Promotion of the “Nine Views 20+” book dedicated to visual artist Dawor Preis
18 September at 7 pm
Cultural Information Centre (KIC) - KIC Cinema
Preradovićeva 5
Nikola Vrljić, The Siege of Oz
Exhibition in collaboration between Božidar Jakac Gallery – Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art from Kostanjevica and National Museum of Modern Art from Zagreb
Božidar Jakac Gallery – Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Kostanjevica na Krki 5 July - 25 August 2024
Exhibition opening: 5 July 2024, at 7 pm
The NMMA’s program “Art Under the Stars” on the occasion of 29th Educational Museum Action (EMA)
8 May 2024 at 7 pm at the Zagreb Observatory, Opatička 22
National Museum of Modern Art
19th September 2023
National Museum of Modern Art at the International seminar Aurélia de Souza
13th - 15th April 2023
Porto / Portugal
Artists Ljubo Babić and Mirko Rački in selected company in Udine
until 16th July 2023
Anabel Zanze’s exhibition “Letterocracy” opened at the Josip Račić Gallery
15th December 2022
Museum – education project 10 Schools / 10 Artists held at the NMMU
12th December 2022
Exhibitions of Ivo and Danko Friščić presented at a press conference
5th September 2022
On the „Museum Night”, visitors were guided by the Zagreb grammar school students through the exhibition „Nikola Mašić, a Noble Realist“ at the Modern Gallery
Due to the exceptional interest of the public, Nikola Mašić, a Noble Realist at the Zagreb Modern Gallery has been extended until 24th February 2019. This valuable and attractive exhibition – in the author’s concept of the MG museum consultant Dajana Vlaisavljević – featuring more than a hundred Mašić’s paintings, studies, drawings and archive material,…
Guided tours for general public at Modern Gallery from 12th February, Tuesdays at 5pm
Modern Gallery invites you to a guided tour of the exhibition „Nikola Mašić, a Noble Realist“ and the permanent exhibition of the MG. Guided tours are on Tuesdays at 5pm. Entrance fee is 20 HRK, whereas the guided tour is not additionally charged.
The Exhibition of photographs by Jagoda Buić „An Afternoon in Rabat“ opened at the Modern Gallery Studio “Josip Račić”
Ten years after the blue-white impressions of Jagoda Buić – a versatile artist who has achieve world fame through her sculptural tapestries – connected with Morocco premiered at the exhibition organized by the then ambassador of the Republic of Croatia in the Kingdom of Morocco, H.E. Darko Bekić, the Croatian public has the…
“History of art through touch and sound ” book was presented at Modern Gallery
On March 5th, the Modern Gallery presented its publishing project – the first art monograph whose objective is, through innovative methodology, to answer the needs for education and acquisition of knowledge in the history of art of the blind and visually impaired persons. Nataša Jovičić, a professor of art history and the…
„Sculptures in Glass“, an exhibition by Đurđica Horvat opened at the Modern Gallery Studio „Josip Račić“
At the Modern Gallery Studio „Josip Račić“, on 28th March, an exhibition was opened of glass sculptures by Đurđica Horvat, a ceramic artist and sculptor. A great number of visitors on this occasion were welcomed by Biserka Rauter Plančić, the director of Modern Gallery, who in her speech emphasized: This monographic exhibition contains…
Modern Gallery and Center for Autism mark the Wold Autism Awareness Day
On the occasion of the World Autism Awareness Day, the Center for Autism and Modern Gallery mark their successful collaboration by an appropriate educational programme and a permanent MG exhibition on 2nd and 9th April between 10 and 11am. Visits and programme are tailored to the needs of the visitors aiming at encouraging the perception…
The Croatian pavilion opened at the 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia
Croatia is presented at the 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia with the Traces of Disappearing (In Three Acts) exhibition by Igor Grubić, one of Croatia’s most prominent and most internationally renowned artists, conceived and authored by the renowned Greek curator Katerina Gregos. At the opening ceremony before countless…
The Italian Thema magazine published a review of Ivo Šebalj’s exhibition, A Painter’s Memento, mounted at the Modern Gallery on their website
The Italian Thema magazine specialising in architecture, sacral art and ecclesiastical cultural heritage published a review of Ivo Šebalj’s exhibition, A Painter’s Memento, mounted at the Modern Gallery on their website. https://www.themaprogetto.it/mostra-ivo-sebalj-painters-memento-nenad-fabijanic-galleria-moderna-zababria/
Matko Mijić winner of the annual Vladimir Nazor Award for his retrospective exhibition at the Modern Gallery in 2018
Matko Mijić is the winner of the annual Vladimir Nazor Award in the category of visual and applied arts for his retrospective Sculptures, Objects, Assemblages, Drawings… exhibition mounted at Zagreb’s Modern Gallery from 30th October to 25th November 2018. The concept of the exhibition has been authored by the art historian Margarita Sveštarov Šimat. Matko…
The Emblems of the Land of Rama exhibition by academic sculptor Petar Dolić opens at the Josip Račić Studio of the Modern Gallery
