Igor Zabel Association for Culture and Theory

07/10/2025

01/10/2025

"Kustos in teoretik (čeprav se je sam nerad tako opredeljeval) Igor Zabel ostaja v spominu slovenskega umetnostnega prostora priljubljena osebnost, njegova odsotnost pa ostaja vpisana v naši skupni zavesti. Čeprav je ključno opredelil premik umetnostne paradigme v slovenskem okolju proti sodobnosti, je s svojim angažmajem nastopal kot povezovalna figura in v svoji praksi prepletal različna umetnostnozgodovinska obdobja in umetniške prijeme, pri čemer je bil zmožen tvoriti produktivne povezave tudi med umetniškimi praksami, ki na videz nimajo istih kontekstov."

Vabljeni k branju prispevka o razstavi 𝑵𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒛𝒍𝒐𝒛̌𝒍𝒋𝒊𝒗𝒂 𝒐𝒅𝒔𝒐𝒕𝒏𝒐𝒔𝒕. 𝑷𝒐 𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒉 𝒌𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒌𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒌𝒔𝒆 𝑰𝒈𝒐𝒓𝒋𝒂 𝒁𝒂𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒂, ki je v Moderna galerija v Ljubljani brezplačno na ogled do 15. decembra.

'Nerazložljiva odsotnost. Po sledeh kuratorske prakse Igorja Zabela' je naslov, pod katerim so v Moderni galeriji pripravili razstavo ob 20-letnici prezgodnje smrti tega umetnostnega zgodovinarja, kustosa in vsestranskega intelektualca.

26/09/2025

V sredo smo v sodelovanju z Moderno galerijo v Ljubljani otvorili razstavo 𝑵𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒛𝒍𝒐𝒛̌𝒍𝒋𝒊𝒗𝒂 𝒐𝒅𝒔𝒐𝒕𝒏𝒐𝒔𝒕. 𝑷𝒐 𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒉 𝒌𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒌𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒌𝒔𝒆 𝑰𝒈𝒐𝒓𝒋𝒂 𝒁𝒂𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒂, s katero obeležujemo dvajsetletnico Zabelove smrti.

Ogled razstave, ki traja do 15. decembra, je brezplačen. Vabljeni!

Več o razstavi: https://igorzabel.org/sl/novice/2025/Nerazlozljiva%20odsotnost

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On Wednesday, we opened the exhibition 𝑰𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝑨𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆. 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑰𝒈𝒐𝒓 𝒁𝒂𝒃𝒆𝒍’𝒔 𝑪𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆 in collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art in Ljubljana. With the exhibition we are marking the twentieth anniversary of Zabel’s death.

The exhibition, which runs until December 15, is free of charge. Welcome!

More on the exhibition: https://igorzabel.org/en/news/2025/Inexplicable%20Absence

Z / with: Moderna galerija
📸 Asiana Jurca Avci

24/09/2025

[Na današnji dan / On this day]

Na današnji dan leta 2000 se je v Ljubljani zaključila odmevna razstava “Arteast 2000+ Collection: Umetnost Vzhodne Evrope v dialogu z Zahodom od 1960. let do danes”. Kustosinja razstave, Zdenka Badovinac, je nastajajočo mednarodno zbirko Arteast 2000+ javnosti prvič predstavila v še neobnovljeni stavbi nekdanje vojašnice na Metelkovi, v kateri danes domuje Muzej sodobne umetnosti Metelkova. Pri nastajanju zbirke je kot svetovalec - skupaj z Viktorjem Misianom, Piotrom Piotrowskim in Haraldom Szeemanom - sodeloval tudi Igor Zabel.

Predstavitev zbirke Arteast 2000+, ki so jo v ljubljanski Moderni galeriji začeli oblikovati v 1990-ih, je s spremnim katalogom ponudila obsežen pregled umetnosti širše srednje- in vzhodnoevropske regije ter obenem kritično odpirala vprašanja o mednarodnem umetnostnem sistemu. Razstava je predstavila dela 85 umetnikov in umetniških kolektivov, med njimi najpomembnejše predstavnike vzhodnoevropske avantgarde in številne ugledne umetnike z Zahoda, kot so Joseph Beuys, Jenny Holzer, Anish Kapoor in Lawrence Weiner.

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On this day in 2000, the major exhibition “Arteast 2000+ Collection: The Art of Eastern Europe in Dialogue with the West from the 1960s to the Present” closed in Ljubljana. The exhibition curator, Zdenka Badovinac presented the emerging international collection Arteast 2000+ to the public for the first time in the still-unrenovated building of the former army barracks in Metelkova, which today houses the Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova. Igor Zabel also participated in the shaping of the collection as a consultant, along with Viktor Misiano, Piotr Piotrowski, and Harald Szeemann.

