Jerko Ješa Denegri

BELGRADE - Miodrag Protic's work left a great mark on the cultural and art scene of the former Yugoslavia and Serbia in the second half of the 20th century, the Museum of Modern Art (MSU) has stated in comment of the death of its founder, artist and art theorist and critic.

Protic was born in 1922 and died in Belgrade on December 20.

BELGRADE - The Belgrade house where one of the greatest Serbian painters of the 20th century, Petar Lubarda (1907-1974), lived was opened on Tuesday as a museum dedicated to this artist, whose 1951 exhibition marked the end of socialist realism in the former Yugoslavia.