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December 2009 07 - 13/12/2009 Human rights film festival B-2, Europa Cinema, Varšavska 3, tel. (+385-1) 487 28 88, 03, 04, 09, 10, 11, 14, 21, 23, 29, 30 /12/2009 Students Centre B-4, Savska 25, Tuškanac Cinema Pyotr Illiych Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker B-3, B-1, Tuškanac 1, Movieplex Cinema C-1, Nova Ves 11, Croatian National Theatre, Trg maršala Tita 15, tel. www.kinoeuropa.hr. One of several film festivals that (+385-1) 488 84 18, www.hnk.hr. This is a fairytale keep us going throughout the year, this year HRFF explores ballet composed by Tchaikovsky and it is well known that social rights - an essential topic what with all the economic the selection of music has some of the best known tunes in chaos raging out there. Right on! Check out http://www. classical music. As in this case and time of year, the ballet has humanrightsfestival.org/ for the programme. become the most popular play performed around Christmas time. Q Performances start at 19:30. Tickets 80 - 150kn 08/12/2009 Ana Moura I-3, Vatroslav Lisinski available at the Box office (Open 10:00 - 19:30, Sat 10:00 - Concert Hall, Trg Stjepana Radića 4, tel. (+385-1) 612 13:00 and hour and half before performance). 11 66, www.lisinski.hr. Fans of the ‘fado’ music style will be delighted to hear about the upcoming tour by this young 06/12/2009/HGM Jazz Orchestra Zagreb - A Portuguese artist. This genre of music has been depicted by tribute to The Beatles B-4, &TD Theatre, Savska some as a mixture of African slave rhythms with the traditional 25. The lads from Liverpool have rewritten the history music of Portuguese sailors and a dash of Arabic influence. books countless times and it is of no surprise that their Having sold out concerts to audiences in New York’s Carnegie music continues to enter the world of jazz. Our very own Hall, Moura brings her soulful sounds to Zagreb. Q Concert HGM Orchestra present their first album ‘Here, There and starts at 19:30. Tickets 100 - 140kn. Box office open 10:00 Everywhere’ which includes their very own arrangements - 20:00, Sat 09:00 - 14:00. Closed Sun. of classic Beatles hit. Relive their success in this grand spectacle! Q Concert starts at 20:00. Tickets 35kn. 08/12/2009 Jazz Cycle Davor Križić Experiment I-3, Vatroslav Lisinski Small Concert Hall, Trg Stjepana 07/12/2009 Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara Radića 4, tel. (+385-1) 612 11 66, www.lisinski.hr. See H-5, Aquarius Club, Matije Ljubeka bb, www.aquarius. some of Croatia’s finest musicians as they gather to perform hr. When you put together guitarist, producer and Wayward carefully chosen songs by jazz greats such as W. Shorter, H. Sheiks frontman Justin Adams with Juldeh Camara, a virtuoso Hancock, D. Elington, T. Monk, O. Coleman and others. The West African one-stringed instrument player, you get a line-up includes Matija Dedić on piano, Elvis Penava on guitar, monumental fusion of blues-rock and hypnotic African rhythm. Tihomir Hojsak plays the double-bass and vibraphone, Vojkan Essential. Q Tickets can be purchased at the Aquarius CD Jočić is tenor and soprano, and it includes Križić himself. shop or at the Aquarius cashier for the price of 75kn (95 kn Q Concert starts at 21:00. Tickets 70kn. Box office open a day). Concert starts at 21:00. 10:00 - 20:00, Sat 09:00 - 14:00. Closed Sun. www.inyourpocket.com zagreb.inyourpocket.com December 2009 - January 2010 2 Culture & events Culture & events 3

10 - 15/12/2009 6th Fair of Culture B-4, Student’s Centre, Savska 25, tel. (+385-1) 459 35 55, www. sczg.hr. The main topic of this year’s almost traditional event is Outer Space! The student canteen will for several days turn into an Outer Space Centre which will lead you to hidden galaxies. 11/12/2009 Zabranjeno pušenje E-3, Tvornica, Pavla Šubića 2, www.tvornica-kulture.hr. One of the best Bosnian rock bands that formed way back in 1980 and started as a typical garage band in the local Sarajevo suburbs. They’ve had hits for over two decades and often their lyrics represent life in their city. They have a cult following and hits such as ‘Zenica Blues’ will rock the night away. Q Concert starts at 21:00. Tickets 80kn at ww.eventim.hr. 13/12/2009 VNV Nation I-4, Boogaloo Club, Dženisa Pecotić, Ljubavni napitak Vukovarska 68, www.boogaloo.hr. This dynamic duo features Ronan Harris and Mark Jackson who are an English electronic act that combine elements of trance, future pop and EBM (Electronic Body Music) thus creating a unique sound