Ljubljana
MGML
Events: MGML - 2017
Saturday
7
Jan 2017
Doors Open Days
• 10 a.m.
In 2017, the Plečnik Year, we commemorate two anniversaries that marked the life of the architect Jože Plečnik: the 60th anniversary of his death (7 January 1957) and the 145th anniversary of his birth (23 January 1872). The Plečnik House is beginning the Plečnik Year on 7 January, with an open day for all visitors of the house.
Plečnik House
• Adults, students, seniors
Thursday
12
Jan 2017
Presentation
• 11 a.m.
We are inviting you to the public presentation of Symbolism of Jože Plečnik’s Architecture, a book by Andrej Hrausky. The presentation at the Plečnik House will be accompanied by a discussion regarding the inscription of Plečnik’s works on the UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
Plečnik House
• Adults, students, seniors
Guided tour
• 5 p.m.
You are cordially invited to join us at the guided tour of Ulay's "I Other" exhibition with curator Alenka Gregorič. The exhibition first introduces us to some of Ulay's key works, in which he focused on his own body and social alienation. Later, the exhibition takes us to a fascinating dialogue and depictions of the artist’s relations to fellow humans, whether they are close friends or complete strangers.
City Art Gallery Ljubljana
• Adults, students, seniors
Tuesday
31
Jan 2017
Guided tour, Lecture
• 5 p.m.
You are cordially invited to join us on a guided tour of "It’s Her Own Fault ".The guided tour of the exhibition will be followed by a conversation with Milijana Babić, an artist from Rijeka who focuses in her woks on results from various researches connected with the more vulnerable social groups - such as the elderly, the unemployed and women. The conversation will be moderated by the curator of the exhibition, Alenka Gregorič.
Cultural Centre Tobačna 001
• Adults, students
Tuesday
7
Feb 2017
Lecture, Talk
• noon
"Ulay is one of the pioneers of performance art. His practice is not about human alienation, but rather the kind of alienation that captures art and then forms its own identity," wrote editors Robert Jelinek and Sašo Kalan. You are cordially invited to the book presentation ULAY – Don´t read this
on Tuesday, 7 February at 12 am.
City Art Gallery Ljubljana
• Adults, students, seniors
Wednesday
8
Feb 2017
Doors Open Days, Guided tour
• 10 a.m.
Spend Wednesday 8 February at the Plečnik House and visit the permanent exhibition Plečnik, dedicated to the architect’s life and work. Do not miss the temporary exhibition Plečnik on Brioni, and the unique and authentically preserved Plečnik’s home. Reserve a spot on one of the guided tours of the house on prijava@mgml.si. The museum opens at 10.00 am and closes at 9.00 pm.
Plečnik House
• Adults, students, seniors
Guided tour
• 5 p.m.
On this year's Slovenian Cultural Holiday the last guided tour of Ulay's "I Other" exhibition will take place at the City Art Gallery of Ljubljana with curator Alenka Gregorič.
City Art Gallery Ljubljana
• Adults, students, seniors
Thursday
9
Mar 2017
Guided tour
• 5 p.m.
You are cordially invited to join us for a guided tour of the "Corporeality" exhibition with academic painter and film director Robert Černelč and curator Sarival Sosič PhD.
City Art Gallery Ljubljana
• Adults, students, seniors
Tuesday
14
Mar 2017
Guided tour
• 5 p.m.
You are cordially invited to join us for a guided tour of the "Corporeality" exhibition with photographer Uroš Abram and curator Sarival Sosič PhD.
City Art Gallery Ljubljana
• Adults, students, seniors
Thursday
16
Mar 2017
Guided tour
• 5 p.m.
Adela Jušić's project titled "Real but not true", which presents works in various media, is centered on a relatively short time period from the start of World War II to the mid-1950s'. Drastic changes occurred during this period regarding women's rights.
Cultural Centre Tobačna 001
• Adults, students
Thursday
30
Mar 2017
Guided tour
• 5 p.m.
