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Culture & Events
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Quadruple hook embroidery on worsted is typical of
women’s folk costume in Northern Dalmatia. The most
common pattern is a cross combined with ornaments such
as knots, rings, tendrils, rosettes and spirals.
18.05 Wednesday - 30.06 Thursday
From the Cosmacendi Palace to the Museum
of Ancient Glass
D-2, The Museum of Ancient Glass, Poljana Zemaljskog
odbora 1, tel. (+385-23) 36 38 33. The former Classicist
Cosmacendi Palace dates from the late 19th century and has
been completely renovated whilst regaining its original façade.
This exhibition presents the history of the Moro bastion on
which the Cosmacendi Palace was built in 1877.
The Museum of Ancient Glass contains 4000 glass objects
dating from the period between the 1st and 5th century, the
early Roman Empire and Late Classical period. The artefacts
derive from the broader Zadar area and from the whole of
Croatia. Q Admission 10 - 30kn.
20.05 Friday - 01.07 Friday
Zadar Photographers
A-3, Arsenal, Tri bunara 1, tel. (+385-23) 25 38 20.
The exhibition shows motifs and photos as donated by the
Zadar Public Museum and Zadar photographers. Viewers can
see photos from different generations: including Pero Gojić,
Abdulah Seferović, Vicko Zaninović and others. The Damaged
Hearing Sense Association, founded in 1955, wishes to inform
the public about their work through this exhibition.
07.06 Tuesday - 21.06 Tuesday
Islands’ Photographers
B-3, Terre Verte Gallery, Mate Karamana 10, tel. (+385-
23) 25 00 40. So you cannot get to all the 1246 Croatian
islands, who can? This traditional exhibition just may help
as the Kornati Photo Club annually present their works,
depictions of towns, boats and landscapes of islands and
the sea.
07.06 Tuesday - 26.06 Sunday
Miljenko Domijan: Terra Toscana
D-3, City Lodge, Narodni trg. See Florence and its
surroundings like never before as Croatia’s leading
conservatoire presents his impressions and collages of
this majestic region. Of special interest are the small hills,
vegetation and Mediterranean architecture he was able to
capture! This is the 3rd cycle which can be seen this summer.
Q Admission 5 - 10kn.
13.06 Monday - 24.06 Friday
A photo exhibition of Varoš- then and now
L-4, City Library, Stjepana Radića 11b, tel. (+385-23) 30
11 03. St. Peter is said to have the keys to heaven, and when
looking at the foundations of the former St. Mary’s Church in
Zadar from a bird’s eye view, a perfect blueprint of a 6 leafed
key can be seen. Legend has it that is resembles the keys of
St. Peter. This exhibit presents 80 photos of the former city
gate of Stomarica and ruins of St. Mary’s Church.
16.06 Thursday - 30.06 Thursday
Branka Riđicki
D-3, Kapetanova kula (The Captain’s Tower Gallery),
Trg 5 bunara bb. Local born artist who through her travels
and studies presents some of her works in painting, media,
photography and film. She has developed an interest in
different cultures which can thoughtfully be seen through
her art.
28.06 Tuesday - 12.07 Tuesday
A photo exhibition of Zadar County
D-3, Knight’s Palace, Poljana Šime bb. Want to see more
of Zadar but you can’t? Want a true souvenir but you can’t find
one? Then this exhibit brings the best of Zadar to you! See
the county’s unspoilt countryside over and above its cultural
and traditional beauty. A great gift is the monograph available
with over 200 pages of photographs and information. Q
Admission 10kn.
01.07 Friday - 30.08 Tuesday
Exhibition by the HDLU members Zadar
D-3, Kapetanova kula (The Captain’s Tower Gallery),Trg
5 bunara bb. These are the yearly and latest works by
members of HDLU Zadar (Croatian Society of Fine Artists).
Not to be missed
The Museum of Ancient Glass – situated in the
Cosmacendi Palace
“Little Red Riding Hood” was the first performance of
the Zadar Puppet Theatre in 1951. This year the theatre
celebrates 60 years of work and gets a new building into
the bargain. You can see the theatre’s work during the
Zadar Summer Theatre on 4 July at 21.30 in Dt Dominik’s
Church, when there will be a performance of Miroslav
Krleža’s Michelangelo Buonarotti.
18.07 Monday - 02.08 Tuesday
Dalibor Rubido
B-3, Terre Verte Gallery, Mate Karamana 10, tel. (+385-
23) 25 00 40. Water in its purest form is the essence of
Dalibor Rubido’s artistic expression. As the best graduate
in his year from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, he too
was a rower, and an active athlete. Despite not partaking in
such activities as often now, his artwork continues to show
his love and passion for water.
18.07 Monday - 18.08 Thursday
Predrag Petrović - The Ceramics and Glass of
the island of Iž
D-2, The Museum of Ancient Glass, Poljana Zemaljskog
odbora 1, tel. (+385-23) 36 38 30, www.mas-zadar.hr.
Meet a man who has been working as a potter for 23 years
and presents the making of traditional ceramics with glass.
Petrović mastered his craft from his fellow islanders and is
now the island’s last remaining potter, a tradition that has
been upheld since 1530. The most characteristic feature
of Iž pottery is the mixing of clay and calcium with feet on
leather and baking it on an open fire. Its preparations last for
days. And who could ever forget the old pottery wheel which
has been long abandoned in other places? Q Admission
10 - 30kn.
08.08 Monday - 01.09 Thursday
Photo Exhibition by Zvonko Kucelin
D-3, City Lodge, Narodni trg. One of the stalwarts of
photography in this region will exhibit 100 of his finest
photographs as a newspaper reporter. See Kucelin’s works
which represent his 30 year career with topics that include
culture, sport and politics from his hometown of Zadar to
faraway New York. He brings to life the first 20 twenty years
of his photography with black and white images and the last
10 years are in colour. Q Admission 5 - 10kn.
28.08 Sunday - 30.09 Friday
Dražen Trogrlić - Glass Sculptures
D-2, The Museum of Ancient Glass, Poljana Zemaljskog
odbora 1, tel. (+385-23) 36 38 33, www.mas-zadar.hr.
This jack of all trades expresses himself through various
mediums from fine art, drawing and print, to sculpting rock,
metal and glass. Trogrlić treats volume, surface and texture
as elements of the same value. By using transparent glass
and non transparent wood, he brings forth an enchanting
visual tension between these two materials. Q Admission
10 - 30 kn.
23.12 Friday - 30.01 Monday
Angels Without Borders
D-2, The Museum of Ancient Glass, Poljana Zemaljskog
odbora 1, tel. (+385-23) 36 38 33, www.mas-zadar.hr.
Ivo Pervan is an award winning Croatian photographer who
has ventured between heaven and earth for this exhibit. He
depicts angel motifs of different materials and techniques
from Croatia through to Sofia, Rome, Berlin and Mainz. By
crossing borders, he hopes to bring that touch of divinity to
his work. Photos which in reality are only 2cm big have been
enhanced so that even the tiniest angels found on church
tops, can now be seen. Q Admission 10 - 30kn.
Cinemas
Callegro Cinema C-3, Široka ulica 18, tel. (+385-
23) 20 49 00, info@callegro.com, www.callegro.
com.
CineStar N-5, Murvička 1 (City Gallery), tel. (+385-)
060 32 32 33/(+385-23) 62 88 54.
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Summer 2011