Events

HIDE AND SEEK – WORKSHOP FOR ADULTS IN ENGLISH

17.05.2025. - 17.05.2025. / MSU

Saturday, May 17, 2025, at 4:00 PM

As part of Andreja Kulunčić’s exhibition To Make the World a Better Place, curator Anca Verona Mihuleţ will lead a workshop titled Hide and Seek for adults, taking place on Saturday, May 17, at 4:00 PM. The workshop will be held in English.

GAMELAN – INDONESIAN MUSIC WORKSHOP

16.05.2025. - 16.05.2025. / MSU

May 16, 2025 / Exhibition To Make the World a Better Place – MIGRATION section

One of the five sections of Andreja Kulunčić’s exhibition, To Make the World a Better Place, is dedicated to the theme of migration. This section will feature a music workshop at the Museum of Contemporary Art, led by ethnomusicologist and musician Julija Novosel. The first session of the workshop will take place on Friday, May 16, starting at 6 PM, and is open to all interested participants – no registration is required.       

Exhibition Programme: ANDREJA KULUNČIĆ: MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE

16.05.2025. - 12.10.2025. / MSU

In anticipation of the opening of ANDREJA KULUNČIĆ: MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE, we present a preliminary list of accompanying events, organized into several thematic sections.
All events are free with exhibition admission!

TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE – PANEL DISCUSSION

16.05.2025. - 16.05.2025. / MSU, 1. i 2. kat povremenih izložbi

May 16, 2025 – May 16, 2025 / Exhibition To Make the World a Better Place – Section: TRAUMA

Upon the opening of Andreja Kulunčić's exhibition Making the World a Better Place, a panel discussion will occur at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb. Curators and collaborators of the artist, who were also involved in this exhibition, will gather to reflect on the role of art in society and the potential for social change that art can inspire.

We Build Together: L’Internationale at MSU / Lecture by Manuel Borja-Villel and Panel Discussion

14.05.2025. - 14.05.2025. / Dvorana Gorgona

As part of the international project Museum of the Commons, which brings together museum professionals, researchers, artists, and activists from across Europe under the umbrella of L’Internationale, and on the occasion of their arrival in Zagreb, the Museum of Contemporary Art is organising two public events on 14 May 2025 – a lecture by Manuel Borja-Villel and a roundtable discussion in Gorgona Hall.

THE ART OF RESISTANCE PANEL

09.05.2025. - 09.05.2025. / Školica

On Friday, May 9th from 10 am to 2 pm, the MSU Školica hall will host a panel discussion titled The Arts of Resistance, organized as part of the project of the same name and the exhibition presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb from May 8 to June 21, 2025. The project The Arts of Resistance (TAoR) or in Croatian, The Arts of Resistance, initiated by Ruth Anderwald + Leonhard Grond from the HASENHERZ art organization, aims to uncover the connections between historical, cultural, social, political and physical resistance against fascism through a co-creative approach. This approach includes historical research, art workshops and discussions 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 Braunschweig University of the Arts under the leadership of prof. Martin Krenn, and a publication.

Prof. Dr. Regina Bittner: In the fabric of Bauhaus Narratives

06.02.2025. - 06.02.2025. / Dvorana Gorgona

The starting point of the lecture by Prof. Dr. Regina Bittner is Ivana Tomljenovic's film bauhaus in 57 sec, a unique document of life at the Bauhaus at the end of the 1920s and is now part of the MSU Zagreb collection. The Zagreb-born student found an experimental learning environment at the Bauhaus Dessau, which promised an alternative to training at traditional art academies. Her fellow student Otti Berger, also from Croatia, shared this experience and spoke of “institions of dead conventions” in an interview in the Bauhaus magazine in 1929. This snapshot of the memories of these two Bauhaus women forms the starting point for reflections on historiographies of the avant-garde school. 

Presentation of the monograph Ivan Picelj

30.01.2025. - 30.01.2025. / Dvorana Gorgona

The Museum of Contemporary Art is proud to announce the presentation of a monograph dedicated to the life and work of Ivan Picelj (1924-2011), one of the most significant and influential Croatian artists of the second half of the 20^th century. Picelj’s art has left an indelible mark on the Croatian art scene, particularly through his promotion of abstract art in the early 1950s. During the 1960s, Picelj was a member of the group of artists who exhibited at the New Tendencies exhibitions, introducing constructivist and kinetic art. Deeply committed to his vision, Picelj sought to achieve active art – as articulated in his 1962 manifesto – art that interacts with and influences all aspects of life.

ANTISEZONA 24 BLOCK 5 - NOMAD DANCE ADVOCACY: CHOREOGRAPHIC CONVENTION - BODIES IN FREE FALL

19.11.2024. - 23.11.2024. / MSU, TALA PLE(j)S

ANTISEZONA 24 BLOCK- NOMAD DANCE ADVOCACY: CHOREOGRAPHIC CONVENTION - BODIES IN FREE FALL, which takes place from 19 to 23 November in various locations in Zagreb, is a partnership between ANTISEZONA and the regional network Nomad Dance Academy, and a part of the EU project Life Long Burning 3 – Futures Lost and Found.

KINO NA RUBU - Block 3# Anthropological film experiments

30.10.2024. - 30.10.2024. / Dvorana Gorgona

The film program Kino na rubu presents filmmakers who work on the edge of the film genre, crossing through experimental, animated, documentary and feature films. "Kino na rubu” screens films with strong author procedures and techniques, a free narrative approach, diversity of artistic expressions and media, and high creative standards in expressing film visions. The program is delivered in five thematic blocks throughout the year. Each block comprises film screenings and talks.