Exhibition Season 2026/27

BETWEEN THE SEA AND STONE
Art of the Trieste and Primorska Region

Avgust Černigoj – Klavdij Palčič – Lojze Spacal – Franko Vecchiet – Silvester Komel

Curators: Marko Arnež, Katarina Brešan, Pavla Jarc

The exhibition Between the Sea and Stone, organised by the Gallery of Prešeren Award Laureates in Kranj, the Goriška Museum Kromberk–Nova Gorica, and the Nova Gorica City Gallery, presents visual artists and writers from the Trieste and Primorska region who have received the Prešeren Award or the Prešeren Fund Award, with a particular focus on artists from Trieste. Bringing together visual art and literature, the exhibition places the works of Černigoj, Spacal, Palčič, Vecchiet, and Komel in dialogue with the writings of Kosovel, Gruden, Košuta, Kravos, Quaglia, Pahor, Rebula, and Jelinčič. It highlights the shared cultural landscape of Trieste, the Karst, and the Gorizia region, while exploring the close relationship between art and literature.

The exhibition is also connected to the Year of Kosovel celebrations, with Srečko Kosovel occupying a central place as one of the defining cultural figures of the region. The project is complemented by a presentation of the painter Silvester Komel, whose work connects the Gorizia area with the broader Primorska cultural context.

The exhibition is accompanied by a bilingual publication that, for the first time, brings together in a comprehensive volume the Prešeren Award and Prešeren Fund Award recipients from this region.