n The Emblems of the Land of Rama exhibition by academic sculptor Petar Dolić opens at the Josip Račić Studio of the Modern Gallery The 24th October saw the opening of the Emblems of the Land of Rama exhibition by academic painter Petar Dolić at the Josip Račić Studio of the…
The Guards’ Palace of Várkert Bazár in Budapest saw the opening of the Miroslav Kraljević, a Croatian Modernist, and Uzelac, Gecan and Trepše, Three of the Most Prominent Followers of Kraljević’s Legacy in Croatian Painting of the First Half of the 20th Century exhibition
The Guards’ Palace of Várkert Bazár in Budapest saw the opening of the Miroslav Kraljević, a Croatian Modernist, and Uzelac, Gecan and Trepše, Three of the Most Prominent Followers of Kraljević’s Legacy in Croatian Painting of the First Half of the 20th Century exhibition In one of the…
The National Museum of Modern Art after the earthquake
The initial inspection of the National Museum of Modern Art carried out after the severe earthquake that struck Zagreb on 22nd March reveals that no serious damage was caused. Our heart goes out to our colleagues at other museums who were less fortunate, as well as to all…
The National Museum of Modern Art to open to the public on Thursday, 7 May 2020
In recent months, we have been faced with restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the severe earthquake that struck Zagreb on 22 March. Like many buildings in Zagreb’s city centre, the building of the National Museum of Modern Art, the Vranyczany Palace, was also damaged by the earthquake. After the structure of the building…
President of the Republic of Croatia, Zoran Milanović, visited the National Museum of Modern Art
President of the Republic of Croatia, Zoran Milanović, was amongst the first to view painter Vatroslav Kuliš’s retrospective exhibition, with which the National Museum of Modern Art opened its doors to the public after almost two months of ‘isolation’ due to the coronavirus pandemic and the aftermath of the…
10 Schools – 10 Artists 2020, museum-education project
Between 23rd and 27th November, the National Museum of Modern Art is organising a museum-education project called 10 Schools – 10 Artists. The project was conceived 16 years ago by senior curator Ivana Rončević Elezović, with the aim of getting high school students to acquire new knowledge and develop a new relationship to both the…
A press conference held at the National Museum of Modern Art opening the Jerolim Miše: From Rebel to Bard exhibition
On 8th December, a press conference was held at the National Museum of Modern Art, at which a critical retrospective of the prominent Croatian painter Jerolim Miše was presented. The exhibition was set up by the National Museum of Modern Art in collaboration with the Museum of Fine Arts in Split in celebration of the…
Ina Drutter’s exhibition opened in the Sermage Palace of the Varaždin City Museum
On 10th February, the Varaždin City Museum set up Ina Drutter’s Enchanted exhibition in the exhibition hall of its Sermage Palace within the programme framework of this year’s series presenting Croatian artists. The thirty or so selected works in mixed-media on paper are part of a valuable donation made by Ina’s father, Isak Drutter, to…
Ina Drutter’s exhibition opened in the Sermage Palace of the Varaždin City Museum
On 10th February, the Varaždin City Museum set up Ina Drutter’s Enchanted exhibition in the exhibition hall of its Sermage Palace within the programme framework of this year’s series presenting Croatian artists. The thirty or so selected works in mixed-media on paper are part of a valuable donation made by Ina’s…
Second floor of the National Museum of Modern Art temporarily closed for viewing
The exhibition space on the second floor of the National Museum of Modern Art – where the first part of the new chronological setup of the museum’s collections covering the period between 1850 and 1935 was presented in early February – will be closed to the public from 30th March to 8th April 2021 due…
Ties That Bind – Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb and Slovenian Artists Between the Two Wars
At a press conference held on 20th April at the National Museum of Modern Art in Zagreb, the Ties That Bind – Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb and Slovenian Artists Between the Two Wars exhibition was presented. The exhibition is the result of collaboration between the National Museum of Modern Art in Zagreb, the…
The exhibition Josip Klarica, Light in Silver and Gold – In memoriam was presented at the press conference at the National Museum of Modern Art
The exhibition Josip Klarica, Light in Silver and Gold – In memoriam was presented at the press conference held on 14 September, at the National Museum of Modern Art. Branko Franceschi, director of the NMMA and author of the exhibition and set-up, presented, in the presence…
American literary and cultural historian Leo Marx, author of the book “The Machine in the Garden – Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America”, which the exhibition The Machine in the Garden at the NMMA owes its title to, has died
“The Machine in the Garden” exhibition at the NMMA, curated by Klaudijo Štefančić owes its title to the book of the American literary and cultural historian Leo Marx “The Machine in the Garden - Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America”, who has died on 8 March at the age of 102. Professor Marx’s reaction…
Happy Easter!
