Events

10 Dec 2026 - 10 Dec 2026

Unsettling "Blood Orange" Comes to RCI New York

After a successful run at A. R. T/New York's Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre in September, we are excited to present “Blood Orange”, a dark play written by Abigail Duclos and produced by Romanian-American producer and actress Maria Müller, in the theatrical space

8 Oct 2025 - 12 Oct 2026

World Premiere of "The Mutables" by Kat Mustatea at HERE Arts Center

THE MUTABLES weaves cutting edge technology for speech production with feminine mythographies to expand and reorient our intuitions for what can be put into words. Using a unique sensor-based instrument for embodied speech called BodyMouth, this eerie performance intertwines

11 Sep 2026 - 16 Sep 2026

ANDREI UJICĂ: THE MoMA RETROSPECTIVE

The Romanian Cultural Institute in New York is proud to support The Museum of Modern Art’s first complete North American retrospective dedicated to Romanian filmmaker Andrei Ujică, one of contemporary cinema’s most distinctive and influential film essayists. Bringing

4 Sep 2026 - 4 Sep 2026

"THE SOUND OF LIFE": A Piano Recital with Cristian Sandrin & Jed Distler

Romanian pianist Cristian Sandrin and American pianist, composer, presenter, and critic Jed Distler come together at the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York for THE SOUND OF LIFE, an extraordinary musical encounter presented as part of The Enescu Soirees in New York,

21 May 2026 - 19 Jun 2026

The Book of Laughter and Forgetting

Conceived as a polyphonic environment of memory, absence, and unstable narration, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting, curated by Charles Moore, unfolds as a space where personal histories and political inheritances remain in constant negotiation. Structured as a Romanian-American-Mexican

27 May 2026 - 4 Jun 2026

Tatiana Țîbuleac: "The Summer My Mother Had Green Eyes" North American Tour

The award-winning Moldovan-Romanian author Tatiana Țîbuleac and translator Monica Cure bring the English-language edition of The Summer My Mother Had Green Eyes to audiences across the United States in a major literary tour organized by RCI New York and Deep Vellum. While

29 Apr 2026 - 6 May 2026

Romanian Cinema in Focus at SEEfest Los Angeles 2026

The South East European Film Festival Los Angeles (SEEfest) returns for its 21st edition, taking place from April 29 to May 6, 2026, continuing its mission as one of the leading platforms in the United States dedicated to cinema from South East Europe. This year’s edition

5 May 2026 - 5 May 2026

Ion Grigorescu: Body, Camera, Resistance

Part of the new series Echoes and Distortions: Romanian Experimental Film and Video Art, organised by the Romanian Cultural Institute in partnership with e-flux Screening Room, the screening+talk event introduces American audiences to a vital yet historically underrepresented

6 Mar 2026 - 10 Apr 2026

HERS | A Celebration of Women Creativity

HERS is a group exhibition that foregrounds the multiplicity of female voices in contemporary art, bringing together ten women artists whose practices span painting, sculpture, installation, and photography. Rather than advancing a singular narrative, HERS embraces plurality.

6 Feb 2026 - 13 Feb 2026

ROMANIAN JAZZ, GLOBAL PULSE. AMPHITRIO, Romania’s foremost jazz trio, in its first U.S. Tour

This February, New York gets a first listen to one of Europe’s most exciting new jazz voices. AMPHITRIO, a boundary-pushing trio from Romania, makes its U. S. debut with a four-date mini-tour that moves from downtown Manhattan to the Midwest and back—plugging Eastern

29 Jan 2026 - 29 Jan 2026

Benjamin Fondane & Paul Celan: Literature & Tragedy

Presented on the occasion of the Holocaust Remembrance Day 2026On the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Romanian Cultural Institute presents a commemorative literary evening dedicated to the lives and works of two towering Jewish writers of Romanian origin whose

21 Nov 2025 - 16 Jan 2026

WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

The 4th edition of the Salon of Romanian-American Artists Opens in NovemberThe 2025 edition of our annual Salon of Romanian-American Artists marks a new chapter in the evolution of this program, presenting an ambitious collaborative project with The Romanian Art Collective