Bulgaria Sofia Sofia Croatia has emerged from the Balkan Croatia conflicts of the nineties to see rapidly Sofia Art Gallery 1. Gen. Gurk Str. expanding tourism numbers although this has yet to Tue–Sat 1–7, Sun 11–6 Tel +359 2 987 2181 fully impact the contemporary art sector. New contem- www.sghg.cult.bg porary art museums are scheduled to open in Zagreb in autumn 2007 (significantly delayed) and in Rijeka in 2010, which will bring some focus to what is now a barren landscape for contemporary art enthusiasts. The difficulty faced by Croatia, as for other parts of the former east, is the need to start from the ground up in building collections and forging institutions while also encouraging collectors, artists, and arts enthusiasts to support and engage with the arts. Focused on Bulgarian art, the Sofia Art Gallery was originally established in 1928 and opened in present location in 1977 with an additional space at 15 Yanko Sakazov Boulevard. This is the institu- tion with the highest commitment to contemporary art in Bulgaria, although the contemporary art department was only recently established in 2004. ICA Institute of Contemporary Art Tel +359 887 51 0585 www.ica.cult.bg ICA Institute of Contemporary Art was formed in 1995 and association of artists and art professionals has mounted exhib- its and held events throughout Sofia. Many of the leading Bulgarian cultural workers, including its director Iara Boub- nova, have been involved with the proj- ect although its current status is in limbo. Plovdiv Plovdiv Events September Night of Museums and Galleries 028 029 Croatia Zagreb Croatia Resources Selected solo exhibitions Slaven Tolj, Divided into Greek and Turkish sectors, Cyprus www.culturenet.hr Oskar Herman, Jan Fabre Cyprus has had a limited connection to English and Croatian-language guide to Croatian cultural events and institutions Lopud Island the contemporary art world as it operates on the peri- phery of the European situation. This was one of Zagreb Your black horizon Art Pavilion open May & October Daily 11–5, the attractions for scheduling Manifesta in Nicosia, Zagreb Events June–September Daily 11–7 Autumn 2007(delayed) www.tba21.org the capital of the Greek section, in 2006. This was Museum of Contemporary Art opens, One of the more intriguing collaborations eventually canceled as the political situation became architect Igor Franic of recent years, Your black horizon Art Pavilion features London-based architect untenable and the island has reverted to a lack of Muzej Suvremente Umjetnosti Zagreb David Adjaye & artist Olafur Eliasson in engagement with contemporary art. It is perhaps too www.msu.hr a project organized by Thyssen Bor- Muzej Suvremente Umjetnosti Zagreb nemisza Art Contemporary. Originally much to ask for this situation to change until the (Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb) presented at the 2005 La Biennale di political climate has been improved. was founded in 1954 as the City Gallery Venezia, the pavilion opened on this is- of Contemporary Art and the museum land near Dubrovnik in summer 2007. A was scheduled to re-open in autumn deceptively simple box, the pavilion 2007 with a new building designed by houses a black box space in which a hori- Igor Franic that takes the step of moving zon of light totally surrounds the viewer. from the historic center to a location The black horizon refers to the image on across the Sava River. The new location the retina that is left for a few seconds af- houses areas for the well-regarded collec- ter exiting the pavilion. tion of Croatian and Balkan-based con- temporary art as well as temporary exhi- Rijeka bition rooms. Check on the website for opening dates, hours, and further infor- Muzej Moderne mation as the project has encountered I Suvremente Umjetnosti numerous delays since its projected 2007 Dolac 1, 2nd floor opening date. Tue–Sun 10–2 & 5–8 Curator Branka Stipanic 1983–93 Tel +385 33 4280 www.mmsu.hr Dubrovnik Muzej Moderne I Suvremente Umjetnos- ti, Museum of Contemporary and Mod- Museum of Modern Art Dubrovnik ern Art is a museum founded in 1948 Put Frana Supila 23 that exhibits on a Kunsthalle schedule Tue–Sun 10–8 due to lack of space to exhibit their per- Tel +385 20 42 6590 manent collection of artists from the Bal- www.ugdubrovnik.hr kan region. Plans are in place to renovate Museum of Modern Art Dubrovnik was an existing structure in the harbor area designed in the nineteen-thirties as a for the museum to move into in 2010. mansion for a ship owner and only opened Director Branko Francèschi in 1950 as a museum. Recognized as housing a significant collection of Balkan- based art, the museum is known for its modernist focus. 