Željko Jerman: Death in Korkyra Exhibition openings in Zagreb and Korčula
7 July – 20 September 2026 Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb 17 July – 17 August 2026 Korčula Town Museum 17 July – 6 September 2026 grey) (area Wi-Fi Gallery Curators: Darko Fritz and Radmila Iva Janković Marking the twentieth anniversary of the death of Željko Jerman (Zagreb, 1949 – Korčula, 2006), one of the key figures of Croatian conceptual art, the Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb and grey) (area – space for contemporary and media art presents the multi-site exhibition project Death in Korkyra. Taking place in Zagreb and Korčula, the project symbolically connects the city where the artist was born with the island that profoundly shaped both his artistic practice and his personal life. The project is curated by Darko Fritz and Radmila Iva Janković. The exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb opens on Tuesday, 7 July 2026, at 8 pm and runs until 20 September 2026. It presents an overview of the key stages of Jerman's artistic practice through works from the Museum's collection, accompanied by selected archival material and documentation from both institutional and private archives. The exhibition spans from the early Subjective Photographs, first exhibited in 1975, through experimental photographic works that radically questioned the limits of the medium, to photo-paintings created in the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s, including works produced in Korčula. Jerman reduced photography to its essential components—light, trace, chemical process, and the materiality of photographic paper—transforming it into a field where art and everyday life become inseparable. The exhibition also recalls the artist's long-standing relationship with the Museum, one of the first institutions to recognise the significance of his work. The two Korčula exhibitions open on Friday, 17 July 2026, at 7 pm. The exhibition at the Korčula Town Museum, on view until 17 August 2026, presents four works created in Korčula in 1995. Produced as large-format photograms with direct interventions using photographic chemicals and, in some cases, paint, the works demonstrate Jerman's distinctive approach to the photographic medium. At the centre of the exhibition is Death in Corcyra, the work from which the entire multi-site project takes its title. Together, these works testify to Jerman's enduring connection with Korčula, where he realised a series of important artistic projects and exhibitions over several decades and developed a significant part of his artistic language. Also opening on 17 July is the exhibition at the grey) (area Wi-Fi Gallery, on view until 6 September 2026. It features My Month (2003), the final chapter of Jerman's long-running diary project, in which photographs and short handwritten texts document the artist's everyday life. Conceived as a continuation of the seminal works My Year and My Year 2, My Month reaffirms Jerman's conviction that art emerges directly from lived experience. The exhibition can be accessed via mobile devices by connecting to the open wireless network "grey) (area" at St Mark's Square in Korčula. It represents an innovative model for presenting digital art in public space, developed by grey) (area in collaboration with the Korčula Town Museum and the artist organisation Format C, dissolving the boundaries between the exhibition space and everyday urban experience. The project takes its point of departure from the work Death in Korkyra, which symbolically reflects Jerman's profound connection with Korčula. Through exhibitions in Zagreb and across the Korčula venues, the project explores the relationship between artistic practice, place and memory, while highlighting the importance of collaboration between museum institutions and the independent cultural sector in preserving and reinterpreting artistic heritage. More information: https://www.msu.hr/dogadanja/zeljko-jerman-death-in-korkyra-iz-zbirke-msu-a/1969.html https://sivazona.hr/events/death-in-korkyra-2-4 https://sivazona.hr/events/death-in-korkyra-3-4 https://sivazona.hr/events/death-in-korkyra-4-4 --- Currently in grey) (area's programme: Until 16 July 2026 Dorinda Bulić-Čotić: City View: Dubrovnik grey) (area Wi-Fi Gallery, Korčula More information: https://sivazona.hr/events/vizura-grada-dubrovnik Until 30 April 2027 Simon Beer: MA Moments Church of the Immaculate Conception, Korčula More information: https://sivazona.hr/events/ma-moments — grey) (area – space for contemporary and media art https://sivazona.hr ______________________________________________ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
