Belgrade, 9 Feb - Exhibition "Exception / Contemporary arts scene of Priština", that was planed to be exhibited in Kontekst Gallery in Centre for Culture Old Town in Belgrade from 7 th of February until 15 th of February, was closed because of police valuation that safety of visitors and organizers was jeopardized. Therefore exhibition will not be opened in planned terms. During the opening of the exhibition organized group stopped opening of the exhibition by violent means and also destroyed artistic work "Face to face" by artist Dren Maliqi.

Exhibition "Exception / Contemporary arts scene of Priština" was exhibited in Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina in Novi Sad, from 22 nd of January until 5 th of February without incidents. Organizers of exhibition are organizations "Kontekst" from Belgrade and Institute for Flexible Cultures and Technologies - Napon from Novi Sad.

The Kontekst Gallery invite Ministry of Culture of Republic of Serbia and Secretariat for Culture of City of Belgrade to react and publicly condemn this violent act and allow exhibition "Exception" to be exhibited in this moment when democracy, tolerance and openness of Belgrade and Serbia are most needed.

Curators: Vida Knežević, Kristian Lukić, Ivana Marjanović i Gordana Nikolić

More at: http://www.kontekstgalerija.org/