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Museum of Contemporary Art
of Republic of Srpska
Banja Luka
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Viktor Majdandžić
Art through conservation and restoration
24 September 2026 – 24 January 2027
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Let’s go back in time…
26 October 1969
An earthquake strikes Banja Luka.
Then artists reach out to the city struck by the earthquake.
Around 750 works
Artists from Yugoslavia and around the world donate their work to the city.
1971.
The Art Gallery is founded in Banja Luka.
22 April 1981
The first permanent display opens.
2004.
The gallery becomes the Museum of Contemporary Art of Republic of Srpska.
Viktor Majdandžić
24 September 2026 – 24 January 2027
The exhibition is dedicated to a pioneer of geometric and optical abstraction on Bosnia and Herzegovina’s art scene in the second half of the 20th century.
Composition III
Viktor Majdandžić
Photo: Singidunum Gallery
Portrait of a Man
Viktor Majdandžić
Photo: Centre for Conservation and Restoration, Belgrade
Portrait of a Man
Viktor Majdandžić
Photo: Centre for Conservation and Restoration, Belgrade
Nude Study
Viktor Majdandžić
Photo: Centre for Conservation and Restoration, Belgrade
Nude Study
Viktor Majdandžić
Photo: Centre for Conservation and Restoration, Belgrade
Untitled
Viktor Majdandžić
Photo: Centre for Conservation and Restoration, Belgrade
Viktor Majdandžić
Photo: Singidunum Gallery
Wave in Squares
Viktor Majdandžić
Photo: Centre for Conservation and Restoration, Belgrade
Viktor Majdandžić
Photo: Glas Srpske
Installation view
Photo: MSURS
Installation view
Photo: MSURS
Installation view
Photo: MSURS
A mark on paper
Impressions
over time
Every sheet bears the marks of plate and hand: a cut in linoleum, acid on copper, ink pressed through a silkscreen.
Exhibition archive
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Next exhibition
The frame is ready. The wall is waiting. The next exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Republic of Srpska is coming soon.
Exhibition books.
About the museum
The Museum of Contemporary Art of Republic of Srpska grew out of solidarity: artists donated their work to a city devastated by an earthquake. Those gifts became the beginning of its collection.
The leading museum institution in Republic of Srpska dedicated to contemporary art: a centre for collecting, researching and presenting contemporary artistic practices, working closely with institutions abroad. A member of ICOM.
Once a station
The museum building was constructed in 1891 as Banja Luka’s railway station. Trains departed from it until 1968; from 1969 it served as a bus station. In 1981 it was converted into the Art Gallery, today’s museum.
- 1969Following the earthquakes of 26 and 27 October, artists from Yugoslavia and around the world donate approximately 750 works to Banja Luka.
- 1971The Banja Luka Art Gallery is founded by a decision of the Municipal Assembly.
- 1981The building, dating from 1891, is converted for museum use. Its first permanent display opens on 22 April.
- 2004On 10 February the institution takes the name Museum of Contemporary Art of Republic of Srpska.
- 2007The museum building is designated a National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- 2013Bosnia and Herzegovina’s pavilion at the 55th Venice Biennale: Mladen Miljanović, The Garden of Delights.
- 2017Bosnia and Herzegovina’s pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale: Radenko Milak, University of Disaster.
Visit
Daily, 10 am–10 pm.Free admission.
Please arrange group visits in advance. Accessible entry is available for visitors with disabilities.