When the City Museum of Ljubljana and the City Art Gallery Ljubljana merged into a new public institute Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana in 2009, the Mestna galerija venues began to be administratively operated under the umbrella institute as 2 of 8 autonomous units specialised or connected to contemporary art and culture.īoth venues of the City Art Gallery Ljubljana are focused on the production and presentation of exhibitions of contemporary art positions. Since 1996 the City Art Gallery Ljubljana has also been administrating the Bežigrajska galerija (established in 1976) and since 2002 the new venue also on the north-bound artery: the Bežigrajska galerija 2. Soon this venue became the programme addition to the Mestna galerija 1 featuring the newest production of Slovene and international artists. In 1996 the City Art Gallery Ljubljana opened another premise, Mestna galerija 2, to feature its permanent collection. In addition to modernised exhibition rooms and offices in the converted loft, the gallery now also features a café on the ground floor.

In 19, the Municipality of Ljubljana financed a thorough renovation of the building. In November 1962, the Jakopič Pavilion was renamed as Mestna galerija Ljubljana. After it was demolished in 1961, the house at Mestni trg 5 was chosen for the new venue for exhibition activities and their management. The City Art Gallery Ljubljana is the ancestor of the old building of the Jakopič Pavilion (the first Ljubljana exhibition space built in 1908 by the painter Rihard Jakopič).

Parasite in the city gallery