Events

Exhibitions

Maria Bonomi: Printmaking Forever 16 Jun - 29 Oct, Jakopič Gallery As part of the Biennial of Graphic Arts, the gallery presents an overview exhibition of one of the most important representatives of Brazilian contemporary art and culture as well as an internationally renowned artist, Maria Bonomi. Her work is, regardless of its content, deeply personal and always optimistic, filled with enthusiasm, curiosity and joy for life. Her prints are expressive, yet defined by fragility and apparent simplicity. The art language of Mara Bonomi is one of woodcuts, with an emphasis on special treatment of the three-dimensional matrix, although she also employs lithography, serigraphy and digital image manipulation. She is an advocate of communicative and collaborative art and her prints articulate intelligence and sensibility. Saturdays at 16:30 guided tours in English. Open: 10:00 - 18:00. Closed: Mondays

Ljubljana, a City With Plečnik’s Signature 15 Jun - 7 Nov, Tivoli park, Jakopič’s promenade Ljubljana without Plečnik’s architecture is hard to imagine today, but that is how it looked in the 1920s, when Slovenia’s greatest architect began realising his masterful projects. The exhibition presents archival photographs by Peter Naglič, a precious testimony of the time when Plečnik’s Ljubljana was being created. To contrast the archival photographs, the other side of the Jakopič Promenade displays contemporary photographs by Matevž Paternoster, which unveil new perspectives of Plečnik’s artworks. Afghanistan - Slovene Views 25 May – 30 Mar 2018, Slovene Ethnographic Museum The exhibition reveals the rich history and diverse cultural heritage of Afghanistan, and presents the way of life there in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The exhibition

The 32nd edition of the Biennial of Graphic Arts is on display at MGLC - International Centre of Graphic Arts and in the newly renovated Švicerija Creative Centre. In addition to the main exhibition Birth as Criterion, the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts also presents the traditional exhibition of the winner of the Grand Prize of the previous Biennial, this time Ištvan Išt Huzjan , a presentation of work by Peter Gidal , winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award of the 31st Biennial, a project by the winner of the Audience Award of the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts, Meta Grgurevič , a Maria Bonomi retrospective at the Jakopič Gallery, as well as a vibrant discursive programme with an international symposium. Locations: Švicarija Creative Centre and MGLC - International Centre of Graphic Arts

The 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as Criterion 16 Jun - 29 Oct, various venues

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