Library

Our specialized library for professional and general public use holds:

Professional literature in the fields of general art history, modern and contemporary art, the theory of art, the sociology of art, aesthetics, philosophy, phenomenology and museology;
Reference literature (encyclopedias, lexicons, dictionaries)
It covers the following fine arts subject areas: painting, sculpting, prints, architecture, applied arts, new media
The library holds all issues (1894-1903) of education, entertainment and arts magazine, “Nada”
Every year the library receives around one thousand new titles, mainly via inter-library exchanges with similar institutions of our country and abroad as well as gifts

The head of the library:  Aida Šarac, Art Historian
e-mail address: aidaa91@live.com

Documentation department

Documentation department is an integral part of the Library and the reference point for research on B&H art

It holds:

An alphabetized catalog of individual and group exhibitions of Bosnian-Herzegovinian artists in the country and abroad;
Cataloged sections dedicated to individual Bosnian-Herzegovinian artists (local and international press clippings, invitations, audio-visual material, manuscripts and texts related to lives and works of the artists…)
A collection of newspaper articles covering the period 1894-2009 that  follows all the events related to fine arts and culture in BiH;

A special segment of this Department is the material categorized by former Yugoslav republics of their origin with monographs, catalogs of retrospective and individual exhibitions of various artists that are held by the museums and galleries in those republics;

The curator of this Department: Dragana Brkić, M.A., Art Historian
e-mail address: dragana.brkic@ugbih.ba

Library and Documentation Department – Info

Accessible to all interested persons: professionals, colleagues from similar institutions, post-graduate students, under-graduate students, primary and secondary school students, gallery owners, journalists…
The visitor hours are M-F 10AM – 2PM
Annual membership fee is 10,00 KM (excluding photocopying, scanning and Internet use)

For all questions in regards to the materials, please contact the phone number 033-266-550 or 033-266-551