Photography remains the key tool for documenting important social movements because, despite the challenges of the digital era, it maintains the position of a witness ...
YOUR POINT OF VIEW COUNTS!
Browse through your archives and share your photographic highlights of the protests in Slovenia for the exhibition Our Claim!
We invite everyone who has documented protests in Slovenia, regardless of your experience or the quality of your equipment, to contribute your photos taken between March 2020 and April 2022 via the online form and become part of our project.
More info HERE
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.
The internationally acclaimed and award-winning Italian photojournalist Paolo Pellegrin, a member of the renowned agency Magnum Photos, will be presented in our serie of exhibitions dedicated to the biggest photographers of our time. Pellegrin's photography sheds light on global conflicts, environmental catastrophes and the stories of marginalised people.
News
The 1st edition of Klavdij Sluban's "Nekje drugje Tukaj / Elsewhere Here" photomonograph, that accompany the actual exhibition in our gallery, was sold out at the end of May. That's why we've produced a 2nd, revised and expanded international edition in four languages - Slovenian, English, French and German. The book, featuring around 150 Sluban's photographs, is introduced by an expert text by Dr Marija Skočir, the curator of the exhibition and editor of the publication.
Dr Marija Skočir, Art Gallery Director and Curator of the Jakopič Gallery, will be among the 165 international experts in the field of photography taking part in this year's Photo Folio Review at the renowned French photography festival Les Rencontres d'Arles.
Photographer Blaž Gutman's project Seventy Years Ago Was Seven Minutes Ago made it onto the shortlist of 19 projects at Kranj Foto Fest 2024 out of 1,014 submissions from all over the world. He developed this intimate project about dementia also as part of the Photography Empowers masterclass with Susan Meiselas at the Jakopič Gallery. Congratulations!
Events
Jakopič Gallery
Being one of the central MGML galleries, the Jakopič Gallery is part of the vital developments in the field of contemporary art practices in the Slovenian capital and elsewhere. Its projects cover manifold fields within the visual as well as performance and multimedia art spectre. In the past decade, the gallery has been focusing on presenting globally acclaimed photographers (Roger Ballen, Lee Miller, Josef Koudelka and other Magnum photographers, Sebastião Salgado). Additional emphasis has been on thorough and retrospective exhibitions by renowned Slovenian photographers (Marko Modic, Damjan Gale, Tihomir Pinter, et al.), featuring their extensive, often lifelong oeuvres that had previously not been treated expertly as a whole.
Location
Slovenska cesta 9
1000 Ljubljana
Contact
T +386 1 42 54 096
T +386 1 24 12 500
E galerija.jakopic@mgml.si
Opening hours
Tuesday–Sunday: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Monday: Closed
1 January, 1 November, 25 December: Closed
24 and 31 December: 10. a.m.-2 p.m.
Tickets
Adults: 5 €
Students, people over the age of 60, unemployed, people with disabilities: 3 €
Family ticket: 12 €
ICOM, PRESS, SMD, students of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, VIST – Higher School of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering – OTGO, Faculty of Design: Admission free
Guided tours of the exhibition: every Saturday at 4.30 p.m. (included in the admission fee)
Join the Friends of the Jakopič Gallery. The € 12 annual membership fee includes numerous benefits and exclusive events. Click here for more information.