which has made them into one of the scenes leading groups. Q Concert starts 21:00. Tickets 140 - 170kn at ww.eventim.hr. 13/12/2009 Musical Broadway Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall, Trg Stjepana Radića 4, tel. (+385-1) 612 11 66. Best of: Cats, Dance of the Vampires, Hair, Cabaret, Chicago, Singing In The Rain. As they say in Hollywood, ‘There’s no business like show business’ and this spectacle is on for young and old. The main song from each musical leads viewers into each story as the amazing dance group and choreography shine. It is in English and the 2 hour show is a great stroll down memory lane. Q Event starts at 17:30 and 20:00. Tickets 200 - 260kn available at www.eventim.hr Dženisa Pecotić, Dama s kamelijama or at the Box office open 10:00 - 20:00, Sat 09:00 - 14:00. Closed Sun. 16/12/2009 Parni valjak H-5, Arena Zagreb, Lanište. You can consider these guys as Croatia’s Rolling Stones as they are one of the biggest rock acts of not only this country but this city. Deriving from Zagreb, the lads formed in 1975 and recorded endless hits that continue to rock the radio airwaves. Despite calling it a day on their 30th anniversary in 2005, they reunite with this major comeback. Q Concert starts at 20:00. Tickets 130 - 160kn at ww.eventim.hr. 17/12/2009 David Guetta H-5, The Best Club. It isn’t his first nor do we hope his last trip to our wonderful city. He is undoubtedly one of the most sort after DJ’s around at the moment. This Frenchman, who has produced and remixed some of the best dance hits of the year, is set to pack the rafters before Christmas. Q Ticket 200kn. Marija Šarić Ban, Potjeh 18/12/2009 Rokaj Fest 2010. presents Darko Rundek & Cargo Orkestar I-4, Boogaloo Club, 09/12/2009 Superhiks Dom željezničara, Trnjanska Vukovarska 68, www.boogaloo.hr. Darko Rundek was cesta 1. A rare treat from Macedonia as the Superhiks arrive frontman of the wildly popular Zagreb rock band Haustor with a huge reputation, this ska-punk and reggae band also back in the days of Yugoslavia. Always influenced by world incorporate swing, Latin and Balkan folk music elements. In music, in his solo career he’s taken it to the next level with the 2006 the band released their third live album which sold all Cargo Orkestar, name-checking Balkan music styles, reggae 35.000 copies within 7 days. They are Macedonia’s best rock and eastern sounds in an energetic, eclectic fusion. A highly act and have the national awards to prove it. Q Concert interesting introduction to this region’s music scene. Q starts at 21:00. Tickets 60kn. Tickets 100 - 130 kn on the day of the concert. 10/12/2009 Yolanda Duke & the Tito Puente 18, 22, 28, 31/12/2009 & 2/ 01/2010 Puccini: Orchestra E-3, Tvornica, Pavla Šubića 2, www.tvornica- La Boheme Croatian National Theatre, Trg maršala Tita kulture.hr. Latino and jazz combine with Yolanda Duke who 15. La Bohème is Puccini’s most frequently performed work, has teamed up with the original members of The Tito Puente and it’s back after five years. The moving libretto was based Orchestra and recorded a great music production of Big Band on the novel ‘Scenes from the life of a bohemian’ by Henry Latin Jazz. Directed by Jose Madera who has been a part of Murager depicting life in the Parisian Latin District. Q All the orchestra for 35 years, this is a real jewel to enjoy and shows start at 19:30, except on the New Year’s Eve when it will be played live. Q Concert starts at 21:00. Tickets 100 starts at 18:00. Champagne will be offered during the break. - 120kn at ww.eventim.hr. Ticket price between 80 and 150 kuna.

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19/12/2009 Metropolitan in Lisinski - Jacques Offenbach: Hoffman’s Stories I-3, Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall, Trg Stjepana Radića 4, tel. (+385-1) 612 11 66, www.lisinski.hr. Hoffman’s Stories is the most serious work of an otherwise light-hearted writer of operettas, but nevertheless an entertaining caper through old-time Nuremburg. Directed by Bartles Scherr, who won acclaim with his Barber of Seville in 2006/2007, musical director of the Metropolitan James Levine leads tenor star Roland Villazon in an exceptionally demanding leading role, Anna Netrebko plays the tragic Antonia, Elina Garanča is Nicklausse and Renée Pape the evil Lindorf. Q Event starts at 19:00. Tickets 95 kn. Box office open 10:00 - 20:00, Sat 09:00 - 14:00. Closed Sun. 19/12/2009 The 2nd Metal Storm Fest: Infernal War, Inferno, Striborg, Excuse for Pain I-4, Dom željezničara, Trnjanska cesta 1. Metal fans will embrace this gig with Poland’s Infernal War, Czech underground black metal band Inferno and Bosnian black metallers Toxic Death. In addition, the comeback by our very own Striborg will raise a few eyebrows and to top it off, death-grind band Excuse for Pain play with their old school sound. Q Tickets 90 - 110kn. Concert starts at 19:00. 