Events

Family Day and Museum Summer Night

Date: 21. 06. 2025
Time: 16:00

On Saturday, 21 June, the GBJ will offer free admission for families during the Family Day at the GBJ from 4 pm to 6 pm, and free admission for all visitors after 6 pm during the Summer Museum Night.
All events on this day are free of charge and will take place even in case of bad weather.

PROGRAMME:
16.00 – 18.00
Exploratory walk through Forma Viva
Landscape in my mind

CREATIVE ISLAND UNDER THE LIME TREES
Intergenerational felting workshop with artist Ana Vrtačnik
and many other activities

MUSEUM SUMMER NIGHT:
18.00 / Circus puppet show The Story on Buttons – Zapik Theatre
19.00 / Trajectories: Shifts – Guided tour of the first interventions in the permanent installations on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the gallery (Tone Kralj, Božidar Jakac, Jože Gorjup)
20.00 / Guided tour by Touch with artist Anna Vrtačnik
21.00 / JUNEsHELEN – Concert under the Lime Trees

Exhibitions / Current

Bogdan Borčić & Karel Zelenko
In Dialogue
08. 02. 2026 - 26. 01. 2027
On the occassion of the centenary of Bogdan Borčić’s birth and as part of the 20th exhibition in the Graphic Cabinet of Bogdan Borčić, the works of two great artistic companions, Bogdan Borčić and Karel Zelenko, are showcased in dialogue.
Dušan Fišer
How Do You Touch the Light?
26. 09. 2025 - 15. 03. 2026
The exhibition entitled How Do You Touch Light? showcases new works by the versatile artist Dušan Fišer, who in his artistic practice mainly focuses on the visual appearance of light and its effect on an individual and society.
Trajectories: Works from the Gorjup Gallery Collection
12. 09. 2025 - 15. 03. 2026
The exhibition Development Directions: Works from the Gorjup Gallery Collection will mark the 50th anniversary of Galerija Božidar Jakac – Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, and will showcase the rich and extensive collection of works from the Gorjup Gallery Collection, which is the …

Exhibitions / Upcoming

Beyond Academia
Bosilj, Sekulić, Skurjeni, Tisnikar
25. 09. 2026 - 28. 02. 2027
The group exhibition entitled Beyond Academia presents a comprehensive survey of the work of four exceptional painters from the second half of the 20th century: Ilija Bašičević Bosilj, Sava Sekulić, Matija Skurjeni, and Jože Tisnikar, who represent the pinnacle of self-taught artistic …
Kristian Kožul
1573
11. 09. 2026 - 14. 02. 2027
The exhibition of Zagreb-based artist Kristian Kožul, entitled 1573, showcases his most recent artistic production in a distinct ambience of former monastery church. As it is common in his practice, he uses a wide variety of sculptural materials, as well as he focuses on a specific historical …
Artificial
Tin Dožić, Simon Goritschnig, Lara Reichmann, Andrea Zabric
24. 07. 2026 - 31. 01. 2027
The group exhibition entitled Artificial focuses on the meaning of so-called artificial structures, materials, and worlds that appear in various realms of everyday life in the modern world. It critically addresses the ambiguous question of the division between “natural” and “…
Ana Sluga
Fragile
15. 05. 2026 - 16. 08. 2026
The exhibition of Ana Sluga continues the museum’s programme in the former monastery church, a space dedicated to distinctly ambient and holistically conceived projects. The artist showcases a thoughtful selection of works that combine figurative elements, psychological tension, and a specific …
Jaka Babnik
A Matter of View
17. 04. 2026 - 30. 08. 2026
Opening: 17 April 2026, at 7pm! The exhibition showcases a mid-career retrospective of photographer and artist Jaka Babnik, who in the past nearly twenty years, roughly in the period 2007-2025, made and publicly presented number of impactful art pieces, both in the form of an exhibition …
Nika Batista
10. 04. 2026 - 05. 07. 2026
Opening: 10 April 2026, at 7pm! The exhibition of Nika Batista, whose practice intertwines performance, design, and spatial installation, stems from different perceptions of emotion and feelings and explores how emotional states materialise and how the exhibition space can reinforce or …