The presentation of the Arteast 2000+ collection, which began to be formed at the Moderna galerija in Ljubljana in the 1990s, and its accompanying catalogue offered a comprehensive overview of art from the wider Central and Eastern European region, and at the same time critically raised questions about the broader international art system. The exhibition presented the works by 85 artists and art collectives, including the most important representatives of the Eastern European avant-garde and many prominent artists from the West, such as Joseph Beuys, Jenny Holzer, Anish Kapoor, and Lawrence Weiner.

Fotografije / Photos: Matija Pavlovec, Lado Mlekuž. Z dovoljenjem Moderne galerije, Ljubljana / Courtesy of Moderna galerija, Ljubljana.

08/09/2025

❗Just a few days left to apply for Artist-in-Residence programme at MQ – MuseumsQuartier Wien❗

Deadline: 14 September 2025

More info: https://igorzabel.org/en/news/2025/AiR-MQ-Vienna-2026

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❗Le še nekaj dni za prijavo na rezidenco v dunajski Muzejski četrti❗

Rok za prijavo: 14. september 2025

Več informacij: https://igorzabel.org/sl/novice/2025/AiR-MQ-Dunaj-2026

Vabljeni k prijavi za rezidenco na Dunaju, ki je namenjena umetnikom, kuratorjem in teoretikom iz Češke, Hrvaške, Madžarske, Romunije, Slovaške, Slovenije in Ukrajine, aktivnim na področju sodobne vizualne umetnosti.

27/08/2025

[Javni poziv / Open call]

Ne pozabite na rok za prijavo na rezidenco v dunajski Muzejski četrti, ki je namenjena umetnikom, kuratorjem in teoretikom iz Slovenije, Češke, Hrvaške, Madžarske, Romunije, Slovaške in Ukrajine, aktivnim na področju sodobne vizualne umetnosti!

🗓️ Rok za prijavo: 14. september 2025

🔗Več informacij: https://igorzabel.org/sl/novice/2025/AiR-MQ-Dunaj-2026

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Don't miss the deadline for the open call for the Artist-in-Residence programme in Vienna (MQ – MuseumsQuartier Wien), aimed at artists, curators, and theoreticians from Slovenia, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, the Slovak Republic, and Ukraine working in the field of contemporary visual art!

🗓️ Deadline: 14 September 2025

🔗More info: https://igorzabel.org/en/news/2025/AiR-MQ-Vienna-2026

V sodelovanju z / In collaboration with: ERSTE Foundation, tranzit.at, tranzit.cz, tranzit.hu, tranzit.ro, Kontakt Collection / WHW Akademija

Join the open call for the Artist-in-Residence programme aimed for artists, curators, and theoreticians from Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine working in the field of contemporary visual art. 

21/08/2025

[Na današnji dan / On this day]

Na današnji dan pred petindvajsetimi leti so v Moderni galeriji v Ljubljani odprli razstavo “Vidiki minimalnega: Minimalizem v slovenski umetnosti 1968–1980”, ki jo je kuriral Igor Zabel. Kot je zapisal v spremnem katalogu, “minimalizma v ‘čisti’ ali celo konceptualno in programatsko utemeljeni obliki v slovenski umetnosti skorajda ne najdemo.” Kot še poudarja, je problematika, ki jo odpira minimalizem, v slovenski umetnosti praviloma nastopala v kontekstu z drugimi umetniškimi vprašanji in tendencami - predvsem glede statusa umetniškega dela oz. medija. Vidike minimalizma v obravnavanem obdobju je tako predstavil skozi dela Neokonstruktivistov (Toneta Lapajne in Dragice Čadež), skupine OHO, Tuga Šušnika, Andreja Jemca, Gustava Gnamuša, Lojzeta Logarja, Luja Vodopivca, Dube Sambolec in Matjaža Počivavška.

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Today, twenty-five years ago, the exhibition entitled “Aspects of the Minimal: Minimalism in Slovenian Art 1968–1980”, curated by Igor Zabel, opened at the Moderna galerija in Ljubljana. As Zabel wrote in the accompanying catalogue, “minimalism in a ‘pure’ or even conceptually and programmatically based form is almost impossible to find in Slovenian art.” As he emphasizes, the issues raised by minimalism have had in Slovenian art generally appeared in the context of other artistic issues and tendencies - primarily regarding the status of the work of art or art medium. He presented aspects of minimalism in the period under consideration through the works of the Neo-constructivists (Tone Lapajne and Dragica Čadež), the group OHO, Tugo Šušnik, Andrej Jemec, Gustav Gnamuš, Lojze Logar, Lujo Vodopivec, Duba Sambolec, and Matjaž Počivavšek.

Fotografije / Photographs: Matija Pavlovec. Z dovoljenjem Moderne galerije, Ljubljana / Courtesy of Moderna galerija, Ljubljana.

