The article presents the attitude of grammar school students towards the art curriculum. It first provides an overview of the characteristics of contemporary art education, with an emphasis on the postmodern art curriculum and on linking course content with students’ interests. The study is based on the descriptive and causal non-experimental method, with a sample comprising 387 Slovenian, Estonian and Portuguese students. It was established that the students place the highest value on developing creativity, and are less interested in art history content and learning about the basics of the formal art language. They are attracted to contemporary topics, such as graffiti, multicultural art, the use of new media, and digital technologies. The results of the study provide opportunities for future comparative analyses and starting points for updating art curricula.V članku predstavljamo odnos dijakov srednjih šol do vsebin pouka likovne umetnosti. Najprej podamo pregled značilnosti sodobne likovne edukacije, s poudarkom na postmodernem likovnem kurikulumu in povezovanju vsebin predmeta z interesi dijakov. Raziskava temelji na deskriptivni in kavzalno-neeksperimentalni metodi. V vzorec je bilo vključenih 387 slovenskih, estonskih in portugalskih dijakov. Ugotovili smo, da dijaki najvišje vrednotijo razvijanje ustvarjalnosti. Manj so navdušeni nad umetnostnozgodovinskimi vsebinami in učenjem osnov formalnega likovnega jezika. Privlačijo jih sodobne teme, kot so: grafiti, multikulturalnost, uporaba novih medijev, digitalna tehnologija. Izsledki raziskave nudijo možnost za nadaljnje primerjalne analize in izhodišča za posodabljanje likovnih kurikulumov