21, 22, 23/12/2009 Grease C-1, Comedy Theatre, Kaptol 9, tel. (+385-1) 481 45 66. A musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey that became a West End hit and a hugely succesful film, was voted the best musical of all time. Set at Rydell School, 1950s Chicago, the show tackles themes such as love, friendship, rebellion and romance during adolescence. After its Croatian premiere in October of 2006, the popular musical will be a regular on the Comedy Theatre’s spring repertoire. Q Event starts at 19:30. Tickets 60-120kn. 22 & 23/12/2009 Damir Urban & 4 E-3, Tvornica, Dženisa Pecotić Ipak je san Pavla Šubića 2, www.tvornica-kulture.hr. Unique, emotive and charismatic may best sum up the voice of Damir 19/12/2009 Jose Carreras and guests Arena Urban. He has been in the music scene since the age of 16 Zagreb, Lanište. Legendary opera vocalist Jose Carreras and continues to produce an outstanding quality of rock, has become one of the most famous vocal artists of our alternative and industrial music. He performs with his band time. He has performed in some of the most prestigious with a double header in Zagreb in promotion of his latest concert halls and opera houses in the world. He will be joined album. Q Concert starts at 21:00. by Croatia’s esteemed orchestra in the Zagreb Philharmonics 28, 29, 31/12/2009 Jacques Offenbach: - amongst other guests in what is said to be a spectacle of Beautiful Helen C-1, Comedy Theatre, Kaptol 9, grandeur. Q Concert starts at 20:00. Tickets 160 - 520kn tel. (+385-1) 481 45 66. Mythology meets pop culture! at www.eventim.hr. This satirical operetta has a very contemporary storyline as Offenbach makes a parody of the ancient Greek myth, Homer’s Iliad. The roots of the tail are transferred to a new Lost the beat? era, the 1950’s as his librettists mock low passions of the ruling class of their time. Directed by Dora Ruždjak Podolski. zagreb.inyourpocket.com Q Event starts at 19:30. Tickets 60 - 120kn. Tickets for New Year’s Eve 200 - 300 kn. Box office in Oktogon, Ilica 5. Open 08:00 - 17:00, Sat 08:00 - 13:00. Closed Sun.

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16/01/2010 Metropolitan in Lisinski, Georges Bizet - Carmen I-3, Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall, Trg Stjepana Radića 4, tel. (+385-1) 612 11 66, www. lisinski.hr. When it originally premiered at the Parisian Opera ‘Comique’ in 1875 it shocked the then conservative French audience. The power of passion changed to brutality and was difficult to accept. The newest production conducted by Johannes Wildner divides audiences because of the shortened partitures and the reduced Spanish folklore. Q Event starts at 19:00. Tickets 95kn. Box office open 10:00 - 20:00, Sat 09:00 - 14:00. Closed Sun. 24/01/2010 The 69 Eyes - Christian Death, Mandragora Scream I-4, Boogaloo Club, Vukovarska 68, www.boogaloo.hr. Finish rockers The 69 Eyes headline this event with a great repertoire of gothic metal, rock Miro Kadoic and horror punk, hard to believe seeing they first started playing glam metal. There change in style has brought them January 2010 international acclaim and they have included two fine support 08/01/2010 Claudio Monteverdi: Orpheus B-3, acts. Q Tickets 140 -160kn. Concert starts at 20:00. Croatian National Theatre, Trg maršala Tita 15. Widely labelled as the first ever opera which premiered in 1607. 24/01/2010 The Estonian Philharmonic The tale of Orpheus entails everything an opera needs; Chamber Choir I-3, Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall, music, divinity, humanity, doubt and love, all combined with Trg Stjepana Radića 4, tel. (+385-1) 612 11 66. harmonious music. Q Tickets 80 - 150kn. Available at the Described as flexible, airy and crystal clear with vocal body, Box office. Open 10:00 - 19:30, Sat 10:00 - 13:00, 17:00 - this Estonian philharmonic choir has for several years become 18:00. Closed Sun. a true attraction of the world’s classical music scene. Their work is their life as they hold up to 70 concerts per year and their repertoire includes a wide range from Gregorian corals, through to Baroque and modern music. Q Box office open 10:00 - 20:00, Sat 09:00 - 14:00. Closed Sun.

