Should The City Of Prague Take Alphonse Mucha’s Epic Painting Cycle On Tour?

His grandson says no – and sues the city to stop the loan to a museum in Tokyo. “Prof. Karel Stretti, who leads the restoration department at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, said the largest of the ‘Slav Epic’ pieces measures 26.5 feet by 20 feet, meaning handlers would have to remove it from its frame and roll it up, which could crack the paint.”