Nives Kavuric-Kurtovic: Pushing the Limits of Surrealism
Nives Kavuric-Kurtovic was the first female Croatian Surrealist painter and one of the greatest artists of Croatian contemporary art. As a painter,...
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The Idyllic Winters in Croatian Naïve Art
Croatian naïve art is a specific style that originated in a small rural municipality called Hlebine. It began simply as an appreciation for the work...
Marija Canjuga 21 December 2022
Slava Raškaj, The Story of a Deaf Impressionist Watercolorist
In the final years of the 19th century, the art scene in Zagreb, Croatia, was pretty vibrant. The various ideas that circulated among artists...
Lana Pajdas 3 September 2022
The Artist and Her World: Marijana Stanić
Marijana Stanić is a conceptual and multimedia artist and curator who just had her mini-retrospective exhibition. I talked with her about the...
Petra Dragasevic 27 June 2022
Pharmacy Museums: Houses of Oddities
A pharmacy is a very weird kind of shop. It has your favorite skin creams and food supplements. They also carry medicines for the flu, blood...
Marija Canjuga 19 February 2022
Slavko Kopač: Painting the Experienced, Not the Seen
Slavko Kopač, a Croatian-French painter, was one of the most important protagonists of Art Brut and Art Informel, artistic directions of innovative...
Petra Dragasevic 10 February 2022
The City Where the Sun Never Sets: The Grounded Sun in Zagreb
No matter the weather conditions, there has always been sun in Zagreb for the last 50 years, 365 days a year, with few interruptions. This is thanks...
Petra Dragasevic 16 December 2021
One Artist and One Motif: Julije Knifer and His Meander
When we think of a meander we usually think of a winding riverbed of Meander River in Asia Minor or an ancient decoration of broken lines that is...
Petra Dragasevic 24 July 2021
Balkan Female Artists You Didn’t Know About and You Should
There are never enough stories about talented women. So, inspired by a women’s art exhibition in the Art Pavilion in Zagreb, I picked a few...
Marija Canjuga 31 March 2020
A Song and a Prayer – Croatia’s Ivan Mestrovic
My favorite thing about Instagram is coming across new art and artists – scrolling and finding things that excite you and catch your eye. A...
Nadine Waldmann 23 April 2019
