LIKOVNE BESEDE / ARTWORDS MAGAZINE

National Network
Slovenia
Telephone
+ 38614330464
Fax
+386 14349462
E-Mail
likovne.besede@zveza-dslu.si
Organisation Type
Public Institution
Year of Establishment
1985
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
General Information
non-for profit art magazine, established as an artists iniciative in 1985.
Mission and Objectives

Artwords magazine is the main periodic publication in the field of visual art and art theory in Slovenia. The publication is published in a form of two double issues a year, containing the Theoretical Supplement as well. The magazine reflects on the current discourse of art as well as an interdisciplinary approach to art history and visual art in general Each issue is arranged around a thematically determined core, containing studies analysisand discussing essential questions, as well as reviews of actual related exhibitions. The average size of the issue is 240 pages.

Main Projects / Activities

The issues are thematically designed: Between the Sky and Earth; Arte-fact?, Women in Art; Microutopias; Views on Contemporary Slovenian Art; Art and Time; Dreams, Psychoanalysis and Art; Travelling … In regular rubriques Round Table and Interview we are publishing the conversations with domestic and foreign visual artists, curators, theoreticians … We are publishing fine art reviews, essays, interpretations, theory, and also artists notes (diaries, reflections) and exclusive artist author pages, designed especially for our magazine. In this way we are establishing the inspiring field for the creative practice. In the Theoretical Supplement we are translating key texts in the field of art theory and art history, in line with the thematics of a particular issue. The rubrique Contributions to the Slovenian Dictionary of Art Terms is regular as well.
The magazine is designed to serve the visual artists, art theorists, art historians, fine art teachers, collectors and art lovers. We want to bring the content closer to the broader reading public.

Contact (1) Full Name
Mojca Zlokarnik
Head of the organisation
Mojca Zlokarnik, editor-in-chief