2025 · We Make Money Not Art
↗Related project: Fragmented Nations (on dropping bomb*shells) →Fragmented Nations at ART CITY Bologna
A critical review of Fragmented Nations and its intervention in the Museo Civico del Risorgimento.
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Reporting, criticism and institutional coverage of exhibitions, public interventions and long-term curatorial programmes.
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2025 · Cultura Bologna
↗Related project: Fragmented Nations (on dropping bomb*shells) →Fragmented Nations (on dropping bomb*shells)
The official exhibition record for Fragmented Nations at Museo Civico del Risorgimento.
2024 · BlueMedium
↗Related project: Oceans of Time →Oceans of Time
A feature on the exhibition and works produced in Kyrgyzstan by Firouz FarmanFarmaian and Stefano Cagol.
2024 · Artribune
↗Related project: The Chinese Bar →The Chinese Bar — Act I: The Bubble
An exhibition record for the first act of The Chinese Bar during the 60th Venice Biennale.
2024 · Generazione Critica
↗Related project: Deserted Island (on dropping bomb*shells) →Hussein Nassereddine
An interview connected to the artist’s participation in Deserted Island (on dropping bomb*shells).
2022 · BreakingNews.ie
↗Related project: Putin in Blood of Ukrainian Soldiers →Portrait of Putin filled with Ukrainian blood
Coverage of Andrei Molodkin’s portrait and the attempt to display it in Moscow.
2021 · Mladina
↗Related project: Slovenski Pasijon →Slovenski Pasijon
Coverage of Lina Akif’s performance and its engagement with Slovenian identity.
2021 · Szum
↗Slovenia’s Populist Wave and the EU’s Latest Culture War
An account of the political conditions surrounding cultural work in Slovenia.
2021 · RTV Slovenija
↗Zgodovina umetnosti je zgodovina prijateljstva
Slovenian cultural coverage of artistic collaboration, institutions and shared histories.
2021 · The Art Newspaper
↗Related project: Perftoran →Is Petr Davydtchenko’s live-bat video the first performance-art NFT?
Reporting on Perftoran, performance, provocation and the work’s NFT presentation.
2021 · The Brussels Times
↗Related project: Perftoran →Activist who ate live bat taken into police custody
Reporting on Petr Davydtchenko’s Perftoran performance in Brussels.
2021 · Forbes
↗Related project: Fotopub Project Space →Full Stream Ahead: How the Arts Industry Is Coping in 2021
A feature on new organisational and exhibition models developed during the pandemic.
2021 · Delo
↗Related project: Academia Nuts →Avtorska spraševanja v negotovem času
Coverage of the Academia Nuts programme and its final exhibition.
2021 · Dnevnik
↗Related project: Curfew →Curfew
Slovenian coverage of the Curfew public intervention at Fotopub Project Space.
2020 · Nero
↗Related project: Perftoran →Pharmaceutical Fictions
A critical feature on Petr Davydtchenko’s Perftoran and the project’s collision of art, science and pharmaceutical power.
2020 · ATP Diary
↗Related project: Fotopub Festival →New Photography: Interview with Tilotoni
An interview connected to the international network around Fotopub and emerging photographic practice.
2020 · Delo
↗Nikoli me ne gledaš tam, kjer te jaz vidim
Slovenian-language cultural coverage included in the Fotopub portfolio press archive.
2020 · The Art Newspaper
↗Related project: Fotopub Festival →Artist detained during Slovenia’s anti-government protests
Reporting on Slovenia’s cultural climate that quotes Dušan Josip Smodej directly as Fotopub’s director.
2020 · Vanity Fair
↗Related project: Melania →Melania Trump’s Slovenia statue returns in bronze
Coverage of the project’s bronze iteration following the destruction of the original sculpture.
2020 · BBC
↗Related project: Melania →Melania Trump statue in Slovenia
International reporting on Brad Downey’s Melania project and the sculpture’s later destruction.
2020 · The Washington Post
↗Related project: Melania →Slovenia statue of Melania Trump set on fire and removed
Coverage of Brad Downey’s Melania project and the public reaction surrounding it.
2020 · The New York Times
↗Related project: Melania →Melania Trump Statue in Slovenia Is Removed After Being Set on Fire
Reporting on the wooden Melania sculpture in Sevnica and its removal after an arson attack.
2020 · The Guardian
↗Related project: Melania →Melania Trump statue set on fire in Slovenia
Reuters reporting on the destruction and removal of the wooden Melania sculpture.
2020 · Artforum
↗Artists in Ljubljana Join Anti-Government Protests
News coverage of artistic participation in public protests in Ljubljana.
2020 · Artnet News
↗Ulay Foundation Project Space
Reporting on the Ulay Foundation’s project space and its cultural programme in Ljubljana.
2019 · Blok Magazine
↗Related project: Club of Opportunities Ep. 6: Ten Years Night →Ten Years Night by Jakub Jansa
A review of Jakub Jansa’s exhibition at Fotopub Project Space in Ljubljana.
2019 · Easttopics
↗Related project: Adaptation to the Future →UMPRUM at Fotopub Project Space
Coverage of the UMPRUM presentation at Fotopub Project Space.
2019 · Tzvetnik
↗Related project: Club of Opportunities Ep. 6: Ten Years Night →Jakub Jansa at Fotopub Project Space
A review of Club of Opportunities Ep. 6: Ten Years Night in Ljubljana.
2019 · Artribune
↗Related project: Fotopub Festival →Slovenia reportage: Fotopub, Novo mesto
A report from Slovenia focused on Fotopub Festival and its programme in Novo mesto.
2019 · TIME
↗Related project: Melania →The Story Behind the Melania Trump Statue in Slovenia
A feature on Brad Downey’s Melania project, its production and its setting in Sevnica.
2019 · Artdoc Magazine
↗Related project: Fotopub Festival →Fotopub
An institutional profile of Fotopub and its role in contemporary photography and artistic production.
2018 · The Guardian
↗Related project: Fotopub Festival →The best international photography galleries
Fotopub appears in Brett Rogers’s selection of leading international photography institutions.
2018 · Elephant
↗Related project: Fotopub Festival →Sour Wine and Art World Hacks at Fotopub
A feature on Fotopub’s independent festival culture and its relationship to the art world.
2018 · Asociacija
↗Related project: Fotopub Festival →Iz prve vrste: Fotopub
An interview with Dušan Josip Smodej and Tadej Vindiš about Fotopub, cultural policy and independent cultural production.
2017 · The Photographer’s Gallery / The Sandpit
↗Related project: Fotopub Festival →When We Have Each Other, We Have Everything
A first-person account of Fotopub Festival 2017 and its collective working environment.
2016 · Dnevnik
↗Related project: Fotopub Festival →Zapuščajo galerije, naseljujejo zapuščeno
A profile interview with Dušan Josip Smodej about Fotopub’s curatorial direction and its use of abandoned spaces.
2016 · The One Club
↗Related project: Fotopub Festival →Fotopub 2015
The visual identity for Fotopub 2015 in The One Club’s Young Guns awards archive.
2016 · Fantom Projects
↗Related project: Fotopub Festival →The Live Wild Collective — Fotopub 2016
A record of The Live Wild Collective’s participation in Fotopub Festival 2016.
2016 · Il Giornale dell’Arte
↗Related project: Fotopub Festival →Arriva Fotopub
Italian coverage introducing Fotopub and its international contemporary-art programme.