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Igor Zabel Award 2026 programmeOn Friday, 27 November, we will present the 𝟭𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝗴𝗼𝗿 𝗭𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 in Ljubljana, accompanied by an exciting programme starting the day before. The programme brings together contemporary and historical avant-garde practices, forging connections across post-socialist and post-colonial contexts and geographies, while exploring how cultural infrastructures are sustained, reimagined, or rebuilt amid shifting political realities, conflict, and war.
● This year’s laureate is 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗶𝗮 𝗜𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮, curator, educator, and founding director of the Yermilov Centre in Kharkiv, Ukraine (2012–). 𝗧𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗵, 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝘀𝗮𝗻𝘂 and 𝗔𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗮 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶 receive the Igor Zabel Award Grants.
An initiative of the Vienna-based ERSTE Foundation, the award has been presented biennially since 2008 in collaboration with the Igor Zabel Association for Culture and Theory, recognising outstanding achievements in the visual arts across Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe.
𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟮𝟲 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀 | Conversations
15:00–16:30 | Lili Novy hall, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana
Conversations with Igor Zabel Award Grant recipients Tania Arcimovich, Octavian Esanu, and Alona Karavai, moderated by Jakub Gawkowski and Vasif Kortun.
𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗻 / 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 | Screening
18:00–19:30 | Slovenian Cinematheque, Ljubljana
A screening of avant-garde and experimental films and videos from three collections: the Kontakt Collection, the Slovenian Cinematheque Film Collection, and DIVA Station – Digital Video Archive. Curators: Aleksei Borisionok and Peter Cerovšek
𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟮𝟳 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
𝗘𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗮 | Seminar
10:00–12:30 | MGLC Švicarija, Ljubljana
A seminar on the development of visual arts infrastructure in Slovenia featuring lectures by Beti Žerovc and Zdenka Badovinac, and a guided tour by Božidar Zrinski and Dušan Dovč through MGLC and Švicarija Art Centre.
𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝘂𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗮 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘆 & 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗹 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦̌𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗮 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰̌: 𝗘𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸
10:00–12:30 | Cukrarna Gallery, Ljubljana
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗱 𝗹 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗩𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗿 𝗩𝗶𝗱𝗺𝗮𝗿
15:00–17:00 | Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova (MSUM), Ljubljana
𝗜𝗴𝗼𝗿 𝗭𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗖𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘆
19:00–21:00 | Museum of Modern Art (MG), Ljubljana
A presentation of this year’s Award and Grant recipients, a conversation with the Laureate, Nataliia Ivanova, a performance by percussionist Pavel Čebašek, followed by an informal gathering.
Find out more about the awardees and the people behind the selection • https://award.igorzabel.org/
Produced by: Igor Zabel Association for Culture and Theory and ERSTE Foundation
Partners: MG+MSUM, Cankarjev dom, MGLC, Slovenian Cinematheque, Cukrarna Gallery
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𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗜𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗷𝗮 𝗭𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗮 𝘇𝗮 𝗸𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗼 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗷𝗼 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
V petek, 27. novembra bomo v Ljubljani svečano podelili 10. nagrado Igorja Zabela, že dan prej pa bo stekel bogat spremljevalni program. V njem združujemo sodobne in zgodovinske avantgardne prakse ter povezujemo izkušnje in gledišča iz postsocialističnih in postkolonialnih kontekstov, ob tem pa razmišljamo, kako se – sredi spreminjajočih se političnih realnosti in regionalnih geografij – kulturne infrastrukture vzdržujejo, znova zamišljajo ali znova gradijo.
● Nagrajenka letošnje edicije je 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗷𝗮 𝗜𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮, kuratorka, pedagoginja in ustanovna vodja Centra Jermilov v Harkovu (2012–). Štipendije Igorja Zabela prejmejo 𝗧𝗮𝗻𝗷𝗮 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗶𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗰̌, 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝘀𝗮𝗻𝘂 in 𝗔𝗹𝗷𝗼𝗻𝗮 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗷.
Nagrada je pobuda ERSTE sklada z Dunaja, ki jo od leta 2008 bienalno podeljuje z Društvom Igor Zabel za kulturo in teorijo za izjemne dosežke s področja vizualne umetnosti srednje, vzhodne in jugovzhodne Evrope.
𝗖̌𝗲𝘁𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗸, 𝟮𝟲. 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗮 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗷𝗲 𝐯 𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐯𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢 | Pogovori
15.00–16.30 | dvorana Lili Novy, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana
Pogovori s prejemniki štipendij Igorja Zabela Tanjo Arcimovič, Octavianom Esanujem in Aljono Karavaj; moderatorja: Jakub Gawkowski in Vasif Kortun
𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗺𝗹𝗷𝗲𝗻𝗼 𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲 / 𝗥𝗮𝘇𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗷𝗮 | Filmska projekcija
18.00–19.30 | Slovenska kinoteka, Ljubljana
Projekcija avantgardnih in eksperimentalnih videov in filmov iz treh zbirk: Kontakt, filmska zbirka Slovenske kinoteke in Postaja DIVA – digitalni video arhiv. Kuratorja: Aleksej Borisjonok in Peter Cerovšek
𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗸, 𝟮𝟳. 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗮 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
𝗥𝗮𝘇𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘃𝗹𝗷𝗮𝗻𝗷𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝘇𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗻𝗲 𝘂𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗻𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶 𝘃 𝗦𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗷𝗶 | Seminar
10.00–12.30 | MGLC Švicarija, Ljubljana
Seminar o razvoju likovne infrastrukture v Sloveniji s predavanji Beti Žerovc in Zdenke Badovinac ter vodenim ogledom z Božidarjem Zrinskim in Dušanom Dovčem po MGLC in Švicariji.
𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗱𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘃 𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗷𝗲 𝗖𝘂𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝘃𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗶 𝗼𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗮𝘇𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘃 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗹 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦̌𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗮 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰̌: 𝗭𝗮𝗷𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶
10.00–12.30 l Cukrarna, Ljubljana
𝗩𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗶 𝗼𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗮𝘇𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗰 𝘀 𝗸𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗺 𝗩𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗿𝗷𝗲𝗺 𝗩𝗶𝗱𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗷𝗲𝗺
15.00–17.00 | Muzej sodobne umetnosti Metelkova (MSUM), Ljubljana
𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘃 𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗜𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗷𝗮 𝗭𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗮 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
19.00–21.00 | Moderna galerija (MG), Ljubljana
Predstavitev letošnje nagrajenke in prejemnikov štipendij, pogovor z nagrajenko, Natalijo Ivanovo, nastop tolkalca Pavla Čebaška in druženje.
Več o nagrajencih in posameznikih, ki stojijo za izborom • https://award.igorzabel.org/
Produkcija: Društvo Igor Zabel za kulturo in teorijo ter ERSTE sklad
Partnerji: MG+MSUM, Cankarjev dom, MGLC, Slovenska kinoteka, Cukrarna
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