This is the first time that the festival is taking place in Prague’s Rudolfinum Gallery. Rudolfinum Gallery’s newly opened Loggia spaces will host the exclusive premiere of Mary McCartney, the festival’s guest of honor. Her exhibition entitled Portraits will present a new selection of portraits looking back on more than 30 years of work by this leading English photographer, documentarist, and activist.
The exhibition will also present heretofore unpublished works from her most famous photo shoots and offer a glimpse into her vast archive. Mary McCartney’s work pays homage to the art of portraiture, and her connection with her subjects is complex and intimate, personal and gripping. The viewer seems to be pulled into the image, not as a voyeur but rather as part of these fragile moments.