
Art & Culture
Your essential guide to galleries, museums and the performing arts in Croatia

Zagreb is hosting works by the contemporary American artist for an exhibition dubbed "Gloria: Croatian Female Artists Salute Kiki Smith."
"Croatian female...

A peek into the life of an artist in Zagreb
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up," said Pablo Picasso.
This predicament is one that Zagreb-based...

An interview with the leading ladies of Almost Normal Productions
Tis the season of rolling fog, seemingly smoke-covered grey skies, and long chilly nights in Croatia…
Though Halloween is behind us, nature continues...

An interview with Croatian-American Catherine Kapphahn, author of "Immigrant Daughter"
Immigrant Daughter: Stories You Never Told Me (2019) is a captivating tale of intertwining worlds penned by American-with-Croatian-roots author...

Film
Croatia's first boat cinema sets sail from Vukovar
While residents of the Croatian capital, Zagreb, are being courted by the return of drive-in cinemas, film fans in the east of Croatia have an altogether...
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Art
Zagreb gallery guide
Zagreb’s many galleries come in many guises – passionate independent venues rub shoulders with venerable institutions. Consider this your essential Zagreb...

Art
Dubrovnik art gallery guide
Dubrovnik is not all about luxury hotels and destination restaurants. Step inside our Dubrovnik art gallery guide to discover where to catch some of Croatia's...

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Essential Dubrovnik attractions
Dubrovnik's glittering past as the Republic of Ragusa means it has several stand-out sights of great historic interest, which combine with its scattering of...
Croatia’s top venues for art and exhibitions

Theatre
Croatian National Theatre • Rijeka
Both an architectural and cultural landmark, Rijeka’s Croatian National Theatre was designed by the same team of architects as its namesakes in Split and...

Museums
Museum of Arts & Crafts • Zagreb
This grand Hermann Bollé-designed palace, founded in 1880, was originally based on 'a collection of samples for master craftsmen and artists who need to...

Museums
Museum of Contemporary Art • Zagreb
Costing some €60 million and covering 14,500 square metres, the MCA – MSU in Croatian – is the most significant museum to open in Zagreb for...
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Croatian Association of Artists • Zagreb
Visit for the building alone, a circular pavilion standing in the middle of Victims of Fascism Square a ten-minute walk south-east of the main square. The...

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Dubrovnik Contemporary Gallery
When you tire of all of the “I love Dubrovnik” t-shirts and refrigerator magnets, take a 10-minute stroll from the city walls to the Dubrovnik Contemporary...

Theatre
Croatian National Theatre • Split
As in Zagreb, the National Theatre in Split played a vital role in the promotion of the Croatian language while the country was still ruled from elsewhere....

Museums
Natural History Museum • Rijeka
Behind the Governor’s Palace it overlooks, Rijeka‘s Natural History Museum established its large collection of specimens from the Kvarner Bay,...

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Lauba House • Zagreb
Lurking mysteriously in a little-visited area 4km west of the centre is this brand-new private art gallery, occupying a century-old barrack block painted in...