17th April 2022
Book promotion Željko Kipke → [112]
Book promotion Željko Kipke → [112] Published by: Durieux and NMMA Wed, 13 April 2022 at 12 hr NMMA, Hebrangova 1, Zagreb Along with the author Željko Kipke, the book was presented by art critic Vanja Babić and NMMA director Branko Franceschi In the form of a lexicon with 112 terms, the book comprises and…
World Autism Awareness Day at the NMMA
On 6 April, the National Museum of Modern Art, in collaboration with the Centre for Autism, has marked the World Autism Awareness Day. A group of adult users from the Centre for Autism, accompanied by professional staff, participated in a guided tour and art workshop at the exhibition “Machine in the Garden”. Guided tour through…
Josip Račić Gallery is currently showing Katarina Alamat Kusijanović’s exhibition Measure
After a two-year hiatus on account of epidemiological measures, the National Museum of Modern Art is pleased to announce the resumption of public exhibition openings. The exhibition of contemporary Dubrovnik artist Katarina Alamat Kusijanović, titled “Measure” was opened on 7 April at the NMMA’s Josip Račić Gallery. The exhibition, conceived by art historian and critic…
Virtual concert of Sandra Halužan and Bojan Skočilić at the NMMU
27 February 2022
Merry Christmas and prosperous New Year 2022!
24 December 2022
XXXVI FIDEM – International Contemporary Art Medal Exhibition – Tokyo
2 -16 December 2021
Press conference held at the National Museum of Modern Art concerning the topic of “Renovation of the Vranyczany-Dobrinović Palace or stifling three cultural institutions with public money?”
On 11 November, Branko Franceschi, director of the National Museum of Modern Art and Biserka Rauter Plančić, the former long-term director of the Modern Gallery, as the Museum was known then, held a press conference at the National Museum of Modern Art concerning the topic of “Renovation of the Vranyczany-Dobrinović Palace or stifling…
Presentation of the monograph by the academic painter Vesna Šojat in the Palace of the Croatian Motherland
U Palači Matice hrvatske na Strossmayerovom trgu u Zagrebu, 27. rujna 2021. u podne, održat će se predstavljanje monografije akademske slikarice Vesne Šojat. Bogato ilustriranu publikaciju u izdanju Skaner studija iz Zagreba i suizdanju Nacionalnog muzeja moderne umjetnosti tom će prigodom prezentirati direktor Skaner studija Dragi Savićević, urednik monografije Željko Brguljan te likovni kritičar Feđa Gavrilović,…
Rarissima from the Sculpture Collection of the Modern Gallery at the Art Gallery of the Croatian Cultural Centre – King Tomislav Foundation in Čapljina
On Saturday, 21st September, at the Art Gallery of the Croatian Cultural Centre – King Tomislav Foundation in Čapljina, an exhibition featuring the most prominent works from the Sculpture Collection of the Modern Gallery in Zagreb was opened. For the occasion, Biserka Rauter Plančić, author of the exhibition concept and…
Sculptural Works from the Rybak – Magjer Donation exhibition opened at the Josip Račić Studio of the Modern Gallery
On 11th July, at the Josip Račić Studio of the Modern Gallery, the Sculptural Works from the Rybak – Magjer Donation exhibition from the holdings of the Modern Gallery was officially opened. This was the first time that visitors – including Ms Dora Budić, the daughter of the beneficiary of the…
Ljubo De Karina’s exhibition at the Josip Račić Studio of the Modern Gallery opened
On 23rd May at the Josip Račić Studio of the Modern Gallery, the monographic exhibition of the sculptural works of the doyen of sculpture, Ljubo de Karina, was opened. At the opening ceremony, visitors were greeted by Biserka Rauter Plančić, Director of the Modern Gallery and author of the exhibition. The…