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'''The Incident:''' the exhibition ''EXCEPTION, Contemporary art scene from Prishtina'' (Kosova) scheduled to open on 7 February 2008 and be on display until 15 February 2008 at KONTEKST Gallery in Belgrade, WAS FORCED TO CLOSE JUST BEFORE THE OPENING. <P> | '''The Incident:''' the exhibition ''EXCEPTION, Contemporary art scene from Prishtina'' (Kosova) scheduled to open on 7 February 2008 and be on display until 15 February 2008 at KONTEKST Gallery in Belgrade, WAS FORCED TO CLOSE JUST BEFORE THE OPENING. <P> | ||
The Serbian police intervened just before the opening as they estimated that they could not guarantee the safety of the curators or the public, after an organized group of Serbian nationalist forces attacked the gallery space and even destroyed Dren Maliqi's work Face to | The Serbian police intervened just before the opening as they estimated that they could not guarantee the safety of the curators or the public, after an organized group of Serbian nationalist forces attacked the gallery space and even destroyed Dren Maliqi's work ''Face to Face''. <P> | ||
On 8 February 2008, the curators of the project, Vida Knezevic, Kristian Lukic, Ivana Marjanovic and Gordana Nikolic publicly asked the Ministry of culture of Serbia and the city of Belgrade to react firmly against such nationalist forces in order to protect the exhibition in the future. The curators insisted on the right to present the project in Belgrade in the near future. <P> | On 8 February 2008, the curators of the project, Vida Knezevic, Kristian Lukic, Ivana Marjanovic and Gordana Nikolic publicly asked the Ministry of culture of Serbia and the city of Belgrade to react firmly against such nationalist forces in order to protect the exhibition in the future. The curators insisted on the right to present the project in Belgrade in the near future. <P> | ||
On 8 February these violent nationalist forces attacked again. They threw stones breaking the windows of the KONTEKST gallery and destroyed the gallery's sign on the door. <P> | On 8 February these violent nationalist forces attacked again. They threw stones breaking the windows of the KONTEKST gallery and destroyed the gallery's sign on the door. <P> | ||