You are cordially invited to join us for a guided tour of the "Corporeality" exhibition with photographer and film maker Rajko Bizjak and curator Sarival Sosič PhD.
City Art Gallery Ljubljana
• Adults, students, seniors
Thursday
6
Apr 2017
Guided tour
• 5 p.m.
You are cordially invited to join us for a guided tour of the "Corporeality" exhibition with visual artist and costume designer Tina Kolenik and curator Sarival Sosič. The guided tour will be followed by the lecture titled "Postmodern Costumes and Corporeality".
City Art Gallery Ljubljana
• Adults, students, seniors
Thursday
20
Apr 2017
Lecture
• 6 p.m.
"We could create something incredible out of the castle and its surroundings, and I see no one but you that would be able to carry out this historical mission," were words written by the first Czechoslovakian president Masaryk in a 1923 letter to architect Plečnik. Discover how Plečnik envisioned the Prague home of the first and all successive presidents on the introductory lecture, given by Martin Halata, MA, and architect Michal Šula, authors of the Plečnik and Prague Castle exhibition.
Plečnik House
• Adults, students, seniors
Thursday
11
May 2017
Guided tour
• 5 p.m.
You are cordially invited to a guided tour of the "Murmuring" exhibition, presenting artists: Seza Paker, Ayşe Erkmen and Ali Kazma. The tour will be held by the curator Alenka Gregorič. A murmur is a whisper; it is barely a sound. In Greek, mormurein is used to refer to humming as well as to gleaming.
City Art Gallery Ljubljana
• Adults, students, seniors
Thursday
18
May 2017
Doors Open Days
• 10 a.m.
For the International Museum Day, celebrated globally by museums on 18 May, the Plečnik House is opening its' doors with an all day free entry. Read further to find out what is in store for you on this day, and how to guarantee a spot for a visit to Plečnik's authentically preserved home.
Plečnik House
• Adults, families, students, seniors
Wednesday
24
May 2017
Guided tour
• 5 p.m.
Enjoy a stroll through the exhibition Plečnik and Prague Castle in the company of our curator Ana Porok, whose guided tour will shed light on Plečnik's design for the Prague Castle renovation, and on his connections with President Masaryk and his daughter Alice.
Plečnik House
• Adults, students, seniors
Tuesday
30
May 2017
Guided tour
• 5 p.m.
You are cordially invited to a guided tour of the "Murmuring" exhibition, presenting artists: Seza Paker, Ayşe Erkmen and Ali Kazma. The tour will be held by the curator Alenka Gregorič. A murmur is a whisper; it is barely a sound. In Greek, mormurein is used to refer to humming as well as to gleaming.
City Art Gallery Ljubljana
• Adults, students, seniors
Friday
2
Jun 2017
Talk
• 5 p.m.
Conceptually bold, Vogrinčič’s works and interventions are often installations that take a long time to realize, but are then limited in time, even short-lived, surviving only in photographs. You are cordially invited to a conversation with the artist on. The event at the CC Tobačna 001 will be moderated by the exhibition's curator Alenka Gregorič.
Cultural Centre Tobačna 001
• Adults, students
Saturday
17
Jun 2017
Doors Open Days
• 10 a.m.
Oh, the might of the night… pay a visit to the Plečnik for the Museum Summer Night 2017. The doors of the architect’s home will stay open from 10 a.m. and all the way till midnight.
Plečnik House
• Adults, families, students, seniors
Performance
• 5 p.m.
Huzjan’s performance is a gesture in which the artist enters the chosen location and, barefoot, measures the distance between two random architectural elements chosen together by the artist and the person in possession of his book. The performance "From Here to Here" will take place on the Museum Summer Night event.
City Art Gallery Ljubljana
• Adults, students, seniors
Tuesday
27
Jun 2017
Lecture
• 7 p.m.
