Neue Slowenische Kunst

Neue Slowenische Kunst (German: [ˈnɔʏə sloˈveːnɪʃə ˈkʊnst]; NSK; German for 'New Slovenian Art') is a political art collective that formed in Slovenia in 1984, when the Socialist Republic of Slovenia was part of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

The name created controversy because some felt it evoked memories of the Nazi annexation of Slovenia during the Second World War.

Other NSK members include groups such as IRWIN (visual art), Scipion Nasice Sisters Theatre (also known as Red Pilot and Cosmokinetic Theatre Noordung), New Collective Studio (graphics; also known as New Collectivism), Retrovision (film and video), and the Department of Pure and Applied Philosophy (theory).

Membership has traditionally been open to all artistic groups who show an interest in challenging the norms and taboos of Slovene national identity.

[3] Intended as an ironic joke, the painting soon fell foul of the authorities, who interpreted it as equating Marshal Josip Broz Tito with Adolf Hitler.

[6] The NSK was the subject of a 1996 documentary film entitled Predictions of Fire (Prerokbe Ognja),[7] which was written and directed by Michael Benson.