Moderna galerija

11/08/2025

SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL is approaching, hosting the international premiere of the documentary OHO Film about the avant-garde movement and the group OHO.

The film, directed by Damjan Kozole, was co-written by the Igor Zabel Association's program manager, Urška Jurman.

More information about the film can be found in the post below.

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Približuje se Sarajevski filmski festival, ki gosti mednarodno premiero dokumentarca OHO Film o avantgardnem gibanju in skupini OHO.

Pri filmu režiserja Damjana Kozoleta je kot koscenaristka sodelovala programska vodja Društva Igor Zabel, Urška Jurman.

Več informacij o filmu najdete v spodnji objavi.

OHO FILM about Slovenian avant-garde art movement and group OHO will have its international premiere at the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival.

With Marko Pogačnik, Iztok Geister, Naško Križnar, Milenko Matanovič, Matjaž Hanžek, David Nez, Marika Pogačnik, Biljana Tomić, Marina Abramović, Tomaž Brejc and Ješa Denegri

DIRECTOR Damjan Kozole
WRITERS Urška Jurman, Damjan Kozole, Matic Drakulić
PRODUCERS Danijel Hočevar, Zala Opara
CO-PRODUCER Marinko Sudac
CINEMATOGRAPHER Sašo Štih
MUSIC by Laibach
EDITOR Matic Drakulić
COLORIST Jure Teržan
SOUND DESIGNER Julij Zornik
PRODUCED by Vertigo and co-produced by RTV Slovenija and Marinko Sudac

In collaboration with GO! European Capital of Culture 2025 and FS Viba Film with financial support from the Slovenian Film Centre, Creative Europe MEDIA and the Ministry of Public Administration of the Republic of Slovenia.
Big thank you to Moderna galerija Ljubljana.

Still from 19th Nervous Breakdown by Naško Križnar, courtesy of Marinko Sudac Collection

14/07/2025

[Javni poziv / Open call]

Vabljeni k prijavi na rezidenco v dunajski Muzejski četrti, ki je namenjena umetnikom, kuratorjem in teoretikom iz Slovenije, Češke, Hrvaške, Madžarske, Romunije, Slovaške in Ukrajine, aktivnim na področju sodobne vizualne umetnosti!

🗓️ Rok za prijavo: 14. september 2025

🔗Več informacij: https://igorzabel.org/sl/novice/2025/AiR-MQ-Dunaj-2026

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Join the open call for the Artist-in-Residence programme in Vienna (MQ – MuseumsQuartier Wien), aimed at artists, curators, and theoreticians from Slovenia, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, the Slovak Republic, and Ukraine working in the field of contemporary visual art!

🗓️ Deadline: 14 September 2025

🔗More info: https://igorzabel.org/en/news/2025/AiR-MQ-Vienna-2026

V sodelovanju z / In collaboration with: ERSTE Foundation, tranzit.at, tranzit.cz, tranzit.hu, tranzit.ro, Kontakt Collection / WHW Akademija

C͟A͟L͟L͟ ͟f͟o͟r͟ ͟A͟P͟P͟L͟I͟C͟A͟T͟I͟O͟N͟S͟ ͟2͟0͟2͟6͟ – the Artist-in-Residence Programme at MQ – MuseumsQuartier Wien is now open u͟n͟t͟i͟l͟ ͟S͟e͟p͟t͟e͟m͟b͟e͟r͟ ͟1͟4͟,͟ ͟2͟0͟2͟5͟

All details: tranzit.org

The residencies are aimed at artists and curators from Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovak Republic and Slovenia, working in the field of contemporary art, to do research in their respective area. Taking into consideration the urgencies raised by the ongoing war against Ukraine, we would like to express our solidarity and add a grant of a two-month stay for a participant from Ukraine.

ERSTE Foundation tranzit.hu tranzit.cz tranzit.ro tranzit.sk Igor Zabel Association for Culture and Theory WHW AkademijaOffice Ukraine. Support for Ukrainian Artists

Image © MuseumsQuartier, Photo: Thomas Meyer

29/06/2025

Pridružite se nam danes na svetovni predpremieri dokumentarnega filma o avantgardnem umetniškem gibanju in skupini OHO.

🗓 danes, 29. junij 2025 ob 20.00
📍 Vipavski Križ, Vipavska dolina

🎞 Film bo predstavil režiser Damjan Kozole, projekcije pa se bodo udeležili člani skupine OHO: Marko Pogačnik, Iztok Geister, Naško Križnar, Milenko Matanovič, David Nez, Matjaž Hanžek, Marika Pogačnik in Tomaž Brejc. Pred projekcijo bo z njimi pogovor, zbrane pa bo nagovorila tudi ministrica za kulturo dr. Asta Vrečko.

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Join us today for the world pre-premiere of the documentary film about avant-garde art movement and group OHO.

