Events

“Occupied Culture” is a book that thematically deviates from established historiographical books that analyse military operations, suffering and resistance. Its authors look at the Second World War in occupied Serbia from a completely different angle. The horizon of this publication is represented by culture in its extremely important segment – the protection of cultural assets and the work of museums. The starting point of the research is the verification of stereotypes created in post-war Yugoslavia that only after the Second World War in a country whose entire social life is dictated by the Communist Party.

Antique Čačak was located on the border of two Roman provinces, and the archaeological discoveries of its parts were placed in the center of today's city, which allowed the fragments of an ancient time to flow into the present. Hence, the exhibition was conceived through multiple temporal and visual planes, combining photographic frames, poetic expression, paintings, drawings and immediate archaeological fragments. Discover how the layers of the ancient horizon are connected to modern man by the same territory, feelings and substance.

In a small shop at the bus station in Kraljevo, which was almost completely hidden behind the sign “I Repair Memories”, the great man, master and Mr. Joviša Gudžulić (1937-2023) spent more than half a century. In front of this strange, slightly beautiful and terribly ugly world, Joviša swears in this documentary that she will fight honorably, not looking for any victory in the outcome of her personal life struggle.

The exhibition represents a rare example of museological processing of mass atrocities and reprisals committed by Albanian quislings against the civilian Serbian and Jewish population in the area of AP Kosovo and Metohija during the Second World War and bears witness to a crime that has almost been completely forgotten.

Žiča Spiritual Assembly “Transfiguration 2024” is an important cultural event whose goal is to nurture, study and affirm the values of our national culture. The program of the Assembly begins with a ceremonial opening in the National Museum Kraljevo with two exhibitions of respected national cultural institutions: “Inspired by Italy” of the Gallery of Matica Srpska in Novi Sad and “Cities: A Certain view. From the Collection of Graphics by Foreign Authors of the National Museum of Serbia”.

The exhibition is dedicated to Serbian-Italian cultural and artistic ties, that is, to Serbian artists who found role models and incentives for their creativity in the artistic tradition of Italy. The Italian "experiences" of Serbian artists during the 19th and 20th centuries are visually represented by the selection of works of art from the collection of the Gallery of Matica Srpska.

The thematic backbone of the exhibition is represented by the presentation of the city as a key place where modern culture and art began and developed dramatically and rapidly, first at the transition from the 18th to the 19th and then from the 19th to the 20th century. In fine art from the 17th century, the motif of the city was represented to the greatest extent in printed graphics, whether it was individual prints or graphic maps with topographic representations of different places.

It is the fourth gathering of researchers from the fields of history, political science, law and philology organized by the National Museum Kraljevo with the support of the Faculty of Law of the University of Belgrade and the Institute for Political Studies from Belgrade. During the two days of the conference, on August 17th and 18th, 2024, twenty scientists will present their works.

Guided tour through the exhibition “Inspired by Italy” of the Gallery of Matica Srpska gives a complete insight into Serbian-Italian cultural and artistic ties, following the work of Serbian artists of the 19th and 20th centuries who shaped their artistic works under the influence of the art of the Apennine Peninsula. Art historian Jelena Marković will guide you through the experience of artists who drew inspiration from the Italian artistic tradition.

What did Predić write about in his “Journal”, what was his attitude towards European art, as well as his opinion on historical figures and people he met, what remarks did he have during his great trip to Italy, the discovery lecture of art historian Snežana Mišić, PhD, museum adviser and deputy director of the Gallery of Matica Srpska Gallery.

Guided tour through the exhibition “Cities: A Certain View. From the Collection of Graphics by Foreign Authors of the National Museum of Serbia” will provide visitors with a comprehensive insight into the development and transformation of the depiction of urban landscapes in graphics. Art historian Jelena Marković will guide you through this transformation from accurate and documentary representations to innovative and subjective approaches inspired by impressionism and post-impressionism.

The thematic guidance through the exhibition “Inspired Italy” of the Gallery of Matica Srpska, refers to the topic “Copying the Old Masters”. Art historian Jelena Marković will guide you through the part of the exhibition that relates to the tradition of copying as an important approach for transferring style, knowledge and artistic values from generation to generation