China is to pay 2.7 million crowns to Prague City Hall for the planned loan
of the Slav Epic, a series of paintings by Alphonse Mucha, the Czech News
Agency reported on Saturday, citing the draft of a memorandum concerning
the loan. The paintings are set to be displayed in Japan during the first
quarter of next year and in China from mid-2017 until May 2018. According
to the memorandum, the Chinese party should also finance the transfer of
the paintings and the insurance costs. The Slav Epic will be on display in
Prague until the end of the year. John Mucha, the grandson of the Art
Nouveau painter, had previously said he was against the plan to exhibit the
painting in China.