The Biennial of Graphic Arts in
Ljubljana, founded in 1955 at the
Museum of Modern Art,[1] is the world's oldest existing biennial exhibition of contemporary graphic arts. It was published by
Zoran Kržišnik on the idea and endeavours of
Božidar Jakac.[2] It served from its beginnings as an international artistic event bringing together artists from both sides of the
Iron Curtain despite the
Cold War as well as from the
Non-Aligned Movement members states.[3][1] The Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts also recognized and included new art trends and changes in style. At the local level, the Biennial introduced new contemporary art currents to the group of Slovenian graphic artists that became known internationally as the
Ljubljana Graphic School. Since 1986, the venue of the Biennal has been the
International Center of Graphic Arts Ljubljana.
References
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abBojana Piškur; Đorđe Balmazović (2023). "Non-Aligned Cross-Cultural Pollination: A Short Graphic Novel". In Paul Stubbs (ed.). Socialist Yugoslavia and the Non-Aligned Movement: Social, Cultural, Political, and Economic Imaginaries.
McGill-Queen's University Press. pp. 156–175.
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^"Biennial of Graphic Arts". Culture.si. Ljudmila Art and Science Laboratory. 11 November 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2012.