Removal of the Entropa installation from the Justus Lipsius building

Today the removal of the Entropa installation begins in the atrium of the Justus Lipsius building in Brussels.

The removal should take several days and is an outcome of the agreement between the creator of the installation, the artist David Černý, and the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic. The General Secretariat of the EU Council was informed of these measures by the Czech Presidency in advance.

The Czech Presidency preferred the option to let the installation remain in Brussels as originally planned. However, the Presidency fully respects artistic freedom and therefore also the wish of the creator of the installation to remove the work already on the chosen day. The original contract between the artist and the Office of the Government allows both parties to change the date of removal of the work by mutual agreement. According to this agreement the creator of the work bears the expenses connected with the removal.

Contacts:

Jan Vytopil, Permanent Representation of the Czech Republic to the European Union, phone: +32 221 39 174, GSM: +32 475 330 252, e-mail: vytopil@mzv.cz
Michaela Jelínková, spokeswoman of the Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, tel.: +420 224 002 796, GSM: +420 724 258 939; e-mail: jelinkova.michaela@vlada.cz