Kino Art

Kino Art is a two-screen art-house cinema located in the Veveří district of Brno, Czech Republic, between Cihlářská and Botanická streets. It is one of the three traditional Brno cinemas that survived the arrival of multiplexes in the 1990s. The cinema is operated by TIC Brno, a city contributory organization, and includes Café Art and the Galerie Art in its foyer. It has a large and a small screening hall. In cooperation with Kino Art, a small club cinema called Kino CIT operates in the Galerie TIC space on Radnická street. The cinema began screening on 24 March 1919 in what was originally an apprentice dormitory, but without the necessary operating license, which it only obtained in 1922. Originally named Jugendkino (Jugend-Kino), it focused mainly on Brno's German youth. In the early 1930s there were long debates about its name and concept, until it began operating under the neutral name Kino. It gradually transformed into a club cinema (Studio), and from 1948 it existed under the name Kino náročného diváka (Cinema of the Demanding Viewer). It acquired its current name Art in 1969. Due to technical faults it was temporarily closed in 1973. The functionalist cinema building has its main entrance from Cihlářská street (No. 19) and an entrance to the office section from Botanická street (No. 16). At the time it opened, the main hall had 240 seats, later increased to as many as 466. In the past the main entrance was from Botanická street, but after modifications this changed. Later a small hall and a café were created in the foyer. In 2008 the old padded wooden seats were replaced with new ones. In 2011 the roof was repaired and the projection technology was digitized. Another reconstruction was planned as a five-month project for 2017. The cinema's operations temporarily moved to the Distillery club in the building of a former distillery on Pekařská street. Construction work began in May 2017, but the discovery of asbestos in the structure meant the reconstruction was extended and became more expensive. From November 2017, Kino Art operated in the premises of Galerie TIC on Radnická street, where it created a 40-seat cinema hall called No Art. In the summer season of 2019 it also screened at Kabinet múz and as a summer cinema in the garden of the Löw-Beer villa in Černá Pole. The overall two-year reconstruction, whose costs reached 24 million Czech korunas, was completed in the summer of 2019, and Kino Art reopened on 13 September 2019. After modernization, the capacity of the large hall is 152 seats and the small hall 32 seats. The first and second floors of the building are used as office space by various entities.

Kino Art began screening on 24 March 1919 in a building that was originally an apprentice dormitory, but it operated without the necessary license, which it only obtained in 1922. Originally named Jugendkino (Jugend-Kino), it focused mainly on Brno's German youth. In the early 1930s there were long debates about its name and concept, until it began operating under the neutral name Kino. It gradually transformed into a club cinema (Studio), and from 1948 it existed under the name Kino náročného diváka (Cinema of the Demanding Viewer). It acquired its current name Art in 1969. Due to technical faults it was temporarily closed in 1973. The functionalist cinema building has its main entrance from Cihlářská street (No. 19) and an entrance to the office section from Botanická street (No. 16). At the time it opened, the main hall had 240 seats, later increased to as many as 466. In the past the main entrance was from Botanická street, but after modifications this changed. Later a small hall and a café were created in the foyer. In 2008 the old padded wooden seats were replaced with new ones. In 2011 the roof was repaired and the projection technology was digitized. Another reconstruction was planned as a five-month project for 2017. The cinema's operations temporarily moved to the Distillery club in the building of a former distillery on Pekařská street. Construction work began in May 2017, but the discovery of asbestos in the structure meant the reconstruction was extended and became more expensive. From November 2017, Kino Art operated in the premises of Galerie TIC on Radnická street, where it created a 40-seat cinema hall called No Art. In the summer season of 2019 it also screened at Kabinet múz and as a summer cinema in the garden of the Löw-Beer villa in Černá Pole. The overall two-year reconstruction, whose costs reached 24 million Czech korunas, was completed in the summer of 2019, and Kino Art reopened on 13 September 2019. After modernization, the capacity of the large hall is 152 seats and the small hall 32 seats. The first and second floors of the building are used as office space by various entities.

• Kino Art begins screening on 24 March 1919 in an originally apprentice dormitory building, without a license.

• Obtains the necessary operating license in 1922.

• In the early 1930s, after debates about its name and concept, it begins operating under the neutral name Kino.

• From 1948 it exists under the name Kino náročného diváka (Cinema of the Demanding Viewer).

• Acquires its current name Art in 1969.

• Temporarily closed in 1973 due to technical faults.

• In 2008 the old padded wooden seats are replaced with new ones.

• In 2011 the roof is repaired and the projection technology is digitized.

• A five-month reconstruction is planned for 2017; operations temporarily move to the Distillery club on Pekařská street.

• Construction begins in May 2017, but asbestos discovery extends and increases the cost of the reconstruction.

• From November 2017, Kino Art operates in Galerie TIC on Radnická street, creating a 40-seat hall called No Art.

• In the summer season of 2019 it also screens at Kabinet múz and as a summer cinema in the garden of the Löw-Beer villa in Černá Pole.

• The two-year reconstruction, costing 24 million Czech korunas, is completed in summer 2019; Kino Art reopens on 13 September 2019.

• After modernization, the large hall has 152 seats and the small hall 32 seats.

Traditional art-house and club cinema in Brno, operated by the city's TIC Brno organization.

• Large hall (152 seats)

• Small hall (32 seats)

• Café Art

• Galerie Art

• Kino CIT club cinema

1. 1Kino Art official websitekinoart.cz
2. 2Kino Art - Wikipediacs.wikipedia.org
3. 3Art cinema - Wikidatawikidata.org