This past July 22-30, 2024, we hosted the 7th edition of the Kuma International Summer School, bringing together 28 participants from across Europe, including Ukraine, Palestine, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, to explore the role of contemporary art in addressing conflict and…
The second iteration of Radio Elsewheres [re.02], conceptualized and curated by Velibor Božović, artist/musician Steve Bates, art historian Claudia Zini, and curator Adna Muslija, took place from June 7 to June 28, 2024. The program was broadcast live from our…
During spring 2024 Kuma International hosted more than 100 Italian high school students visiting from Torino, Ravenna, Monza, and Venice. For many participants, it was their first time in Bosnia. They engaged in a series of ŠTO TE NEMA monument…
In March 2024, eleven students from the Syracuse School of Architecture and Yale University spent five wonderful days in Sarajevo with Kuma International, led by Visiting Fellow Christina Zhang. Their trip was part of the project “A Seed for a…
Established in 2018, Kuma International Summer School is the first program solely dedicated to contemporary art practices produced in the context of conflict and trauma. The school focuses on Bosnia and Herzegovina and the work artists in the region and…
Kuma International organized a beautiful and emotional concert in June 2023 in collaboration with Caritas Italia, featuring performances by Haris Abdagich and Balkaneros, Lirika Kafane, Laura Sirani and Davide Bonetti, along with a special guest appearance by Alma Abdagich. Kuma…
Sarajevo 1992–1996 is a photography book featuring more than 100 images taken by Italian photojournalist Enrico Dagnino. A visual and straightforward testimony about the city of Sarajevo and its people during the siege, it is accompanied by Dagnino’s notes and drawings from…
Kuma International and the Austrian Cultural Forum Sarajevo were excited to support the exhibition "Labors of Care", which opened in Sarajevo on March 8, coinciding with International Women’s Day, at the gallery Manifesto. The exhibition showcased the works of three…
Location: National Museum of Bosnia and HerzegovinaDates: November 13, 2022 – January 13, 2023 The exhibition "Herbarium" by Ismar Čirkinagić marked a significant moment in contemporary art, as it was exhibited in Bosnia and Herzegovina for the first time. This…
The exhibition “Backup – A0H1L9IMB4”, by Nermina Trbonja in collaboration with Quentin Fagart, Ksenija Hotić, and Ivan Hrkaš, is part of an ongoing oral history project focused on the non-Croat residents of Stolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina. These individuals were detained…