The West Bačka District is one of seven administrative districts of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It lies in the geographical region of Bačka. It has a population of 154,491 inhabitants. The administrative seat of the district is the city of Sombor.
Petar Lubarda ; 27 July 1907 – 13 February 1974) was a Serbian painter.
Jovan Soldatović was a Serbian and Yugoslav sculptor, internationally recognized for hundreds of sculptures and memorials. He was one of the most prominent modern Serbian sculptors, a leading artistic personality in contemporary Novi Sad and a member of the Prostor 8 art group from Belgrade.
Miodrag B. Protić was a Serbian painter, art critic, theorist and historian of art of the 20th century.
Matija Vuković was a Serbian sculptor.
The Museum of Contemporary Art is an art museum located in Belgrade, Serbia. It was founded in 1958 as the Modern Gallery, making if one the first museums of this type in the world. It was moved into the current building in the Ušće neighborhood of New Belgrade in 1965. The building is a masterpiece of architects Ivan Antić and Ivanka Raspopović, a short-lived but highly successful partnership, which also produced the 21 October Museum in Šumarice Memorial Park in Kragujevac. The collection contains more than 35,000 works of art.
Miško Šuvaković is a contemporary aestheticist, art theorist and conceptual artist in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. He taught theory of art and theory of culture in Interdisciplinary Postgraduates Studies at the University of Arts in Belgrade. He teaches theory of art and theory of culture in transdisciplinary master and doctoral studies at the Faculty of media and communication.
Jovan Despotović is a Serbian art historian and art critic who lives in Belgrade.
Katalin Ladik is a Hungarian poet, performance artist and actress. She was born in Újvidék, Kingdom of Hungary, and in the last 20 years she has lived and worked alternately in Novi Sad, in Budapest, Hungary and on the island of Hvar, Croatia. Parallel to her written poems she also creates sound poems and visual poems, performance art, writes and performs experimental music and audio plays. She is also a performer and an experimental artist. She explores language through visual and vocal expressions, as well as movement and gestures. Her work includes collages, photography, records, performances and happenings in both urban and natural environments.
Mladen Dražetin was a Serbian economist, theatrical creator, poet, writer and philosopher. His father Rada was a courier in the Local Community Office in Mošorin, while his mother Vukica was from Sombor. He left behind works of poetry, prose, drama and philosophy. He was the creator of the Correspondence Theatre, a specific type of theater organization and play, which he conceived and organized in 1974.
Stevan Kragujević was a Serbian photojournalist and art photographer.
The Correspondence Theatre is a specific type of theatrical organization and play, established in Novi Sad in 1973. This idea was theoretically and practically implemented by Mladen Dražetin from Novi Sad. It was the original model for the spread of theatrical culture among the broad masses.
Vasa Pomorišac was a Serbian artist and professor at the Academy of Applied Arts in Belgrade. He worked as a painter, stained glass window maker, etcher, printmaker and he was also an art critic. He is considered an expressionist painter in the same category as his contemporaries Mihajlo Petrov, Ivan Radović, Petar Dobrović, and Jovan Bijelić.
Lazar Trifunović was a Serbian art historian, art critic and professor at the University of Belgrade.
The Museum of Srem in Sremska Mitrovica is the city institution focused on the research, preservation and presentation of historical objects and artifacts related to the Syrmia region. The museum was officially established in 1946 under the name of the City Museum of Sremska Mitrovica shortly after the end of World War II in Yugoslavia and the liberation from the Axis occupation of Vojvodina.
The Sombor City Museum in Sombor, Vojvodina, Serbia, is the city institution focused on the research, preservation and presentation of historical objects and artifacts related to the west Bačka region. The museum was founded in 1887 when the society received its first exhibition space and today it focuses on local history in the municipalities of Sombor, Apatin, Odžaci, Kula and Bač. It is a complex museum with around 40,000 exhibits divided into five categories: archaeological, numismatic, historical, ethnological, and art collections. The museum publishes the Annual Journal of the City Museum of Sombor.
The National Museum of Zrenjanin in Zrenjanin, Vojvodina, Serbia, is the city institution focused on the research, preservation and presentation of historical objects and artifacts related to Banat region. The museum, founded in 1911, has a permanent exhibition space of 1,200 m2, showcasing applied arts, recent history, and ethnology. It also features a pedagogical service, restoration workshop, and a specialized library with over 5,000 titles. The building of Finance Palace, constructed in 1893, is a protected cultural monument in the neo-Renaissance style. The museum has been housed in the building since 1966. The Zrenjanin National Museum was named the best museum in Serbia in 2006.
The Municipal Museum of Subotica in Subotica, Vojvodina, Serbia, is the municipal institution focused on the research, preservation and presentation of historical objects and artifacts related to the north Bačka region. The museum was originally founded in 1892 and was re-established in the aftermath of World War II in Yugoslavia in 1948 by the Subotica Municipal Assembly. The palace housing the City Museum was built by Dr. Mikša Demeter according to a design by the Vago brothers from Budapest. The building was designed and constructed in 1906.
The Bishop's Palace in Novi Sad, capital of Vojvodina, Serbia, is the official residence of the Bishop of the Eparchy of Bačka of the Serbian Orthodox Church. It is prominent architectural landmarks in the city centre of Novi Sad. It is recognized for its cultural and historical value and has been listed as a protected cultural monument of the Republic of Serbia.
The Slovak Evangelical Church in Novi Sad in Vojvodina, Serbia, is a Lutheran church built in 1886 in a baroque-neoclassical style under the patronage of Count Adolf Rajzer. The architectural style of the church is characterized by an eclectic combination of styles from the second half of the 19th century. Although the church suffered some damage during World War II, it has retained its original appearance.