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09/01/2010 Metropolitan in Lisinski - Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier I-3, Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall, Trg Stjepana Radića 4, tel. (+385-1) 612 11 66, www.lisinski.hr. Strauss’ celebrated musical comedy about love and intrigue in 18th century Vienna. Musical director James Levine will conduct the performance in which Renée Fleming plays the Marschallin, Susan Graham in the male role of Octavian, Christine Schafer is the gentleman’s new love, Thomas Allen plays her father and Kristinn Sigmundson is the lecherous Baron Ochs. Q Event starts Ivana Bakal, Vesela udovica at 19:30. Tickets 95 kn. Box office open 10:00 - 20:00, Sat 09:00 - 14:00. Closed Sun. 12/01/2010 Austrian-Hungarian Philharmonics Haydn I-3, Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall, Trg Stjepana Radića 4, tel. (+385-1) 612 11 66, www.lisinski.hr. This unique combination of musicians first formed in 1987 and merged members of the Vienna Philharmonics alongside some of the most renowned musicians from across various Hungarian orchestras. Their work has always been dedicated to Joseph Haydn and with time they have widened their repertoire to include his contemporaries, romantics and more. Q Event starts at 19:30. Box office open 10:00 - 20:00, Sat 09:00 - 14:00. Closed Sun. www.inyourpocket.com Ivana Bakal Spelancija od Stanca

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Exhibitions 01/10 - 31/12/2009 The Power of Colour D-3, Ethnographic Museum, Trg Mažuranića 14, tel. (+385-1) 482 62 20. How have colours conquered the world? The purpose of this exhibition is to show the history, the symbolic meaning, science and psychology of colours. To show how something that doesn’t really exist, infact does through the products of light, vision and the complex biological elements of the human eye and brain. 20/10 - 20/12/2009 The 10th Triennial of Croatian Sculpture I-2, The Glyptotheque of the Croatian Academy of Science and Arts, Medvedgradska 2, tel. (+385-1) 468 60 50. Held every three years and first began in 1982. This exhibition will pay tribute to all the awarded winners of the past whilst showcasing the progress of Croatian art sculpture within the last three years - with an emphasis on the artists who form the contemporary Croatian art scene. 21/10/2009 - 31/01/2010 Zagreb - Munich: Croatian Fine Art and the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich 1870 - 1920 C-3, Art Pavilion, Trg kralja Tomislava 22, tel. (+385-1) 484 10 70. This exhibition is a double whammy! In honour of the 200th anniversary of the Academy of fine Arts in Munich, a joint venture with local institutions brings a selection of Croatian fine art from the end of the 19th to the beginning of the 20th century. The exhibition also honours the works of Croatian students who have studied at this elite academy as well as the works of their art professors. The list is endless so it’s well worth a peek!

Stanko Abadžić 27/10 - 12/12/2009 Big Portraits by Nadar C-1, Klovićevi dvori Gallery, Jezuitski trg 4, tel. (+385-1) 485 19 26. Black and white photographs by Gaspard Felix Tournachon (1820-1910), also known as Nadar. The main theme of the exhibition is portraits of famous people (around 1854): Liszt, Baudelaire, Berlioz, Sarah Bernhardt, Manet, Rossini… 26/11/2009 - 24/01/2010 Jozo Kljaković (1889 - 1969) C-1, Klovićevi dvori Gallery, Jezuitski trg 4, tel. (+385-1) 485 19 26. It is only right to pay homage to the great works of the past and in this case, one of the most beautiful sacral opuses made in the last century was definitely 01 - 12/12/2009 Za-Te plus Gallery, Vojvodina na dlanu, Milan Kljaković’s cycle of frescoes - in St Mark’s Church, Zagreb’s Upper Town, Gradec. Even though this master of the grandiose Živković produced some amazing art works, he has remained almost unknown to the public over time. To give recognition where it is most deservedly due, this retrospective will mark 120 years since his birth and the 40th anniversary of his passing. The exhibition will for the first time reveal all the richness of his talent, of an artist who has been neglected for decades. Although he was educated in the centres of upcoming avant- garde art, and in the ateliers of famous European painters such as Klimt, Hodler and Lenoir; this painter was to become an example of traditional trends as his fishermen, peasants and nudes of the Mediterranean take us into the past which echoes through the Mediterranean as it used to be. 01 - 09/12/2009 Top 100 - Ceramics E-3, Zvonimir Gallery, Baureova 33, tel. (+385-1) 456 79 26. Are you interested in porcelain and the designs, shapes and features that it comes in? Then this exhibition by custodian Višnja Slavica Gabout will bring a tingle to your interest as it displays the top 100 works by Croatian ceramic makers. 01 - 12/12/2009 Za-Te plus Gallery, Vojvodina na dlanu, Geza It includes members of the Ulupuh’s section for ceramics, Lennert glass and porcelain.

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01 - 12/12/2009 Događanja Gallery, PI group (Saša Furlan, Sanja Kapidžić, Marina Krstačić, Vanja Tataj) Shop with a smile?

