Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova | +MSUM — Attraction in Upravna Enota Ljubljana

Never have I been as uninspired and disappointed as during my visit to this museum. The photographs had a cheap and easy feel to them, with cliche subjects and all black-and-white; not to mention the paper wasn’t even glued well to the back of the frame most of the times, resulting in weirdly curved photos that just felt amateurish. The art, bar only one specific collection, was flat out boring. Cheap tricks to raise questions about identity (a bunch of ID-cards made out of debit cards), downright stupid at times (the same exact signature drawn and displayed in the same room nine times) often resorting to just ‘shocking’ you to create some sense of meaning that isn’t there (a literal heap of garbage thrown onto a pile in a part of the museum). Downright the most uncreative museum I’ve ever had the great displeasure of finding myself in; but, alas, while I could go on and on for literal hours citing different parts of the exhibitions that threw me off completely, i think it will suffice to say that this place is the most underwhelming, poorly executed excuse for a place of imagination, creativity, and beauty that I’ve ever encountered. The only nice part of this place was the view of the city outside. This museum stands sadly in stark contrast to the mostly beautiful and charming Ljubljana, the other museums of which have given me nothing but pleasure. Thus, avoid going here...

As one of the reviewers said, contemporary art is not easy to understand. I'm not a huge fan myself, however the museum did a decent job desplaying the art pieces and describing them very nicely in most cases and gives insights about the artists. This was great to see especially that the culture that the art operates in is a bit different to my own (yet we got to see pieces by Polish artists too, yay!). I especially enjoyed (if that can be said) the exhibition about human and animals but I got angry at the reviews saying that it was horrible and distressing. IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DISTRESSING AND STOMACH TURNING!!! BECAUSE IT IS!!, and if you can't witness these acts of violence, maybe you should ask yourself who pays for their execution and why they happen. The chicken that lives there has 100x better life living conditions that any chicken on any farm (although I find it questionable whether it's a good idea that it...

Out of hundreds, this is the best museum i have been to. Not joking, this is a MUST see. The exhibitions are amazingly curated, and explained in great depths. The subjects present in the art are clearly thought out well, and make alot of sense in todays political climate.

Many of the pieces are also interactive, which makes it great, even for people who would normally find this kinda art boring. Furthermore the art is explained, so that the people who normally think “i could make this, its not even art” understand the deeper meaning and intentions.

PLS VISIT, you will NOT regret it. Finally, as the cherry on top, the tickets...