The commission recommended renting Špálovka to PPF art

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ČTK
29.04.2010 20:30
Czech Republic

Prague

Prague - The committee that selected the most suitable candidate for the rental of the famous Václav Špála Gallery on Prague's National Avenue recommended the company PPF Art. CTK was informed today by the chairman of the selection committee, Martin Skála (ODS). The final decision will be made on Tuesday by the council of the first municipal district, which owns the premises.
    The gallery has been operated by the Semma agency. Reportedly due to financial difficulties, it will close in a month; thus, the municipality has announced a new selection process. Both PPF Art and myCode applied for it.
    The committee, which included figures such as Karel Srp, Zdeněk Lukeš, and Věra Jirousová, ultimately favored the project from PPF Art the most. According to Skála, the decision was "almost unanimous," and the offered annual rent was not a decisive factor, as both companies supposedly presented nearly identical offers.
    PPF Art is part of the PPF financial group, managing operations and acquisition activities related to its collection of Czech and Slovak photography. It also participates in similar activities for the art collection of Česká pojišťovna, with Pavel Lagner as the curator. PPF Art organizes exhibitions of contemporary artists in its two galleries - the Gallery of Česká pojišťovna and the Atelier of Josef Sudek, which PPF reconstructed. PPF Art also operates the Louvre Photography Gallery.
    The PPF group's collection features authors such as Josef Sudek, František Drtikol, Jan Lukas, Alexander Hackenschmied, Václav Chochola, Ladislav Sitenský, Emila Medková, Běla Kolářová, Tono Stano, and Ivan Pinkava. Today, the PPF group's collection ranks among the most significant domestic private collections of Czech photography.
    The gallery named after the famous Czech painter was established in 1957. It experienced its greatest fame from 1965 to 1970, when it was curated by Jindřich Chalupecký. In the 1970s and 1980s, official art exhibitions were held at the Špála Gallery.
    After 1989, a quality program returned to the gallery. However, in 2002, the program began to be managed by the Czech Art Fund Foundation, which had rented the building. The foundation did not focus on a concept for exhibitions but rather leased the gallery loosely. The artistic community protested against the gallery's decline, but it wasn’t until 2007 that a competition was announced for a new tenant.
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