Exhibitions
The Jakopič Gallery presents the largest ever mid-career retrospective exhibition of Klavdij Sluban, one of the world's most renowned photographers of Slovenian origin. For the exhibition Elsewhere Here the artist and the curator Dr Marija Skočir, have conceived a completely new selection of cycles that present the highlights of more than three decades of Sluban's work in more than 150 photographs. The exhibition is accompanied by an extensive photomontograph, which is also available as a special edition.
The legacy of portrait and field photography of the city of Zagreb in the 19th century.
Academic painter and director Robert Černelč successfully, particularly analytically systematically, combines the mediums of painting, video art, and film-making in his artistic work. He expands his activities into the fields of video art, set design, and screenwriting.
Miklavž Komelj sees his artwork as a bridge between painting and poetry that is lined with various verses or text fragments of his own or other authors’ texts in different languages and from different periods of time.
The exhibition Owned by artist and designer The Miha Artnak seeks to redefine our understanding of ownership and property by introducing innovative concepts of non-ownership and public-private property. Seven artworks challenge traditional views of art, exploring concepts of ownership, authorship, and authenticity using modern technology and services.
The exhibition marking the start of the exhibition year 2024 at Plečnik House presents the findings of Darja Pergovnik, MA, heritage conservator at the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia. Namely, her work has, for several years, been focused on studying and protecting Plečnik's built and green arrangements in Ljubljana.
The Silver Beaker was found on the northern slope of Jeterbenk Hill, not far from the remains of the towered castle of the Spanheim ministerials, the Hertenbergers.
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.
The Face of Corporate Building is a research project that explores the various strategies of formulating narratives and specific rhetorical patterns crucial in creating artistic NFT platforms.
A tribute to the museum as a place of encounter and dialogue.
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.
The eighth edition of the exhibition series Ljubljana Bows to Slovenia will focus on Zasavje. This time, we will take a peek into the art scene of Zasavje and reveal the artistic potential and cultural influences of the local districts.
Join us on a journey through time with an exhibition on significant changes in the world of clothing. The exhibition will open the doors to the world of dressing as a distinct form of communication, revealing societal shifts and individual milestones that influenced the decisions of our ancestors on how to dress.
Mladen Stropnik has been a presence in the Slovenian and international art scene since 2001. He has established himself as a conceptual artist who works at the intersection of painting, drawing, graphics, and newer intermedia art. His rich and extensive oeuvre will be comprehensively presented for the first time at the City Art Gallery Ljubljana.
This year's theme of the 18th Lighting Guerrilla Festival, co-produced with Strip Core, will be Transformations. The theme is broad, as the included works explore different aspects of light perception and transformation.
The exhibition Differences will display sculptural works by contemporary Slovenian academic sculptors, who are diverse both in their artistic poetics and in the use of materials for their artistic expressions, which reflects in their artworks.
From the end of September, we are putting on display a group photography exhibition with the working title Document_ing, which aims to compile and present a photographic record of the period from March 2020 to April 2022, marked by the covid-19 pandemic and the protests and demonstrations in Ljubljana and other places around Slovenia.
O prostorih za združevanje, podporo in organizirano zagovorništvo gibanja LGBT, ki že 40 let sooblikujejo urbano kulturo in družabno življenje prestolnice.
Tomaž Furlan is an established sculptor and intermedia artist. He has been active in the Slovenian and international art scene for over two decades. Hitherto he has not had a comprehensive presentation of his work, and thus the City Art Gallery Ljubljana will showcase his versatile artistic oeuvre for the first time in one place.