Exhibitions - January 2018

My Country
January 25 – March 7, 2018

The display presents large-format photos by Pavel Radosta, an editor and photographer of My Country magazine, who travels around the Czech Republic and looks for the most interesting shots of the landscape, monuments and people. He is not only interested in the notorious and most visited places, he focuses on the less-known but even more impressive localities in our country. The author accompanies the exhibited photographs with short glosses and comments that complement the picture with another distinctive dimension. The exhibition is organised by the National Library of the Czech Republic and My Country magazine.

Exhibition corridor, ground floor (gate A)
Monday to Saturday:  9 am – 7 pm
Admission 10 CZK (free for the NL registered readers)

Marina Tsvetaeva
Mountain Poem (A Bibliophile Edition By Valja Ejdis)
November 9, 2017 – January 13, 2018

Photogallery

An exhibition commemorating the 125th birthday anniversary of M. Tsvetaeva is dedicated to the Mountain Poem, a significant work of Russian lyric poetry of the 20th century. The work originated in the begining of 1924, in the time when the authoress lived and worked in Prague. It is inspired by the Petřín Hill. The exhibition presents the Mountain Poem in the form of a bibliophile edition prepared by French artist of Russian origin Valja Ejdis, who accompanied the text with many graphic works and engravings.

Exhibition corridor, ground floor (gate A)
Monday to Saturday:  9 am – 7 pm
Admission 10 CZK (free for the NL registered readers)

Christian East At Close Range
10th anniversary of special edition Pro Oriente and review Parrésia
November 22, 2017 – January 13, 2018

An exhibition presents titles published so far in the framework of the scientific edition Pro Oriente. Dědictví křesťanského Východu [Pro Oriente. Heritage of Christian East], established in 2007. As the only one in the Czech Republic it is focused exclusively on Eastern Christianity. It presents either original specialized works and not yet published translations from European and Oriental laguages. The books do not include religious texts but research works on given topics. The display will also present the yearbook Parrésia. Revue pro východní křesťanství [Parrésia.The Review for Eastern Christianity], which is the only academic periodical in Bohemia and Slovakia, dedicated to Eastern Christianity in its entirety. The exhibition is organised by the Slavonic Library and Pavel Mervart Publishing.

Exhibition corridor, ground floor (gate A)
Monday to Saturday:  9 am – 7 pm
Admission 10 CZK (free for the NL registered readers)