Excursion to Zagreb, Croatia

« Curating–In–Depth

13th May 2015

In Zagreb Antonia Letinić, editor-in-chief of the online publication Kulturpunkt.hr, will prepare a tailored made visiting program of main contemporary art insititutions, museums and galleries. Antonija Letinić will as well present KURZIV – Platform for Matters of Culture, Media and Society, Kulturpunkt’s Journalistic School ‘World of Art’ and programme Criticism – Past, Present, Future. This will allow an insight into the vision and current trends in Croatia and will act as a networking opportunity.

PROGRAMME

9 am: Departure from Ljubljana

10 am: Bauhaus – Networking Ideas and Practice (BAUNET), Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb

The exhibition Bauhaus – Networking of Ideas and Practice (BAUNET) will present the oeuvres of artists, architects and designers from Croatia and the region who studied at the Bauhaus, the most influential international school: Otti Berger, architect Gustav Bohutinsky and Ivana Tomljenović Meller from Croatia, Avgust Černigoj from Slovenia, and architect Selman Selmanagić from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Apart from the students’ works, the works of their professors, renowned artists who lectured and led workshops at the Bauhaus, will also be presented: Marcel Breuer, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Hannes Meyer, Lászlo Moholy-Nagy, and Oskar Schlemmer. The exhibition will also include the concepts and educational methods of the School.

COLLECTION IN MOTIONMuseum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb

“Wishing to re-define the semantic potential of the term permanent display and make the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art accessible at one single display point, in the new museum building by architect Igor Franić, we have coined a new term: Collection in Motion”

3 pm: Lunch Break

4.30 pm: Arte Útil, Galerija Nova

7 pm: Richard Seymour: Neoliberal State, lecture, Subversive Film Festival, Kino Evropa

9.30 pm: Return to Ljubljana