The Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade proudly presents the exhibition Personal Stories / Political Realities, a major international project realised in collaboration with the Museum of Contemporary Art in Lyon.
Conceived as a dual project and premiered in Lyon, the exhibition is now opening to the Belgrade public, continuing a dialogue between two museum collections shaped by different historical experiences, cultural contexts and institutional developments.
The exhibition will officially open on 12 June at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade, from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm, and will remain open to visitors until 20 September 2026.
Bringing together more than seventy works by artists from Serbia, the former Yugoslav region and the international contemporary art scene, the exhibition explores the complex relationship between personal experience and the political realities that shape individual and collective lives. Rather than offering a chronological or stylistic overview, the exhibition is organised thematically, highlighting the ways in which artists use memories, biographies, identities and everyday experiences to reflect on broader social, historical and political processes.
The exhibition’s curatorial team consists of Isabelle Bertolotti, Director of macLYON; Maja Kolarić, Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade; Miroslav Karić, Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade; and Matthieu Lelièvre, Head of Collections at macLYON.
The artists featured in the exhibition include: Anica Vučetić, Bruce Nauman, Claire Tabouret, Christine Rebet, Damir Radović, Dragan Petrović, Edi Dubien, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Hriech Chourouk, Ivana Ivković, Jasmina Cibic, Jean Le Gac, Karim Kal, Katarina Zdjelar, Katalin Ladik, Marina Abramović and Ulay, Marina Marković, Mihael Milunović, Nam June Paik, Nazanin Pouyandeh, Nemanja Nikolić, Neša Paripović, Phil Collins, Rodrigo Matheus, Sadko Hadžihasanović, Siniša Ilić, Sophie Calle, Steve McQueen, Sylvie Selig, Tanja Ostojić, Thameur Mejri, Thomas Ruff, Tuomo Manninen, Vesna Perunović, Vlada Veličković and Vito Acconci.
(Telegraf, 05.06.2026)