Exhibition Season 2026/27

NEGOVAN NEMEC: From Line to Form
A Retrospective Exhibition Marking the 80th Anniversary of the Artist’s Birth and the 40th Anniversary of His Death
Sculptures and Drawings

Curator: Pavla Jarc

The year 2027 marks the 80th anniversary of the birth and the 40th anniversary of the death of the distinguished sculptor Negovan Nemec, whose extensive body of work left a profound mark on both the Gorizia region and the broader Slovenian artistic landscape, securing him an important place in the history of modern Slovenian sculpture. To commemorate these significant anniversaries, the Nova Gorica City Gallery, in collaboration with Zavod Miren Kras and the Kulturni dom Gorizia (Italy), is organising a major retrospective exhibition. The exhibition will present works drawn primarily from the artist’s family estate, which preserves key pieces from every stage of his artistic career. It will offer a comprehensive insight into the evolution of Nemec’s artistic expression—from his early explorations of form to the mature works in which he developed his distinctive and highly recognisable sculptural language.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a catalogue offering a renewed assessment of Nemec’s significance within Slovenian art history. The publication will explore various aspects of his oeuvre while highlighting the enduring relevance of his artistic language, which continues to resonate through its expressive power, sensitivity to material, and profound engagement with the relationship between humanity and space.

The exhibition is organised in collaboration with Zavod Miren Kras and the Kulturni dom Gorica/Gorizia (Italy).