🗓 today, 29 June 2025 at 20:00
📍 Vipavski Križ, Vipava Valley

🎞 The film will be introduced by director Damjan Kozole, with members of OHO in attendance: Marko Pogačnik, Iztok Geister, Naško Križnar, Milenko Matanovič, David Nez, Matjaž Hanžek, Marika Pogačnik and Tomaž Brejc, and with opening remarks by Slovenian Minister of Culture Dr. Asta Vrečko.

23/06/2025

[Na današnji dan / On this day]

Na današnji dan leta 2000 so v Ljubljani odprli tretjo edicijo Manifeste, evropskega bienale sodobne umetnosti, ki so jo kurirali Francesco Bonami, Ole Bouman, Mária Hlavajova in Kathrin Rhomberg, koordinator dogodka pa je bil Igor Zabel. Dela 57 mednarodnih umetnikov, umetnic in umetniških kolektivov so bila razstavljena na različnih prizoriščih in javnih mestih ter v okviru programa TV Slovenija.

Prvič je dogodek imel tematsko usmeritev - pod naslovom Borderline Syndrome. Energies of Defence (Mejni sindrom. Energije obrambe) je kolektiv kuratorjev razmišljal o tem, kaj opredeljuje sodobno Evropo ter kako vprašanja širjenja in obrambe identitete, zaščite in upora vplivajo na umetniško, geopolitično, družbeno in osebno raven. Gostovanje Manifeste v Ljubljani je bilo povezano z željo organizatorjev po vzpostavitvi dialoga med vzhodnoevropskim in zahodnoevropskim kulturnim prostorom, hkrati pa je predstavljalo pomembno priložnost, ki je Ljubljano mednarodnemu občinstvu predstavila kot živahno prizorišče sodobne umetnosti.

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On this day in 2000, the third edition of Manifesta, the European Biennial of Contemporary Art, curated by Francesco Bonami, Ole Bouman, Mária Hlavajova and Kathrin Rhomberg, and coordinated by Igor Zabel, opened in Ljubljana. The works of 57 international artists and collectives were exhibited in several public sites in the city and five institutional venues, including TV Slovenia programme.

For the first time, the event had a thematic focus - under the title Borderline Syndrome. Energies of Defence, a collective of curators reflected on what defines contemporary Europe and how issues of identity diffusion and defence, protection and resistance impact the artistic, geopolitical, social, and personal levels. Hosting Manifesta in Ljubljana was linked to the organizers' desire to establish a dialogue between the Eastern and Western European cultural space, while at the same time representing an important opportunity to introduce Ljubljana to an international audience as a vibrant contemporary art scene.

Photos: Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana and Manifesta Biennial Foundation.

20/06/2025

Vabljeni na svetovno predpremiero dokumentarnega filma o avantgardnem umetniškem gibanju in skupini OHO, pri katerem je kot koscenaristka sodelovala tudi programska vodja Društva Igor Zabel, Urška Jurman.

OHO FILM – predpremiera celovečernega dokumentarca v režiji Damjana Kozoleta
🗓 Nedelja, 29. junij 2025 ob 20.00
📍 Vipavski Križ, Vipavska dolina

🎞 Film bo predstavil režiser Damjan Kozole, projekcije pa se bodo udeležili člani skupine OHO: Marko Pogačnik, Iztok Geister, Naško Križnar, Milenko Matanovič, David Nez, Matjaž Hanžek, Marika Pogačnik in Tomaž Brejc. Pred projekcijo bo z njimi pogovor, zbrane pa bo nagovorila tudi ministrica za kulturo dr. Asta Vrečko.
Projekcija bo predvidoma ob 21.00.

🎟 Brezplačne vstopnice:
🔗 https://www.go-borderless.eu/event/damjan-kozole-oho-predpremiera-celovecernega-dokumentarca-25/register

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We cordially invite you to the world pre-premiere of the documentary film about avant-garde art movement and group OHO , in which the program manager of the Igor Zabel Association, Urška Jurman, also participated as a co-writer.

OHO FILM – Pre-Preview of the Feature-Length Documentary
Directed by Damjan Kozole
🗓 Sunday, 29 June 2025 at 20:00
📍 Vipavski Križ, Vipava Valley

🎞 The film will be introduced by director Damjan Kozole, with members of OHO in attendance: Marko Pogačnik, Iztok Geister, Naško Križnar, Milenko Matanovič, David Nez, Matjaž Hanžek, Marika Pogačnik and Tomaž Brejc, and with opening remarks by Slovenian Minister of Culture Dr. Asta Vrečko.
Screening begins at approximately 21:00.

🎟 Free registration:
🔗 https://www.go-borderless.eu/en/event/damjan-kozole-oho-pre-preview-of-the-feature-length-documentary-25/register

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