Cvijeta Zuzorić Art Pavilion
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| Status | Cultural Heritage |
| Location | Belgrade |
| Country | Serbia |
| Completed | 1928. |
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„Cvijeta Zuzorić“ Art Pavilion is an exhibition building in Belgrade, in Kalemegdan, situated in the park of Mali Kalemegdan, next to the south-eastern front of the Belgrade fortress. It was built between 1927 and 1928 after the design of the architect Branislav Kojić, in the Art Deco architectural style.
Association of Friends of Art “Cvijeta Zuzorić”, whose name preserved the memory of Dubrovnik female poet and art admirer from 16th century, in 1923 came up with an idea to erect a pavilion in Belgrade, exclusively for the exhibition of works of art. Till that time, these were exhibited in Gymnasium halls and gala hall of Captain Miša`s Edifice, since the space specially intended for this kind of concept and content did not exist. With the aim of collecting donations for the construction of the art pavilion, in February 1923, the ball called “Thousand and Second Night” was organized in the Hotel “Kasina” by Branislav Nušić, at that time the head of Art Division of the Ministry of Education.
The rich individuals, such as Đorđe Vajfert, Luka Ćelović, Mihajlo Pupin and king Alexander I of Yugoslavia, gave their donation, as well as the National Bank, Јаdransko-Podunavska Bank, and Wiener Bankferain.
Two years later, at the end of 1925, the Art Division of the Ministry of Education announced the competition for the construction of the new exhibition space. The pavilion should have been erected the immediate vicinity of Konak Knjeginje Ljubice. The architect Branislav Kojić won the first prize at the competition, the second one won the architect Milan Zloković and the third won the architect Мihailo Radovanović. After the competition, the Belgrade Municipality decides to concede the building plot to the association, yet not in the site next to the Konak, but in Мali Kalemegdan. Due to this change, Branislav Kojić had to change the awarded design in order to harmonize it with the new circumstances, since his design was related to the Konak. Something completely different, contemporary and modern, was expected from Kojić.
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