František Kupka’s remains to be repatriated

The Czech Republic will repatriate the remains of one of the country’s foremost modern artists painter František Kupka from France, a spokeswoman from the Czech Culture Ministry said on Thursday. The painter’s urn now deposited at the Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris will be moved to Prague’s Vyšehrad cemetery later this year. The move has met with opposition from some of the country’s art historians who point out that the painter chose France for his home and showed no inclination to return to his homeland.