Scene
June has arrived, bringing with it long days, warm weather, and a vibrant lineup of exhibitions across Zagreb. Whether you’re drawn to established names in the local art scene or curious to discover emerging talent, this month offers something for every art lover. We’ve rounded up 10 must-see shows happening in the city — take a look and find your next cultural stop.
Y-Z CONSTRUCTION SITE OF A NEW GENERATION
April 17 – June 17 📍 National Museum of Modern Art
This exhibition focuses on works by a new generation of artists working in traditional art disciplines, during a time when the Museum is displaced from its original location and Zagreb’s cultural infrastructure is still under reconstruction. The Oktogon, NMMU’s new exhibition space – also soon to undergo renovation – symbolizes the city’s transitional phase and a generation emerging within these conditions.
The exhibition features artists from Generations Y and Z, who graduated after 2015, with works created between 2022 and 2025. While rooted in traditional media, their works challenge these forms through experimentation and reduction.
Participating artists: Mihael Bađun, Lora Elezović, Bartol Galović, Tomislav Hršak, Nikica Jurković, Mihael Klanjčić, Luka Kušević, Emanuela Lekić, Mia Matijević Akrap, Vida Meić, John Miličić, Alba Miočev, Luisa Pascu, Manuela Pauk, Nikola Pjevačević, Jurica Pušenjak, Josip Rončević, Matej Vuković, and Iva Zagoda.
The Arts of Resistance (TAoR) / Triggers
May 8 – June 12 📍Museum of Contemporary Art
This exhibition is part of the international project The Arts of Resistance (TAoR), presenting the results of months-long research and co-creative processes exploring the link between historical, cultural, social, political, and physical ecologies of resistance to fascism. Inspired by Umberto Eco’s essay We Are European (2019), the project reflects on Europe as an experiment in peace, identity, and resistance.
Authors: selma banich and MSU Youth Club (Nina Ćorić, Celina Damjanović, Emma Matijević, Mirta Mesić, Antonija Mužar, Bohdan Myshkov, Stella Poljak, Dorian Štih)
Andreja Kulunčić: Making the World a Better Place
May 15 – October 12 📍Museum of Contemporary Art
This is the first solo comprehensive exhibition by visual artist Andreja Kulunčić, one of the leading figures in socially engaged art in Croatia. The show provides a retrospective of her work from the 1990s to today. It explores how contemporary socially engaged visual art can influence and change societal realities. Her practice identifies and investigates social injustices and seeks forms of resistance. Her art is not merely reflective, but a tool for change—encouraging critical thought and civic engagement.
May 27 – June 14 📍Karas Gallery
Kresović merges introspective and critical practices in an exhibition exploring his inner conflicts as both a psychologist and an artist. Shift opens dialogue about the silence surrounding sexuality in institutional environments, through the lens of the medical world.
June 4 – June 10 📍Siva Gallery
Marko Tokić (1977, Kutina) has been engaged in art since childhood. His work spans from geometric abstraction and Dadaist collages to expressive watercolors and recent anxiety-laden drawings (angustia). His foundation is drawing, often using mixed techniques, and he resists forming a signature style—continually challenging the boundaries of image formation and decay.
Mateo Perasović: Büyük Menderes – 50 Years of Exhibiting
June 4 – June 29 📍Josip Račić Gallery
In honor of five decades of exhibiting, the gallery presents the work of Split-based artist Mateo Perasović. Though trained as a traditional printmaker, he has fearlessly explored unconventional disciplines such as laser and ink-jet prints on nontraditional materials like mirrors and plexiglass. These reinterpret classical artistic motifs like the meander and the circle.
June 5 – June 7 📍Oris House of Architecture
The OVERTURE exhibition marks the public debut of Artbeat, a new digital platform supporting contemporary art and young artists.
Featured artists: Mia Markušić, Carolina Barbarić, Matej Vuković, Fran Ferković, Jessica Gobert, Zvonimir Haramija, and Dante Luka Žanetić.
The exhibition includes paintings, drawings, and sculptures, showcasing expressive power, diverse sensibilities, and thoughtful aesthetic approaches.
Klara Rusan Klarxy | Dear babies…
June 6 – June 11 📍Urania
Klara Rusan has become one of Croatia’s most recognized illustrators. Though skilled in writing, her strength lies in illustrating the words of others. Her new oil-on-canvas series acts as a painterly self-portrait at age 31—a personal testament to her future children, offering them an intimate glimpse into a life in transition.
DREAM WAVES: HYPER DRIFT by Martina Miholić
June 12 – July 4 📍Grič Tunel
Visual artist Martina Miholić presents a new immersive installation combining organic systems, mythology, and technology to create a speculative futuristic landscape. Inspired by posthumanist theory and natural morphology, the work uses generative algorithms and organic materials, with a soundscape developed in collaboration with artist Senpviij.
KHAOS! – “radna verzija” by Tonka Sušec
June 5 – June 30 📍Funk Club
This season finale, curated by the collective KHAOS!, stems from artist Tonka Sušec’s personal decision to quit smoking. She explores smoking as a ritual embedded in Croatian social identity and asks: “Who am I when the ritual stops?” and “What remains?” Though currently a graduate painting student, Sušec uses diverse materials like her own tobacco remnants, rolling papers, and filters in this multimedia exhibit.
