Piran Coastal Galleries

History and Program

Coastal Galleries Piran, in Slovenian: Obalne galerije Piran, in Italian: Gallerie Costiere Pirano, are a group of six public contemporary art galleries. The first ones were established in 1975. Three galleries are located in Piran, two in Koper and one in Venice.

Piran:

• Mestna galerija
• Galerija Meduza 2
• Galerija Herman Pečarič

Koper:

• Galerija Loža
• Galerija Meduza

Venice, Italy:

• Galerija A+A

The galleries work as a Center/Museum of Contemporary Art on Slovenian Coast. They promote Slovenian as well as international contemporary artists. They own a rich art collection. Work as a publishing house, publishing numerous art catalogues of exhibitions. A library. They as well organizes numerous annual art events as:

• Ex-Tempore Piran (International Painting and Ceramic Competition),
• Piranski dnevi arhitekture (Piran days of Architecture) and Nagrada Piranesi (Piranesi Prise),
• Multimedijska delavnica (Multimedia Workshop) GENIUS LOCI LERA
• Mednarodni kiparski simpozij Forma viva Portorož (International Sculpture Symposium)

As well as other educational events, workshops and lectures.

Departments

Director:

• Toni Biloslav

Tartinijev trg 3, 6330 Piran.

Curators:

Koper:

• Andrej Medved
• Majda Božeglav Japelj
• Tatjana Sirk (Galerija Meduza)

Piran:

• Nives Marvin

Some of the 2009 Art Exhibitions

Ivan Žerjal, Valentin Oman, Jakov Brdar, Tjaša Iris[1], Emerik Bernard, Jutta Schmitt, Mimmo Paladino[2], Zoran Mušič[3]

External links

• Obalne galerije Piran [4]
• County of Piran Official Web Site: [5]