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Books in the Time of Corona
updated 11 hours ago
How did the Covid-19 pandemic affect the publishing industry in Slovenia in terms of the production, promotion and distribution of books? Alenka Štrukelj from the blog Literarna lekarna (Literary Pharmacy) delves into the shifts in habits among readers and publishers and questions whether any of the responses to the imposed measures of social distancing during the quarantine will result in long-term practices.
Ljudmila Art and Science Laboratory
updated 11 hours ago
Set up in the mid-1990s, Ljudmila Art and Science Laboratory has been bringing together technology, art, science and civil society ever since. As such, it is not only a place where hackers, researchers and artists meet, but also a platform for reflecting and modifying culture through the lens of politics, as generated by the developments in communications technologies.
Nova Gorica–Gorizia, European Capital of Culture 2025
updated 12 hours ago
Since its inception in 1985, over 40 cities have won the prestigious European Capital of Culture (ECoC) title. Forty years later, however, the border cities of Nova Gorica in Slovenia and Gorizia in Italy were the first ones to turn this annual celebration of culture into a genuinely cross-border endeavour. Their 2025 ECoC programme explored the concept of borders from multiple dimensions under the slogan “Go! Borderless” and lasted from 8 February to 5 December when the title of European Capital of Culture was handed from Nova Gorica, Gorizia and Chemnitz to the cities of Trenčín (Slovakia) and Oulu (Finland).
Egon March Institute
updated 12 hours ago
Egon March Institute (EMI) was founded by Slovene media art pioneer Marko Košnik in 1986 as a unit for reflection, research, and production in interdisciplinary arts. From its beginning it was conceived as a platform for the joint research of artists originating in different fields of artistic activities.
Muzej Lah
updated 12 hours ago
Muzej Lah is a new private museum of contemporary art, opening in the summer of 2026. The collectors Mojca and Igor Lah, the owner of the Central Eastern Europe Real Estate Fund (CEEREF), have collected one of the largest private collections in Slovenia. The newly built museum complex was designed by David Chipperfield. The museum is located in the town of Bled close to the Bled Castle and managed by the Fundacija Lah, based in Switzerland.
Culture from Slovenia World Map
updated 12 hours ago
Culture.si collects information about upcoming cultural events and activities abroad, involving Slovene artists and researchers. The Culture from Slovenia interactive World Map is a unique source of information that offers a preview of future events around the world and a growing archive of international activity in the field of arts and culture.
Since 2010 we have published news about circa 7000 events in 100 countries. Our archive of events can be filtered by year, country, and discipline. Search the events 2010–2021.
Festivals in Slovenia
updated 12 hours ago
Since 2012, the annual festivalscapes are provided as an infographic, conceived by the Culture.si team at the Ljudmila Art and Science Laboratory. The interactive calendars include the festivals from the Culture.si database arranged by weeks and by field. You can see specific types of festivals, e.g., music festivals only, by clicking on the corresponding artistic field. Take a look at the Festivals in Slovenia infographic.
Stara Elektrarna - Old Power Station
updated 13 hours ago
Set in a former power plant, the aptly named Stara Elektrarna - Old Power Station has become one of the most important contemporary performing arts venues in Ljubljana. Run by the NGO, the Bunker Institute, it is primarily used for theatre and dance performances and as a rehearsal and residency space. Various workshops (ranging from cultural management to dance techniques), lectures, round tables, concerts and multimedia events also take place here.
The Old Power Station is the venue for numerous Slovenian festivals (partially or entirely), including the Mladi levi Festival, the City of Women International Festival of Contemporary Arts, the Gibanica (Moving Cake) Biennial of Slovenian Contemporary Dance Art, MENT Ljubljana, Animateka International Animated Film Festival and the Lutke International Puppet Festival.
Pixxelpoint International Festival of Contemporary Art Practices
updated 13 hours ago
The Pixxelpoint International Festival of Contemporary Art Practices, organised by Nova Gorica Arts Centre, was launched in 2000. Previously focused on computer art and up until 2016 going under the name International Festival of Computer Art, the festival is now running a broad focus that intermingles contemporary technologies (computer ones as well as others) with art, science and various societal practices.
FO.VI Gallery
updated 14 hours ago
The FO.VI Gallery was founded in 2006 by the Art Stays Cultural Association that organises the Art Stays, International Festival of Contemporary Art in Ptuj. After several years of successful work, the gallery moved to much bigger exhibition space in the nearby town of Strnišče near Kidričevo. In 2012, it opened a second exhibition space in the Ptuj City Theatre, named Exhibitions Space FO.VI 2. In its premises, the Art Stays Cultural Association regularly organises solo and group exhibitions of Slovenian and international artists and participates in various events and art fairs around Europe.