PREVIEW NEWS MAY – JUNE 2023:
– (EVERYTHING IS) NOT WHAT IT SEEMS
International group exhibition, Curated by: Mara Ambrožič Verderber
Piran City Gallery, 3.06.23 – 28.08.2023
Press Conference: Friday, 2.06.2023, at 11 a.m., Piran City Gallery
Opening of the exhibition: Saturday, 3.06.2023, at 7 p.m., Piran City Gallery
Program of performances:
Saturday, 3 June 2023
– 5 p.m., at Monfort Gallery Portorož: The Point. No Return, by Sanja Nešković Peršin
– 7 p.m., at Tartini Square, Piran: The Party Wall, by Corinne Mazzoli
– At 8.3o p.m., musical evening and social gathering will follow
(Everything Is) Not What It Seems is an international project curated by Mara Ambrožič Verderber, director of the Piran Coastal Galleries. The exhibition was premiered in Summer 2022 in Norway, at the NITJA – Centre for Contemporary Art in Lillestrøm-Oslo. he concept of the exhibition is designed around questions and themes that explore what is going on beyond the visible reality of things and may help us to understand the mechanisms that govern our society. The project has been conceived as a travelling exhibition and will be expanded in each museum or location that will host the project, inviting local and international artists to investigate the topics addressed in the show.
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– SANJA NEŠKOVIĆ PERŠIN: POINT. NO RETURN.
Exhibition and performance
Monfort Gallery Portorož, Saturday, June 3, 2023, at 5 p. m.
The Point. No Return project by the artist Sanja Nešković Peršin presents the relationship between her public and private, the past and the present. She draws through an image created by the multi-meaning and opens up the space and surpasses the linear reading of stories which always curtail our own reflection. The exhibition is accompanied by a performance by Sanja Nešković Peršin, which will happen on Saturday, 3 June 2023, at 5 p.m. in the Monfort Gallery. The exhibition will be open for visits until 20 August 2023. MORE INFO AT …
– SUMMER MUSEUM NIGHT
MARTIN BOBIČ, MY HOME
Photographs
Herman Pečarič Gallery Piran, 17. 6. –20. 8. 2023
Opening: Saturday, June 17, 2023, at 6 p. m.
Curated by: Ana Papež
On the Summer Museum Night, Saturday, June 17, 2023, which is dedicated to culture and art, the exhibition titled My Home by photographer Martin Bobič will be held in the Herman Pečarič Gallery in Piran. Martin Bobič (1964 – 2022), born in Ljubljana, moved to Piran in 1995. He was a founding member of the Portorož Photo Club and an amateur photographer, a documentarian of his time in Piran. In his rich photographic opus, the most common motifs were people, buildings, glimpses of events and animals, especially cats.
– MARINO CETTINA COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARY ART
A selection of artworks from a private collection
Loža Gallery Koper, 23. 6. – 15. 9. 2023 | Opening: Friday, June 23, 2023, at 7 p. m.
Curated by: Tatjana Sirk
The Marino Cettina Collection of Contemporary Art exhibition in the Loža Gallery in Koper will present a selection of works from the private collection of the well-known late gallerist and collector from Umag, Croatia. Marino Cettina (1959–1998) opened the Caffe-Galerija Dante in Umag in 1985, which was the first private gallery in Croatia and in then Eastern Europe. Cettina was a passionate art lover and collector. He made connections with renowned Croatian and foreign artists, art critics, and gallerists who accompanied him on his short yet rich artistic adventure. He was closely connected with the artists he presented in his gallery, and paid special attention to young artists just starting out on their careers. Along with the rich exhibition activities, an interesting art collection was also created through his dedication to art and international cooperation.
– KINDERGARTEN MORNARČEK PIRAN: TOWN POSTCARDS
Herman Pečarič Gallery Piran, 25. 5. –11. 6. 2023 | Opening: Thursday, May 25, 2023, at 7 p. m.
Curated by: Ana Papež
Kindergarten Mornarček Piran is celebrating! On May 25, 2023, at 6:00 p.m., a central event will be held in the Tartini Piran theater to mark the 50th anniversary of the Mornarček Piran Kindergarten, where the children and the kindergarten's employees will present themselves. According to the cultural program, the Herman Pečarič Gallery in Piran will host the opening of the exhibition of children's products created as part of the UNESCO project, entitled Town Postcards. The children researched how the town has changed over time and what they themselves can contribute to improve the quality of life in the town. The long-term cooperation of the Coastal Galleries of Piran with thekindergarten enables the youngest creators to display their products in the gallery. We are aware how important it is to encourage creativity and love for art from an early age.
