The Nová Synagóga project is organizing an art auction on October 30 to raise funds for the restoration of the modernist synagogue in Žilina, Slovakia, which it is reconstructing for as a contemporary arts center.
The modernist synagogue, designed by the German architect Peter Behrens and built in 1928-31, was long used as a university lecture hall and a cinema and stood empty for years. It was returned to the ownership of the Jewish community, which rented it for a symbolic fee to the Truc Sphérique civic association, which is heading the conversion.
Nová Synagóga says this will be Žilina’s first “real art auction.” All proceeds are to go toward the reconstruction of the building.
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And to see the most recent photos of this marvelous restoration project, taken on October 11, 2013:
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