Culture of Slovenia
The portal provides a large and flexible database related to arts, culture and heritage in Slovenia. Explore, share, connect!
In Focus
Naša pesem Choir Competition
NOT ROBOT, WRITING DONE, INFOBOX DONE, NEEDSUPDATE, NOVERIFY, NODEPO, Article, NO LOGO, NIFERTIK, Music, TOPROOFREAD, Festivals, Competitions, Awards and competitions, NO PHOTO, Music festivals, Articles maintained by Tonko Sekulo, Music awards and competitions, Festivals in April, Music competitions
Women's chamber choir ČarniCe performing at the Naša pesem Choir Competition. Author: Janez Eržen
Culture.si database
Explore a huge database of Slovenian cultural creators and producers. Don't know where to start? Here are some suggestions.
Slovene art abroad 2010 – 2024
Current events
-
14 Apr 2024
21 Apr 2024
Multiple Slovene productions and coproductions are included in the programme: "Body - Telo" by director Petra Seliškar, "Bottlemen - Stekleničarji" by director Nemanja Vojinović, and "Newsreel 242 - Sunny Railways - Obzornik 242 - Sunčane pruge" by director Nika Autor. "Line Rider" by director Simon Intihar will be included in the category of short animated documentaries.
at the International Documentary Film Festival ZagrebDox
-
5 Apr 2024
21 Apr 2024
Nine performances of "Cunning Little Lies - Prebrisane male laži", produced by Slovene Permanent Theatre in Trieste. The play premieres on the 5th of April.
-
21 Mar 2024
4 May 2024
The opening of the group exhibition "Ghost and Nails," featuring works by Slovenian artist Trin Alt. Organized by Bn PROJECTS at KXX, a new artistic venue in Brussels, the apartment subtly remodeled by architect Yannick Vergnaud.
Upcoming events
-
18 Apr 2024
"A Look at the Balkans" musical evening, featuring Slovenian basist and composer Robert Jukič alongside Alice Riberolles, Federico Milone, Joseph Nowell, and Umberto Odone. Supported by Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Brussels.
-
18 Apr 2024
24 Oct 2024
An exhibition by painter Matjaž Borovničar and sculptor Luka Širok, as part of the "A Window on to our Neighbour", organised by the Union of Slovene Fine Arts Associations (ZDSLU). Co-organised by the Consulate General of the Republic of Slovenia Klagenfurt.
-
18 Apr 2024
A performance of "Fusion reactor", a dance concert directed by Žigan Krajnčan. Produced by Zavod Murska Sobota, Kino Šiška and Flota Institute.
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
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
Narodni dom (National House) building by František Škabrout, built in Ljubljana 1894–1896. In 1927 the National Gallery of Slovenia rented some rooms in the building that housed also sport and leisure activities. Postcard, 1910.
The Stroj performing at Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture, 2014
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in Maribor, designed by Styria arhitektura d.o.o.
Overview
Disclaimer: The portal is scheduled for renovation from March 2024 onward. Until then, we will only be running strictly necessary maintenance. We ask the users for patience and understanding when encountering bugs or any other kind of functional failures. Any critical failures and wrong or missing data can be reported to culture.mk@gov.si