We are kindly inviting you to the City Museum of Ljubljana for the lecture From alien matter to The World Without Us, at which Inke Arns will discuss two exhibitions that she recently curated. Scheduled on Tuesday 27 June 2017, at 7.00 p.m., the lecture is an accompanying event of The World Without Us: Narratives on the age of non-human actors exhibition, which is opening at the Match Gallery one hour after the lecture.
City Museum of Ljubljana
• Adults, students, seniors
Lecture
• 7 p.m.
We are kindly inviting you to the City Museum of Ljubljana for the lecture From alien matter to The World Without Us, at which Inke Arns will discuss two exhibitions that she recently curated. Scheduled on Tuesday 27 June 2017, at 7.00 p.m., the lecture is an accompanying event of The World Without Us: Narratives on the age of non-human actors exhibition, which is opening at the Match Gallery one hour after the lecture.
City Museum of Ljubljana
• Adults
Thursday
6
Jul 2017
Guided tour
• 5 p.m.
Exhibition "Measures" is laid out based on two conceptual foundations divided spatially in accordance with the gallery's physical space. The exhibition features two formal parts contained within the basic spatial division of the gallery in two floors and eight units as dictated by the gallery's rooms.
City Art Gallery Ljubljana
• Adults
Wednesday
12
Jul 2017
Guided tour
• 5 p.m.
Ten artists, nine art prints and one inspiration: architect Jože Plečnik. We are kindly inviting you to the first guided tour of the exhibition JOŽE with Lara Mejač, curator of the exhibition from the DobraVaga Gallery. The guided tour will take place on Wednesday 12 July, at 5.00 pm, at the Plečnik House.
Plečnik House
• Adults
Thursday
24
Aug 2017
Guided tour
• 5 p.m.
The basic conceptual premise of the works exhibited on the first floor of the gallery are paths, or journeys, a consideration on the distances between people, spaces and places, movement through space, and the act of walking, or even simply single steps as basic units of locomotion or movement.
City Art Gallery Ljubljana
• Adults, students, seniors
Wednesday
30
Aug 2017
Guided tour
• 5 p.m.
Find out how ten Slovenian artists of the younger generation interpreted Jože Plečnik through their art prints on the last guided tour of the exhibition JOŽE. Your guide will be Lara Mejač, curator of the exhibition from the DobraVaga Gallery, and the tour is scheduled for Wednesday 30 August, at 5.00 pm, at the Plečnik House.
Plečnik House
• Adults
Monday
4
Sep 2017
Music event
• 8 p.m.
Sound Explicit is a cycle of live experimental sound and audio performances that represent a wide variety of genres: from sound research to various forms of improvisation and experimental sound projects.
Jakopič Gallery
• Adults, students, seniors
Tuesday
5
Sep 2017
Music event
• 8 p.m.
Sound Explicit is a cycle of live experimental sound and audio performances that represent a wide variety of genres: from sound research to various forms of improvisation and experimental sound projects.
Jakopič Gallery
• Adults, students, seniors
Wednesday
6
Sep 2017
Lecture, Talk
• 5 p.m.
You are cordially invited to the talk "Phenomenon of Public Sculpture in Slovenian Roundabouts" and to the presentation of the project Top Location with Jaka Babnik, Miha Colner and Nika Grabar.
City Art Gallery Ljubljana
• Adults, students, seniors
Thursday
14
Sep 2017
Guided tour
• 5 p.m.
Exhibition "Measures" is laid out based on two conceptual foundations divided spatially in accordance with the gallery's physical space. The exhibition features two formal parts contained within the basic spatial division of the gallery in two floors and eight units as dictated by the gallery's rooms.
City Art Gallery Ljubljana
• Adults, students, seniors
Monday
18
Sep 2017
Talk
• 6 p.m.
