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New unit of the Moderna galerija, the Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova opens in Ljubljana

LJUBLJANA.- More than 15 years after the time Moderna galerija was allotted the use of one of the buildings in the former Yugoslav People’s Army barracks in Metelkova Street, the Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, the new unit of the Moderna galerija in Ljubljana, is finally opening. The MSUM will house the collection of contemporary art (the national and the international Arteast 2000+ collections) and stage a related exhibitions program. Located in MSUM there are also some of the expanded institution’s professional services: the archives, the library and the restoration-conservation studio. We are inaugurating the new museum with two exhibitions: The Present and Presence. A selection of works from the Arteast 2000+ collection and the national collection of Moderna galerija; the show concept deals with various forms of time and is curated by Zdenka Badovinac, Bojana Piškur and Igor Španjol. The Museum of Affects