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| maintainer   = Anže Zorman
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{{Infobox
| name                = Festival Velenje - Velenje Gallery
| localname           = Festival Velenje - Galerija Velenje
| logo                = Velenje Gallery (logo).svg
| street              = Titov trg 5
| town                = SI-3320 Velenje
| telephone           = 386 (0) 3 828 0010
| fax                 = 
| email               = info@galerijavelenje.si
| website             = http://www.galerijavelenje.si/
| managed by          = Festival Velenje
| contacts = {{Contact
| name         = Barbara Pokorny 
| role         = Director
| telephone    = 386 (0) 41 535 567
| fax          = 
| email        = barbara.pokorny@festival-velenje.si
}}
{{Contact
| name         = Milena Koren Božiček
| role         = Curator
| telephone    = 386 (0) 3 897 6840
| fax          = 
| email        = milena.koren-bozicek@galerijavelenje.si
}}
| accounts     =
https://www.facebook.com/galerija.velenje
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Located in the main town square in Velenje, the [[Festival Velenje - Velenje Gallery|Velenje Gallery]] is a vivid contemporary arts institution in the heart of the Šaleška Valley. Since [[established::1976]] its exhibition programme has focused mostly on local and Slovene fine artists, including  the graduate students of the [[Academy of Fine Arts and Design]], whose production was annually presented at the [[Velenje Artists' Colony]] between 1990 and 2009. 

The gallery was thoroughly renovated in 2015. As of 2016 the gallery is being run by the [[Summer Cultural Events Velenje|Festival Velenje Public Institute]].

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==History==

From 1976 until 2005 the Velenje Gallery was organised as as part of the former Ivan Napotnik Cultural Centre. It is situated in a modernist building designed in 1971 by [[Adi Miklavc]], which stands in daring contrast to adjacent buildings in the square which are just one decade older. In 2015 the building was thoroughly renovated.

==Collection==

Velenje Gallery's permanent collection comprises around 1000 paintings, sculptures and works on paper (prints, drawings, photography) by Slovene artists of the 20th century, with a particular focus on the youngest artists, especially those from the Šaleška and Savinjska valleys. 

A collection of modern Slovene art and paintings of well-known local painter [[Lojze Perko]] have been on display at [[Velenje Castle]] since 1978.

==Exhibitions==

Beside solo exhibitions of the younger generation of local artists, the Velenje Gallery also features solo exhibitions of established Slovene artists like [[Metka Krašovec]].

The Velenje Gallery hosted the annual exhibition by the Slovene Fine Art Critics Association (DSLK) and the exhibition of the annual [[Velenje Artists' Colony]] for [[Academy of Fine Arts and Design|ALUO]] graduates. The gallery also cooperates with students of the local grammar school.

A retrospective exhibition ''The Visual Arts of the Šaleška Valley and Upper Sava Valley 1975&ndash;2015'', curated by [[Milena Koren Božiček]] opened the fully renovated gallery premises in September 2015. It featured selected works by 65 artists; for this occasion new works were acquired from local artists's personal collections.

== See also ==
* [[Velenje Museum]]
* [[Velenje Castle]]
* [[Velenje Library]]

==External links==
* [http://www.galerijavelenje.si/ Velenje Gallery website] (in Slovenian)

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