Exhibitions

Possibilities for ’24 – Marta Katavić: Where Every Ordinary Activity Is Extraordinary

04.07.2024. - 18.08.2024. / MSU, Black Box

In the fourth year of implementing the Possibilities project, we are presenting the exhibition Where Every Ordinary Activity Is Extraordinary by painter Marta Katavić. The Possibilities project was launched by the MSU curator Leila Topić in association with Zagreb’s Academy of Fine Arts with the aim of strengthening the exchange of knowledge and making new relationships between curators, artists and audience, making it easier for up-and-coming artists to remain in the professional field. The members of this year’s work group, which decided on the selection of artists in deliberative conversations and discussions, are Ivan Slipčević, Josip Zanki and Vlasta Žanić, professors at the Academy of Fine Arts, young independent curator Renata Šparada, and MSU curator and concept author Leila Topić.

Goran Trbuljak If I Were an Artist, I Would Be a Genius*

02.07.2024. - 08.09.2024. / MSU, 1. i 2. kat povremenih izložbi

Goran Trbuljak, one of Croatia’s most significant conceptual artists, has never entered the new building of the MSU until this exhibition. Following a re-invitation to hold an exhibition, he decided to accept it, but only after thoroughly elaborating his ‘pro’ and ‘con’ arguments with a text which he self-published last year: “Some thoughts and doubts on the topic of my current and potential future relationship with the Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb”.

Mutual Presence

19.06.2024. - 02.08.2024. / Galerija Art&CeRZe

For the first time, the exhibition Mutual Presence will showcase works by artists from the Collection of Outsider Art of the Museum of Contemporary Art alongside the works of artists with intellectual disabilities who are active within the inclusive gallery Art & CeRZe, Centre for Rehabilitation Zagreb. Although it is still not fully socially accepted in our country to exhibit artists without formal art education, let alone the artists who are users of the Rehabilitation Centre, within conventional exhibition spaces, this exhibition aims to show that art has always pushed boundaries, both in the perception of art itself, as well as in the acceptance of diversity.

IZBLIZA / UP CLOSE Preservation, Protection, and Conservation-Restoration of Contemporary Artworks

28.05.2024. - 25.08.2024. / MSU, 3. kat

The exhibition Up Close offers a new approach to modern and contemporary heritage. It presents visitors with a “behind-the-scenes” look at the processes of research, protection, and conservation-restoration of selected works from the holdings of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb (MSU), the Museum of Modern Art in Ljubljana (MG+MSUM), the Božidar Jakac Gallery in Kostanjevica na Krki, and the Vasko Lipovac Atelier in Split.

Women to Women Collective: The soil remembers. Do you?

28.03.2024. - 01.09.2024. / MSU, 1. kat

المثارات : التراب يذكر .  هل أنت؟

محرک ها: خاک به یاد می آورد.  آیا تو؟

The Soil Remembers. Do You? is a project from the Triggers series with which we present the work, the commemorative action of the Women to Women collective. The project was inspired by the piece Observers by Ivana Popović from the Museum of Contemporary Art Collections, consisting of a large number of small human heads in clay, different in form, but sharing one coherent component – expressive eyes.

The exhibition “Futures”

04.04.2023. - 31.12.2024. / MSU, 2. kat

The two main views of the future are often mutually exclusive; the first is based on progressive advancement and growth, while the other one sees this advancement and growth as a threat to the planet and all living beings. Already from these different views, we can conclude that the future before us is not a single one; rather, there are several possible futures and hence, we do not speak of a “future,” but rather of the “futures.” 

Comradeship / Collection as a Verb

07.07.2022. - 31.12.2024. / MSU, 1. kat

'Comradeship' exhibition is the second in a series called Collection as a Verb, which we are doing as a team, to redefine the concept of a museum and the social context in which it is located. After the the first exhibition – 'Sad Songs of War', about war and violence, 'Comradeship' opens up the themes of solidarity and compassion, the role of art and museums in improving the world. The word 'camaraderie' has the same root as society, and comrades are connected by affection, cooperation, connection with an idea or work.

That's why 'Comradeship' presents works from the collections of Museum's art collectives, as well as works by artists realized in cooperation with various communities. Ranging from today's canonized neo-avant-garde to recent participatory research, 24 artists and art collectives show the innovative ways in which they can contribute to change, and even improvement, both for individuals and communities. 

Sad Songs of War / Collection as a Verb

05.04.2022. - 31.12.2024. / MSU, 1. kat

The first sequence of presenting works from the fundus of the Museum is conceived as an answer to the current situation. It is a desire to express solidarity and empathy with the country undergoing a tragedy similar to that which is still fresh in our memory. The exhibition was named after the sound work by the Lithuanian artist, Deimantas Narkevičius, produced in 2014 in the period of the first protests, unrests, and plights in The Ukraine, on the Independence Square in Kyiv.