Most Romanian art collectors are aged between 45 and 54, buy mainly paintings, own around twenty pieces and visit about two art fairs a year. For many, buying art is a moderate investment rather than a major financial commitment. These […]
“Companions to the Afterlife”, with works by Miruna Radovici, curated by Cristina Bută, is open at Galeria Posibilă in Bucharest until June 14. Inspired by ornaments, photographs and other objects from her own archive, Radovici has created ceramic sculptures, paintings […]
The charcoal drawing “The Carrot Picker” by Vincent van Gogh (1853 – 1890), the only work by the artist in a Romanian museum collection, was bought by Alexandru Slătineanu in 1900, when he was preparing his PhD thesis at the […]
Inspired by her summer visits to her grandmother, Ana Ion Leonte immortalized in fired ceramics the thistles she saw coming down the hill. So are the ones in the work ‘Aer Knott’, on display in the RAD sculpture park in […]
“The Factory Manager”, an oil on canvas donated to the Romanian state in 1949, is unique in the œuvre of Frans Masereel, about whom little is known. The artist distinguished himself as an engraver and book illustrator, an activist for […]
„Lost in a Forrest of Possibilities” is a three-part installation by Sergiu Chihaia exhibited outdoors for the first time. It signals the entrance to the RAD sculpture park in the CARO gardens, which ends on May 25. His work comes […]
Nicolae Comănescu’s “The starry sky above us” is a crying eye, an image that originates from the words “Justice, sad eyes ask to see you” from the 1990s. It’s a theme Comănescu first tackled in 2017. This flag represents the […]
“New Blossoms” is a work that started from the mixture of chaos and tranquility, it is “a portrayed sensation”, says artist Florin Zhu. “It is the portrait of any identity, in which there is a certain self-awareness, represented in the […]
One of the best-known statues of the playwright Ion Luca Caragiale was created by Constantin Baraschi and is located in the center of Bucharest. It was originally installed in 1993 on Maria Rosetti Street, near the intersection with the street […]
“Scissors, Paper, Stone” is a power play – the scissors cut the paper, the stone destroys the scissors and the paper wraps the stone. “In these very complicated geopolitical times, I found the parable interesting,” says curator Cristina Simion. She […]