01 - 13/12/2009 Kaštela Fortresses C-2, Archaeological Museum, Trg Nikole Šubića Zrinskog 19, 15/10/2009 - 31/01/2010 Intimism in tel. (+385-1) 487 30 00, www.amz.hr. You might know Croatian Fine Art from the 1930s until the that between Split and Trogir there’s a belt where there are 1950s C-3, Modern Gallery, Andrije Hebranga 1, about 12 million villages all called Kaštela Something. That’s tel. 604 10 55, www.moderna-galerija.hr This could because there were once an equal number of fortresses be history in the making with an exhibition that for the (Kaštel- castle) guarding the hinterland against incursion by first time discusses the most personal art inspirations them pesky Turks. Dating back as far as the 15th Century, of thirty renowned Croatian painters. Over 120 works each of the fortresses tells a story of the people who built from leading museum and gallery collections, including them. Head to this exhibition and find out their secrets… numerous private collections, open up the spectrum of their entire opus or certain cycles which were inspired 01 - 15/12/2009 Photography by Stanko Vrtovec by their own intimacy. Besides displaying some of the C-2, KIC, Preradovićeva 5, tel. (+385-1) 481 07 14, famous masterpieces by Emanuel Vidović, Jerolim Miše, www.kic.hr. With his mainly black-and-white photographs, Oton Postružnik, Ivo Dulčić, Antun Motika and Slavko Stanko Vrtovec invites us to share his sometimes quirky Šohaj, the exhibition also reveals less famous paintings vision of the world around him from the mid-70s until the by Ljubo Babić, Bruno Bulić, Ivan Dulčić, Miron Makanac, end of the century. Antun Mezdjić, Omer Mujadžić, Nikola Reiser and other 01 - 19/12/2009 Edvin Dragičević, Prijatelji su famous and popular painters of the previous century. mi bolji nego što izgledaju bakropisi (My friends are better than what etchings look like) B-3, Studio Kabineta grafike HAZU, Hebrangova 1. Intricate etchings of insects by Split-born graphic artist Edvin Dragičević. The perfectionist works are accompanied by sardonic commentary that, unfortunately, will be lost on you unless you’ve managed to brush up your Croatian in the meantime... 01 - 31/12/2009 Ancient Pag Lake B-1, The Natural History Musuem, Demetrova 1, tel. (+385-1) 485 17 00, www.hpm.hr. The island of Pag could be described as an island of salt, stone, lace - and wild parties, and while many of us like it like that, this would scarce do it justice. The island’s interior hides lush fields, vineyards, flocks of juicy sheep, and… it has now been discovered, the site of an ancient lake, one of the most important paleontological finds in Croatia, rich in fossils and clues to the island’s past. If you’d like to find out more about the secret life of the party crowd’s favourite holiday place, head to the Croatian Natural History Museum, where there’s an exhibition on ‘til the end of the year. 03 - 22/12/2009 Stanko Abadžić B-2, Ministry of beauty, Make up Academy, Varšavska 14/II, tel. (+385-)091 269 98 07, 098 69 98 07. Abadžić is a journalist from Vukovar, and this exhibition premieres this cycle, entitled “Nudes”, taken in Prague, Tokyo, Zagreb and Baška on Krk island. 04 - 16/12/2009 Đuro Gavran: Colony - Western Sahara, Multimedia exhibition C-1, ULUPUH Gallery, Tkalčićeva 14. Spatial installations, photo, video, sculpture, ready made and graphics communicate the artist’s experiences meeting the Sahrawi, an indigenous people from 03/12/2009 - 31/01/2010 Meštrović Atelier, Kljaković kod the Western Sahara. Meštrovića zagreb.inyourpocket.com December 2009 - January 2010 14 Culture & events Culture & events 15

14/12/ 2009 - 14/02/2010 Prayers to Saint Tryphon - Treasures of the Kotor Diocese C-1 Klovićevi dvori Gallery, Jezuitski trg 4, tel. (+385-1) 485 19 26. So rich and yet so little known, the Kotor Diocese reveals its treasures in the Klovićevi dvori Gallery, thus marking 1200 years since the transfer of power of Saint Tripun the Martyr in Kotor. One of the richest sacral treasuries has opened its doors, showing the opulence of its reliquaries, its precious liturgical robes, its masterful sacral painting and sculpture, its unique musical vernacular and literary collection. The totality of the artistic and spiritual heritage of the Kotor Diocese and the whole Gulf of Kotor will now be on display at a single location: in the Klovićevi dvori Gallery. The Venerated Head of the mighty Saint Tripun, protector of Kotor and the Kotor Diocese, will also be on view, the first Croatian History Museum, Heritage of the Jelačić family time it has ever left Kotor. 