Night of Museums at SUM

The University Gallery in Rodoč hosted the cultural event Night of Museums again this year. This year's rich program of Night of Museums in the University Gallery began with the Children's Art Workshop led by the academic painter Vilim Parić and guided through the POP-UP Museum of Black Art by the curator Iva Bilić. The youngest artists, with the help of an academic painter, created letters and works of art, which were then presented in the second part of the program as an exhibition of works created at the Children's Art Workshop.

The program continued with the presentation of the book Altar of Knowledge presented by art and literary critic Milan Bešlić, art historian Vladimir Filipović, academic sculptor Stjepan Skoko, professor of literature Antun Lučić and Head of the University Gallery Marin Ivanović. The book was created in memory of the sculpture of the same name, authored by the academic sculptor and assistant rector for art Prof Stjepan Skoko, PhD which was presented as part of the celebration of the 45th anniversary of the University of Mostar. The Altar of Knowledge sculpture is located on the Campus of the University of Mostar as a commemoration of all the students and employees of the University of Mostar who passed away.

The highlight of the program was certainly marked by the ceremonial opening of the exhibition of the Croatian academic artist Tihomir Lončar entitled Herzegovina Cycle and a donation to the University of Mostar. As part of the exhibition, the audience had the opportunity to see an overview of Tihomir Lončar's paintings from 1984 to 2018, which is a donation to the Art Collection of the University of Mostar, and the artist's latest work, which was created during the author's one-month stay and work in Mostar in 2022.