Presentation of the VANIS Information System: Visual Artists Networks Information System

Created and developed through two research projects led by Dr. Ljiljana Kolešnik, the VANIS information platform is being presented to the public and opened to external users. This is the first publicly accessible database in the field of modern and contemporary visual art in this part of Europe, equipped with a series of data visualization interfaces. Its further development will continue through the Institute of Art History's Housing.YU (ERC) and DIGitART (NextGeneration EU) projects. VANIS has also enabled successful collaboration between the Institute and several heritage and professional institutions, such as the Zagreb City Museum, the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rijeka, and the Croatian Association of Artists

To expand our network of collaborators and introduce the functionalities of this digital tool to a wider circle of researchers from the humanities and social sciences, professionals from the GLAM sector and independent culture field, as well as the interested public, we invite you to the public presentation of VANIS, which will be held at the Institute of Art History on Monday, December 15, 2025, at 5:00 PM.

Speakers will include:

● Dr. Ljiljana Kolešnik, Professor Emerita at the Institute of Art History, expert advisor for the Housing.YU project (ERC)
● Dr. Artur Šilić, author of the VANIS software solution
● Dr. Tamara Bjažić Klarin, Senior Research Associate at the Institute of Art History, Principal Investigator of the Housing.YU project (ERC)
● Dr. Tihana Puc, Curator at the Zagreb City Museum, Head of the Collection of Croatian Women Painters Born in the 19th Century
● Dr. Sanja Horvatinčić, Research Associate at the Institute of Art History, Principal Investigator of the DIGitART project (NextGeneration EU)
● Irena Šimić, Head of Documentation Services at the Institute of Art History

The discussion will be moderated by Marija Jurić, Research Associate for Documentation and Information Systems (Housing.YU).

This event is organized as a part of the research project of the Institute of Art History in Zagreb Digital network, spatial and (con)textual analysis of artistic phenomena and heritage of the 20th century (DIGitART, 2023–2027) funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU.

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Contact: Sanja Horvatinčić

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