This collection of oral history interviews documents the lives of artists and art professionals who worked in Kosovo and were active in the local art context during the 1970s and onwards. Over the following two decades, many steadily gained recognition within the broader Yugoslav art space. The political context that fostered the development of visual arts in this period came to symbolize Kosovo’s cultural golden age within Yugoslavia. It was a time of significant artistic and institutional growth, often regarded as foundational in the collective memory of cultural institutions. Notably, as part of these efforts to build cultural infrastructure, the Gallery of Arts in Pristina—now the National Gallery of Kosovo—was established in 1979, becoming the first institution to define how artworks were exhibited and presented to the public.

The oral history project with Kosovo’s modern visual artists was initiated in late 2016 by the Oral History Initiative, in collaboration with the National Gallery of Kosovo. In 2022, this collection of interviews has also been deposited for long-term preservation at the Arctic World Archive, Svalbard, Norway.