EDUcare: Lenka Bakes

Text by:Tomáš Klička

What do we learn from art? Where to invest our care? And what should we pay attention to? These are the questions of the new podcast series EDUcare – the art of exploring.

This time, the guest was Lenka Bakešová, the director of Prague Art Week, so we could talk about this year’s edition of PAW 2024. What will it offer this time, and what shouldn’t you miss? And how challenging is it to organize such a festival?

Lenka has been leading Prague Art Week since 2022, when the festival was rebranded from its previous name, Art Week. In the interview, she discusses the main locations where the third edition of the festival will take place (Savarin Palace, DOX Center for Contemporary Art, and spaces at Jeruzalémská 2) and gives advice on how to approach “art hunting,” i.e., how to easily navigate the rich program. The episode is hosted by Tomáš Klička, editor-in-chief of Art Antiques magazine.