17.10.2014
Acknowledgement of the Gallery of Matica Srpska to Odbrana Media Center
At the Gallery of Matica Srpska in Novi Sad, the Day of the Gallery was marked. At the ceremonial session dedicated to marking a century and a half of Matica Srpska in the Serbian Athens (1864-2014), and the 150th anniversary of its moving from Pesta to Novi Sad, among the institutions and individuals who took part in Gallery’s programs and contributed to its successful work on preserving and presenting national art, Odbrana Media Center was awarded with the Memorial of Moving of Matica Srpska from Pesta to Novi Sad and the Letter of Thanks of the Club of Friends of Matica Srpska. The acknowledgements presented by Manager Tijana Palkovljevic-Bugarski, MSc on behalf of the Gallery of Matica Srpska were received on behalf of our institution by Vesna Mijatovic-Vujic.
Cooperation with Matica Srpska began in the course of cooperation concept of Odbrana Media Center with cultural institutions with the goal of affirming lasting cultural values, with the exhibition “Acquisitions of Matica Srpska 2001-2011” held last January at the Grand Gallery of the Central Military Club.The cooperation continued with this year’s exhibition of Danica Jovanovic’s paintings “Danica Jovanovic 1886-1914” on the occasion of marking the centenary of the beginning of the Great War. The two-year successful cooperation of the two institutions resulted in a good-quality noted program followed with great interest and number of visitors.
The ceremonial session was opened by Tijana Palkovljevic-Bugarski, MSc, after which Djordje Djuric, PhD, General Secretary of Matica Srpska held a speech dedicated to one and a half century of Matica Srpska in the Serbian Athens. On this occasion, State Secretary of the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia Dejan Ristic opened the exhibition “Moving of Matica Srpska from Pesta to Novi Sad (1864-2014)”.
Matica Srpska, our oldest national literary, cultural and scientific institution, was founded in Pesta in 1826, and the idea of its moving to Novi Sad appeared in 1852. Twelve years later, it was relocated to the castle of vladika Platon Atanackovic in Novi Sad. The year of foundation of the Gallery of Matica Srpska is considered to be in 1847, when the Museum was founded in Budapest within Matica Srpska, from whose art collection the Gallery came to be. Since the very beginning, the Gallery has collected, preserved, studied, presented and interpreted works of art of the Serbian cultural heritage.
