Ministrstvo za kulturo Republike Slovenije
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17 Oct 2024
20 Oct 2024
Among the 100 exhibitors from 30 countries, a Slovenian artistic duo in the field of contemporary visual and media art, Nika Oblak and Primož Novak, will present their current production of kinetic video installations and photographs. Supported by Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest and Ministry of Culture.
at the Art Market Budapest
21 Sep 2024
The Slovenian theatrical dance performance "BLUFF", produced by Flota Institute from Murska Sobota and co-produced with the Dance Theatre Ljubljana, was selected in a call for tenders from among 220 artists from all over the world to participate. The BLUFF dance group will perform on the closing day of the festival. Supported by Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs.
at the Istanbul Fringe Festival
15 Sep 2024
A concert by Katja Šulc, an eclectic songwriter and musician. Supported by Ministry of Culture, Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs and Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Ankara.
at the Sound of EuropeFestival
6 Jul 2024
A fourth event in the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia London's series of concerts "Musical Bridge Between Slovenia and the UK" will be featuring a young award-winning Slovenian string quartet Opifex will join the internationally acclaimed flutist Lana Kuščer alongside her accomplished pianist partner Diego Caetano. The evening's repertoire will be featuring Mozart, Schumann, Penderecki, and the dynamic composition of rising Slovenian talent, Anže Rozman. Co-founded by the Cultural Fund run jointly by the Slovenian Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs. The concerts' series is organised by Slovenian violinist Lana Trotovšek.
3 Jul 2024
6 Jul 2024
Slovenian authors Zoran Predin, Andrej Blatnik, and Dušan Šarotar are participating in the festival with multiple events. Supported by Ministry of Culture and promoted by Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Sarajevo.
at the International Literary Festival Bookstan
1 Jul 2024
Slovenian artists will be participating in this year's festival for the first time with "La place - Marketplace", a contemporary dance and music performance. Conceptualised by Diaspora Collective and Harmelogic, featuring Slovenian artists Maša Kagao Knez, Dalanda, Jan Marolt, Kristjan Korat, Damir Mazrek, and Miha Furlan. The event is supported by Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs and Ministry of Culture and the EU delegation.
at the European Music Festival
23 Jun 2024
A performance of "Gran Bolero", conceptualised and choreographed by Jesús Rubio Gamo and performed by EnKnapGroup (EKG) and Zagreb Dance Company. Supported by Ministry of Culture.
21 Jun 2024
29 Jun 2024
"Co_Sonic 1884 km²" by intermedia artist Robertina Šebjanič is an audio/visual-poetic reflection and an AI-powered soundscape that tells the story of (co)existence between river environments and their inhabitants. The project is financed by Ministry of Culture.
at the ISEA Everywhen International Symposium on Electronic Art
20 Jun 2024
"BORDERS: External and Internal" is a discussion marking the book launches in English by accomplished authors, Macedonian-Slovenian Lidija Dimkovska and Turkish-Dutch Çiler Ilhan.
The participation of Lidija Dimkovska is supported by the Cultural Fund run jointly by the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs Co-organised by Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia London with the European Parliament Liaison Office in the UK and Istros Books.
4 Jun 2024
A performance of "Gran Bolero", conceptualised and choreographed by Jesús Rubio Gamo and performed by EnKnapGroup (EKG) and Zagreb Dance Company. Supported by Ministry of Culture.
at the Klagenfurt Festival
23 May 2024
"SHE - ONA", a vocal-dance solo performance by Anamaria Klajnšček, produced by Flota Institute and Emanat Institute and coproduced by Dance Theatre Ljubljana. Supported by Ministry of Culture and Municipality of Ljubljana.
at the Monotánc Fesztivál
19 May 2024
Slovenian author Sebastijan Pregelj will be participating in the festival as part of the "Breaking Boundaries" panel.
Participation of Slovenia at the festival is supported by the Cultural Fund run jointly by the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs. In partnership with Slovenian Book Agency and Goga Publishing House.
at the European Writers' Festival
12 May 2024
A performance of "Superfluous - Odvečni", based on the famous essay by Ilija Trojanow and conceptualised by EnKnapGroup (EKG). Supported by Ministry of Culture and Department of Culture of Municipality of Ljubljana.
at the Rollercoaster
20 Apr 2024
24 Nov 2024
"Garden Secret for You", a project by the conceptual artist Nika Špan, curated by Vladimir Vidmar, Moderna galerija / Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana plus Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova. The biennial theme "Foreignes everywhere" by curator Adriano Pedrosa. Supported by the Ministry of Culture.
at the La Biennale di Venezia International Art Exhibition
20 Apr 2024
"Superfluous - Odvečni", an original dance performance by EnKnapGroup (EKG) with an international cast. Supported by Ministry of Culture and Municipality of Ljubljana.
