News

Selected candidate for international artist residency

20.05.2026.

More than 200 applications from different parts of the world were submitted to the international residency programme developed within Meeting Point and Museum of the Commons. Following the selection process, Giacomo Zaganelli was chosen as the resident artist whose practice most strongly resonated with the values and direction of the programme.

PERMANENT DISPLAY COMING SOON: FLOWERS – NON-FLOWERS – SOMETHING THIRD

04.05.2026.

The Museum of Contemporary Art will soon present the fourth segment of the permanent display Collection as a Verb, an exhibition section that continues to explore the idea of multiple narratives and fluid transitions between them.
Drawing on artistic practices that have been clearly articulated on the local scene since the 1970s through the programmes of the former Contemporary Art Gallery (today MSU), this segment emphasizes the key role of the institution and its actors in shaping a new generation of artists, particularly female artists.

Through curatorial visions and the support of directors such as Marijan Susovski and Davor Matičević, as well as curator Želimir Koščević, the scene evolved towards a more open and experimental exhibition model. Group and solo exhibitions, including those engaging public space, enabled the affirmation of new artistic voices and the transavantgarde tendencies of the 1980s.

Cultural Workers of L’Internationale mark Earth Day through Climate Action

22.04.2026.

On 22 April 2026, we the cultural workers of L’Internationale, a European confederation of museums, universities and arts organisations, are marking Earth Day with a call to action and a statement of support to our friends, allies and comrades from the global climate movement.

OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTIC RESIDENCY

02.03.2026.

September – October 2026 | Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb

Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb invites artists to apply for the international one-month residency, planned to be held from 20 September to 20 October 2026. The residency will take place within the project Meeting Point and the international programme Museum of the Commons within the L’Internationale network.

Call for Abstracts 2nd International Scientific Conference Multidisciplinary Research on Cultural Heritage (MRCH 2025)

22.01.2025.

** The deadline for submitting abstracts for the 2nd International Scientific Conference Multidisciplinary Research on Cultural Heritage (MRCH 2025), Zagreb, 24–26 September 2025 has been extended  to  April 1, 2025. **

Call for Abstracts
2^nd International Scientific Conference
Multidisciplinary Research on Cultural Heritage (MRCH 2025)
Zagreb, 24–26 September 2025

Organisers: Croatian State Archives, University of Zagreb – Faculty of Graphic Arts, Museum of Contemporary Art

Co-organisers: University of Zagreb – Faculty of Textile Technology, Library of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, ICARUS (International Centre for Archival Research), ERC-BP (European Research Centre for Book and Paper Conservation-Restoration), IIC (The International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works) – Croatian group.

The conference is held under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia.

THE ARTS OF RESISTANCE EXCHANGE WEEK

25.10.2024.

24/08/2024 - 02/09/2024

The Arts of Resistance (TAoR) project, initiated by Ruth Anderwald and Leonhard Grond from the art organization HASENHERZ, aims to reveal the links between historical, cultural, social, political and physical ecologies of resistance to fascism through a co-creative approach. Such an approach includes historical research, art workshops and talks with experts, and an international youth exchange at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, an exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb, art in public space presented in collaboration with schools and the University of Arts in Braunschweig, and a publication.

New Research and Publishing Platform at internationaleonline.org

06.03.2024.

Ten years since its inception, L’Internationale Online launches its new research and publishing platform at internationaleonline.org. The platform includes over 200 long reads, opinion pieces and artist contributions on urgent cultural and political debates from some of the world’s leading thinkers and practitioners, all available in PDF in reader formats. Over forty publications, produced by the confederation are available for free download.  

Vesna Meštrić - the new Director of the MSU

25.01.2024.

Upon proposal of the Management Board of the MSU, mayor Tomislav Tomašević has appointed Vesna Meštrić as the new Director of the MSU for a four-year term starting on 1 March 2024. The proposal of the Management Board, which was passed unanimously, states that Vesna Meštrić has formed collaborations through her years-long work at the Museum with numerous artists, curators and authors from different social and artistic fields, as well as with related institutions from Croatia and abroad, and actualised many domestic and international exhibition projects.    

Proposal of the Management Board for the appointment of a new director of the Museum of Contemporary Art

11.01.2022.

Following a tender for selection and appointment of a director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Management Board proposes to the founder, the City of Zagreb, the appointment of Zdenka Badovinac, an internationally renowned curator and former Director of the museum of modern art Moderna Galerija in Ljubljana.

THE BEAM UP PROJECT FORUM MSU ZAGREB 07/07/2021

19.07.2021.

As part of the European project BEAM UP, the Museum of Contemporary Art held a forum on the adaptation of cultural and artistic content to the blind and visually impaired