The Association of Fine Artists of Macedonia (DLUM) marks a great and significant jubilee - 75 years since the founding and existence of the Association.

On that occasion, on December 1, in two buildings of the National Gallery, Cifte Amam and Mala Stanica, a large jubilee exhibition of DLUM members from its foundation until today will be opened.

The exhibition will present a rich creative work, paintings, sculptures, graphics, drawings, installations, tapestries by 292 authors, starting from the founders of DLUM, through prominent doyens who paved the way and left a strong mark in the contemporary art scene, then the middle generation art authors, up to the new generation, which represents the future of DLUM.

The exhibition is planned to be opened by the patron of the jubilee, the President of RS Macedonia, Stevo Pendarovski, and the opening will be addressed by the Minister of Culture, Irena Stefoska, the director of NGM, Dita Starova Qerimi, and the President of the Art Council of DLUM, Diana Tomic Radevska, who also wrote the introductory text in the catalog for the jubilee exhibition. The exhibition is realized in cooperation with the National Gallery and in both buildings can be visited from 1 to 12 December this year.

As a kind of announcement of the jubilee exhibition, under the auspices of the City of Skopje in the Art Center "Art Hub" in GTC, from November 12 to 22 DLUM realized the exhibition "New Energies". It is a program with a newly titled exhibition, which is dedicated to the young generation of members of the society and which was awarded the prize "New Energies" by Ana Trajkovska for the work entitled "Vicarious".

- In the last three years, several artists have just joined DLUM, newly graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts, as well as from other art faculties. We believe that they should be given a chance to expand the art scene with exhibition activities with their innovative approach. The propositions given nurture the new research potential and the application of multidisciplinarity and intermediality. In the contemporary trends of analytical art, young people have ideas and topics for which they should get a chance for presentation and exhibition. Thus, we will open the opportunity to discover new talents, seriously dedicated young artists, and this exhibition will be their springboard for achieving freedom of expression - said DLUM.

(The text was published in "Cultural Press" No. 107, in the print edition of the newspaper "Free Press" on November 27-28, 2021)