The Ars Aevi Museum of Contemporary Art (whose name is a partial anagram of “Sarajevo”, which means “art of the epoch” in Latin) was founded in 1992.

A group of enthusiasts, led by Enver Hadžiomerspahić, invited artists from all over the world to donate some of their works. This was to serve as a symbol of support for Sarajevo during the Siege, while also building up a collection for Sarajevo’s future museum of contemporary art.

Ars Aevi’s unique collection arrived in Sarajevo in 1999 and is comprised of approximately 150 works of art that were donated by some of the most renowned local and international contemporary artists.

Today, this collection is considered one of the most valuable collections of modern art in Southeastern Europe, and is housed at the Ars Aevi Art Depot in KSC Skenderija, where it will remain until the Ars Aevi Museum on Wilson’s Promenade is completed.

In recent years, Ars Aevi has organized exhibits by prominent artists, such as Michelangelo Pistoletto, Joseph Kosuth, Joseph Beuys, Bizhan Bassiri, Maja Bajević, Jusuf Hadžifejzović, Jannis Kounellis...