EX-TEMPORE PIRAN 2025 – 60TH INTERNATIONAL PAINTING EX-TEMPORE
Ex-tempore Piran is an event that needs no special introduction. It is recognized for its competitive nature and its impressively long tradition: this year it celebrates its jubilee, 60th edition, confirming its great popularity among creators of various generations and a broad audience.
Ex-tempore Piran 2025 will unofficially begin on Friday, 29 August 2025, with the opening of the exhibition by Lev Ambrož Okorn titled Imaginary of Details. The student of the Ljubljana Academy of Fine Arts and Design received the Piran Coastal Galleries award at last year’s Ex-tempore, which enables young artists to present a solo exhibition at the Herman Pečarič Gallery in Piran.
On Saturday, 30 August 2025, the stamping of painting supports will begin at various locations in Slovenia and Croatia. In the week leading up to 6 September 2025, interesting accompanying events for children and adults will take place in Piran, organized by the Piran Coastal Galleries in cooperation with various partners.
The international professional jury, composed of Stephanie Peršić, art historian and curator at the Labin Public Art Gallery (Croatia), Renzo Grigolon, cultural worker (Italy), and Jadranka Plut, art critic and curator (Slovenia), will select paintings for the exhibition at the Piran Civic Gallery and Monfort Gallery in Portorož, and award a number of prizes from the Piran Coastal Galleries and loyal collectors from the local and national sphere.
Ex-tempore Piran 2025 will conclude on Saturday, 6 September 2025, with the award ceremony at 8:30 p.m. on Tartini Square, accompanied by a musical performance by Darja Švajger, and directed by Igor Jelen – Iggy. The event will be hosted by Iztok Gustinčič.
TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS
Until 24 August 2025, the Piran Civic Gallery is hosting the first major solo photography exhibition by Primož Bizjak titled The Grey World is Blue and Green, offering an overview of the artist’s various bodies of work created between 2004 and 2020. At the same time, the large spatial installation Intruders, Uninvited into Chaos by Andrej Škufca will also conclude in the Monfort Gallery in Portorož. In the Loža Gallery in Koper, the exhibition is on view until 14 September 2025. In Meduza Gallery in Koper, the engaged participatory exhibition by Vesna Bukovec and Ana Čigon, titled Work in Progress. Deceptive Working Time, is on view until 19 September 2025.
ARTLAB MEDUZA CREATIVE WORKSHOPS
Alongside the solo exhibition of illustrations by Tinka Leskovšek titled Pure Grace, on view until 17 August 2025 at the Herman Pečarič Gallery, there will be a pedagogical workshop for children on the morning of Saturday, 9 August 2025. On Wednesday, 13 August 2025, in the afternoon, there will also be a workshop for adult participants at the same location.
SPECIAL EVENTS AT THE HERMAN PEČARIČ GALLERY
Internationally established Slovenian guitarist, composer and producer Primož Sukič returns to Piran with a new series of compositions for electric guitar and electronics titled Endless Possibilities of the String. He will present his musical exploration on Wednesday, 13 August 2025, at 8:00 p.m. in the Herman Pečarič Gallery. More information at the link …
Already the next day, on 14 August 2025, the Piran gallery will host a one-day event by Lana Angel There is Another Station, which was originally presented at Berlin Fashion Week. It is a reinterpretation – a connection between performance as an immersive experience and choreographed movement recordings, creating an atmosphere and emotional framework for each bag individually.
You are kindly invited to join us!
