World of Art | Award for Curatorial Practices
To mark its 30th anniversary, the World of Art School (SCCA-Ljubljana) is granting the Award for Curatorial Practices for the first time this year. The award recognises outstanding achievements in curatorial practices in contemporary visual arts and is intended for curators active within the Slovenian cultural space, as well as Slovenian curators working abroad.
It is granted in partnership with Moderna galerija (MG+MSUM) and Cukrarna/MGML, joined by the Celje Regional Museum/Center of Contemporary Art Celje as guest partner for the 2026/27 period.
The recipients were selected from 13 applications by a four-member jury consisting of Mara Anjoli Vujić, Ivana Bago, Lea Vene, and Vladimir Vidmar.
Large Award for Curatorial Practices 2026: Tjaša Pogačar
Tjaša Pogačar is an independent curator of contemporary art based between Ljubljana and Prague. Her work explores how artistic and curatorial practices respond to technological and ecological shifts. She has curated the 34th Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts, the International Festival of Computer Arts Maribor, and exhibitions at Kunsthalle Bratislava, Kunstraum Niederösterreich Vienna, SUMO Prague, Cukrarna, Škuc Gallery, Švicarija (MGLC) and the Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, among others. She is a co-founder and editor-in-chief of Šum journal and is currently pursuing a PhD in Art History and Theory at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, researching exhibition-making as a collective world(build)ing practice.
Small Award for Curatorial Practices 2026: Marko Vivoda
Marko Vivoda is a curator, producer, and intermedia and light artist. He is a co-founder of the informal art collective Stran 22 and the IZZA festival, as well as a co-founder of Festival IZIS, which he curated for eleven editions. Through this work, he has played a significant role in shaping the contemporary and intermedia art scene in Istria. He curated the Lighting Guerrilla festival, co-curated Towards a Humane Technology, the showcase exhibition of the Network of Art and Cultural Research Centers – RUK (Cankarjev dom, 2023), and curated Spaceship from Hope at Ars Electronica (2024). He is creative director of the HEKA laboratory at the PiNA association. He collaborates with the Faculty of Education, University of Primorska, and is currently focusing his curatorial and production work on new generations of artists.
Award Ceremony
The awards will be presented on Friday, 11 December 2026, in the evening at Cukrarna. The morning programme at Moderna galerija will feature lectures by two speakers chosen by the recipients, to be announced soon.
Organised by: World of Art/SCCA-Ljubljana
Partners: Moderna galerija (MG+MSUM), Cukrarna/MGML, Center for Contemporary Arts Celje
Supported by: Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia
