Exhibitions
Ivan Cankar, a Slovenian author, playwright and essayist born in 1876 in Vrhnika, spent a few years of his life in Ljubljana. Having returned from Vienna to Ljubljana, he established himself on Rožnik Hill which today forms part of the Tivoli, Rožnik and Šišenski hrib landscape park.
The exhibition, which marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, presents the key events that took place in Ljubljana during the occupation. It highlights the everyday lives of residents during the war, their personal choices, the violence of the occupiers, and the organized resistance. Through individual stories, it reveals the difficult dilemmas people faced in the most challenging times and encourages visitors to reflect on peace, war, and the culture of nonviolence – themes that remain relevant to this day.
The exhibition is part of the major inter-institutional project Baroque in Slovenia and presents frescoes by the painter Josef Mayr, which were taken down from the ruins of the Križ Manor near Komenda in 1947. The installation takes the visitor into a recreated image of the salon, known in later literature as the billiard room, which was decorated with Mayr's frescoes.
EXHIBITION EXTENDED || Zora Stančič is an established visual artist who, through her extensive body of work, actively shapes contemporary Slovenian fine art. She explores the boundaries of printmaking and its role in modern visual language. Her first such comprehensive presentation at the City Art Gallery Ljubljana offers a thorough selection of graphic artworks, focusing on the diversity of narrative motifs and in-depth exploration of technical and formal execution. The exhibition is curated by Sarival Sosič, PhD, who places the exhibition within the broader context of contemporary artistic practices.
An exhibition of archaeological findings discovered during the construction of the multifunctional Emonika complex not only unveils the past but also establishes an important connection between the city's history and its future. Just as ancient Emona was a significant urban centre, Emonika in modern Ljubljana will represent a new crossroad of life, culture and innovation.
Full of symbolism, vibrant colours and bold patterns, the photographs of contemporary Ethiopian artist Aïda Muluneh (1974) aim to reflect and raise awareness. Through her exceptional visual language, the photographer's work highlights pressing global issues such as inequalities in access to water, food or education, and the abuse of power, while advocating for the empowerment of women. We present her work at the exhibition On the Edge of Past Future, produced by Fotografie Forum Frankfurt (FFF).
Listen to the story of Ljubljana Mayor Ivan Hribar in Villa Zlatica.
How well do you know the rich history of Slovenian capital? Pile-dwellers, Emona, Middle and New Ages, the 20th and 21st centuries… what is the history of Ljubljana? Get to know Ljubljana's past - see the chronological presentation of Ljubljana’s millennia of heritage with precious authentic artefacts, like the world's oldest wooden wheel with an axle!
“A tower, a mule, me and the garden” – that is how Jože Plečnik imagined his life when he didn’t know yet that after Vienna and Prague his native Ljubljana would be his lifetime’s environment for his creative work.
A special place in Ljubljana's history is reserved for Roman Emona, the traces of which have been preserved in the very centre of the city.
Welcome to a trail tracing the 2000-year-old heritage of Emona. A walk through modern Ljubljana can take you further than you think! It takes you to the time of Emona, a city brimming with life between the first century and early sixth century.
As a part of a series of memorial art exhibitions of lesser-known Slovenian artists, the exhibition presents Izidor Urbančič – artist, painter, sculptor and teacher. The selection of his artwork features a unique intimistic approach to fine art and is a glimpse into the magically intimate paintings from the 1950s and the sublimely playful sculptures created as early as the 1970s.
For the third consecutive year, Plečnik House will host an exhibition showcasing the laureates of the Plečnik Awards, the most prestigious national recognition for outstanding works in architecture, urbanism, landscape architecture, and interior design. These awards honor completed projects within the Republic of Slovenia and projects in Slovenian minority regions abroad that contribute to the enrichment of spatial culture.
The selected works by Milan Golob, painter, physicist and philosopher, present an overview of his artistic expression and video/audio creations. His work reveals a variety of approaches, from small-format paintings characterized by circles to pictorial images focusing on text.
The main exhibition of the Lighting Guerrilla Festival is one of the most visited projects of the Match Gallery. The 19th edition of the festival with a series of light installations is taking over the areas in the immediate surroundings of our gallery and other locations around Ljubljana. Specially for the exhibition at the Match Gallery, light installations were created by Antti Kulmala, Ida Hiršenfelder, Nika Erjavec, ::vtol:: and Laura Adel.
The Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts is one of the oldest international biennial events in the world, celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2025. This edition, under the artistic direction of renowned curator, lecturer and researcher Chus Martínez, refers to the oracle in the sense of the ancient term for a place where we meet the future. At the same time, the Biennale explores the power of imagination to renew our faith in freedom and solidarity. In collaboration with the International Centre of Graphic Arts (MGLC), the Biennale will also be on show at City Art Gallery Ljubljana.
Exhibition of the Latest Archaeological Discoveries near the Slovenian National Theatre Drama Ljubljana.
Arhitekturna zapuščina je dinamična entiteta, ki se nenehno spreminja. Ne spreminjajo se le stavbe, temveč tudi arhivski materiali, ki se sporadično pojavljajo v različnih institucijah ali celo na nepričakovanih mestih; včasih 'manjkajoče dele' najdemo tudi na varovanih policah javnih arhivov.