The renowned Iranian artist Nazgol Ansarinia, currently a guest of the Švicarija Creative Centre/MGLC residency programme, has devoted herself to the rapid changes in the urban centre of Tehran in her latest works. Simultaneously, the CC Tobačna 001 /MGML is hosting the renowned Serbian artist Vladimir Nikolić, who uses his works to explore various social phenomena, and questions the role of the artist in today's system.
Cultural Centre Tobačna 001
• Adults, students, seniors
Saturday
23
Sep 2017
Workshop
• 11 a.m.
What is a fanzine, how is it created and why has it also been lately such a popular form of artistic expression in Slovenia? Find out all the answers at the creative zine workshop, which will be organised at the Plečnik House in cooperation with DobraVaga Gallery, as part of the JOŽE exhibition. Find out how to participate by reading further...
Plečnik House
• Adults, students, seniors
Tuesday
3
Oct 2017
Lecture
• 6 p.m.
Plečnik House will host a lecture by a well-known American historian, professor Bruce R. Berglund, who just published a book Castle and Cathedral in Modern Prague: Longing for the Sacred in a Skeptical Age. The book looks at the religious ideals that motivated the president, his daughter, and the architect, and it views their collaboration at the Castle in Prague. Join us on Tuesday, 3 October, at 6 p.m.!
Plečnik House
• Adults, students, seniors
Guided tour
• 6 p.m.
You are kindly invited to attend the guided tour through the "Work or Your Art" exhibition with the curator Jani Pirnat.
Match Gallery
• Adults, students, seniors
Thursday
12
Oct 2017
Guided tour
• 5 p.m.
You are cordially invited to a guided tour of the "Utopia / Dystopia: Architecture, City, Territory exhibition" with the curator Alenka Trebušak. The exhibition presents art projects by authors that cooperated with us during the past six years within the framework of the residency and gallery programme of the CC Tobačna 001.
City Art Gallery Ljubljana
• Adults, students, seniors
Thursday
19
Oct 2017
Lecture, Talk
• 6 p.m.
You are cordially invited to the talk accompanying the publication of the miscellany ARCHITECTURE ≠ ART, a collaboration with the Igor Zabel Association for Culture and Theory. The event is a part of the Utopia / Dystopia: Architecture, City, Territory exhibition.
City Art Gallery Ljubljana
• Adults, students, seniors
Friday
20
Oct 2017
Talk
• 5 p.m.
“What truly separates Jože Plečnik from his peers, then and now, is his ability to create a unique relationship and connections between humans and their surroundings.” Plečnik, the City and Me is a public editorial conference, where renowned local and foreign experts will compare their views regarding Plečnik’s ideas. Join us on a short walking tour of Plečnik’s Ljubljana and at the round table in the Plečnik House, on Friday 20 October from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Plečnik House
• Adults, students, seniors
Workshop
• 6 p.m.
You are kindy invited to join the study group "Up Close: Photography as a Way of Seeing", or to attend any of the two-day photo workshops - to train your eye and to be able to face the mission implemented through photography..
Jakopič Gallery
• Adults, students, seniors
Saturday
21
Oct 2017
Workshop
• 9 a.m.
You are kindy invited to join the study group "Up Close: Photography as a Way of Seeing", or to attend any of the two-day photo workshops - to train your eye and to be able to face the mission implemented through photography..
Jakopič Gallery
• Adults, students, seniors
Wednesday
25
Oct 2017
Guided tour
• 5 p.m.
You are invited to join the first guided tour of the exhibition Plečnik and water: fountains in the city with the author of the exhibition, Ana Porok. The tour begins this Wednesday 25 October at 5 p.m., at the Plečnik House.
Plečnik House
• Adults, students, seniors
Thursday
9
Nov 2017
Guided tour
• 5 p.m.
You are cordially invited to a guided tour of the "Utopia / Dystopia: Architecture, City, Territory" with the curator Alenka Trebušak. The exhibition presents art projects by authors that cooperated with us during the past six years within the framework of the residency and gallery programme of the CC Tobačna 001.
