The arts - The Rough Guide to Prague - page 314

leries in Prague that can take large-scale international art and photography exhibitions. Tues,
Wed & Fri-Sun 10am-6pm, Thurs 10am-8pm.
UPM 17 listopadu 2, Staré Město 251 093 111, www.upm.cz ; metro Staroměstská. The
UPM , the city's museum of applied art, owns some of the finest Czech art in the world, and
putsonconsistentlyexcellenttemporaryexhibitions. Tues10am-7pm,Wed-Sun10am-6pm.
Valdštejnská jízdárna (Waldstein Stables) Valdštejnská 3, Malá Strana ngprague.cz ;
metro Malostranská. Some of the Národní galerie's most popular exhibitions - from ret-
rospectives of Old Masters to twentieth-century Czech greats - are staged in these former
stables by Malostranská metro station. Tues-Sun 10am-7pm.
Veletržnípalác Dukelských hrdinů 47, Holešovice 224 301 122, ngprague.cz ; tram #5,
#12or#17toVeletržní. Prague'svastmodernartmuseumputsonexcellenttemporaryexhib-
itions and retrospectives in the ground-, first- and fifth-floor galleries. Tues-Sun 10am-6pm.
COMMERCIAL GALLERIES
AM 180 Bělehradská 45, Vinohrady am180.org ; tram #11 #13 or #22 to Bruselská. This
youthfulartscollective putonexhibitionsdrawnfromtheirmembers,andchangeseverytwo
or three weeks. Mon-Thurs 1-7pm.
Futura Holečkova 49, Smíchov futuraproject.cz ; tram #4, #9, #10 or #16 to Bertramka.
Futura remains at the top of the city's commercial art galleries. The courtyard features
David Černy's sculpture Brownnosers , and the interior has several exhibition spaces ranging
from the classic white cube to atmospheric cellars; there are also separate studios in Karlín.
Wed-Sun 11am-6pm.
Galerie Display Bubenská 3, Holešovice 777 208 186, display.cz ; metro Vltavská. Ex-
cellent contemporary gallery that puts on an experimental range of exhibitions, screens films
and encourages artistic debate. Wed-Sun 3-6pm.
Galerie Jiří Švestka Biskupský dvůr 6, Nové Město 222 311 092, www.jirisvestka.cz ;
metro Náměstí Republiky. Private gallery showcasing young Czech artists and occasionally
staging exhibitions by international names. Tues-Sat 11am-6pm.
Galerie Tvrdohlaví Vodičkova 36, Nové Město 296 236 491, tvrdohlavi.cz ; metro
Můstek. Situated in the Lucerna pasáž , this gallery showcases the work of the Tvrdohlaví
(Stubborn Ones), a group of provocative Czech artists born in the 1950s and early 1960s.
Mon-Fri noon-8pm, Sat & Sun 10am-10pm.
PHOTOGRAPHY GALLERIES
AteliérJosefaSudka Újezd30,MaláStrana 251510760, sudek-atelier.cz ; tram#6,#9,
#12,#20or#22toÚjezd. OneofthreegalleriesnamedafterthefatherofCzechphotography,
this place is worth a visit if only to sneak a look at Sudek's reconstructed studio, where he