17/12/2009 - 07/02/2010 Ivica Bednjanec – a retrospective C-1 Klovićevi dvori Gallery, Jezuitski Heritage of the Jelačić family trg 4, tel. (+385-1) 485 19 26. This master of comic strip narrative, innovator of drawing techniques and graphic November 2009 – September 2010 Memories designer who has worked for leading companies presents of a ban – The Jelačić Legacy in the Croatian you his first retrospective in the Klovićevi dvori Gallery. The History Museum B-1, Croatian History Museum, exhibition, covering two floors, is a satirical yet touching Matoševa 9, tel. 485 19 00. You’ll know the princely chronicle of an era which today’s young adults will surely figure of Ban Jelačić for sure – he’s the sword-brandishing remember with nostalgia, while younger people will discover chap on horseback on Zagreb’s main square. Croatians that we once had our own “Simpsons”. That is to say, a long regard him as a national hero, and rightly since he is time before America’s Simpsons were born, Ivica Bednjanec, credited with the abolition of serfdom. Hungarians, through writing and illustrating his comic strips, unreservedly however, are mortified when they spot his prancing mocked society’s flaws, bureaucratic-political tricks and steed - Jelačić helped quash their rebellion against the manipulation, and condemned hypocrisy in all its forms, all Austrians in return for favours from the Teutonic masters in the spirit of a black humour which ruled the world scene (which never really materialised). Although undoubtedly in the 1970s. a patriot, his extensive military campaigns didn’t result in approval from all quarters back home, a theme which 22/12/2009 - 22/01/2010 One Hundred Years is all too familiar these days. Since 2009 is the 150th of Croatian Scenography and Costume Design anniversary of the death of this energetic figure, the 1909 - 2009 Prsten Gallery D-2, Trg žrtava fašizma bb, Croatian History Museum is putting on an exhibition of Croatian National Theatre - Foyer B-3, Trg maršala Tita over 300 items shown as they were in situ at the Jelačić 5, ULUPUH Gallery C-1, Tkalčićeva 14, ULUPUH C-3, family’s estate at Zaprešić near Zagreb. Preradovićeva 44/1. In 1909, painter Branimir Šenoa was employed at Zagreb’s Croatian National Theatre and that is how the history of scenography started as an independent 08/12/2009 - 03/01/2010 Sandra Vitaljić: art discipline in Croatia. The aim of this project is to celebrate Layers of History C-1, Karas Gallery, Praška 4. This 100 years of scenography and costume design through an young photographer’s works crackle with defiant energy, exhibition which spans the history of these professions in and if you can expect anything, it’s the unexpected. Sandra Croatia. The Project will fill four locations, and covers history is about to gain her PhD from Prague’s FAMU, and she’s (HDLU Prsten Gallery), contemporary scenography (ULUPH already made a name for herself in international circles for Gallery, Tkalčićeva), costume (Croatian National Theatre), edgy fashion shoots and much more. monography (ULUPUH Preradovićeva) and exhibition by the first years of costume design students from the Faculty of 08/12/2009 - 31/01/2010 From Klović and Textile Technology (ULUPUH Gallery). Rembrandt to Warhol and Picelj B-3, Arts and Crafts Museum, Trg maršala Tita 10, tel. (+385-1) 488 21 11. This is by far one of the most exceptional cultural events on the calendar which has been organized in cooperation with the National Library. It marks the 90th anniversary of the Museum of Arts and Crafts Graphics Collection and gives an insight into the diversity and richness of the collection. The exhibition will showcase over 1000 works by Croatian and foreign artists, all of which were created between the 16th and the 20th century. See the works of Andrija Medulić Schiavone, Miroslav Kraljević, Josip Račić, Milan Steiner, Ljubo Babić, Tomislav Krizman, Mencije Clement Crnčića, Krsto Hegedušić, Vladimir Becić, Vlaho Bukovac, Slava Raškaj, Milivoj Uzelac, Ivan Lacković Croata, Josip Generalić and more. 08 - 20/12/2009 Bela Csikos Sessia - The Apocalypse C-2, Josip Račić Studio, Margaretska 3, tel. (+385 - 1) 481 25 99, www.moderna-galerija.hr. Catch this exhibition by Bela Csikos Sessia - the painter who introduced symbolism to Croatian art and was one of the 03 - 09/12/2009 VN Gallery, Tamara Galović & Petra Kriletić - founders of the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. Kavaart

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14/01 - 15/02/2010 Ink-Not-Ink , an exhibition The Strossmayer Gallery of Old Masters of contemporary Chinese ink fine art I-2, HAZU (Strossmayerova galerija starih majstora) C-3, Trg Glyptoteque, Medvedgardska 2. A travelling exhibition N. Š. Zrinjskog 11, tel. (+385-1) 489 51 11, sgallery@ organized in co-operation with the Embassy of the People’s hazu.hr, www.hazu.hr. Bishop Strossmayer was a master Republic of China presents to Europe for the first time works of many things, that’s indisputable. When he wasn’t out by 38 figures from the Chinese contemporary art scene. The mastering these things he was donating works and much of central theme is the tradition of ink fine art and the response it is housed here. The overhead lighting kicks your enjoyment to explosive growth and globalisation. The artists boldly of the oil paintings into overdrive. Masters featured: Bruegel, experiment with new media and technologies, combining Carpeaux, Benković and Proudhon to name but a few. Q western and eastern elements. Open 10:00 - 13:00, Tue 10:00 - 13:00, 17:00 - 19:00. Closed Mon. Admission 5 - 10kn. Looking for more? Just click! Small Galleries Daniel Kovač, Interpolacija, 