"Fool`s Gold Beauty" - exhibition of forgeries from the Police Museum collection
The purpose of the exibition of the forgeries from the collection of the Police Museum conveniently entitlet Fool`s Gold Beauty is to warn about the unscrupulousness of the black market intentionally aimed at deceiving well-intentioned, yet naive and inexpert art buyers.
Exhibition 'Dubrovnik, A Scarred City: The Deconstruction and Restoration of Dubrovnik 1991-2000' was opened on October 1st 2019 in the 2nd hall of the renovated Lazareti Complex as part of a program to commemorate the 28th anniversary of the start of the attack on Dubrovnik.
Mirko Ilić: The Second Before the Catastrophe – Comic Strip, Illustration and Design
With the exhibition Mirko Ilić: The Second Before the Catasrophe – Comic Strip, Illustration and Design curated by Marko Golub & Dejan Kršić Dubrovnik public will have a chance to find out why is Mirko Ilić after more than four decades still one of the most interesting graphic designers and illustrators and why he is a global star.
Dubrovnik is a small city with great accomplishments and rich history. It has birthed many interesting historic figures, which have spread his fame worldwide.
If you want to study famous Dubrovnik citizens through history, you have hit the right spot!
(Dubrovnik, 1482 – Dubrovnik, 15 January 1576) Mavro Vetranović was born as Nikola in a family of Italian origin. His family was nicknamed Čavčić. He was educated in Dubrovnik, and after he was ordained a Benedictine priest he adopted the name Mavro. Because of disagreements with church leadership about the implementation of reforms in the monastery on the island of Mljet, in 1517 he went to Italy without permission, which is why the Dubrovnik government banished him forever.
(Florence, 1396 – Florence, 7 October 1472) After the fall of Constantinople under Ottoman rule in 1453, Ragusans feared for the safety of their city even though it already had well-fortified walls, but they were, however, somewhat outdated because of the emergence of new weapons and methods of warfare. Since Ragusans were always trying to employ the best masters they could find, they invited Michelozzo di Bartolomeo from Florence to come to the city to reinforce the city fortifications and make them more modern.
(Dubrovnik, first half of the 17th c.) At the beginning of the 17th century, two political events shook the Dubrovnik Republic from within and made the normally cautious Ragusans even more wary – the Lastovo Rebellion (1602 – 1606) and the so-called Great Conspiracy (1612). The rebellion of a number of inhabitants of the remote island of Lastovo, that was under Dubrovnik’s rule from the mid-14th century and enjoyed an autonomous status, was used, of course, by the rival Venetian Republic.
(Island of Lopud, c. 1522 – Dubrovnik, 20 July 1607) Miho Pracat was born around 1522 on the island of Lopud in the Elaphiti archipelago. In the 16th century, Lopud naval captains owned one quarter of the powerful Dubrovnik merchant fleet (the third largest European maritime power, after Venice and Genoa). From early childhood he sailed aboard the Sv. Katarina ship, and in 1543 he replaced his uncle in the position of the ship’s commander.
(Dubrovnik?, c. 1465? – Dubrovnik, end of 1517?) Nikola Božidarević is one of the symbols of Renaissance painting in Dubrovnik. Some called him “the legendary artist (…) who became the hallmark of an entire period of national painting,” and he attracted the attention of experts for a long time. Nevertheless, many things about his life and work still remain unknown. He was the son of painter Božidar Vlatković who hailed from the village of Kručica in Dubrovačko Primorje, but we do not know for certain where Nikola was born; it is possible that it was Kotor.
(Dubrovnik, 1549 – Dubrovnik, 24 January 1610) The time of Late Renaissance (16th c.) in Croatia produced an abundance of works and authors, who were not recognized only locally, but in a broader European cultural context. Centres of philosophical thought in Croatia were primarily cities on the Dalmatian coast. So, in Dubrovnik we encounter philosophers Miho Monaldi, Antun Medo and, as the most important, Nikola Gučetić (Gozze).