Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Slovenia
Art and design
The Embassy has been working on a one-month Bilateral Focus held all over venues in Slovenia since 2001. Its aim was to promote economic solutions, trade, arts and culture from the Netherlands in Slovenia. Events during October were involved companies, cinemas, schools, faculties and art institutions from Ljubljana and major Slovenian towns. After ten successful years the October event was held for the last time in 2011.
However, the Embassy is still strongly present in promoting design, both industrial and graphic. In 2012 is supported the 22nd edition of Biennial of Design (BIO) at the Museum of Architecture and Design entitled Design relations and curated by Margo Konings and Magriet Vollenberg.
In 2011 the Embassy supported the mobile global exhibition Show your hope, initiated by visual artist Martin Voorbij and co-produced by tripcore/Forum Ljubljana and Foundation80Q. Among total of more than 800 artist from all over the world, the numerous Slovenian artists active in the project were presented during the European Capital of Culture 2012 in Maribor.