The 36th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts

Main exhibition venues: MGLC Grad Tivoli, MGLC Švicarija, MGLC Plečnik Auditorium, Moderna galerija, Mestna galerija Ljubljana, Jakopič Promenade
Main exhibition venues: MGLC Grad Tivoli, MGLC Švicarija, MGLC Plečnik Auditorium, Moderna galerija, Mestna galerija Ljubljana, Jakopič Promenade
Discover the journey behind the 36th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts by following "THE ORACLE: A Curatorial Diary from LJ", a weekly column by Artistic Director Chus Martínez.
As we gradually approach the end of 2024, we are also nearing the 36th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts, celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2025. Counting down the months to its opening, we are talking to Chus Martínez, Artistic Director of next year’s Biennale, to better understand her position and get an insight into the thought process that is shaping the upcoming exhibition.
The Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts will celebrate its 70th anniversary in 2025. In 2024, as part of the preparations for the anniversary year, we are already organising exhibition tours and a pre-Biennale discursive programme, which includes events, research residencies, writing on the history of the Biennale and editing Biennale publications.
MGLC, the International Centre of Graphic Arts, is pleased to announce the appointment of renowned curator, lecturer and researcher Chus Martínez as Artistic Director of the 36th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts (2025).
Dr André Pitol, a Brazilian art historian, is completing a month-long research residency at the International Centre of Graphic Arts.
The final days of the Biennale will include a number of events between 11 and 14 January 2024.
As part of the 35th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts, which explores the ecosystem of connections, solidarities and histories of resistance resulting from the formerly close relations between post-independence Ghana and the former Yugoslavia, an international symposium entitled Agyina: Advisory of Sages will be held in Ljubljana from 16 to 18 November. The Biennale's public programme is curated by Exit Frame Collective from Ghana, which has named the symposium Agyina in reference to Ghana's largest ethnic group and their notion of a council that speaks to the fact that it takes more than one voice to have a meaningful discussion or debate.
Transformella is an Artificial Identity fed and cared for by JP Raether. Together they constitute a hybrid formation of authorship called aLifveForms that consists of many lines of life, among them also Transformellae. They first appeared in 2010 to research reproductive technologies and possibilities for reproductive futures beyond the horizon of ReproNormality. They forked into Transformella malor in 2015 and began to intervene in so-called Ikeality in the local stores, where home goods and family models are mass-reproduced. Since then, they have appeared in various Ikealities in Berlin, Warsaw, Hamburg and Düsseldorf.
The 35th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts entitled From the void came gifts of the cosmos will open on September 15 with a programme of events—guided tours, artist talks, performances and concerts—that will extend throughout the following weekend.