Lectures and discussion on the publication of the Reader on the 70th anniversary of the Biennale of Graphic Arts Ljubljana

The Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts celebrates its 70th anniversary in 2025. To mark the occasion, a comprehensive reader has been published featuring a collection of texts by local and international writers. The contributors position the Biennale within a broader theoretical framework, highlight seminal events and key figures, and observe the development of the exhibition from its beginnings in 1955 to its most recent editions. Alongside essays, the Reader also comprises interviews, extensive visual material and a chapter entitled The Biennale in Infographics. The Reader is a bilingual Slovenian-English publication edited by Nevenka Šivavec and Gregor Dražil. Its contributors include Anthony Gardner, Ana Sladojević, Stefana Djokic, Jennifer Noonan, André Pitol, Annosh Urbanke, Breda Škrjanec, Božidar Zrinski, Kaja Kraner, Nevenka Šivavec and Maja Vardjan.

The Reader will be launched with a full day of lectures and discussion marking the conclusion of the 36th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts, on Friday, 10 October 2025, at MGLC Švicarija.

Programme:

10.00–10.10: Introductory welcome and address, Nevenka Šivavec, MGLC Director

10.10–11.10: Lecture: Anthony Gardner

11.10–11.30: Break

11.30–12.30: Lecture: Ana Sladojević

12.30–13.30: Lecture: Nora Sternfeld

13.30–15.00: Break

15.00–16.30: Presentation of the Reader

Accompanying exhibition event:

Jakopič Promenade (we will determine the time later): Asad Raza, There is no east or west

The event will be held in English.