The National Museum of
Slovenia,
in partnership with the
Réseau Art Nouveau Network (RANN), invites you to the RANN
Summer School in Ljubljana 2025, taking place from June 30 to July 4,
2025.
The RANN Summer School
in Ljubljana 2025 will offer an in-depth exploration of Art Nouveau – a period
of Gesamtkunstwerk and a crucial transitional link between historicism and
modernism. With its
heterogeneous formal language, Art Nouveau left a significant mark on
architecture, fine arts, and applied arts. The latter, often overlooked due to
its everyday function, tells some of the most important stories in both art
history and social history.
The RANN
Summer School in Ljubljana will focus specifically on these often-neglected
objects, while also providing a comprehensive overview of the period in Slovenian cultural space. Participants will deepen their knowledge through expert-led tours of Art
Nouveau architecture and the National Gallery of Slovenia. At the National
Museum of Slovenia, they will gain close insight into museum collections,
including those stored in non-public depots, and receive first-hand exposure to
conservation workshops and heritage preservation practices.
The Summer School on
Art Nouveau serves as a masterclass on the period and is intended
for students who
wish to enhance their understanding of this
pivotal era and connect it interdisciplinarily with
the theory and practice of
conservation, curatorship, and cultural heritage work.
In
the spirit of the period’s transnational and interdisciplinary nature, three
summer schools will be held under the RANN initiative in 2025, each in a key
Art Nouveau city: Ljubljana (Slovenia), Brussels (Belgium), and Lviv (Ukraine).