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top-notch exhibitions, often with a design/architecture theme.
Mon-Fri 11am-6pm, Sat
11am-5pm.
České muzeum výtvarných umění (Czech Museum of Fine Art)
Husova 19-21, Staré
Město 222 220 218,
cmvu.cz
; metro Staroměstská.
Retrospectives of twentieth-century
Czech and (occasionally) foreign artists.
Tues-Sun 10am-6pm.
DOX
Poupětova 1, Holešovice 295 568 123,
doxprague.org
; tram #12 or #24 to Orten-
ovonáměstí.
Big,privatelyfinancedcontemporaryartgalleryinaformermetalfactoryonthe
industrial east side of Holešovice - expect lots of interesting and provocatively titled shows.
Sat-Mon 10am-6pm, Wed-Fri 11am-7pm.
Dům U kamenného zvonu
Staroměstské náměstí 13, Staré Město 224 828 245,
gh-
spectives, from Baroque to avant-garde, in the small Gothic rooms and courtyard of this an-
cient building.
Tues-Sun 10am-8pm.
ní třída.
The main exhibition space for Czech graphic artists is situated on the noisy river
embankment; but there are plenty of old prints for sale.
Tues-Sun 10am-1pm & 2-6pm.
Galerie Jaroslava Fragnera
Betlémské náměstí 5a, Staré Město 222 222 157,
gjf.cz
;
metroNárodnítřída.
Smallgallerythatputsonexhibitionsonarchitecturalthemes.
Tues-Sun
11am-7pm.
Mánes
Masarykovo nábrěží 250, Nové Město;
ncvu.cz/Manes
; metro Karlovo náměstí.
White functionalist building spanning a channel in the Vltava, with an open-plan gallery and
atraditionofexcellentexhibitionsofcontemporaryartandphotography.
Hoursvarydepend-
ing on exhibition.
Městskáknihovna(MunicipalLibrary)
Mariánské náměstí 1, Staré Město 222 310 489,
ghmp.cz
; metro Staroměstská.
The exhibitions at this central Prague City Gallery space,
usually devoted to Czech or central European artists and photographers, are well worth
checking out.
Tues-Sun 10am-6pm.
Obecní dům
Náměstí Republiky 5, Nové Město
obecni-dum.cz
; metro Náměstí Repub-
liky.
Exhibitions on a
fin de siècle
theme in the luscious surroundings of the Art Nouveau
Obecní dům
.
Daily 10am-6pm.
Pražský hrad (Prague Castle)
Hradčany 224 373 368,
kulturanahrade.cz
;
tram #22 to
Pražský hrad.
Prague Castle has several temporary exhibition spaces, the most impressive of
which is the Císařská konírna, Rudolf II's former stables.
Tues-Sun 10am-6pm.
Rudolfinum
Alšovo nábřeží 12, Staré Město 227 059 205,
galerierudolfinum.cz
; metro
Staroměstská.
This magnificent late-nineteenth-century arts complex has one of the few gal-
