Roundtable Discussion with Keynote Speeches // Slovenian Impressionists in Munich and Dachau – and What Did Kandinsky Have to Do with It?
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von 18:15 bis 20:50
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Impressionism took many paths – some led via Munich and Dachau to Slovenia. Around 1900, young Slovenian artists found new inspiration in the vibrant art city of Munich and in the Dachau artists' colony. Here, where light and landscape formed the central focus, they discovered a style of painting that left realism behind and led to impressive, colorful imagery.
What this has to do with Kandinsky and what role Munich Realism plays will be discussed in short lectures and a subsequent talk. The event is part of the exhibition, which is on display at the Gemäldegalerie Dachau until April 12, 2026: “Beyond Impressionism – Slovenian Modernism and Dachau”.
HOSTED BY: Saša Šavel Burkart, SKICA Berlin
PROGRAMME:
Ulrich Pfisterer, Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte // Welcome and opening remarks
Laura Cohen, Gemäldegalerie Dachau // „Beyond Impressionism – Slovenian Modernism and Dachau“: Brief insights into the exhibition
Barbara Jaki, National Gallery of Slovenia // Slovenian Impressionism – “All the joyful beauty of the Slovenian land and all its melancholy at the same time…”
Alenka Simončič, National Gallery of Slovenia // Ivana Kobilca – “Painting is something beautiful, after all.”
Dominik Brabant, Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte // Munich – Paris: Lovis Corinth, ‚German Impressionism', and artists from Slovenia
PANELISTS:
// Dr. Dominik Brabant, Deputy Director of the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte >>
// Dr. Laura Cohen, Director of the Dachau Art Gallery
After studying art history, Laura Cohen earned her doctorate in Bonn and worked in various museums, including as an art educator at the Bundeskunsthalle Bonn and as a research associate at the Bavarian State Painting Collections. At the Jewish Museum Cologne, she led projects and curated key programs for the nationwide festival celebrating Jewish life in Germany, including a traveling exhibition, which is still on display. Since April 2024 she has been the director of the Dachau Art Gallery as part of the Zweckverband Dachauer Galerien und Museen under the direction of Dr. Nina Möllers.
// Dr. Barbara Jaki, Director of the National Gallery of Slovenia in Ljubljana
Barbara Jaki holds a PhD in history of art. Since 2005 she has been the Director of the National Gallery of Slovenia in Ljubljana and has authored numerous catalogues for the National Gallery of Slovenia as well as for exhibitions in Slovenia and abroad, including the exhibition on Slovenian Impressionism at the Petit Palais in Paris and the Belvedere Gallery in Vienna. She is the author of both scholarly and popular publications on art from the 17th to the 19th centuries.
// Dr. Alenka Simončič, Head of curators at the National Gallery of Slovenia in Ljubljana
Alenka Simončič has written and co-written numerous articles and curated several international exhibition projects at the National Gallery, including Medieval Manuscripts from Žiče Charterhouse, 1160–1560, Polish Painting around 1900, Franc Kavičič/Caucig: Themes of Antiquity. She gave talks on book illustration and caricature at the exhibitions on Slovenian Impressionism in Paris and Prague, and was curator of the Hinko Smrekar (1883–1942) retrospective, having received a grant together with Michel Mohor from the Getty Foundation as part of the Paper Project Initiative.
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PARTICIPATION:
The event takes place in a hybrid format. You can either attend in-person or via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/T6LXZoNaQvqjvS2rS6PH1g. Recording the event or parts of the event, as well as taking screenshots, is not permitted. By participating, you accept these terms of use.
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In cooperation with the Gemäldegalerie Dachau, the National Gallery of Slovenia, and SKICA Berlin – Slovenian Cultural Centre Berlin
[Caption: Rihard Jakopič (1869–1943): Zwischen Pinien (Eine Brise), 1905, Moderna galerija, Ljubljana (© Nationalgalerie Sloweniens/Foto: Janko Dermastja)]