Jiří Švestka

The long-awaited episode of the Hidden podcast with art historian, the first Czech commercial post-revolutionary gallerist and legendary personality of the Czech art scene Jiří Švestka is full of great narration and stimulating thoughts. We talked about why Jiří didn't become a painter, how he emigrated to Germany with 51 marks in his pocket, how he almost managed the National Gallery in Prague, stories about 90s art collectors, trading with Warhol, educating the next generation of Prague gallerists, or why art isn't sent to Tokyo wrapped in wood.