Author: Merima Spahić
Place: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date: 10 January 2012

Zdena Pisker is the only artist in Bosnia and Herzegovina who produces encaustic paintings, i.e. using an iron to produce her paintings. A few years ago, the sixty-year-old Zdena Pisker from Zenica read an article in a magazine claiming that using an iron to paint is a form of stress relief.

Author: Merima Spahić
Place: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date: 08 August 2011

There is most likely not a single person living in Sarajevo who does not know where in the city the turbeh monument to the Seven Brothers is located. Turbeh (türbe) is the Turkish word for "tomb", and for the characteristic mausoleums of Ottoman royalty and notables. The Ottoman period in Bosnia and Herzegovina lasted for over 400 years (1463 – 1878), which is the reason why there are so many turbeh monuments scattered all around Bosnia and Herzegovina. The turbehs inspire people with awe and fear, curiosity and respect to this day. The Seven Brothers is a story dating back to 1815, which is still alive and passed on from one generation to the next. 

Author: Merima Spahić
Place: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date: 22 June 2011

"Fortune's help have I in this, bullets for me always miss” (Ja sam vojnik sreće, mene metak neće) is a line from the song Vojnik sreće (Soldier of Good Fortune) by the Sarajevo-based musician Dino Merlin, whose songs were hummed by people hiding in cellars during the siege of Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with no electricity, water or food.

Author: Aleksandar Sazdovski
Place: Western Balkans
Date: 21 February 2011

Prishtina, Amsterdam, Sarajevo and Skopje are four very different cities but recently they established a link that connects them on a cultural level - the 4 Tuned Cities film and visual arts festival. Co-curated by Balkan Buro (The Netherlands), Lokomotiva (the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia), Kriterion (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Dit’ e Nat’ (Kosovo*), the festival was held from September through November 2010 in each of the four cities. There were visual art exhibitions, film screenings, workshops and discussions as well as a side programme and music.

Place: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date: 03 August 2011

Meet artist and designer Nina Knežević and let her take you around her Sarajevo – the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Author: Mediha Adrović
Place: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date: 10 March 2010

For 26 years now, winter in the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina has been a time of international cultural exchange. Organised by the International Peace Centre, the first 'Sarajevo Winter' festival took place from Dec. 21, 1984 to April 6, 1985. The festival has brightened Sarajevo winters ever since, and has become a symbol of freedom, creativity, and worldwide cross-cultural dialogue.

Author: Asja Mandic
Place: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date: 23 January 2009

The first Contemporary Art Biennial of Sarajevo, called “ARK Underground”, will take place in Sarajevo in November 2009. The organising Association for Visual Art Promotion (KULT ZONA) has stated that Sarajevo itself will not be the main site of this art fair. In fact, the display of Sarajevo art will be extended to the small town of Konjic and its astonishing underground bunker “ARK”.

Author: Merima Spahić
Place: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date: 20 August 2009

Poet Duško Trifunović once told him: "If you ever leave Bosnia and Herzegovina, leave the past behind, but take your memories with you." Mersad Berber, one of the greatest artists of today, did just that. The recipient of several prestigious awards, Berber has been exhibiting his works in the largest cities of the world for years, and has won critical acclaim from even the harshest critics as one of the greatest postclassical artists of the 20th century.