The Macedonian National Gallery is housed in the Daut Pasha Amam (Bath) - an historic monument to the culture of Islam and a fine example of Islamic profane architecture. The construction of the Amam was ordered by Daut Pasha in the second half of the 15th century
Institution Contemporary Art Center – Skopje (Ustanova Centar za Sovremeni Umetnosti – Skopje) is founded in June 1994 as Soros Center for Contemporary Arts – Skopje, Macedonia as a program of OSI – Macedonia and part of the SCCA Network of 19 centers in Central and East Europe with a central office in Budapest.
In the following one hundred years Talens has grown into a company which is recognised world-wide as a leader in colour materials, and is concerned with the development, production and sales of artists', hobby, school and graphic products.