Ikon Arts Foundation

01/28/2017

Dora Budor has been making headlines in the art world, with her recent solo exhibition at the prestigious Swiss Institute in New York along with numerous group shows including her most recent participation at the Whitney Museum’s new exhibition “Dreamlands: Immersive Cinema and Art, 1905 – 2016” on view until February 5, 2017.

http://ikonartsfoundation.org/fantasy-thrillers-drugs-60s-fantasy-furniture-and-dora-budor/

in New York along with numerous group shows including her most recent participation at the Whitney Museum’s new exhibition

01/27/2017

Discover Film Mutations: Festival of Invisible Cinema, with film projections and discussions by legendary film directors, and along with numerous films by French director , and more obscure, experimental Japanese directors, , , and .

http://ikonartsfoundation.org/film-mutations-festival-of-invisible-cinema/

brings an incredible opportunity to experience rare film projections and discussions by legendary film directors, Bela Tarr and Abel Ferrara along with numerous films by French director Marc Hurtado, and more obscure, experimental Japanese directors, Motoharu Jonouchi, Masao Adachi, and Katsu Kanai....

10/05/2016

Discover the photography of Hrvoje Slovenc. His work is included in the traveling exhibition "Past is Now" part of Fotodoks Photography Festival!

http://ikonartsfoundation.org/photographer-hrvoje-slovenc-in-past-is-now-traveling-exhibition/

Photography Photographer Hrvoje Slovenc In “Past Is Now” Traveling Exhibition 10/03/2016 The Goethe Institute Bosnia and Herzegovina collaborated with Fotodoks, to bring Past is Now photography exhibition to 10 Balkan cities, following its presentation in the Munich Stadtmuseum. We visited the trave...

10/05/2016

Catch our latest interview with the Croatian sculptor, Igor Ruf!

http://ikonartsfoundation.org/interview-introduction-to-sculptures-of-igor-ruf/

09/27/2016

The Organ Vida - International Photography Festival in Zagreb closed this week, but this year there were a lot of great exhibitions, lectures and events. One of the best exhibitions we chose to write about was Lessons from '91, documentary war photography from Ex-Yugoslavia. Read more about it on our website: http://ikonartsfoundation.org/lessons-from-91-documentary-photography-from-ex-yugsolavia/

Featured, Photography Lessons From ’91 – Documentary Photography from Ex-Yugoslavia 09/27/2016 “Lessons from ‘91” is a striking, powerful exhibition as part of Organ Vida International Photography Festival in Zagreb. We spoke with the founder, Marina Paulenka a couple months ago to find out more abo...

06/30/2016

Introducing the work of Branka Frangeš Hegedušić from our Female Designer Series. She was the first and only female member of the artistic group Zemlja and contributed greatly to the education of the applied arts in Croatia. She was also a promoter of folk art and campaigned for the preservation of cultural heritage and national identity. Read more about her work here: http://bit.ly/295ikFf

Design Female Designers: Branka Frangeš Hegedušić 06/30/2016 Branka Frangeš Hegedušić (b. Zagreb 1906 – 1985) was a painter, illustrator, cartoonist for literary equipment and a graphic designer. She is the daughter of a famous Croatian sculptor Robert Frangeš Mihanovića and Digger Frangeš who found...

06/14/2016

Read our new Interview with the talented documentary photographer, Ana Opalić about her ongoing, personal series relating to nature, tourism and relationships. http://bit.ly/237aP2q Croatian Photography

06/09/2016

Federico Luger presents the 3rd solo show, Efemeropolis by Igor Eskinja at FL Gallery opening tonight in . Site specific installation of large images of 1970s buildings taken from and Vitry sur Seine,(a suburb of ) printed on lightweight semi-transparent fabrics fill the room, changing it's perception.
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Catch up on the artist with our article about Eskinja's work from his show last year at Scaramouche NY.

http://ikonartsfoundation.org/igor-eskinja-in-new-york-poems-of-accumulation-and-growth-at-scaramouche/

http://www.flgallery.com/ Igor Eskinja - Efemeropolis - Inaugurazione

FL Gallery. Milan. Contemporary Art

06/08/2016

In our latest, Croatian Female Designers Series, we feature the work of textile designer, Kornelija (Nely) Geiger. Her weaving studio is related to the Bauhaus Movement, with a style in the spirit of . Geiger won the Grand Prix at the International Exposition in Paris in 1925. Her textiles are included in the MUO - Muzej za umjetnost i obrt / Museum of Arts and Crafts. Victoria and Albert Museum. http://ikonartsfoundation.org/female-designers-kornelija-nely-geiger/

Design Female Designers: Kornelija (Nely) Geiger 06/08/2016 Kornelija (Nely) Geiger (1896-1976) was a textile designer, teacher and educator. Her work has been almost forgotten, like Otti Berger another leading member of the weaving studio related to the Bauhaus movement who we also featured in our…

06/06/2016

Founder of STUFFF, Mirna Morphis, on Croatian product design and NYCxDesign. Stufff Concept Store NYCxDESIGN

Design STUFFF presents at NYCxDesign 06/05/2016 NYC x Design is New York City’s official global celebration of design, bringing together architects, fashion and graphic designers and more for 12 days of exhibitions, talks, installations, and studio sessions. At the event, we spoke to Mirna Morphis,…

05/31/2016

The project which represents Croatia at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition / La Biennale di Venezia 2016 titled “we need it we do it” by the authorial team the members of which are Dinko Peračić, Miranda Veljačić, Slaven Tolj and Emina Višnić. The project focuses on the content reconstruction of three buildings, POGON Jedinstvo in Zagreb, H-building of Rikard Benčić complex as the future Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rijeka and the Youth Centre in Split. Venice Biennale of Architecture http://we-need-it-we-do-it.org/en/

05/30/2016

Interesting Article on Artsy about Opt Art, reminds us of the Croatian artist, Juraj Dobrović who was a pioneer of creative geometric illusions.

https://www.artsy.net/article/the-art-genome-project-the-neuroscience-of-op-art