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GARETH EVANS ON UNDER THE LINDEN 2008, SOUTHERN BOHEMIA

Under the Linden 2008 (www.gotogetherpress.com) is a new kind of 'slow' festival, taking place this August in Southern Bohemia in the Czech Republic. Subtitled a 'Gathering for the Enduring Arts', it offers a different way to encounter and experience the arts, presenting a single programme of exhibitions, screenings, readings, concerts and performances that all the audience will share over one week. Artist Tereza Stehlíková will be joined by the film-maker Sally Potter, writers John Berger, Anne Michaels and Don DeLillo and the Martinu Quartet. For more information visit www.gotogetherpress.com.

JANE NEAL ON THE PRAGUE BIENNALE

This year's biennale continues to focus on two distinct areas - a thorough investigation of painting 'today' and socially-committed art - but while it is possible to seek out a handful of exception works, most is disappointing with the painting section failing to pick up on significant trends and some of the most exciting artists currently making paintings.

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