Schiele Centre in Krumlov fined over art on facade

Punished for having modernised the building

Published on 14 September 2011

Author(s): Prague Daily Monitor/Czech News Agency

Type:  News

The Egon Schiele Art Centre in the UNESCO-listed Cesky Krumlov has been fined 45,000 crowns for collages temporarily created on its facade within an art project, and it has appealed the verdict, its director Hana Jirmusova told CTK Tuesday.

The centre has filed an appeal with the South Bohemia Regional Office.

The Krumlov Town Hall says it has fined the centre, seated in the UNESCO-listed protected urban conservation area, for violating the heritage law since it did not ask for permission to carry out the project.

"We have been punished for having modernised the building, according to the justification we have received with the fine," Jirmusova said.

The collages appeared on the centre's facade within this year's project dubbed "The Art of Everyday." Various artists created silhouettes of figures based on department store leaflets that are to decorate the facade for a couple of months.

Jirmusova said the material used by the artists cannot damage the facade at all.

However, the Town Hall imposed a fine on the gallery since it had not asked for permission beforehand.

"I could hardly ask for permission if I did not know beforehand what project the artists would materialise. It was free artistic work," Jirmusova said.

Regional Office spokeswoman Katerina Kozeluhova told CTK that the office's culture and heritage protection section had received the centre's appeal and it would comment on the case by the end of September.

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