Major Romanian galleries and European exhibitors at RAD Art Fair 2025
Leading Romanian galleries and exhibitors from Belgium, Germany, Austria, Poland and Moldova are taking part in this year’s RAD Art Fair, which takes place from May 22-25 at Caro Hotel in Bucharest, where a sculpture park will once again be set up.
More than 120 artists represented by 28 galleries come to the contemporary art fair organized by RAD – Romanian Art Dealers Association.
The third edition brings together a diverse selection of works, including paintings, sculptures, textile art, photography, video art, multimedia installations and interdisciplinary projects.
The artists that the public will discover here are represented by the most important contemporary art galleries in Romania, joined by international galleries working with Romanian artists and young galleries that are part of the Platform mentoring program.
Sections in RAD Art Fair 2025
The galleries selected to participate in RAD Art Fair 2025 fall into two sections: Galleries, which includes established galleries, and Platform, launched this year, which includes emerging art galleries benefiting from a special mentoring program offered by RAD.
In the Galleries section participate: 418 Gallery, Cetate & Munchen; Biju, Cluj-Napoca; Espace Intermédiaire, Brussels; G15 Design, Bucharest; Gaep, Bucharest; Galeria Posibilă, Bucharest; H’art, Bucharest; Ivan, Bucharest; Jecza, Timisoara; Laborna, Bucharest; Plan B, Berlin & Cluj-Napoca; Gregor Podnar, Vienna; Anca Poterașu, Bucharest; Dawid Radziszewski, Warsaw & Vienna; Relicvar, Cluj-Napoca; Sabot, Cluj-Napoca; /Sac, Bucharest; Sandwich, Bucharest; Sector 1, Bucharest; Suprainfinit, Bucharest; Catinca Tabacaru, Bucharest & Harare;
Zina, Cluj-Napoca.
The Platform section includes Atelier 35, Bucharest; Cazul101, Bucharest; Gloriae, Craiova; Himera, Timisoara; Lutnița, Chisinau; Pharmakon, Bucharest.
The RAD Talks series will continue, with talks and debates dedicated to contemporary art by artists, curators, gallerists and special guests who will address topical issues for the contemporary art market.
“With RAD new collectors are emerging, at the third edition they can already be called the RAD Generation, as their trust has been earned by the open way in which RAD operates, with a consistent component of public debate, providing the Romanian scene with a clear, evolved and well-deserved context”, says Mihai Pop, co-founder of Plan B Gallery and co-founder of RAD Art Fair.
Suprainfinit gallery stand, RAD Art Fair 2024
Sculpture park
A not-to-be-missed experience this year is the RAD Sculpture Park, set up in the Caro garden on the shores of Lake Tei, on an exhibition area of 5,000 m². It will be complemented by guided tours and educational workshops.
In addition to the opportunity to acquire important works of contemporary art, the event is an opportunity for all art lovers to meet, connect and evolve.
Last year’s RAD Art Fair brought together 26 galleries, more than 90 artists, 300 works of art and over 6,000 visitors. The organizers note that attendance doubled year on year. “The results of the first two editions have confirmed that we are on the right track. Our audience has doubled year on year and sales have tripled from the first to the second edition. What’s more, the public that crossed the threshold of the RAD Art Fair attended conferences, meetings and visits to private collections. In other words, an active, interested public, a public that grows from one year to the next,” explains Matei Câlția, co-founder of RAD Association.
Tickets for RAD Art Fair 2025 will be available from April, when the detailed program will be published.
The Association RAD – Romanian Art Dealers was founded by the most important contemporary art galleries in the country and initiated by co-directors Catinca Tabacaru and Daniela Pălimariu. The project represents a new generation of gallerists, collectors, curators and supporters dedicated to promoting the national contemporary art scene. RAD co-founders are Robert Băjenaru, Matei Câlția, Andrei Jecza, Alexandru Niculescu, Daniela Pălimariu, Mihai Pop, Alex Radu, Andreea Stănculeanu, Catinca Tabacaru, Suzana Vasilescu.
