You are cordially invited to the press conference of the Olympiad of Culture Sarajevo 2025 (OC S 2025), which will take place on Thursday, 23 October 2025, at 10:00 a.m. at the Museum of the XIV Winter Olympic Games in Sarajevo.
The event will introduce artists from Bosnia and Herzegovina and around the world, along with the curators of the international exhibition “Shelter” — Pamela Beverly-Quigley and Dr. George Rivera.
Ibrahim Spahić, Art Director and Founder of the Olympiad of Culture, will present:
The program “Artists of Freedom and Peace,” dedicated to the anniversary of the adoption of the UN Charter and the founding of the United Nations, realized programs of support and participation within OC S 2025, inspired by the Manifesto of Art in the World, and The theme of the 41st International Sarajevo Winter Festival 2026.
We would like to draw your attention to the exhibition “Shelter”, and kindly invite all media representatives interested in attending the official opening at ARK D-O / “Titov bunker” in Konjic to apply for accreditation.
Please send a copy of your ID card or passport to:
olimpijadakulturesarajevo@gmail.com
Transportation will be provided from the Armed Forces Hall of Bosnia and Herzegovina, departing on Friday, 24 October 2025, at 9:00 a.m.
Our local host in Konjic, the “Prvi korak” Agency, will organize a guided city tour for all participants.
Return to Sarajevo is planned following the roundtable discussion “Shelter in the Shelter.”
Note: Photography and video recording is permitted.
PROGRAMME – OC S 2025
Thursday, 23 October 2025, at 10:30 a.m.
Anti-War Poetry Reading — George Rivera, poet
Book Launch: If Peace Could Only Come
Publishers: IPC/SWF and Cultural Forum of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Museum of the XIV Winter Olympic Games
Free admission
Thursday, 23 April 2025, at 1:30 p.m.
Lecture: “Secrets of Respectful Coherence – Spoken and Silent Dialogue”
Speaker: Stan Coenders
Video Presentation: The Faros Symposium of Philosophy (Hvar) & International Festival “Dreams” (Slovenia)
ARKA Art & Education Center, Logavina 20
Free admission
Friday, 24 October 2025
International Exhibition “Shelter”
ARTNAUTS / USA – Cultural Forum of BiH
24 October – 29 November 2025
Opening and Round Table at 2:00 p.m.
ARK D-O / “Titov bunker,” Konjic
Friday, 24 October 2025, at 7:00 p.m.
Concert Program:
Claude Bolling – Le Papillon
Dimitrije Buzarovski – Zoika’s Flat
Roger Boutry – Divertimento
Ilija Pejovski – Ever (piano solo)
Roberto Molinelli – Four Pictures from New York
Pedro Iturraide – Memorias (Triptych) (Lisbon – Casablanca – Algiers)
Performers:
Lazar Sokolov – saxophone
Emilija Kabranova Filipova – piano
(North Macedonia)
“Cvjetko Rihtman” Hall, “Secondary Music School,” Josipa Stadlera 1/2
Free admission
Saturday, 25 October 2025
OC S 2025 Exhibitions (open until 25 April 2025):
International Exhibition of Artists
(Bosnia and Herzegovina, Spain, Croatia, India, Montenegro, Japan, Serbia, North Macedonia)
“Protect Me!” – Author: Nelisa Bazdar
Gazi Husrev-beg’s Hanikah
Exhibition: “Sans limites ni barrières – Mon espace de liberté”
(“Without Limits or Barriers – My Space of Freedom”)
– Author: Sada Sarah Kašmo (Bosnia and Herzegovina / France)
Franciscan Monastery of St. Anthony – Gallery
Free admission
Saturday, 25 October 2025
Olympic Mountain Trebević – PD “Trebević”
Artists will plant 80 trees in honor of the UN Charter.
Saturday, 25 October 2025
Highlights from the November–December 2025 OC S Program
Exhibition: “Tesla’s Code” – Srđan Stefanović (Serbia)
Gallery “Prosvjeta”
Thursday, 13 November 2025, at 7:00 p.m.
Gallery “Novi Hram”
Wednesday, 10 December 2025, at 6:00 p.m.
Sculpture Exhibition – Juliet Walker, sculptor
Theme: “Theatre – Poster”
Gallery “Markale”
Sunday, 21 December 2025, at 12:00 p.m.
Special OC S Program (India Edition)
Organized by IAA India
Cultural Forum of Bosnia and Herzegovina – 2026 Projects
41st International Sarajevo Winter Festival: “Dialogue between AI and IA”
7 February 2026: Sarajevo Graphic Map – Exhibition & Monograph (in collaboration with ALU UNSA and the Historical Museum of BiH)
21 March 2026: Cultural Heritage of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the UNESCO World Heritage List – Exhibition, Catalogue, and Symposium
All press materials and information will be distributed electronically and made available during the press conference.
WELCOME!
Organizer: Cultural Forum of Bosnia and Herzegovina / IPC / Sarajevo Winter Festival
Art Director and Founder of the Olympiad of Culture: Ibrahim Spahić
www.sarajevowinterfest.ba
+387 62 031 594
