Opening of the Exhibition “Making the World a Better Place” by Andreja Kulunčić

MSU Zagreb, 1st and 2nd floors, Temporary Exhibitions
(May 15 - October 12, 2025)

The exhibition “Making the World a Better Place” by visual artist Andreja Kulunčić opened on Thursday, May 15, 2025, at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb (MSU), spanning the first and second floors of the museum’s temporary exhibition space. This large-scale exhibition marks the artist’s first comprehensive, retrospective, and participatory presentation in Croatia, bringing together 30 years of artistic work from the 1990s to the present.

Structured into five thematic sections - feminism, trauma, migration, self-organization, and methodology - the exhibition examines socially engaged artistic practice and its capacity to inspire change. Through these themes, Andreja Kulunčić invites visitors not only to observe but also to participate, reflecting her long-standing commitment to social justice, collaboration, and the potential of art as a tool for transformation.

One of the exhibition’s key participatory works, You Betrayed the Party Just When You Should Have Helped It, invites women participants to create clay sculptures dedicated to the 850 female prisoners of the Goli Otok and Sveti Grgur camps, forming a collective anti-monument following rich discursive program like reading groups, roundtable and workshops. Through such projects, Kulunčić emphasizes social engagement, collective creation, and the museum as a space of dialogue and change.

The exhibition will remain open until October 12, 2025.
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The exhibition is curated by Martina Munivrana in collaboration with the artist. Co-researchers and international collaborators include Irena Bekić (Croatia), Amanda de la Garza Mata (Mexico), Anca Verona Mihulet Kim (Romania/South Korea), and Katharina Schlieben (Germany). The exhibition is supported by the City of Zagreb Office for Culture, the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, and co-funded by the European Union.

A special exhibition segment, “You Betrayed the Party Just When You Should Have Helped It”, was realized in collaboration with Documenta - Centre for Dealing with the Past as part of the international project (In)Visible Traces. Artistic Memories of the Cold War, supported by the European Union’s Creative Europe program.
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We invite all visitors to experience “Making the World a Better Place” and to take part in its programs, which encourage reflection, empathy, and collective imagination demonstrating how contemporary art can open new spaces for understanding, connection, and change.