The Aluminij Gallery ( Croatian: ''Galerija Aluminij'') is an

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located in

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. It is sponsored and run by one of the largest companies in the area,

Aluminij Aluminij is a Bosnian aluminium manufacturing company with headquarters in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2016, it was one of the largest regional producers of aluminium with sales of 156,500 tons of aluminium, and third-largest exporte ...

. The gallery most commonly hosts exhibitions of sculpture and painting, and graphic art. Artists who have exhibited in the gallery include an academician Miroslav Šutej, an academic graphic artist and sculptor

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, the painters

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Vasko Lipovac Vasko Lipovac (14 June 1931 – 4 July 2006) was a Yugoslavian and Croatian painter, sculptor, printmaker, designer, illustrator and scenographer and one of the most prominent artists of the region. He is best known for his minimalist figurati ...

, Matko Trebotić, Dubravka Babić, Munir Vejzović, Vasilije Josip Jordan, Vatroslav Kuliš, Ivan Kožarić, Želimir Ivanović, Josip Diminić, Josip Botteri Dini, and

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. A certain number of art works was purchased by the Aluminij Gallery after each exhibition and its fundus also includes a permanent art collection. The Gallery Aluminij carefully nurtures an exhibitor-museum activity by promoting academic visual arts, and in its Salon 1 hosts respectable artistic names, while at the Salon 2 enables the presentation of the artists on the rise, while maintaining the academic level. The only exceptions are made in organizing joint humanitarian and historical–documentary exhibitions. Except for its primary intention - the cultivation and promotion of artistic creativity – the Gallery is a pleasant place for presentations of literary achievements, chamber concerts and similar events. The Gallery is open every working day from 7 am to 8 pm, and on Saturdays from 9 am to 2 pm. The admission has always been free.

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