20 Apr 2024
28 Apr 2024
"That's How the Summer Ended" by Matjaž Ivanišin will be screened at the festival on two locations. Participation of Slovenia at the festival is supported by the Cultural Fund run jointly by the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, and aimed at promoting Slovenian culture abroad. In partnership with Slovenian Film Centre.
at the In Short, Europe
6 Apr 2024
12 Apr 2024
Slovenia - Guest of Honour Country at the Bologna Children's Book Fair 2024 programme organised by the Slovenian Book Agency, supported by the Ministry of Culture
at the Bologna Children's Book Fair
18 Oct 2023
22 Oct 2023
Honeycomb of Words, Slovenia – Guest of Honour Country at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2023. Supported by the Ministry of Culture and Slovenian Book Agency, as well as by SKICA Berlin, Slovenian Cultural Centre, Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Berlin.
at the Frankfurt Book Fair
20 May 2023
26 Nov 2023
Within the The Laboratory of the Future Biennial topic by the curator Lesley Lokko, an exhibition +/- 1 °C: In Search of Well-Tempered Architecture curated by Jure Grohar, Eva Gusel, Maša Mertelj, Anja Vidic, Matic Vrabič. A commisioner Maja Vardjan from the Museum of Architecture and Design. Supported by the Ministry of Culture.
at the International Architecture Exhibition - la Biennale di Venezia
21 Apr 2022
27 Nov 2022
Without a Master, a series of paintings by Marko Jakše, curated by Robert Simonišek, Moderna galerija / Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana plus Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, and supported by the Ministry of Culture
at the La Biennale di Venezia International Art Exhibition
1 Dec 2021
31 Dec 2021
Slovenian Film Retrospective, a selection of classic Slovenian films, prepared by Slovenian Film Centre and Slovenian Cinematheque in cooperation with the Royal Belgian Film Archive in Brussels, in the context of the Slovenian Presidency of the EU, supported by the Slovenian Ministry of Culture
22 May 2021
21 Nov 2021
Within the topic How Will We Live Together?, The Common in Community - Seventy Years of Cooperative Centres as a Social Infrastructure, a project curated by architects Blaž Babnik Romaniuk and Rastko Pečar and art historians Martina Malešič and Asta Vrečko with commissioner Matevž Čelik Vidmar, produced by the Museum of Architecture and Design, supported by the Ministry of Culture,
at the International Architecture Exhibition - la Biennale di Venezia
11 May 2019
24 Nov 2019
A project by Marko Peljhan (Projekt Atol Institute), curated by Igor Španjol, produced by Moderna galerija / Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana plus Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, and supported by the Ministry of Culture
at the La Biennale di Venezia International Art Exhibition
26 May 2018
25 Nov 2018
Museum of Architecture and Design presents the project Living with Water by an international team of architects and researchers, curated by Matevž Čelik and supported by the Ministry of Culture, featuring two installations and a publication, edited by Nina Granda, Matevž Granda and team, as the Slovene representative in the Slovenian Pavilion,
at the International Architecture Exhibition - la Biennale di Venezia
13 May 2017
26 Nov 2017
Newsreel 63, a project by Nika Autor, curated by Andreja Hribernik, produced by Moderna galerija / Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana plus Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, and supported by the Ministry of Culture
at the La Biennale di Venezia International Art Exhibition
28 May 2016
27 Nov 2016
Home at Arsenale, a bespoke wooden library by Dekleva Gregorič Arhitekti, co-organised by the Museum of Architecture and Design in Ljubljana, and supported by the Ministry of Culture), as a Slovene representative at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition - la Biennale di Venezia
5 May 2015
22 Nov 2015
UTTER / The violent necessity for the embodied presence of hope, a project by JAŠA produced by Maribor Art Gallery in collaboration with WEARE Production, supported by the Ministry of Culture)
at the La Biennale di Venezia International Art Exhibition
6 Jun 2014
23 Nov 2014
The project The Problem of Space Travel - Supre: Architecture by the Cultural Centre of European Space Technologies (KSEVT) as the Slovene representative at the 14th International Architecture Exhibition - la Biennale di Venezia, supported by the Ministry of Culture,
30 May 2013
24 Nov 2013
For our Economy and Culture, a project by Jasmina Cibic at the Slovenian Pavilion (co-organised by the Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana and Škuc Gallery) at the 55th Venice Biennale, supported by the Ministry of Culture
at the La Biennale di Venezia International Art Exhibition
29 Aug 2012
25 Nov 2012
The project 100 YC (Maribor - 100 Year City) at the 13th Venice Biennale of Architecture, supported by the Ministry of Culture
4 Jun 2011
30 Oct 2011
Heaters for Hot Feelings, Mirko Bratuša's sculpture exhibition at the 54th Venice Biennale, organised by Božidar Jakac Gallery, Kostanjevica na Krki, supported by the Ministry of Culture,
29 Aug 2010
21 Nov 2010
All Shades of Green project by Studio AKKA and Studiobotas at the 12th Venice Bienniale of Architecture, produced by the City Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana, supported by the Ministry of Culture
Background
The Ministry of Culture was founded in June 1991 on the basis of the Organisation and Competence of the Republic Administration Act. Under this Act, the existing Republic Secretariat for Culture continued its work as the Ministry of Culture and took over its functions and staff. The existing Republic Secretary for Culture became the Minister for Culture. After Slovenia's proclamation of independence, the Republic of Slovenia gained its first Minister for Culture on 28 June 1991, the day the Act entered into force.
