Lidice Art Collection catalogue publicated on occasion of its 50 years anniversary.

Fifty years on, René Block returns to Lidice to enrich the local art collection with over 40 works of art after two previous donations – in the 1960s and 1990s. A simple statement, an important day, a great gallerist with an amazing sense of the social importance of art... How did it all start and what is the meaning of it? Even 75 years after its destruction and subsequent restoration, Lidice is still a phenomenon on many levels. One of these is most definitely the creativity that the fate of Lidice has inspired, which is represented by visual art. Thanks to such art, it is possible to  express the unspeakable; art has the ability to convey more than words and can be used to inspire self-reflection in society. The works in the Lidice collection certainly have this aspiration.