030 031 Iceland Reykjavik Iceland Resources While heavily concentrating on nine- Divided since 1922, the Irish Ireland & www.cia.is teenth- and twentieth-century Icelandic Republic in the twenty-first program that offers grants and events art, there are also works on view by con- Northern Ireland in Iceland, section on museums and temporary artists, although the empha- century has enjoyed prosperity galleries, in English sis is on regional art. www.artnews.is Selected solo exhibitions Kristjan due to the advantages of EU membership while the web magazine published every two Davidsson, Steíngrimur Eyfjörð north continues to be plagued by the residue of the months in English Sjónauki, www.sjonauki.is Kling & Bang Gallery troubles that afflicted it for much of the prior century. Icelandic contemporary arts magazine in Laugavegur 23 The contemporary art situation has flourished in Icelandic and English launched in 2007 Thur–Sun 2–6 Tel +354 696 2209 Dublin as the republic has seen itself emerge on the Reykjavik www.this.is/klingobang international stage. Kling & Bang Gallery opened in 2003 as Reykjavik Events an artist-run exhibition center in order to May present temporary exhibitions by both Reykjavik Arts Festival international and regional artists. The Reykjavik Art Museum Garðabær Hafnarhúsið–Tryggvagata 17, Kjarvalsstadir–Flokagata 105 Garðabær Events Daily 10–5 2010 Tel +354 590 1200 The Icelandic Museum of Design and Ap- www.artmuseum.is plied Art MUDESA opens, PK Arkitek- The Reykjavik Art Museum was found- tar; due to open in 2010 the Icelandic ed in 1973 and today has three separate Museum of Design and Applied Art, buildings including Hafnarhusio, which founded in 1998, features a new build- is a former warehouse in the port area. ing designed by PK Arkitektar. The brief Focus here is on Nordic, especially Ice- here is to create a unique site that will at- landic, art as well as administering a col- tract visitors from the center of Reykja- lection of outdoor sculptures that in- vik, which lies nearby. cludes work by Richard Serra. Selected solo exhibitions Roni Horn, Stykkishólmur Hreinn Friðfinnson Vatnasafn/Library of Water National Gallery of Iceland Bokhlooustigur 17 Fríkirkjuvegi 7 May–Aug Daily 11–5 Mon–Fri 9–12 & 1–3 www.libraryofwater.is Tel +354 515 9600 This permanent installation by American www.listasafn.is Minimalist and frequent Icelandic visitor Established in the nineteenth century Roni Horn, the Vatnasafn/Library of when the country was under Danish rule, Water is set in a former library on the the National Gallery of Iceland opened in west coast of the country. Glass and wa- a purpose-built building in 1951. This ter here fuse into a unique statement on served the museum until new premises light and nature. Artangel, the well-re- were built in 1987 in a former factory de- garded British art projects firm, manages signed by Garoar Halldorsson in 1916. the installation itself. 140 141 Liechtenstein Vaduz Vaduz As with the other Baltic countries, Latvia Lithuania and Estonia, Lithuania has emerged from Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein Städtle 32 the decades under Soviet control with a renewed energy Tue–Sun 10–5, Thu 10–8 Tel +423 235 0300 and commitment to forging a dialogue with the rest of the www.kunstmuseum.li European community. To this end, the country entered Opened in 2000, the Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein is the only major institu- into an agreement in 2008 to build a major outlet of the tion devoted to contemporary art in Guggenheim, the Guggenheim Hermitage Vilnius, in Liechtenstein. Set in the heart of Vaduz, the black concrete-and-basalt box hides the capital city. It is hoped that this project will vault the an interior that is basically a white cube. country into the international art circuit, much in the way This design by Meinhard Morger, Hein- rich Degelo, and Christian Kerez, is well that Bilbao did for the Basque region of Spain. suited to the exhibition program, of changing exhibits that highlight the col- lection’s especially rich Arte Povera works as well as traditional art from the state collections. Vaduz is accessible via bus from the Swiss rail stations of Sar- gans and Buchs or the Austrian rail sta- tion of Feldkirch. Director Friedemann Malsch 2000– Selected solo exhibitions Sean Scully, Monika Sosnowska, Jannis Kounellis, Fred Sandback 168 169 Portugal Lisbon Madeira, Calheta Portugal Portugal Resources Tue–Sun 10–6 ho in 2006. Set in a small village 20 km as presenting temporary exhibitions on L + arte Tel +351 217 82 3474 south of Lisbon, the Ellipse houses a related themes. Portuguese-language monthly magazine www.camjap.gulbenkian.org superlative collection of contemporary devoted to contemporary art CAMJAP, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, art including works by Fischli & Weiss, Elvas Centro de Arte Moderna, José de Azeredo Mona Hatoum, and Gabriel Orozco, Lisbon Pedrigão opened in 1983 to a design for amongst many others. Exhibitions regu- MACE Museu de Arte Contemporânea Leslie Martin to present the modernist larly feature artists from the collection.