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SUMMARY:Artist Talk with Robert Vano
DESCRIPTION:Join internationally acclaimed photographer Robert Vano for a special artist talk exploring his extraordinary life and career spanning New York\, Paris\, Milan and Prague. Born in Czechoslovakia and forced into exile after 1967\, Vano became one of the leading names in fashion and portrait photography\, working for magazines including Vogue\, Harper’s Bazaar and Cosmopolitan. Known for his striking black-and-white portraits\, male nudes and mastery of historical photographic techniques such as platinotype\, Vano will reflect on his artistic journey\, inspirations\, iconic collaborations and the changing world of photography. \n\nRobert Vano (b. 1948) is a photographer of Czechoslovak origin and one of the most celebrated figures in Central European photography. After leaving Czechoslovakia\, he lived and worked in the United States\, France and Italy before settling in Prague in the early 1990s. He is best known for his fashion photography\, black-and-white portraits and male nudes\, as well as his experimentation with Polaroid photography and the historic platinum printing process. His work has appeared in leading international magazines and has been exhibited widely in the Czech Republic and abroad. In 2010\, he received the international Trebbia Award for his contribution to culture and the arts.
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/artist-talk-with-robert-vano/
LOCATION:Czech Cente at the Czech Embassy Cinema\, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, Select a State\, W8 4QY\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Pavel Šporcl with the English Chamber Orchestra: Strings of Brilliance
DESCRIPTION:The 29th Made in Prague Festival concludes in grand style with a gala celebrating Czech violin virtuoso Pavel Šporcl\, whose expressive artistry and dazzling technique have enthralled audiences worldwide. Following his triumphant concert at Queen Elizabeth Hall last year\, Šporcl returns to perform with the English Chamber Orchestra Ensemble in an evening of vibrant string music. The programme features Mendelssohn’s Octet in E-flat major\, bursting with youthful brilliance\, alongside Dvořák’s lyrical Romance and spirited Mazurek. Šporcl’s virtuosity will shine in a solo by Paganini\, ensuring a thrilling and unforgettable finale to this year’s festival. \n\n\n\n 	General admission: £25 (+ Eventbrite fee) / Family offer (3-5 tickets): £20 (+ Eventbrite fee)\n 	BOOK NOW
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/pavel-sporcl-with-the-english-chamber-orchestra-strings-of-brilliance/
LOCATION:St Sepulchre’s Church\, Holborn Viaduct\, London \, EC1A 2DQ\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Silent Systems: Breathing Devices (29th Made in Prague Festival)
DESCRIPTION:This group exhibition curated by British curator Daré Dada\, gathers works by Appau Junior Boakye-Yiadom\, Filomena Borecká\, Esther Gaton\, Evar Hussanyi and Henrique Paris to reimagine breath as more than a biological act. \n\nBreathing becomes rhythm and pulse\, presence and absence\, the invisible measure of life that extends beyond the body into objects\, spaces\, and systems. It invites viewers to ask: What is a breath of a city\, a machine\, a material archive? How might breathing become a metaphor for cultural memory\, ecological interdependence\, or technological survival? Filomena Borecká’s practice\, attuned to the subtle energies of air and time\, anchors the exhibition’s meditation on breath as both force and metaphor. Here\, stillness is unsettled: objects expand and contract\, silent systems exhale\, and the unseen currents of existence ripple quietly through matter\, inviting us to reconsider our entanglement with the material world. The works gathered here challenge the presumed stillness of things\, offering instead an ecology of quiet urgencies\, of devices that hold air\, circulate energy\, or embody invisible rhythms. \n\nEXHIBITION OPENING\nFriday 31 October 2025\, 6 – 7.30 pm  \nFree entry\, REGISTER NOW\nEXHIBITION DATES: 31 October 2025 – 16 January 2026\nVENUE\nVitrínka Gallery\, Czech Centre London\n30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY\nOPENING HOURS:\nTue – Fri 10am – 5pm\n\nWhile exploring Silent Systems: Breathing Devices at Vitrínka Gallery\, you might also like to stop by the Czech Centre’s Bouda Gallery to see Filomena Borecká’s breathing sculpture.
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/silent-systems-breathing-devices-29th-made-in-prague-festival/
LOCATION:Vitrínka Gallery\, Czech Centre London\, 30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Echoes of Exile: A Family’s Odyssey through the Holocaust and Cold War
DESCRIPTION:Book launch conversation with Daniela Spenser\, chaired by Jana Burešová \n\n\n\n \n\nJoin us for a compelling evening with historian and anthropologist Daniela Grollová Spenser\, as she discusses her new book Echoes of Exile: A Family’s Odyssey through the Holocaust and Cold War.\n\nBlending personal history with political insight\, Spenser traces three generations of her family across some of the most turbulent chapters of the 20th century: from the devastation of the Holocaust and wartime imprisonment\, through the vibrant intellectual and political life of 1960s Czechoslovakia\, to the trauma of exile after the 1968 Soviet invasion. At the heart of the story are her mother\, translator Ruth Tosková\, and her stepfather\, editor and journalist Vladimír Tosek\, whose lives intertwined with prominent figures such as Jiří Pelikán and the émigré journal Listy.\n\nThe book—published in Czech by Argo (2025) and in English by the University of Alabama Press (2025)—offers a deeply human perspective on survival\, displacement\, and the shifting relationship between political exiles and Czech society after 1989.\n\nThe conversation will be chaired by Jana Burešová and will open a window into how private lives intersect with history on a global scale.\n\nAbout the author:\nDaniela Spenser is a fellow at CIESAS (Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social) in Mexico City. She is also the author of The Impossible Triangle: Mexico\, Soviet Russia\, and the United States in the 1920sand Stumbling Its Way Through Mexico: The Early Years of the Communist International.\n\nSupported by the BCSA.\n\n 	Admission: 5 (+ Eventbrite fee)
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/echoes-of-exile-a-familys-odyssey-through-the-holocaust-and-cold-war/
LOCATION:Czech Cente at the Czech Embassy Cinema\, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, Select a State\, W8 4QY\, United Kingdom
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