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The Alfons Mucha Gallery, a short walk from Prague's often heaving Wenceslas Square, features a series of high, white rooms which terminate in a projection of a cutely outdated documentary on the life of the Czech Republic's most famous, and arguably most global, artist.
In June last year, Czech car manufacturer Skoda unveiled images for their upcoming SUV, named the "Kodiaq". This seven-seater vehicle - light sliding in blue waves across its sculpted body - owes its inspiration to what seems like an unexpected source.
In 1987, Czech-Canadian artist Jana Sterbak notoriously wore a dress constructed entirely of raw meat steaks, the blood running in pale channels down her body as she posed for photographers. It's often cited as the work which inspired Lady Gaga's own infamous carnivorous dress.
The master of the Polish Poster School on his dark and lurid vision of cinema Film is always about the eye, explains iconic Polish poster designer Andrzej Klimowski. On a table at his side is a section of his 1983 work, Synapse - a double portrait of the artist and his stage designer wife, Danusia Schejbal.
Shortly before his death in 1990, perhaps the greatest Armenian director explained that he had not one but three motherlands: "I was born in Georgia, worked in Ukraine, and I'm going to die in Armenia."
Some 95 million photos are shared on Instagram each day - of sunset boulevards, snow-swept mountains, and flash-lit faces. Sorting through this sea of images can become quickly overwhelming. Helpfully, London-based publisher MACK's First Book Award, announced annually during Photo London at Somerset House, celebrates the emerging photographers we should be training our lenses on.
When British architecture critic Rayner Banham first popularised the concept of a ' New Brutalism' in his famous 1955 essay, he described these bulky and often colossal concrete buildings as an 'ethic' rather than an aesthetic.
Once a year, the gently rolling fields of Thornville, Ohio play host to one of the world's largest and most boisterous carnivals: the Annual Gathering of the Juggalos. The event is a convention for fans of American horrorcore rap duo Insane Clown Posse, whose attendees deck themselves out in cargo shorts, basketball vests, and blanch-white face paint.