Ljubljana
MGML
Exhibitions
Upcoming
Drawings, paintings and prints 1956–1983
Silvester Komel (1931–1983)
20. 9. 2024–22. 10. 2024
The exhibition forms part of a series of memorial exhibitions of lesser-known artworks from Slovene artists in Bežigrad Galleries. This time the focus is on the life's work of an author from the coastal region.
Past exhibitions
Drawings, paintings, graphics and objects 1949–2014
Bogdan Borčić
22. 5. 2024–28. 6. 2024
A commemorative exhibition honouring Bogdan Borčić (1926–2014). One of the key painters and printmakers in Slovenia, a professor and representative of abstract and minimalist art.It will feature documentary photographs from his atelier, his drawing and painting tools and accessories and artwork from the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Koroška and private collections.
Drawings, paintings and prints
France Mihelič
26. 1. 2024–20. 3. 2024
Once Upon a Time, the exhibition of France Mihelič’s work, is one in a line of historical exhibitions traditionally held in Bežigrad Galleries that display more or less known artwork, cycles or other avant-garde style works of older artists or artists that had already passed away. On display will be his opus featuring the kurent and fantastic elements in drawings, paintings and prints.
Light on Paper
22. 11. 2023–27. 12. 2023
The exhibition showcases a new way of creating innovative paper art that offers a myriad of options to be explored in the future.The purpose is to put on display some three-dimensional artworks by Suzana Brborović, Lara Jeranko Marconi, Janja Kosi, Blažka Križan, Maja Pučl and Tone Žnidaršič. The space hosts large-scale paintings and floating objects of various sizes. The pieces were made by cutting and carving paper and gluing them into a single object.
Films, Photos, Sound and equipment
Videofestival Natures 20
17. 10. 2023–20. 10. 2023
This year’s Natures festival is dedicated to Živko Kladnik, a versatile artist who has created and co-created a number of films in cooperation with groups from Kranj (Ime, KSK – Kino skupina Kranj).
Drawings and paintings
Žiga Kariž
5. 9. 2023–6. 10. 2023
Kariž is a Slovenian visual artist working at the intersection of painting, conceptual art and new media. This retrospective exhibition of drawings and paintings revolves around the motifs of the human nose and animal beak. Some of the works featuring human and animal bodies have been updated in the course of the artist's career (from 1994 to the present day), with new shapes and flurries of strokes over the motifs to obscure them.
Photographs 2005–2021
Borut Krajnc
17. 5. 2023–24. 6. 2023
The cycles Emptiness, Pressure and Transition featuring documentary photographs taken between 2005 and 2021 reveal the authors eye for local and global socio-political phenomena. With a clever conceptual approach he tackles current dilemmas of the capitalistic economy, the press and the post-COVID society.