Art Fridays: Studio Visit with Artist and Playwright Oana Maria Cajal
Our Art Fridays series continues with a colourful, revelatory portrait ofOana Maria Cajal, the Montreal-based, Romanian-American visual artist, award wining playwright, screenwriter, and poet whose flaring imagination and polymorphous talent have been recognized with many
ART FRIDAYS: 145 Years of Brâncuși (and Counting)
Celebration of Constantin Brâncuși National DayCONSTANTIN BRÂNCUŞIPatriarch of Modern 20th Century SculptureTo mark the anniversary of Romania’s most celebrated artist, born on February 19 exactly 145 years ago, we are pleased to present ”Constantin Brâncuși: Patriarch
Contemporary Romanian Art Scene in 8 Gallery Tours | SEASON 2
Keeping up the pace with the priorities of the post-crisis world and looking beyond Covid-19 as people discover new ways to connect with each another, art is one of the panaceas that can help articulate collective experiences and celebrate our cultural differences. The “Contemporary
Contemporary Romanian Art Scene in 8 Gallery Tours | E8/8: KUNSTHALLE BEGA
The final stop of our tour of some of the most influential visual arts hubs is Timișoara, in Western Romania. Join us for a 180-degree look at Kunsthalle Bega, an innovative concept which blends ways old and new in showcasing visual creativity and which tries to make a
Contemporary Romanian Art Scene in 8 Gallery Tours | E7/8: GALATECA
We resume the “Contemporary Romanian Art Scene in 8 Gallery Tours” series with the 7th episode, introducing one of Romania’s boldest cultural hubs, Galateca Gallery, a reference point of the contemporary Romanian art scene and a platform for promoting original art
Art Fridays: Studio Visit with Visual Artist Ana-Maria Morar
Our Art Fridays series resumes this with an enticing portrait of Ana-Maria Morar, a Romanian visual artist living and working in New York City. A real “observer” of the world, as she calls herself, she believes that materials can carry thoughts and feelings, hence the
Contemporary Romanian Art Scene in 8 Gallery Tours | E6/8: MATCA ART SPACE
We conclude the 2020 leg of our gallery tours with MATCA, an artist-run space managed by three local artists, set up in Cluj-Napoca at the beginning of 2017. A former garage and leather crafts workshop, the place projects a non-disguised atmosphere and a rough vibe, which
Contemporary Romanian Art Scene in 8 Gallery Tours | E5/8: SECTOR 1 GALLERY
Opened in 2017, Sector 1 Gallery, presented in the next episode of our Art Fridays series, is a meeting space of artists, curators and art lovers aiming to expand the boundaries of visual creativity. The gallery is located on the premises of the former factory serving the
Art Fridays: Studio Visit with Sculptor Patriciu Mateescu
Venerable Patriciu Mateescu, one of the greatest post-war Romanian sculptors and the founder of Princeton-based Hamangia Foundation, is the artist in focus at our Art Fridays this week. Succeeding in transforming the ceramics into a major art and influencing a whole generation
Contemporary Romanian Art Scene in 8 Gallery Tours | E4/8: IVAN GALLERY
Ivan Gallery, one of Romania’s most internationally active galleries, was opened in 2007, in Bucharest, by curator and cultural promoter Marian Ivan with the aim of invigorating the Romanian commercial gallery scene. The gallery includes in its portfolio highly influential
Contemporary Romanian Art Scene in 8 Gallery Tours | E3/8: SENAT GALLERY
SENAT Gallery was born in 2019 on the site of a former foundry, an old industrial installation, heritage of the 1960’s socialist era, where the large-scale communist statues were being built. Preserving the industrial minimalist style, the space aims at creating an “interactional
Contemporary Romanian Art Scene in 8 Gallery Tours | E2/8: ANCA POTERASU
Founded in May and housed in late 19th century old heritage building in Bucharest, Anca Poterasu Gallery started from just 215 sq ft of exhibition space in a unique turn-of-the-century-old setting to being now one of the best-known visual arts platforms in the Romanian capital.