City Art Gallery Ljubljana
• Adults
Friday
17
Nov 2017
Workshop
• 6 p.m.
You are kindy invited to join the study group "Up Close: Photography as a Way of Seeing", or to attend any of the two-day photo workshops - to train your eye and to be able to face the mission implemented through photography..
Jakopič Gallery
• Adults, students, seniors
Saturday
18
Nov 2017
Workshop
• 9 a.m.
You are kindy invited to join the study group "Up Close: Photography as a Way of Seeing", or to attend any of the two-day photo workshops - to train your eye and to be able to face the mission implemented through photography..
Jakopič Gallery
• Adults, students, seniors
Guided tour
• 11 a.m.
How Plečnik revived and arranged fountains around Ljubljana will be unveiled at a guided tour with our curator Ana Porok in Ljubljana’s city centre. Join us on Saturday 18 November, at 11 a.m. The tour starts in front of the Plečnik House.
Plečnik House
• Adults, students, seniors
Wednesday
22
Nov 2017
Guided tour
• 5 p.m.
You are cordially invited to a guided tour of the "Fluid particles of volcanic ash" exhibition with curator Alenka Trebušak. The CC Tobačna 001 is displaying the second part of the project, which takes the viewer to the post-apocalyptic environment, in which techno modules pulsate only on the level of electro-chemical processes and waves.
Cultural Centre Tobačna 001
• Adults, students, seniors
Sunday
3
Dec 2017
Doors Open Days
• 10 a.m.
Spend 3 December, the birthday anniversary of our great poet France Prešeren, in the company of our great architect Jože Plečnik. For the traditional This Happy Day of Culture, the doors of Plečnik House will remain open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Plečnik House
• Adults, families, children, students, seniors, visitors with disabilities
Wednesday
6
Dec 2017
Presentation
• noon
With Plečnik Year 2017 coming to its end, we are inviting you to the presentation of the Plečnik's Architecture in Ljubljana, the newest book on Plečnik, at the Plečnik House. The book was written by the architect and Plečnik connoisseur Andrej Hrausky.
Plečnik House
• Adults, students, seniors
Thursday
7
Dec 2017
Guided tour
• 5 p.m.
You are cordially invited to a guided tour of the "Quasimodo (1971 – 2017)" exhibition. The tour will be held by the artist Tugo Šušnik, a superb scenographer in the Slovene avant-garde theater and receiver of all of the most prestigious awards in Slovenia.
City Art Gallery Ljubljana
• Adults, students, seniors
Sunday
10
Dec 2017
Guided tour
• 4:30 p.m.
You are invited to join us at the regular guided tour of the retrospective exhibition "The Chemistry of the Image", by Tihomir Pinter, who over the course of nearly six decades has developed a distinctive individual style, using his own darkroom to perfect his classic photographic technique.
Jakopič Gallery
• Adults, students, seniors
Sunday
17
Dec 2017
Guided tour
• 4:30 p.m.
You are invited to join us at the regular guided tour of the retrospective exhibition "The Chemistry of the Image", by Tihomir Pinter, who over the course of nearly six decades has developed a distinctive individual style, using his own darkroom to perfect his classic photographic technique.
Jakopič Gallery
• Adults, students, seniors
Thursday
21
Dec 2017
Guided tour
• 5 p.m.
You are cordially invited to a guided tour of the "Quasimodo (1971 – 2017)" exhibition with artist Tugo Šušnik. Exhibition displays those works from private and public collections which are less known or have been viewed less.
City Art Gallery Ljubljana
• Adults, students, seniors
Sunday
24
Dec 2017
Guided tour
• 4:30 p.m.
You are invited to join us at the regular guided tour of the retrospective exhibition "The Chemistry of the Image", by Tihomir Pinter, who over the course of nearly six decades has developed a distinctive individual style, using his own darkroom to perfect his classic photographic technique.
Jakopič Gallery
• Adults, students, seniors