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THE ARTS OF RESISTANCE EXCHANGE WEEK

25.10.2024.

24/08/2024 - 02/09/2024

The Arts of Resistance (TAoR) project, initiated by Ruth Anderwald and Leonhard Grond from the art organization HASENHERZ, aims to reveal the links between historical, cultural, social, political and physical ecologies of resistance to fascism through a co-creative approach. Such an approach includes historical research, art workshops and talks with experts, and an international youth exchange at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, an exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb, art in public space presented in collaboration with schools and the University of Arts in Braunschweig, and a publication.

New Research and Publishing Platform at internationaleonline.org

06.03.2024.

Ten years since its inception, L’Internationale Online launches its new research and publishing platform at internationaleonline.org. The platform includes over 200 long reads, opinion pieces and artist contributions on urgent cultural and political debates from some of the world’s leading thinkers and practitioners, all available in PDF in reader formats. Over forty publications, produced by the confederation are available for free download.  

Vesna Meštrić - the new Director of the MSU

25.01.2024.

Upon proposal of the Management Board of the MSU, mayor Tomislav Tomašević has appointed Vesna Meštrić as the new Director of the MSU for a four-year term starting on 1 March 2024. The proposal of the Management Board, which was passed unanimously, states that Vesna Meštrić has formed collaborations through her years-long work at the Museum with numerous artists, curators and authors from different social and artistic fields, as well as with related institutions from Croatia and abroad, and actualised many domestic and international exhibition projects.    

Proposal of the Management Board for the appointment of a new director of the Museum of Contemporary Art

11.01.2022.

Following a tender for selection and appointment of a director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Management Board proposes to the founder, the City of Zagreb, the appointment of Zdenka Badovinac, an internationally renowned curator and former Director of the museum of modern art Moderna Galerija in Ljubljana.

THE BEAM UP PROJECT FORUM MSU ZAGREB 07/07/2021

19.07.2021.

As part of the European project BEAM UP, the Museum of Contemporary Art held a forum on the adaptation of cultural and artistic content to the blind and visually impaired

BEAM UP / PRISTUP: Local expert group studying art groups Exat 51 and Gorgona

25.05.2021.

During the last few online meetings, the MSU local expert group of the EU project BEAM UP / PRISTUP started to discuss different possibilities of adaptation of Museum collection artworks in order to make it more accessible to visually impaired persons.

BEAM UP – Blind Engagement in Accessible MUseum Projects

24.12.2020.

As part of the BEAM UP project (Blind Engagement in Accessible MUseum Projects), a local expert group has been formed with the purpose of designing an exhibition of contemporary art accessible to people with visual disabilities, consisting of: Andrej Hatar, Valentina Nemet, and Vinko Zrinščak as external associates and MSU curators Ana Škegro, Daniela Bilopavlović Bedenik, and Renata Filčić. By involving representatives of the target group of the project from the very beginning, i.e. from the research and conceptual phase in the organization of the project and exhibition, we want to create an opportunity for better adaptation and presentation of museum content that will be accessible to all. A little reminder that in Europe in 2019 there were over 30 million blind and partially sighted people. The project runs from October 1, 2020 to March 31, 2023 and is funded by the EU program Creative Europe.

Notice of postponement of all public events at the Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb

13.03.2020.

In accordance with the recommendations of the National Civil Protection Headquarters and the precautionary measures of the Croatian Institute of Public Health due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the Museum of Contemporary Art has decided to to postpone all public gatherings planned in the coming period (talks, conferences, film projections, concerts, workshops, lectures etc.)

We will notify you on the new dates those events will take place.

Museum of Contemporary Art remains open to visitors according to regular working hours until different decisions of the competent authorities have been issued.

In doing so, the Museum is taking preventive measures to protect visitors and employees - disinfectants that operate on the principle of sensory contactless activation, as well as instructions from the Croatian Institute of Public Health regarding preventive coronavirus (COVID-19) protection which are placed on video plasma at the reception desk and in printed form at the main entrance to the Museum.

Thank you for your understanding.

Notice of preventive measures taken by the Museum to protect against coronavirus (COVID-19)

12.03.2020.

Dear visitors,

We wish to inform you about the preventive measures the Museum is implementing in order to protect our visitors and employees from coronavirus (COVID-19):