Mucha’s Slav Epic goes on display in Prague

The Slav Epic, a series of 20 large canvasses chronicling Slavic history by the Art Nouveau painter Alphonse Mucha, will go on display in Prague’s Veletržní Palác on Thursday. The exhibition, which was delayed by several months due to technical issues, is the subject of a long-lasting controversy between the Czech capital and the South Moravian town Moravský Krumlov where the epic was moved after the end of World War II. Officials from the South Moravian town vehemently opposed the relocation of Mucha’s Slav Epic to Prague on grounds that it was the painter’s wish for the work to be displayed in a specially constructed pavilion which the capital has failed to build.