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Banska Bystrica – State Gallery

In 1955 the town of Banska Bystrica celebrated 700th anniver-sary of granting the town's privileges. Contemporary artists living and working in the town brought to its mind the town's ancient and strong artistic tradition and topical cultural need, and initiated the establishment of the gallery. On 1 St. September 1956 the gal-lery was founded by its separation from one of the oldest muse-ums in Slovakia [the museum in Banska Bystrica has been in exis-tence since 1889), as the third regional gallery in Slovakia. In 1958 the first permanent worker was appointed for the gallery, and the gallery was alloted its basic collection fund of 145 works and also its first (and for a long time the only) working premises. A decade later it was already a prominent artistic and scientific working place with national and international range of activities. Among the regional galleries in Slovakia the conception of the State Gallery Banska Bystrica is the most differentiated one. Its exhibition, research and collection activities cover three indepen-dent units: art of the region and Slovak art: Slovak graphic art: fo-reign graphic art. The gallery has been unique for 30 years for its specialisation in graphic art (both Slovak and foreign] and promi-nent with its programme oriented at contemporary art.

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