In Photos: 7 Meter Pea To Tour Brno to Mark Gregor Mendel’s 200th Birthday
The seven-meter bright green pea, currently located at Spilberk Castle, is the latest (temporary) addition to Brno’s collection of peculiar public art, and can be seen in numerous locations in…
Things to Do in Brno in 2020: Celebrating Food, Music, and the City’s Industrial Roots
Many music festivals, five food festivals, and a lot more besides will be attracting visitors in Brno in 2020. Villa Tugendhat is celebrating 90 years since its completion, a new…
Unique Digital Reconstruction Of Famous Špilberk Prisoner Baron Trenck
The mummy of Baron Franz von der Trenck has helped scientists reconstruct his appearance. The work took two years. Since the beginning of October the public have been able to…
A Lethally Beautiful Dose of Horror Goes Down Easy at the House of Arts
Photo: Exhibition "Drop Dead Funny: Contemporary art from Israel" at the Brno House of Arts. Credit: M. Dvorakova / The Brno House of Arts. I’m going to try to convince…
Dramatic New Photo-Exhibition on Moravské Namesti To Highlight Our Society’s Fragile Relationship With Water
“Water and Civilisation”, a photo-exhibition visited by hundreds of thousands of people at Kampa in Prague, will be moving to Brno this autumn, to highlight the current state of water…
Brno Days of Design 2019 Will Take Over Vlněna and the Shop Windows of Brno
The fourth year of the "Brno Design Days" festival will take place in one of the preserved buildings of the Vlněna complex from 3-6 October. However, the first signs of…
Brno Theatres To Be Illuminated With National Colours of European Nations Commemorating The End of Totalitarianism
The Baltic states in August, Hungary in October, Germany and Bulgaria in November with the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and Romania in December. This was the series of demonstrations against…
Brno To Erect A Statue of Johann Gregor Mendel, Founder Of Genetics
Gregor Mendel, Augustinian friar and abbot of St. Thomas' Abbey in Brno, is known to students around the world as the father of genetics. The City of Brno has announced…
Red Sculpture of President Masaryk on Display at Moravské náměstí
One of the most photographed artifacts at last year's RE:PUBLIKA festival at Brno Exhibition Center, marking 100 years of Czechoslovakia - the gigantic bust of President Masaryk created by Maxim…
New Statue of Marie Restituta To Be Installed in Husovice
On Wednesday, Brno City Council agreed to add a statue of Marie Restituta Kafková to the “Sculptures for Brno” project, which aims to place statues of famous Brno residents in…