Visual Arts

12 Mar 2021 - 12 Mar 2021

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

19 Feb 2021 - 19 Feb 2021

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

11 Feb 2021 - 11 Feb 2021

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

5 Feb 2021 - 5 Feb 2021

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

29 Jan 2021 - 29 Jan 2021

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

22 Jan 2021 - 29 Jan 2021

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

11 Dec 2020 - 11 Dec 2020

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

4 Dec 2020 - 4 Dec 2020

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

27 Nov 2020 - 27 Nov 2020

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

20 Nov 2020 - 20 Nov 2020

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

13 Nov 2020 - 13 Nov 2020

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

6 Nov 2020 - 6 Nov 2020

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.