Mara Bratoš is a highly talented and academically trained Croatian photographer who, through her art, expresses and explores different life cycles and phases as well as the passage of time itself and the traces it leaves behind. Her exhibition at Klovićevi Dvori Gallery in Zagreb from October 10 – November 24 will take us through a retrospective view of her life’s work.
The “Ceremony” project explores the social status of women in Croatia through the statistics of the winners of the Vladimir Nazor lifetime achievement award and the symbolism of crystal objects. This award was often given to women, and the crystal was passed down from mothers to daughters. The project will present various interesting and interactive workshops where visitors will have the opportunity to try engraving crystal objects. The workshops are open for anyone interested from October 15 – November 3 at the Ethnographic Museum in Zagreb.
Frano Missia is a multitalented artist originating from Split whose work consists of an opus of interesting graphics, sketches for theatre scenographics, a series of female figurines in terracotta and many more beautiful paintings. In honour of this year’s hundredth anniversary of his birth, the City Museum of Split will put together a retrospective exhibition with over 80 pieces of his life’s work. The exhibition will testify to a large time span of his artistic creativity and versatility and will be open to visitors from September 10 – November 3.
Having established her career back in the 1970s, among a circle of artists of the New Art Practice, Dubravka Rakoci is one of Zagreb’s most consistent and prominent painters. On September 20 at 7:00 p.m., on the ground floor of the Galženica Gallery in Velika Gorica, she will present the opening of an exhibition called "Circulation", which consists of a great number of her works produced in 1979. In the process of creating these pieces, Rakoci would pour black paint onto paper sheets, and using circular movements of her hand, created a series of abstract concentric circles. The exhibition will be open until October 25.
My Buddy Moose is an indie-Americana band from Rijeka, known for its reputation as one of the best "small" bands" from Croatia, that has crossed international borders and played with world-famous artists. This year, in honour of promoting their new album "Into the Grey " and in commemoration of celebrating their 20 years of existence, they will perform a concert at the Palach Club, Rijeka, on October 26.
The Pag lace is a cultural asset with the main motif of a Gothic quatrefoil, which formed the headdress of the traditional women's costume of the city of Pag. Today, it is preserved in contemporary Croatian society in a passive way, in museums, and in an active way, through workshops where the lace sewing is taught. Many interesting versions of such workshops can be attended at the National Museum of Zadar at the Ethnology department from September 27 – October 30.
On October 3, the Museum of Ancient Glass in Zadar will reveal the opening of an exhibition called "The discreet charm of apothecary glass: glass from Croatian pharmacies in the collections of the Croatian Museum of Medicine and Pharmacy HAZU". Through this intriguing exhibition, visitors will be introduced to the story of the use of glass in historic Croatian pharmacies, along with various colours, shapes and dimensions it came in between the 17th and the 20th century. The exhibition will be open until December 15.
Marina Mesar, known under the pseudonym OKO, is a multidisciplinary artist, who in her works depicts surreal scenes and fantastical figures while combining various human, animal and fantasy elements. She expresses herself mostly through paintings, drawings, illustrations, murals and through public interventions. Within her art, she aims to explore the themes of identity, memories and mythology. In her latest exhibition "Dear Diary...Layers of Dreams", OKO will present a vivid life experience and retrospective of childhood through a combination of photographs and hand-made rag dolls. This unique experience will be open to visitors from September 27 - November 9 in the Trotoar Gallery, Zagreb.
Bregfest is a wine festival that commemorates and presents the wines of the hilly outskirts of Croatia. This year's edition of the festival can be attended in Lauba, a house for people and art in Zagreb on October 25 from 2 p.m. - 9 p.m. The festival will be hosted by more than 60 winemakers who will present over 350 different wine sorts. A perfect event for all the wine lovers out there to unite and relax on a Friday afternoon.
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