Exhibitions • MGML

Ljubljana

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Current

4. 2. 2025–16. 3. 2025

The internationally acclaimed and awarded photographer, photojournalist and documentary video/film maker Manca Juvan (b. 1981) presents her documentary art exhibition The Valley at the Match Gallery. It explores the impact of industrialization and industrial pollution in the middle Soča Valley in the broader context of everyday life and the beauty of nature.

Upcoming

Keiko Miyazaki Love Doesn't Pay the Rent

1. 4. 2025–11. 5. 2025

The solo exhibition Love Doesn't Pay the Rent by Japanese artist Keiko Miyazaki, who lives in Slovenia, reveals a personal ordeal of a woman torn between different cultural norms of two homelands. These contradicting norms have an impact on a partnership already burdened by the pressure of modern consumerism mixed with the ideology of ageism.

Upcoming

Lighting Guerrilla 2025

23. 5. 2025–24. 8. 2025

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 is in preparation, with a series of light installations taking over the areas in the immediate surroundings of our gallery and other locations around Ljubljana, while the Lighting Guerrilla Laboratory will also include a series of workshops aimed at artists, students of Ljubljana faculties and high school students.

Past exhibitions

John FeknerJust John ... And So On

10. 12. 2024–19. 1. 2025

John Fekner is considered one of the most "known-unknown" artists working in New York in the late 1970s and 1980s. He was part of the vibrant art scene of the time and exhibited with Don Leicht, Keith Haring, David Wojnarowicz, Jenny Holzer and others. Fekner's retrospective-documentary exhibition at the Match Gallery is the first solo presentation of his art in a public institution, which, interestingly, is located not far from the birthplace of the artist's father, Ivan Fekner, born in 1909 on Karlovška Street in Ljubljana.

Matej StupicaTerms

26. 9. 2024–17. 11. 2024

The Terms exhibition presents a multifaceted exploration of Matej Stupica’s artistic practices, which encompass a range of disciplines. It features the work of numerous co-creators, showcasing the collaborative nature of Stupica’s oeuvre.

You are welcome to visit the main festival exhibition at the Match Gallery until 1 September!

Lighting Guerrilla: Transformations

24. 5. 2024–1. 9. 2024

This year, the Lighting Guerrilla officially entered the age of adulthood - with the 18th edition of the festival, dedicated to the artistic exploration of the medium of light and considered to be a unique manifestation of this type in the local area. This year’s Lighting Guerrilla topic is Transformations; works selected thematise and reflect on different aspects of change and transformation that we are witnessing in our environment or in our lives.

Ljubljana Bows to Slovenia VIII

Tubolje

9. 4. 2024–12. 5. 2024

The focus of the eighth edition of the exhibition series Ljubljana Bows to Slovenia is on Zasavje. The exhibition with a title of broad relevance, Tubolje reveals the artistic potential and cultural influences of the local districts through the works of Boris Beja, Đejmi Hadrović, Maša Jazbec, Matic Kos, Milan Razboršek and Ulla Žibert.

The Miha ArtnakOwned

13. 2. 2024–24. 3. 2024

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.

Giovanni MorbinHybridizactions, from 1995 to the present

28. 11. 2023–21. 1. 2024

As a tribute to Ljubljana at the Match Gallery we host a retrospective exhibition of the Italian artist and performer Giovanni Morbin named Hybridizactions, from 1995 to the present. Since the beggining Morbin's artistic research has been linked to behaviour, and for him performance is the ideal tool to express ideas. In the 1990s, Morbin was a regular guest on the Ljubljana art scene and conceived and performed four Hybridizactions in the city, which later had a significant impact on his international artistic career. Morbin also prepared a new Hybridizaction 16, Evergreen for the exhibition in Ljubljana.

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