Under the pseudonym Mangelos, Dimitrije Bašičević was one of the most important artists in former Yugoslavia whose work strongly influenced subsequent generations. Parallel to his career as an art historian, critic and curator at the Gallery of Contemporary Art in Zagreb, he created a unique oeuvre which has gained widespread international recognition, especially over the last thirty years.

Selected solo exhibitions: 2004 Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel; 2003 Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto; Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz; Fundacíò Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona; 1990 Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb.

Selected group exhibitions: 2016 Der „Geist“ ist die Memorie, Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna; 2015 Modernitées plurielles 1905–1970, Centre Pompidou, Paris; Transmissions: Art in Eastern Europe and Latin America, 1960–1980, MoMA, New York; 2011 Museum of Parallel Narratives: In the Framework of L’Internationale, MACBA, Barcelona; 2010 Promises of the Past, Centre Pompidou, Paris; 2006 Eye on Europe: Prints, Books & Multiples / 1960 to Now, MoMA, New York

Dimitrije Bašičević (born 1921 in Šid, Serbia, died 1987 in Zagreb, Croatia)