2009. zagreb.inyourpocket.com These are the places where you can find all kinds of intriguing exhibitions and installations run by various Galleries groups. It’s a dynamic scene - well worth checking out. Kristina Leko / David Smithson, Missing Monuments, 2007 Art Pavilion (Umjetnički paviljon) C-3, Trg kralja Tomislava 22, tel. (+385-1) 484 10 70, info@umjetnicki- Događanja Gallery (Galerija Događanja) K-3, Ivanićgradska 41a.QOpen 10:00 - 20:00. Closed Sat, Za-Te plus Gallery (Galerija Za-Te plus)D-3,Trg paviljon.hr, www.umjetnicki-paviljon.hr. A brilliant yellow Q exterior woos you to it from its place on Trg kralja Tomislava. Sun. žrtava fašizma 14. Open 09:00 - 20:00. Closed Sat, Sun. Inside you’ll find a superb home for all kinds of domestic and Forum Gallery (Galerija Forum) C-2, Nikole Tesle international art, great beneficiaries of the generous natural 16, tel. (+385-1) 481 07 14. QOpen 08:00 - 20:00, Sat Zvonimir Gallery (Galerija MORH-a Zvonimir) E-3, lighting that spills in from the top. QOpen 11:00 - 19:00, Sun 10:00 - 14:00. Closed Sun. Admission free. Bauerova 33, tel. (+385-1) 456 79 26, galerija.zvonimir@ 10:00 - 13:00. Admission 10 - 20kn, free on Mondays. morh.hr. QOpen 11:00 - 18:00, Sat 10:00 - 12:00. Closed G-mk / Miroslav Kraljević Gallery (G-mk / Galerija Sun. Admission free. HDLU (Croatian Association of Arists) (Hrvatsko Miroslav Kraljević) E-3, Šubićeva 29, tel. (+385-1) 459 društvo likovnih umjetnika) E-3, Trg žrtava fašizma 26 96, [email protected], www.g-mk.hr. An impressive display bb, tel. (+385-1) 461 18 18, [email protected], www.hdlu. house, the artist will feel at home here. It has an interactive Cinemas hr. Gallery of Croatian contemporary culture. QOpen 11:00 feel to it. QOpen 12:00 - 19:00, Sat 11:00 - 13:00. Closed - 19:00, Sat, Sun 10:00 - 14:00. Closed Mon. Admission Mon, Sun. Admission free. 10 - 15kn. Movie buffs who devour block-busters or the latest 3D will Josip Račić Studio (Studio Josip Račić) C-2, find Cinestar and Movieplex the cinemas to attend. Those Klovićevi dvori Gallery (Galerija Klovićevi dvori) Margaretska 3, tel. (+385-1) 481 25 99. This gallery is who prefer the alternative and independent productions C-1, Jezuitski trg 4, tel. (+385-1) 485 19 26, press@ affiliated with the Modern Gallery, and showcases eight to ought to visit cinemas Europa, Tuškanac and the art galerijaklovic.hr, www.galerijaklovic.hr. Perhaps the ten exhibits on a yearly basis. Very helpful and informative cinema KIC. And believe it or not we are pleased to have most impressive gallery and art display house, you’ll find staff. Q Open 11:00 - 19:00, Sat, Sun 10:00 - 13:00. our own documentary cinema called Dokukino! All films are it in Gornji Grad. The travelling artwork it houses is very Admission free. shown in their original languages with Croatian subtitles. impressive, with many of the most famous exhibits the world Ticket range between 10 to 30kuna and you can book in Q Karas Gallery (Galerija Karas) C-2, Praška 4, tel. advance at most cinemas. For all schedules check their over making a short stop here. Open 11:00 - 19:00. Closed Q Mon. Admission 10 - 40kn. (+385-1) 481 15 61. Open 11:00 - 19:00, Sat, Sun web sites. 10:00 - 14:00. Closed Mon. Modern Gallery (Moderna galerija) C-3, Andrije CineStar Zagreb D-4, Branimirova 29, tel. (+385-1) Kranjčar C-1, Kaptol 26, tel. (+385-1) 481 84 00, 468 66 02, www.blitz-cinestar.hr. For reservations call Hebranga 1, tel. (+385-1) 604 10 55, moderna-galerija@ Q zg.t-com.hr. The Modern Gallery has been reconstructed [email protected]. Open 12:00 - 19:00, Sat 11:00 060 32 32 33. CineStar also at Shopping centre Avenue Mall. and given a permanent exhibition called “200 Years of - 15:00. Closed Sun. QOpen 13:00 - 21:30, Fri 13:00 - 23:30, Sat 10:00 - 23:30, Croatian Art” - that’s just the modern part, silly! After these Mirko Virius Gallery (Galerija Mirko Virius) C-1/2, Sun 10:00 - 21:30. improvements, this is one of the must-sees for art lovers Tkalčićeva 14, tel. (+385-1) 481 37 30, www.hd-naiva. Dokukino Croatia C-3, Katančićeva 3, www.dokukino. in our fair capital. In remaining with the modern theme, the hr. Naive art is featured, primarily consisting of bright-coloured net. Cinema specialized for documentaries only, showing the Gallery has recently opened a new section for blind people paintings. QOpen 10:00 - 17:00, Sat 10:00 - 16:00. Closed best regional and world doc’s. Tickets can be booked via and those who have poor eyesight - it enables visitors to Sun. phone (+385-1) 481 37 11, 10:00 - 22:00 or the net www. learn more about Croatian modern art through sound (audio Modulor Gallery (Galerija Modulor) H-3, Park Stara dokukino.net. Q Tickets 20kn. guide) and touch (tactile diagrams). Hi-tech indeed! QOpen Trešnjevka 1, tel. (+385-1) 302 42 47. QOpen 09:00 - Kic Art C-2, Petra Preradovića 5, tel. (+385-1) 481 07 10:00 - 18:00, Sat, Sun 10:00 - 13:00. Closed Mon. Admission 20:00, Sat 09:00 - 12:00. Closed Sun. 14, www.kic.hr. Q Tickets 15kn. Ivan Fijolić Školica, 2009. 10 - 30kn. SC Gallery (Galerija SC) A-4, Savska 25, tel. (+385-1) Kino Europa B-2, Varšavska 3, tel. (+385-1) 482 90 459 36 02. QOpen 12:00 - 20:00, Sat 10:00 - 13:00. 