In February 2012 the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport was established, merging the Ministry of Education and Sport, the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology and the Ministry of Culture. In March 2013 the Ministry of Culture has been re-established.
Tasks
It is the task of the ministry to provide suitable opportunities for cultural creation and the protection of the cultural heritage. To this end, the Ministry works on the basis of the three main principles of cultural policy: quality, accessibility, and diversity. Undoubtedly the first task of the Ministry is to provide suitable opportunities for top-level creativity in cultural spheres. Equally important is the guaranteeing of the greatest possible accessibility of cultural assets, since the right to culture ranks among fundamental human rights. Closely connected to these two principles is the attention that the Ministry of Culture devotes to cultural diversity. Additionally, the Ministry protects the right to freedom of expression in the media and ensures the media pluralism.
On the state level, the Ministry of Culture is responsible for the distribution of the majority of public funds for culture (circa 90%). Total public cultural expenditure in 2013 amounted to approximately 284 million EUR and corresponded to 0,79% of the GDP.
Resolution on the National Programme for Culture 2014–2017
In September 2013 the Government of the Republic of Slovenia agreed on the draft Resolution on National Programme for Culture 2014–2017, a key document for the area of culture that has been prepared by the Ministry of Culture. The resolution has updated the culturaly policy. It includes planned investments in culture infrastructure and sets goals and priorities, a novelty presents a chapter on the labour market in the cultural sector that defines the first guidelines for employment strategies. The number of those employed in the cultural sector should be increased by 2017, and the measures promote employment in NGOs, in the private sector and self-employment.
Funding
Where funding of public institutions is concerned, there are special calls for archive institutions and libraries, for movable cultural heritage institutions (mostly museums), for unmovable cultural heritage projects (investments in infrastructure) and for audio-visual programmes. All public state cultural institutions are required to present their following year's programmes to the Ministry of Culture, which then decides on their annual subsidy according to the annual budget.
For non-governmental organisations, the Ministry announces (usually in Autumn) a call for public cultural programmes and projects. From amongst applicants in various disciplines 32 cultural programme organisers and producers were selected to sign 4-year contracts for the period 2014–2017, most of them professional support organisations or the producers running a venue or festival platforms. In addition there is a bid for the 2-year authorial projects and an annual bid for artistic projects in all art disciplines, which is open also to smaller organisations and individual artists.
Every year there is also a special call for cultural activities by the Italian and Hungarian ethnic minorities, the Romany community and other ethnic minority groups and immigrants in the Republic of Slovenia.
Funding related to literature and publishing has been performed by the Slovenian Book Agency, while the national cultural programme in the sphere of film is implemented by the Slovenian Film Centre.
The ministry supports a few specialised digital web platforms: next to Culture.si also Sigledal.org - Slovene theatre portal and Sigic.si - information on Slovene music, the national aggregator for Europeana National and University Library and its DLib.si - Digital Library of Slovenia.
International cooperation
International projects and festivals are supported through the programme and project public calls for producers. There are also some additional special public calls related to international co-operation. One is open to creators to bid for short-term residency in apartments owned by the Ministry in New York City, Berlin, London and since 2011 also in Vienna. Another determines the operator of the Creative Europe Desk Slovenia and the international cooperation portal Culture.si. Other calls are for the organisers/curators of the Venice Biennale and Venice Biennale of Architecture.
In 2011 the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs launched a new financial mechanism: a special cultural fund to support cultural projects or events co-organised by Slovene embassies and consulates round the world.
Membership in international organisations
The Ministry of Culture collaborates on a regular basis with the Council of Europe and other European bodies (Attaché for Culture and Audiovisual affairs at the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Slovenia to the European Union). Slovenia is a member of European Audiovisual Observatory.
The ministry has its representative in the Slovenia National Commission for UNESCO and contributes into the International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD). It has cooperated also with the European Cultural Foundation and the Asia Europe Foundation (ASEF).
The Ministry is a permanent guest of the EUNIC Slovenia network of the European Union National Institutes for Culture in Slovenia, and the member of the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA).
Ministry of Culture supports participation of Slovene young talents in the European Union Youth Orchestra (EUYO).
See also
Directorates, departments and services
- Creativity Directorate
- Cultural Heritage Directorate
- Media Directorate
- Office for European Affairs and International Cooperation
- Cultural Diversity and Human Rights Service
- Slovenian Language Service
- Department for Cooperation with Civil Society
- Office for Religious Communities, Ministry of Culture
- Project Unit for the European Cohesion Policy Implementation
- Department for State Ceremonies
Bodies under the Ministry
Funds
National Councils
Other ministries
External links
- Ministry of Culture website
- Resolution on the National Programme for Culture 2014–2017 (in Slovenian)
- Guidelines for long-term preservation and access to cultural heritage in digital form (pdf, in Slovenian)
- Survey the Economic Contribution of the Copyright-Based Industries in Slovenia (pdf, in Slovenian)
- IFACCA website
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