one of Taiwan’s most important contemporary poet-painters. The exhibition presents 18 high-quality reproductions of his works.
Enchanted by Antiquity
On Friday 3 June, a new exhibition Enchanted by the Antiquity opens at the Duchcov chateau. In eight chambers, almost 150 historical casts of famous and lesser-known pieces of classical art shall be exhibited. The new tour focuses on stories from classical mythology, classical culture, and the influence of the Antiquity on the lives of the […]
Book World Prague 2016
22nd International Book Fair and Literary Festival Guest of Honour: NORDIC COUNTRIES #ReadNordic Focus: Crime Fiction Urban Literature Faculty of Arts Press stall: P206
Syrian Refugees Through the Eyes of Giles Duley
Giles Duley began his career as a fashion photographer, but he soon left the world of celebrities behind and started to map the stories of people who live in turbulent parts of the world, often in areas plagued by war. When working in Afghanistan in 2011, he stepped on a mine and lost both legs and an […]
