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Exhibition ‘Drawing, Experimental Drawing’ opens in Venice

Skopje, 7 November 2024 (MIA) – The DLUM Association of Artists of Macedonia’s “Drawing, Experimental Drawing” exhibition will open at the Kunst Depot gallery in Venice on Thursday. Organized for the eighth time, the exhibition will run until November 17….

Combining culture and tourism will motivate creative industries to operate outside institutions: panel

Skopje, 5 November 2024 (MIA) – Through the development of creative industries, we will enable people to see their future and their profits outside of national institutions. It is necessary to reduce the volume of national institutions, and invest much more…

Macedonian writer Olivera Nikolova dies

Skopje, 4 November 2024 (MIA) – Olivera Nikolova, one of the most well-known Macedonian female prose writers, has died. Born in 1936 in Skopje, she graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy in Skopje, and worked as a screenwriter for radio…

Aura chamber trio to perform at Golden Lyre festival

Skopje, 31 October 2024 (MIA) — The Macedonian chamber trio Aura, winners of the 2023 Golden Lyre award for outstanding achievements, will give a concert as part of this year’s Golden Lyre chamber music festival at the Museum of the Macedonian…

“Understory“ solo exhibition by Oliver Musovik opens in Regensburg

Macedonian artist Oliver Musovik’s solo exhibition titled “Understory” will open Wednesday at the “neunkubikmeter” (ninecubicmeters) gallery in Regensburg, Germany. The term “understory” defines the Macedonian “undergrowth” – low growth on the floor of a forest). The exhibition will run through…

Ivana Nasteski’s ‘Flora’ exhibition of watercolors opens in Tetovo

Macedonian artist Ivana Nasteski’s latest solo exhibition opened Monday evening at Tetovo’s Iljo Anteski Smok Cultural Center. Titled “Flora,” the exhibit contains of 31 paintings of flowers done in watercolor, gouache and ink. According to MIA’s Tetovo correspondent, Nasteski painted…

15th Tremolo to offer concerts by young talents and acclaimed guitarists

A concert of gifted young classical guitarists — Georgi Trajkov, Vegim Kuchi, Luna Pilik, Matej Detelj, Jetmir Mehmedi, and Vulnet Neziri — will open the 15th Tremolo Classical Guitar Festival at the Museum of Macedonian Struggle at 7 pm, organizers…

Aleksandar Eftimovski’s ‘Magna Mater’ sculpture exhibit opens

Skopje, 24 October 2024 (MIA) — Macedonian sculptor Aleksandar Eftimovski’s exhibit inspired by the Great Mother, one of the most notable archaeological findings from the Neolithic site of Tumba Madzhari in Skopje, will open at the Cultural and Information Center’s park…

Ohrid Municipality to host book launch for “On Macedonian Studies, Openly”

As part of official celebrations of Macedonian Revolutionary Struggle Day, Oct. 23, the Municipality of Ohrid will host a book launch for Sveto Stamenov and Dimitar Pandev’s two-volume collection of transcripts of radio interviews dedicated to the Macedonian language, culture…

Greek film wins top prize at Kinenova film festival in Skopje

“Murderess”, a film by Greek director Eva Nathena won the top prize of the Kinenova International Film Festival, which closed Sunday evening with an awards ceremony held at the Biljana Belichanec culture center in Skopje. “I feel this award as…

43rd Skopje Jazz Festival kicks off

Nine jazz bands from the USA, Europe, and Macedonia are set to perform at the 43rd Skopje Jazz Festival, which is taking place at the National Opera and Ballet and at Youth Cultural Center (MKC), from Oct. 17 through 22….

Seventeen years since pop star Toshe Proeski’s tragic death

The country and the Balkan region are remembering the late pop star Toshe Proeski, who died 17 years ago on this day in a car accident near Nova Gradisha in Croatia en route to Zagreb. One of the annual events…