Author: Vuk Perović
Place: Montenegro
Date: 03 October 2010

The 4th annual comic book festival in Herceg Novi, a coastal resort in Boka Kotorska Bay proved that in Southeast Europe there is still substantial interest in the ninth art, as it is called. The 1970s and 1980s were the golden age of comics in the former Yugoslavia. The industry was in full bloom, with a number of widely-available and diverse publications including magazines, single editions, and albums, ranging from mainstream Marvel and DC Comics superhero editions to Italy's celebrated Max Bunker or Sergio Bonelli.

Author: Vuk Perović
Place: Montenegro
Date: 27 August 2010

Despite the financial crisis, the organisers of this year’s KotorArt festival managed to produce a remarkable programme. The Art directors of KotorArt, Croatian theatre director Paolo Magelli and producer Janko Ljumović, director of the Montenegrin National Theatre, ensured that quality was not compromised. The festival was sponsored by UNESCO, the United Nations cultural organisation.

Author: Vuk Perović
Place: Montenegro
Date: 15 August 2010

Young people with lots of experience in the creative industries have decided to go the distance and take an active part in establishing flourishing creative industries in Montenegro.

Author: Vuk Perović
Place: Montenegro
Date: 22 September 2009

The Renaissance Palace called Palazzo Zorzi in Venice is exhibiting Montenegrin painter Dado Djurić's works within the 53rd Venice Biennale of Art. In honour of the splendid palazzo, Djurić has named the works "Zorzi Elegies."