Ljubljana Art Weekend: Full Circle

Ljubljana Art Weekend is back with its fifth edition under the artistic direction of the team behind ETC. Magazine. There will be plenty of talks, walks and everything in between—join us as we discuss and examine this year’s topic Full Circle, which turns its attention to personal, political, and historical cycles questioning whether we are destined to repeat history or if we can return to the past to rethink the future.

About Ljubljana Art Weekend
LJUBAW is a four-day annual event, founded by RAVNIKAR Projects in 2021, that takes place across more than 30 locations. The platform aims to foster interconnectedness between local and regional public institutions, as well as topresent a broader scope of arts practices, one that expands into an interdisciplinary field spanning performance, film, publishing and beyond. It presents a curated programme with participants that includes galleries, public institutions, artist-run initiatives and project spaces. The result is a distributed, decentralized snapshot of Ljubljana's contemporary art ecosystem, one that emphasizes the diversity of approaches and communities that shape our cultural landscape.

About ETC.
This year’s edition is curated by ETC. Magazine. The Ljubljana-based publication and curatorial platform is dedicated to amplifying underrepresented voices from the Baltics to the Balkans. Founded in 2021, the magazine is run by Hana Čeferin, Ajda Ana Kocutar and Lara Mejač. Its current issue shifts the focus to cycles and asks what it means to come full circle, exploring the unstable terrain between the past and history, the former subject to nostalgia and mythologisation; the latter to institutional selectivity. This theme also serves as a conceptual anchor for LJUBAW, shaping its curatorial direction.

2026 programme: First look at highlights
While the venues present an independent lineup of exhibition openings, guided tours, workshops, performances, book presentations and screenings, the main curated programme features established formats such as Artwalks, Meet Cute, Off the Map, Crit Club, LJUBAW parties and more.

Artwalks, guided tours led by a range of experts, became one of our staple events. The walks take visitors into different parts of town, some venturing off the map and exploring unconventional routes, temporary interventions, and sites that exist outside of the city's traditional art map. The walks approach the city as a living archive, interpreted through the singular perspectives of each guide. This year, the visitors will be able to join Nonument Group in an exploration of spaces whose meaning has been transformed as a result of historical processes, see Ljubljana through the lens of past antifascist resistance movements, and explore art communities in iconic neighborhoods Šiška and Fužine.  

Another regular feature is Meet Cute, a networking event connecting artists and curators. Portfolio reviews present valuable opportunities for artists as well as offering insight into the local art scene for international curators. The artists will be able to meet with Alenka Trebušak (curator, Cukrarna Gallery), Maja Antončič (curator, Center for Contemporary Arts Celje), Róna Kopeczky (artistic director, acb Gallery), Antonina Stebur (independent curator), and Biljana Ćirić (independent curator). 

One of this year's highlights is Crit Club, a signature format by artist Cem A.. For its LJUBAW edition, Crit Club will take place in Sokolski dom Tabor, the city's historical sports hall, accompanied by a fencing event that frames the debate moderated by Kate Brown, while local and international art professionals face off on two opposing sides.

The central exhibition of LJUBAW, curated by ETC. Magazine and guest curator Vasil Vladimirov, will feature artists who explore how their personal histories are being shaped within broader socio-political circumstances, such as migration, war, and perception of national and regional borders. The exhibition will be accompanied by a discussion with the Center for Peripheries about neighborly relations: from fleeting solidarities and micro-conflicts to transnational movements.

For more information visit our website, where further programme details will be updated in the coming weeks.