Events September 2016

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Genesis is the third long-term series
on global issues by world-renowned
photographer Sebastião Salgado
(born Brazil, 1944), following
Workers (1993) and Migrations
(2000). The result of an eight-year
worldwide survey, the exhibition
draws together 245 spectacular
black and white photographs of
wildlife, landscapes, seascapes, and
indigenous peoples - raising public
awareness about the pressing issues
and climate change.
Tuesdays at 12:00 and Saturdays at
19:00: The Salt of the Earth (France,
2014), a documentary movie
screening in the City Museum of
Ljubljana
Saturdays at 16:30 guided tours
of the exhibition in the English
language with the tour starting at:
City Museum of Ljubljana, included
in the entry fee.
Open: Tuesdays, Wednesdays and
Sundays 10:00 - 18:00, Thursdays,
Fridays and Saturdays 10:00 -21:00.
Closed: Mondays.
Exhibitions
biodiversity and high level of public
awareness of the issue, continues
to be a ‘green oasis’ for bees and is
internationally renowned as a country
of excellent beekeepers. The exhibition
also presents Slovenia’s rich cultural and
artistic heritage related to beekeeping.
Open: 9:00-20:00 daily.
Nikola Tesla - A Man of the Future
11 Apr - 6 Nov, Cankarjev dom cultural
and congress centre
Nikola Tesla was an ingenious scientist,
engineer, and inventor dedicated to
discovering natural laws and principles.
He received his education in Europe, but
he spent most of his career in the USA,
where he developed a large number
of his inventions. He took out a total
of about three hundred patents in
the fields of electrical and mechanical
engineering.
The exhibition Nikola Tesla - A Man of
the Future is divided into the following
themed sections: The System of
Production, Transmission and Use of
Alternating Current, The Principles
Be Who You are and Keep to it - a
retrospective exhibition by Karel
Zelenko
14 Jun - 25 Sep, International Centre of
Graphic Arts
The exhibition features more than
100 art prints as well as paintings,
illustrations and ceramics by the notable
Slovenian artist Karel Zelenko. Born in
1925, Zelenko is one of the last living
artists of his generation, who has been
working as a freelance artist consistently
throughout his lifetime.
His artistic vision has never conformed
to current events and changes in art at
home or abroad, remaining faithful to
his authentic artistic themes and visual
language to this very day. He remains
surrounded by his world of figure and
landscape, which he still uses to fulfil his
artistic mission today.
Open: 10:00 - 18:00. Closed: Mondays
Save the Bees
21 May - 25 Sep, Ljubljana Castle
The Save the Bees exhibition explores
the rich tradition of beekeeping in
Slovenian-inhabited lands and examines
the importance of bees for ensuring the
Earth’s biodiversity.
Held during Ljubljana’s year as
the European Green Capital, the
exhibition presents beekeeping as a
traditional activity related in many
ways to the Slovenian way of life.
Slovenian beekeepers are credited with
domesticating the indigenous Carniolan
honey bee, which is now the second most
widespread bee subspecies in the world.
Bee products such as honey, beeswax,
royal jelly, bee pollen, propolis, and
bee venom play an important role
in traditional Slovenian cuisine and
handicrafts, but they are also used in
modern medicine. In the process of
conserving bees, Slovenia, due to its
Sebastião Salgado: Genesis
31 Jun - 11 Sep; Jakopič Gallery, City Museum of Ljubljana