Visitor numbers for Mucha's Slav Epic in Japan far higher than anticipated

Alphonse Mucha’s Slav Epic was seen by over 660,000 people during a three-month exhibition in Japan that concluded on Monday. Jan Wolf, a councillor for the City of Prague, which owns the cycle of paintings, said at least 12,000 visitors a day had seen them during the last six days of the show. Mr. Wolf said the most optimistic forecast for total attendance had been around 300,000. The Slav Epic is set to return to the Czech Republic on June 21. It is not yet clear whether it will be loaned out again.

Author: Ian Willoughby