Jun 8, 1950 - Oct 15, 1950
Venice, Italy
The Yugoslav presentation at the 25th Venice Biennale from June to October 1950 was the first Yugoslav post-war participation at the Biennale. The Yugoslav pavilion’s commissioner was the distinguished Croatian writer Petar Šegedin. The country’s participation was crucial for Yugoslavia’s transition from socialist realist art towards a more open and more modern, non-dogmatic approach, a trend that would continue in the following years. Šegedin had an important role in this development, delivering apavilion designed to satisfy both the Yugoslav government and the art community.
Yugoslav Pavilion, Venice Biennale, 1950. Image in: Zelimir Koscevic, Venecijanski Biennale i jugoslavenska moderna umjetnost.