Moderna galerija / Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana plus Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova

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Moderna galerija / Muzej moderne umetnosti Ljubljana plus Muzej sodobne umetnosti Metelkova

Cankarjeva 15, SI-1000 Ljubljana

http://www.mg-lj.si

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Phone386 (0) 1 241 6825, 386 (0) 1 241 6834

Founded byGovernment of the Republic of Slovenia

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Upcoming events

9 May 2026

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22 Nov 2026

ItalyVeniceArsenaleLa Biennale di Venezia International Art Exhibition

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Slovenian Pavillion features the exhibition "Soundtrack for an Invisible House" presenting Nonument Group (Neja Tomšič, Martin Bricelj Baraga, Nika Grabar, Miloš Kosec) curated by Nataša Petrešin-Bachelez and comissioned by Martina Vovk.

Produced by: Ministry of Culture.

Organized by: Moderna galerija / Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana plus Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova.

Past events

20 Apr 2024

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24 Nov 2024

ItalyVeniceCastello 1254, Serra dei Giardini, Viale GaribaldiLa Biennale di Venezia International Art Exhibition

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"Garden Secret for You", a project by the conceptual artist Nika Špan, curated by Vladimir Vidmar, Moderna galerija / Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana plus Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova. The biennial theme "Foreignes everywhere" by curator Adriano Pedrosa. Supported by the Ministry of Culture.

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21 Apr 2022

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27 Nov 2022

ItalyVeniceArsenaleLa Biennale di Venezia International Art Exhibition

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Without a Master, a series of paintings by Marko Jakše, curated by Robert Simonišek, Moderna galerija / Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana plus Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, and supported by the Ministry of Culture

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5 May 2021

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12 Sep 2021

ItalyRomeMAXXI, The National Museum of 21st Century Arts

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A group exhibition Bigger than Myself. Heroic Voices from ex Yugoslavia, curated by Zdenka Badovinac (Moderna galerija / Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana plus Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova), associate curator Giulia Ferracci,

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20th Century / Continuities and Ruptures, a permanent display of the selected works from the Moderna galerija collection, 2011

Up to 2011 the Moderna galerija (MG), established in 1948 in Ljubljana, has been the central national institution for modern and contemporary art. Since November 2011 the national institution consists of two venues - Moderna galerija (MG) and the Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova (MSUM) that opened in a new space in the cultural quarter at Metelkova. The Moderna galerija / Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana plus Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova has also an abbreviated form MG+MSUM standing for Moderna galerija plus Muzej sodobne umetnosti.

All information about the background and the current activities of the two locations are available in the articles about individual museums.

See also

• Moderna galerija (MG)
• Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova (MSUM)
• Museum of Modern Art Library
• Modern Art Archive, Museum of Modern Art
  • Raz_Ume Database of artists and exhibitions of the 20th and 21st century
  • Web Museum
• Museum of Modern Art Photo Archive
• U3 Triennial of Contemporary Slovene Arts
• Igor Zabel Association for Culture and Theory

External links

• MG+MSUM website

References

• Interview with director Zdenka Badovinac in ARTMargins

Gallery

U3. 2nd Triennial of Contemporary Slovene Art, Installation view of Matej Andraž Vogrinčič Streetwear, 1997, curator Peter Weibel, 1997-1998

Installation view of Selected Works of Slovene Artists from the Museum of Modern Art Collections 1950-2000, Permanent Display, 2001-2006

Panorama installation view of Zoran Mušič in Public and Private Collections in Slovenia, curator Breda Ilich Klančnik, 2009-2010

The building of the former barracks at the museum quarter before renovation, the future home of the Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, 2009