Organisers of Decadence Exhibition

PUBLISHING HOUSE AND PRODUCTION: ARBOR VITAE

The Arbor Vitae company was founded in 1992. Since its very beginning the company has focused on art books, catalogues, monographs, production of exhibitions.

Since 1998 it has been publishing its De arte series consisting of diaries, essays, memoirs or quotes of major Czech and international artists. The series, consisting of almost 30 titles today – received the very first the Most Beautiful Book of the Year Prize awarded by the Ministry of Culture. The Texts on Architecture series publishes basic works of the Czech and international architecture. The Vera Effigies series publishes text monographs of major artists at both the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries (Karel Hlaváček, Alfred Kubin, Arnold Schönberg, Eduard Munch). The Louisa series is devoted to fairy-tales and legends. The AV series focuses on poetry, fiction and literary essays. Monographs and catalogues published by Arbor Vitae have received many awards: in 2006 Arbor Vitae books won the main awards in two categories of the Most Beautiful Book of the Year Prize.

The publisher works closely with the Gallery Klatovy/Klenová, the Exhibition Hall Mánes, Egon Schiele Art Centre in Český Krumlov, Moravian Gallery in Brno, Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague Castle, Municipal House in Prague and many other Czech and international institutions. In 2006 Arbor Vitae was awarded the Czech Literary Fund Prize for their contribution to the Czech book market.

Simultaneously, Arbor Vitae realizes exhibitions of modern and contemporary art in prestigious Czech galleries, for example the exhibitions In Morbid Colours in the Municipal House, the Brussels Dream in the City Gallery Prague, the retrospective of Martin Mainer entitled Blague Looms Blague/Calm Looms Calm and the large retrospective of sculptor Eva Kmentová in the Exhibition Hall Mánes, František Skála in Vienna, Bimba – Adventures of Bohumil Konečný in the Municipal House and many others.