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The Gallerists 04: Hunt Kastner Artworks

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placehunt kastner artworks
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art funding
directingMark Ther
castKatherine Kastner, Jan Skřivánek, Camille Hunt
cameraJan Vidlička
soundJan Vidlička
editingJan Vidlička
interviewJan Skřivánek
translationZuzana Rousová
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published9. 5. 2017
languageČesky / English
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The Gallerists 04: Hunt Kastner Artworks
Jaroslav Frič, Radůz Činčera, Zdeněk Liška
We are presenting the monumental commission for the Iranian Shah in Teheran year 1977. Before the contract was unexpectedly terminated a year later due to the coup in Iran, Czechoslovakia managed to make great profit and the then Prime Minister Lubomír Štrougal acknowledged the economic contribution of Art Centrum, which was transferred in 1977 under the Federal Ministry of Foreign Trade and was thus saved from being closed down.
Mark Ther
Martin and Miroslava Kubík, brother and sister, set up a gallery in Litomyšl in 2012, which they named after their father Miroslav Kubík, the founder of a family business Kubík a.s.
Martin and Miroslava Kubík collect contemporary modern art, especially paintings.
Millions of people have fled Ukraine to escape the war, many of them artists, curators, and other cultural professionals. Various initiatives and organization networks were created to help them, and a lot of art institutions and residence programs accommodated their plans to suit them.