On Contemporaneity of Contemporary Art: Šum #10.1
28 November, 18:00, Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, Ljubljana
Presentation of Šum #10.1 journal and a discussion on the establishment of the concept of contemporary art in Slovenia.
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The Curator's Room: Igor Zabel – How to Make Art Visible?
22 November 2018, 21:00, Kinodvor, Ljubljana
Slovenian premiere of the documentary film about art historian and curator Igor Zabel; directed by Damjan Kozole
We announce: Igor Zabel Award for Culture and Theory 2018 programme
22 November–7 December, Ljubljana
At the end of the year in which the art historian and curator Igor Zabel would have celebrated his sixtieth birthday and upon the tenth anniversary of the Igor Zabel Award, a series of events dedicated to Igor Zabel’s heritage and the significance of contemporary art will take place in Ljubljana.
Yugoslav Monuments Associated with the First World War (1918–1941) | Symposium
18–19 October 2018, Ljubljana
The symposium attempts to outline not only the common features of these works but also their differences, which to a large degree were conditioned by very diverse local traditions of commemoration and memorial creation.
Open call: Artists-in-Residence Programme at the MuseumsQuartier, Vienna
Artists-in-Residence programme of ERSTE Foundation, tranzit, Igor Zabel Association, and Kontakt Collection. Deadline for application: 1 October 2018
On Power in Architecture #2: A Phenomenological Perspective | Symposium
Renowned philosophers (Andrew Benjamin, Dean Komel, Jeff Malpas, Peter Trawny) and an architectural historian (Luka Skansi) will examine architecture in regard to its heterogeneous relationship to power.
Mladen Dolar and Andrew Benjamin: On Modernity and Postmodernity
“Abstraction becomes the moment that divides the modern from the post-modern and with it the politically progressive from the reactionary or conservative.” (Andrew Benjamin, What is Abstraction?)
Igor Zabel - on this day
On this day Igor Zabel (1958-2005), art historian and curator, would have celebrated his sixtieth birthday. This autumn and winter, we will dedicate a series of events and activities to his life and work.
reprint: Beti Žerovc: When Attitudes Become the Norm
When Attitudes Become the Norm, a collection of essays and interviews with established curators, artists and critics on the phenomenon of curatorship in contemporary art by art historian and theorist Beti Žerovc, has been reprinted due to great interest.
Pannel: Plotting Decolonial Options: Translocal Interrogations
ICA, London, 5 June 2018, a pannel with speakers: Edit András, Chandra Frank and Katya García-Antón; chaired by Juliet Steyn
Fellowships for Curators and Artists at Salzburg Summer Academy 2018
Call for applications open until 2 April 2018 for five fellowships for young artists and five fellowships for emerging curators from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, the Slovak Republic, and Slovenia.
Tomaž Brejc: Ideas, Terms, Exhibitions and Paintings at the Beginning of Modernism
Two lectures by Tomaž Brejc, organized together with the Department of Art History of the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana.
Katja Mahnič: Josip Mantuani and the Painting Collection of the Provincial Museum of Carniola (1909–1924)
A lecture by Katja Mahnič, organized together with the Department of Art History of the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana.
On Power in Architecture: video recordings from the symposium
Video recordings from the symposium On Power in Architecture: A Materialist Perspective.
Gudrun Danzer on the art system in Graz, 1865−1918
Two lectures by Gudrun Danzer, organized together with the Department of Art History of the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana.
Decolonising the Mind, Provincialising the West
pannel discussion and video screening by Sanja Iveković Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA),...
Michelle Facos on exhibitions and institutions in the United States and in Scandinavia 1890-1918
Two lectures by Michelle Facos, organized together with the Department of Art History of the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana.
The Book “Extending the Dialogue” Receives the Brumen Award for Graphic Excellency
Yesterday the book Extending the Dialogue received the Brumen Award, the principal Slovene award for graphic design.
Art Exhibiting in Slovenia: Gašper Cerkovnik on Christian Art Society of Ljubljana
A lecture by Gašper Cerkovnik, organized together with the Department of Art History of the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana.
ON POWER IN ARCHITECTURE | A Materialist Perspective | International Symposium
SAVE THE DATE: 21 September 2017! International Symposium with Mladen Dolar, Hilde Heynen, Teresa Stoppani, Sven-Olov Wallenstein
On Architecture, Mies and Ideology: A Talk with Wallenstein
A talk with the Swedish philosopher Sven-Olov Wallenstein who is considered a key author in the philosophy of architecture.
Extending the Dialogue | Book presentation in Berlin
24 June 2017, 7pm, Archive Kabinett, Müllerstraße 133 (inner courtyard), 13349...
A Conversation with Milenko Matanović | Art for Collective Use Seminar
Matanović was a member of the OHO Group and later founded the Pomegranate Center in the US.
Jane Rendell: Transitional Spaces: From Critical Spatial Practice to Site-Writing
With this lecture we are finishing our programme Architecture ≠ Art.