Mikl House Gallery promotes and shows mainly contemporary art production and houses an important art collection which includes around 350 works of art dating from the 1980s and 1990s by Slovene artists Mirsad Begić, Gustav Gnamuš, Emerik Bernard, Lujo Vodopivec, Matjaž Počivavšek, Janez Bernik, Dragica Čadež, Zdenko Huzjan, Dušan Tršar, Zdenka Žido, Marjetica Potrč, Marjan Gumilar, Sandi Červek, Bojan Gorenc, Marija Rus, Lojze Logar, Andraž Šalamun, Tugo Šušnik, Jože Barši, Mirko Bratuša, Sergej Kapus, and Herman Gvardjančič. The didactic collection (82 works of art) shows different techniques and genres.
The second part of the collection also includes several works by old masters, including Meister H G G, Valentin Metzinger, Matevž Langus, Ivan Franke, and Ivan Grohar, plus three golden altars dating from 1648. The gallery organises temporary exhibitions, art workshops and courses. The annual exhibition from the Riko Art Collection presents parts of the rich art collection of the Riko Company's director Janez Škrabec, one of the most visible contemporary Maecenas of Slovene culture.
See also
External links
- Mikl House Gallery (in Slovenian)
- Exhibitions of Mikl House Museum (in Slovenian)
- Škrabec's Homestead website
- Stanislav Škrabec's Association website (in Slovenian)
- Ribnica Castle on Milan Hribar's website
- Castle Ribnica on Slovene Wikipedia (in Slovenian)