Kviz collection – a visit by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia, Mr. Andrej Plenković and the Minister of Culture and Media, Mrs. Nina Obuljen Koržinek

Yesterday, on June 27^th 2025, the exhibition “Kviz Collection – little treasury of Croatian painting” was visited by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia, Mr. Andrej Plenković, and the Minister of Culture and Media, Nina Obuljen Koržinek, PhD. Led by the Director of the Gallery, Mr. Antonio Picukarić, and the author and curator of the exhibition, Petra Vugrinec, PhD, they viewed the largest private donation of an art collection in Croatia in recent decades, and thanked Mr. Boris and Mrs. Jelva Kviz for their generous gesture.

The collection of Dr. Boris and Jelva Kviz is one of the most respected yet lesser-known collections of modern Croatian painting. It consists of 68 works, mostly exceptional achievements from the late 19th century to the first half of the 20th century, including notable pieces such as the “Self-portrait” by Josip Račić from 1906/7, which is also individually protected as a cultural asset, and “Five Senses” by Vlaho Bukovac from 1898, which is also under the protection of the Republic of Croatia. The collection contains several works by Croatian modern artists, spanning from Vlaho Bukovac, Bela Csikos Sesia, Ferdo Kovačević, Menci Clement Crnčić, Emanuel Vidović, Miroslav Kraljević and the Munich Group, Milivoj Uzelac and the Prague Group, to Ljubo Babić, Jerolim Miše, Miljenko Stančić, and others.

Exhibition authors and curators: museum advisor Petra Vugrinec, PhD, and Danijela Markotić, senior curator.

Photographs: Government of the Republic of Croatia