The best of design in Slovenia and in the region will be showcased at a number of events, including exhibitions, award ceremonies and a conference, as the Month of Design got under way in Ljubljana on Thursday.

A festival organised by the Serbian Embassy in cooperation with culture and scholarly organisations from Serbia and Slovenia will honour from Wednesday until next Monday the 130th anniversary of the birth of Ivo Andrič, a giant of European literature who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1961.

Tinta, an international comic art festival, is opening in Ljubljana tonight to celebrate the best of contemporary comic art and showcase great Slovenian and international comic artists, from up-and-coming talent to the biggest names worldwide.

Taking place in Ljubljana between 6 and 15 October, the 28th international festival City of Women will examine the impact of colonialism on Southeast Europe and take a closer look at structures of Othering and the intersection of gender and race.

Held under the slogan The Grapes of Wrath, the 7th international festival Indigo will start in Ljubljana on Tuesday to draw parallels between the current situation and the core themes of the famous novel of the same name. One of the highlights will be a talk between star philosopher Slavoj Žižek and prominent journalist Ervin Hladnik Milharčič.

The staff at Moderna Galerija, the national museum of modern art, have distanced themselves from an exhibition of contemporary Slovenian painters by visiting curator Andrej Medved, which opened last week, arguing it brings an unacceptable practice of presenting and interpreting art while also being gender-biased.

The list of about a dozen accolades for Babičino Seksualno Življenje (Granny's Sexual Life), an animated documentary by Urška Djukić and Émilie Pigeard, has been expanded with the Best Film Award at the Festival of Animation Berlin.