Culture of Slovenia
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Week of Slovenian Drama
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Visual identity for the 54th Week of Slovenian Drama, 2024. Author: Damjan Ilić (Grupa Ee)
Naša pesem Choir Competition
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Women's chamber choir ČarniCe performing at the Naša pesem Choir Competition. Author: Janez Eržen
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Slovene art abroad 2010 – 2024
Current events
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24 Nov 2024
28 Nov 2024
A screening of "The Man without Guilt" directed by Ivan Grgolet. Co-organised and promoted by Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Beijing and supported by the Slovenian Film Centre.
at the European Film Festival in Vietnam
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22 Nov 2024
30 Nov 2024
Italy Gorizia/Gorica,Trieste/Trst Kulturni center Lojze Bratuž,Slovene Permanent Theatre in Trieste
Five performances of "Our Family - Naša familija", a family musical, set to the music and directed by Macedonian-Slovenian composer and director Marjan Nećak. Produced by Koper Theatre, Slovene Permanent Theatre in Trieste, and Hrvatsko narodno kazalište Ivana pl. Zajca Rijeka.
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19 Nov 2024
30 Apr 2025
Austria Klagenfurt Consulate General of the Republic of Slovenia in Klagenfurt/Celovec
An exhibition by painter Jasna Samarin and sculptor Zoran Srdić Janežič in the arts series "A Window onto our Neighbour - Okno k sosedu", organised by the Slovenian Association of Fine Arts Societies (ZDSLU) and co-organised by the Consulate General of the Republic of Slovenia in Celovec/Klagenfurt.
Upcoming events
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25 Nov 2024
A concert by Terrafolk, the Slovenian band that won the 2003 BBC World Music Audience Award, joined by the talented violinist Una Palliser and the rising star flautist An Černej. Promoted by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia London.
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25 Nov 2024
A performance of "TOXIC", a stage adaptation Eva Mahkovic's autofictional novel, by Nataša Matjašec Rošker. Produced by Slovene National Theatre Maribor.
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25 Nov 2024
28 Nov 2024
The international premiere of "Ciao Bella" directed by Jani Sever, Sever & Sever Production, supported by the Slovenian Film Centre.
at the Ale Kino! International Young Audience Film Festival
Festivals
The printed version of the calendar of Festivals in Slovenia in 2012 contains 141 festivals. Later on, in 2019, the festival number rose to 199. Check out the current annual festivalscape.
Images
Museum of Modern Art is the central museum and gallery of the Slovenian art works from the 20th and 21st centuries.
Female nude, by Zdenko Kalin and Echo, by Karl Putrih.
The Stroj performing at Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture, 2014
Site-specific installation in the forest at the Floating Castle Festival in the vicinity of Snežnik Castle, 2015
The Čaplja service building at the Nordic Centre Planica designed by the STVAR architects, 2016
Corporate identity for the Museum of Architecture and Design by IlovarStritar design studio, 2011
Pocar Homestead, Mojstrana main dwelling from the outside, built in 1775
The tank from the Ten-Day War in Slovenia (1991) in front of the National Museum of Contemporary History. On the eve of the International Women's Day in 2012 it was sprayed pink by the unknown activists and became a new popular landmark in Ljubljana. It is owned by the Military Museum of Slovenian Armed Forces and was transferred to the Park of Military History Pivka only a few months after the action. The pink paint was removed.
A Place under the Sun by students of the Chair of Textile and Fashion Design at the Department of Textiles of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, Lighting Guerrilla Festival, 2011
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