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No Press
updated 21 hours ago
No! Press is an independent book publisher, founded in 2024, whose programme brings together literary fiction and essayistic writing. It publishes Slovenian authors (e.g., Manca G. Renko, Eva Mahkovic, Miloš Kosec and Slavoj Žižek) as well as translations of international authors such as Vincenzo Latronico, Constance Debré, Colombe Schneck and Alba de Céspedes. One of distinctive features of No! Press is also its careful and inventive approach to book design.
Slovenian National UNESCO Memory of the World Register
updated 22 hours ago
Memory of the World Programme was devised by UNESCO in 1992 in order to facilitate preservation of the world's documentary heritage, enable universal access to documentary heritage worldwide and enhance public awareness about its significance. Individual countries are compiling each its own Unesco Memory of the World national registers; among the entries of the Slovenian register, selected by the national Memory of the World committee, are Jurij Dalmatin’s translation of the Bible, Boris Kobe's concentration camp tarot, the Stična manuscript, and others.
Slovenian Banking Museum
updated 26 hours ago
The Slovenian Banking Museum, founded by NLB bank in 2021, is dedicated to preserving and presenting banking heritage, particularly the Slovenian banking heritage from 1820 to the present day. Through various artefacts including protocol and jubilee documents, books and albums, account reports, savings booklets, ledgers, interest rate tables, forms, and piggybanks, visitors can learn about the history of Slovenian banking and all the different currencies that were in use in the territory of present-time Slovenia. Another prominent part of the museum is the “financial labyrinth”: an interactive experience that tests the visitors’ financial literacy. The museum collections are complemented by guided tours and financial workshops for both young and adult audiences.
Bažato Gallery
updated 26 hours ago
Bažato Gallery was founded in 2021 by Matjaž Bažato. Its mission is to exhibit and promote artworks by contemporary Slovenian artists, particularly from the fields of painting, sculpture and photography. Artists who have exhibited their works in the Bažato Gallery include Marko Šajn, Mirko Bratuša, Jelka Flis, Herman Gvardjančič, Ivo Prančič, Ana Sluga and Jane Štravs. Exhibitions are complemented by occasional discussions with the artists, while the gallery’s website also offers a wide range of virtual exhibition experiences and an online gallery shop. The gallery is located in the Astra building, itself an important work by an acclaimed Slovenian architect Savin Sever.
MUZA Museum and Gallery
updated 27 hours ago
MUZA Museum and Gallery consists of two important collections which are the property of the bank Nova Ljubljanska Banka and were proclaimed as a national treasure of the Republic of Slovenia in 2018. The gallery section of MUZA contains a representative art collection of works by Slovenian artists of the 20th and 21st century, while the unique museum collection consists of objects, documents and materials related to money, banking and banking practices. Both collections are preserved and presented to the public in the center of Ljubljana, in the Ljubljana City Savings Bank building, built in 1905 in Historicist and Art Nouveau style. They are often complemented by contemporary exhibitions, lectures and other educational events.
Ministry of Culture
updated 33 hours ago
The Ministry of Culture is responsible for regulating those matters in the sphere of culture which are in the public interest. These include: involvement in the coordinated cultural development of Slovenia; protection of the cultural heritage; ensuring the plurality of the media landscape; providing suitable conditions for the creation; communication and accessibility of cultural assets; guaranteeing the special cultural rights of minorities; international cooperation in the sphere of culture; and the promotion of culture at home and abroad.
Krimifest
updated 2 days ago
Krimifest, founded in 2025, is the festival of crime fiction. Its mission is to showcase the quality of Slovenian and international crime fiction and to stimulate the debate about the literary genre. To achieve this goal, Krimifest features discussions, book presentations, film screenings, quizzes and other events, bringing together readers, writers, literary experts, and even professionals from the field of criminal investigation. To highlight the best crime fiction writing, the festival also bestows two awards: the Pila Award for the best Slovenian crime novel of the last two years and the award for the best Slovenian crime short story.
GONG Gallery
updated 2 days ago
The GONG Gallery is an art gallery dedicated to presentation and promotion of high-quality international art production in the fields of photography, multimedia projects, architecture, and more. It is situated in Nova Gorica, near the Slovene-Italian border - its name actually combines abbreviations for the Italian town of Gorizia and the Slovene town of Nova Gorica. The gallery’s mission is also to foster intercultural dialogue among artists of different nationalities, particularly Slovenians, Italians and Austrians. Its exhibitions present both acclaimed and emerging talents.
TOpot festival of radical soundwalks
updated 2 days ago
TO)pot festival was founded in 2022 by Cona Institute. It consists of sound walks, concerts and reflections and brings together artistic and research-based practices into an immersive experience of listening to landscapes. Through walking as an artistic practice, the festival reflects on relationships between space, time, and human as well as more-than-human entities. The featured artworks and lectures address questions of acoustic ecology and open reflections on temporality, memory, and adaptation within environments shaped by political, economic, ecological, and social transformations. Particular attention is given to the multitemporality of places and to exploring modes of coexistence that assume new roles and meanings over time.