Art possesses a rare gift – to touch us and transform us. It not only changes the viewer’s perception but also reshapes the very image of a city. On this occasion, the Avala Tower becomes a place of encounter and remarkable aesthetic experiences – a kind of open-air gallery.
The Avala Tower, one of Belgrade’s symbols, was destroyed during the NATO bombing in April, the very month in which this site will now become the venue for a collective exhibition of as many as 60 artists from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Russia, and Cuba.
The exhibition, featuring painters of diverse sensibilities in an unconventional exhibition space, will be officially opened on 5 April at 5 p.m.
One of the most beautiful telecommunications towers in Europe, the Avala Tower, when bombed in 1999, was – until the destruction of the World Trade Center in New York – the tallest structure in the world to have been demolished. It stood at 202.87 metres. The initiative to rebuild the Avala Tower began within the Journalists’ Association of Serbia (UNS) in October 2002. Following its call, more than 500 Serbian artists and creators joined the effort, including painters, writers, theatre and music artists, athletes, tennis players, and businesspeople.
(Politika, 02.04.2026)
https://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/744214/izlozba-u-casu-pre-cuda-na-avalskom-tornju