A disused and abandoned former distillery in Prague's Smíchov district has become the David Černý Musoleum, a museum - exhibition of modern art that adds a gem to the authentic treasure chest that is the capital of the Czech Republic.
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The area chosen by Černý for his artist's lair is precisely Smíchov, a commercial zone where nightclubs and offices, new buildings and creative spaces created inside converted factories coexist. The artist chose precisely a monumental building in the former industrial area, protected by town planning regulations, to exhibit his works in a special context, far from the historical walls of the centre. Which perhaps would not have been the right setting for his colourful and unusual creations.
To get to Smíchov, where the brewery is also located Straropramen (one does not live only by modern art and ancient castles!), one has to descend southwards, far beyond the usual tourist routes. Here, along the banks of the Vltava River, the five floors of the old Smíchov distillery stood empty, abandoned and colonised by pigeons for over 20 years. Until in 2021, the Černý architecture firm, Black n'Arch, discovered it and decided to give it a new lease of life, transforming it into a residential complex with a cultural and even a gastronomic centre.
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The Musoleum intended to be not a museum but “more than a museum”, which would see the light of day after the failure of the agreement between David Černý and the National Gallery to mount a solo exhibition. And if after so much modernity you need a more classic and reassuring view, you can go up to the top floor: from the cafeteria, designed to preserve and commemorate the building's industrial history, you can see Prague from a perspective never seen before.
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