Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Prague may be the epicenter of the Czech art world with enough museums and galleries to keep you busy all year round but there are definitely some out-of-town art experiences that are worth going the extra mile for. Many are not far from the city and easy to get to in a day by train or by car. As an added bonus you will get to see some beautiful countryside, while the historic towns will charm you in a way that you will fall in love with the Czech Republic all over again.  Here are my top art trips worth exploring in the coming months:  View this post on Instagram A post shared by Galerie StrÌŒedocÌŒeského kraje (@gask_kutnahora) View this post on Instagram A post shared by 8SMICÌŒKA - zóna pro umeÌŒní (@8smicka) and the Czech Republic creating a series of architectural sound explorations There is also a permanent exhibition of 20th-century art View this post on Instagram A post shared by Moravská galerie v BrneÌŒ (@moravskagalerie) View this post on Instagram A post shared by SLOVANSKÁ EPOPEJ Alfons Mucha (@slovanska_epopej) View this post on Instagram A post shared by House of Lobkowicz (@houseoflobkowicz) Last but not least, the magnificent renaissance Zámek Nelahozeves opens on April 1 and is well worth a visit Set high above the Vltava river and belonging to the prestigious Lobkowicz family the chateau has been lovingly restored and hosts a superb collection of old master paintings Its beautiful gardens also offer a pleasant stroll in the warmer weather Refreshments are available while a playground allows children to let off steam So get planning now and enjoy the sights and sounds of spring while also culturally enriching your weekends Your morning coffee deserves a great companion. 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One of the largest outdoor paintings in the world has been created at Václav Havel Airport Prague Art studio Drawetc had the idea to beautify entire industrial zones and announced the international Art Wall competition was in 2017 Other large murals that are part of the project are in Humpolec and Plzeň Artist Michal Škapa won the competition for a new design for a 350-meter-long warehouse used by the company CTP located in the immediate vicinity of Václav Havel Airport The large-format mural called Kosmos occupies a total area of 5,250 square meters and was created in 23 days The painting is best seen during departure and landing on the airport’s main runway Together with a mural in the CTPark in Humpolec by Belgian artist Dzia Kosmos forms a pair of the largest outdoor paintings in the Czech Republic Škapa’s graffiti-based work has successfully established him in the gallery world He is the author of several dozen murals and this year he managed to create one of the largest in the world “Michal Škapa is exceptional in that he stays with what he knows and that he is authentic to this day,” curator Radek Wohlmuth said Škapa said the mural Kosmos is a search for parallels in the microcosm and the macrocosm “It examines the similarities of small and large structures seeks analogies between the forms of the living and nonliving world between the shapes in nature and in the human body,” he said which observes the airport’s main runway from the wall’s center a kind of providence that gives order to the whole universe whose silhouette is at the beginning of the painting The head absorbs the depicted life energy and overlooks the whole work “The original intention to realize the painting using nocturnal projection could not be realized due to security measures in the vicinity of the airport The sketch was transferred to the façade directly by free painting only with the help of landmarks and three high-lift platforms,” Škapa said He used approximately 4,000 spray cans during painting and was aided by up to six helpers A third project created within the Art Wall competition is in Plzeň The mural at a warehouse hall in CTPark Plzeň was created on an area of 2,215 sqm and is the largest in the region The author of the graphic design is Kristina Fišerová head of the master’s studio for graphic design at the Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Design and Art at the University of West Bohemia (ZČU) “I am glad that our concept of the Art Wall creative competitions was successfully implemented in the field of large-format paintings Dutch artist Dzia realizes his art all over the world and now we can see his work from the D1 motorway near Humpolec,” Vladimír Strejček the draftsman and founder of the Drawetc studio “Our activity gives artists from the Czech Republic and around the world the opportunity to brighten up or enrich public space and improve the quality of the places where we live I hope that we will be able to bring to life the entire Czech mural scene that we will see further realizations in places that deserve it Perhaps I can reveal that the promising first swallow brought by the Art Wall competition is cooperation with Prague City Hall which wants to start tackling the appearance of large areas in the city,” he added.