45/(+385-1) 487 28 88, [email protected], www. Closed Sun. kinoeuropa.hr. Q Tickets 20 - 25kn. ULUPUH Gallery (Galerija ULUPUH) C-1, Tkalčićeva Movieplex C-1, Nova Ves 17(Centar Kaptol ), tel. 14, tel. (+385-1) 481 37 46, [email protected]. (+385-1) 486 07 77/(+385-1) 486 07 76, info@ hr, www.ulupuh.hr. Q Open 10:00 - 17:00, Thu 10:00 - movieplex.hr, www.movieplex.hr. QOpen 16:00 - 23:00, 13:00, 17:00 - 20:00, Sat 10:00 - 13:00. Closed Sun. Sat, Sun 10:00 - 23:00. Vladimir Bužančić Gallery (Galerija Vladimir Tuškanac B-1, Tuškanac 1, tel. (+385-1) 483 40 39, Buzančić) H-5, Trg narodne zaštite 2, Remetinec, tel. www.filmski-programi.hr/english/. Q Tickets 10kn. (+385-1) 614 01 90, [email protected], www. czk-novi-zagreb.hr. Q Open 09:00 -18:00, Sat 10:00 -14:00. Closed Sun. Admission free. Fun for the whole family VN Gallery (Galerija VN) H-3, Ilica 163a, tel. (+385-1) 377 08 96, [email protected], www.kvn. zagreb.inyourpocket.com Ivo Deković. “Teleivori”, 2008. hr. QOpen 08:00 - 20:00, Sat 08:00 - 14:00. Closed Sun.

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Grand opening Contemporary Art Museum on December 11

The open-plan interior abandons chronological order in favour of a series of interlocking spaces in which you’re free to follow your eye. Despite a sprinkling of foreign works (too few of them, really, to make thematic sense), the emphasis is on home-grown creations - and what an unexpectedly rich and compelling collection it is. Despite being a communist-ruled Yugoslav republic in which much was forbidden, post-war Croatia was largely free from the kind of cultural censorship suffered by its more Sovietized East-European neighbours. Avant-garde art took root early and never lost its grip: Exat 51 (a movement named after the year of its formation), gave a new lease of life to abstract and geometric art; while a decade later the computer-art of New Tendencies offered an ahead-of-its-time glimpse at the digital age. Oblique commentaries on ruling ideology were always present in Croatian art - the collage-like installations of Mladen Stilinović (big in the Seventies, he is still a major figure) include both nationalist and communist symbols, here resembling tarnished treasures salvaged from a rubbish skip. Zagreb has always thought of itself as a culturally cutting- The one major international edge city but has had a hard time getting this message over work acquired especially for the to the visiting public. opening is Carsten Höller’s crowd- pleasing collection of toboggan Walk into the tourist information centre on the city’s main tubes. square and you’ll be overburdened with brochures picturing a bustling but rather twee Central European town, whose The first of the big international experience of modernity doesn’t extend much further than touring exhibitions doesn’t hit the the phallic twin-towers of its Neo-gothic cathedral. museum until May 2010, when Gilbert & George are expected In fact Zagreb has enjoyed a long but little celebrated to show the Jack Freak Pictures relationship with the avant-garde, throwing up inter-war first aired in London in summer constructivists, post-war conceptual art, and one of the most 2009. exciting alternative rock scenes east of the English Channel. The long-awaited opening of the Museum of Contemporary Ultimately the new museum isn’t Art finally provides the wild side of the city’s heritage with important because of what’s the sharp focus it deserves. actually in it but because of the fact that it finally exists. Hopefully it will provide Zagreb with The museum was actually founded as early as 1954, but the critical mass it needs to affirm itself as the envelope- spent decades without an appropriate building in which pushing cultural centre it always looked capable of becoming. to display its huge collection. Located 4km south of the Local curatorial talent certainly runs deep: ground-breaking centre amidst the grey-brown residential blocks of Novi galleries like Galženica, Vladimir Nazor, Miroslav Kraljević Zagreb (“New Zagreb”), the museum’s new purpose-built and Nova have been making international waves for some home can’t compete with Bilbao’s Guggenheim in terms of time - the team behind Galerija Nova were recently invited to jaw-dropping drama, but still bears the individual signature curate the 2009 Istanbul Biennale. It seems that Zagreb’s that you would expect from a landmark cultural project. The avant-garde traditions are in very good hands indeed. raunchily zig-zagging façade designed by local architect Igor Franić is a direct echo of the meander motif beloved Contemporary Art Museum (Muzej suvremene of post-war abstract artist Julije Knifer - something that umjetnosti) J-4, Avenija Dubrovnik 17, tel. (+385-1) will be immediately recognizable to the Croatian art public. 605 27 00, [email protected], www.msu.hr. QOpen Behind the meander, a kaleidoscopic light display brings an 11:00 - 19:00, Thu 11:00 - 22:00. Closed Mon. Admission additional sense of spectacle to the exterior. 15 - 30kn.

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