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The museum was founded by two Zagreb-based artists, Olinka Vištica, a film producer, and Dražen Grubišić, a sculptor. [5] After their four-year love relationship came to an end in 2003, the two joked about setting up a museum to house the left-over personal items. [6]
It produces some 30 exhibitions every year and is one of the largest such institutions in the country. [ 3 ] In cooperation with Hungarian National Museum in Budapest , Gallery organised two joint exhibitions: on 800-years of joint cultural heritage in 2020 [ 5 ] and of 19-th century Croatian and Hungarian arts of painting in 2024, as a part of ...
In 1848, the square was renamed to its present name. [2] A large statue of Ban Josip Jelačić on a horse, created by Austrian sculptor Anton Dominik Fernkorn was installed on 19 October 1866 by Austrian authorities, despite protests from Zagreb councilmen. [citation needed] It also caused unease amongst Hungarians, who saw Jelačić as a traitor.
The exhibition was very popular and attracted some 10,000 visitors, at a time when Zagreb had a total population of 60,000. [ 6 ] The gallery has a total display area of 600 m 2 and does not have a permanent display as it specialises in one-off solo and group exhibitions representing notable oeuvres and art movements from all periods and styles ...
Zagreb today features an extensive tram network with 15 day and 4 night lines running over 117 km (73 mi) of tracks through 255 stations and transporting almost 500,000 passengers per day. During the day, every line runs on average every 5–10 minutes, but almost every station serves at least two routes.
The Meštrović Pavilion (Croatian: Meštrovićev paviljon), also known as the Home of the Croatian Visual Artists (Croatian: Dom hrvatskih likovnih umjetnika) and colloquially as the Mosque (Croatian: Džamija), is a cultural venue and the official seat of the Croatian Society of Fine Artists (HDLU) located on the Square of the Victims of Fascism in central Zagreb, Croatia.
Founded in 1787, Maksimir Park was the first large public park in South-Eastern Europe, and predates the majority of Europe's public park foundings. [2] The park was opened in 1794 [3] under the initiative of the man for whom it was named, Bishop Maksimilijan Vrhovac of Zagreb (1752–1827). [2]
In order to remedy this problem, the building of the Zagreb Tobacco Factory (Tvornica duhana Zagreb) was assigned to the museum in 2007, but as of 2015, the museum remains in Matoš Street. [2] The museum building was damaged in the 2020 Zagreb earthquake and remains closed to visitors as of 2021. [4]