Slovenian art history has received very little attention from the viewpoint of network theory. There were several examples of artists co-working or working in groups, collectives or even loosely organized clusters and it seems this was a way to acquire better positions in the art circles and on the market. In our article we firstly present the history of Slovenian art historical movements with particular focus on groups of artists through 19 th and 20 th century. In the second part, we use

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... ased dataset of Slovenska biografija which contains data on notable persons throughout Slovenian history and is operated by the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. On the basis of dataset we present an analysis of centrality of individual artistic figures/movements throughout history. Finally, we analyse the influence of network centrality on cultural production controlling for endogenous relationships using a new instrumental variable correction. Main research questions of the chapter are: (1) which were the main central figures with most social capital in Slovenian art history and did they form part of larger networks; (2) what is the relationship between network centrality and cultural production. In conclusion we provide some groundstones for further research work in the area.