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The Arts Intel Report

Amidst Smoke Rings: Portrait of a Modern Artist

Sept 24, 2022 – Jan 8, 2023
Staroměstské nám. 1/12, 110 15 Staré Město, Czechia

What does a cigarette in a portrait signify? Concentration. Relaxation. Stimulation. Fire. And what about a pipe, symbol of bourgeois satisfaction, which turned up in Cubist paintings and was a Surrealist trope? In this exhibition, the image of the artist smoking is analyzed as a development of modernity. Among the many artists in the show are Édouard Manet, Edvard Munch, Alfons Mucha, Pablo Picasso, Pierre Bonnard, and Josef Sudek. —Laura Jacobs