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| name                = Rihard Jakopič Award
| localname           = Nagrada Riharda Jakopiča
| street              = Komenskega 8
| town                = SI-1000 Ljubljana
| telephone           = 386 (0) 1 433 0464
| fax                 = 386 (0) 1 434 9462
| email               = info@zveza-dslu.si
| website             = https://zdslu.si/nagrada-riharda-jakopica/
| organised by        = Slovenian Association of Fine Arts Societies (ZDSLU)
| organised by 2      = Museum of Modern Art
| contacts = {{Contact
| name                = Zoran Poznič
| role                = President
| email               = poznic.zoran@gmail.com
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  | role        = Curator and head of public relations
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  | email       = olga.butina@zdslu.si
  | telephone   = 386 (0) 41 678 651 (mobile)
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Named after [[Rihard Jakopič]] (1869&ndash;1943), an important [[:Category:Slovene Impressionists and their Time|Slovene impressionist]] painter, the [[Rihard Jakopič Award]] is the highest award in the field of fine arts in Slovenia. Since [[Established::1969]] it is bestowed annually to a Slovene artist, who lives and works in Slovenia or abroad, and is a member of the [[Slovenian Association of Fine Arts Societies (ZDSLU)]]. The artist is prized for his/her life opus or the artistic achievements of the last 5 years and receives remuneration and a solo exhibition in one of Ljubljana's esteemed galleries.
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Candidates may be nominated by a cultural institution, by a fine arts association, by the [[Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts (SAZU)]], by the [[Ministry of Culture]], or by an individual. 

The winner is selected by a special board consisting each year of new members from four institutions (two from each): [[Museum of Modern Art]], [[Academy of Fine Arts and Design]], [[Slovenian Association of Fine Arts Societies (ZDSLU)]], and the Association of Slovene Art Critics. 

==Bestowed artists==
In recent years the Rihard Jakopič Award has been bestowed to [[Marjetica Potrč]] (2003) known internationally for her interdisciplinary practice which includes on-site projects, research, architectural case studies, and series of drawings; [[Irwin]] (2004); [[Bogoslav Kalaš]] (2006); [[Srečo Dragan]] (2007) the pioneer of Slovene video art and former member of the group OHO; [[Marko Pogačnik]](2008) the former OHO group member and internationally known artist engaged in geomantic and Earth healing work by the method of using lithopunctures. In 2009 [[Tadej Pogačar]] of [[P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E. Institute]] was selected out of 9 candidates for the project ''CODE:RED'',  a research of the parallel informal economies. The recent recepients are the painters [[Berko]] (2010) and [[Zmago Lenardič]] (2011). 

==See also==
* [[Slovenian Association of Fine Arts Societies (ZDSLU)]]
* [[Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts (SAZU)]]
* [[Ministry of Culture]]
* [[Museum of Modern Art]]
* [[Academy of Fine Arts and Design]]
* [[International Association of Art Critics (AICA), Slovenia]]
*[[:Category:Slovene Impressionists and their Time|Slovene Impressionists and their Time]] 

==External links==
* [https://zdslu.si/nagrada-riharda-jakopica/ More about Rihard Jakopič Award on Zdslu.si website] (in Slovenian)
===More about Rihard Jakopič===
* [http://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagrada_Riharda_Jakopi%C4%8Da Rihard Jakopič Award on Slovene wikipedia - overview of prizewinners] (in Slovenian)
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rihard_Jakopi%C4%8D Rihard Jakopič (1869&ndash;1943) on Wikipedia]
* [http://www.un.int/slovenia/famous.html Famous Slovenians depicted on Slovenia's banknotes including Rihard Jakopič]
* [http://www.randburg.com/si/general/slo8.html Famous Slovenians on the Randburg website including Rihard Jakopič]
* [http://www.europeana.eu/portal/search.html?query=title%3Arihard+jakopi%C4%8D&rows=24 Rihard Jakopič search results] on [http://www.europeana.eu Europeana.eu]



===More about bestowed artists===
* [http://www.kunstaspekte.de/index.php?k=2589&action=webpages Tadej Pogačar (the 2009 winner) on Kunstaspekte website]
* [http://www.artfacts.net/en/artist/tadej-pogacar-8800/profile.html Tadej Pogačar (the 2009 winner) on Artfacts website]
* [http://www.parasite-pogacar.si/ Tadej Pogačar (the 2009 winner) and the P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E. Institute website]
* [http://www.markopogacnik.com/ Marko Pogačnik (the 2008 winner) website]
* [http://www.videodokument.org/dragansreco/srecodragan.htm Srečo Dragan (the 2007 winner) on the Videodokument website]
* [http://www.artmargins.com/index.php/featured-articles/544-bogoslav-kalas-ghost-painting-machine-article Bogoslav Kalaš (the 2006 winner) on Art Margins website] &ndash; text about Kalaš exhibtion in the Galerija Gregor Podnar in 2009 by Ksenya Gurshtein
* [http://www.kunstaspekte.de/index.php?action=webpages&k=8499 Bogoslav Kalaš (the winner award 2006) on Kunstaspekte website]
* [http://times.nskstate.com/category/exhibitions/ Irwin (the 2004 winner) on NSK State website - actual exhibitions]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRWIN Irwin (the 2004 winner) on Wikipedia]
* [http://theinfluencers.org/en/irwin Irwin (the 2004 winner) on The Influencers website]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjetica_Potr%C4%8D Marjetica Potrč (the 2003 winner) on Wikipedia]

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