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Beyond Visibility: Can Romanian Art Week Build a Stronger Art Ecosystem?

Held from October 17–25, 2026, the inaugural edition of Romanian Art Week brought together galleries, museums, independent art spaces, artists, curators, collectors, and cultural professionals through a programme of exhibitions, discussions, studio visits, and meetings across five Romanian cities. In this interview, Avi Cicirean, founder of Romanian Art Week, discusses the motivations behind the platform, …

Group show at hunt kastner

Artists: Alena Kotzmannová, Anna Hulačová, Basim Magdy, Dalibor Chatrný, Daniel Pitín, Dominik Lang, Dominika Dobiášová, Eva Koťátková, Ewa Partum, Igor Hosnedl, Ján Mančuška, Jan Šerých, Jaromír Novotný, Jirka Skála, Jiří Thýn, Josef Bolf, Klára Hosnedlová, Michaela Thelenová, Olga Karlíková, Selmeci Kocka Jusko, Tomáš Vaněk, Viktor Kopasz, Zbyněk Baladrán Title: A Whole Different Animal …

Vlatka Horvat at Swimming Pool

Artist: Vlatka Horvat Title: Echo Location Venue: Swimming Pool, Sofia Photos: Rosina Pencheva Echo Location is part of third edition of the Nine Elephants festival, titled “Everything We Do”. The theme connects the city to our actions—from everyday activities and micro-gestures, through the city as a place of work and learning, to the better things …

Magdalena Lazar at bliss Gallery

Artist: Magdalena Lazar Title: What Happens on Earth Stays on Earth Curator: Eva Slabá Venue: bliss Gallery, Warszaw In 2015, it was proposed that the Anthropocene (the current era in which human activity has become the dominant force on Earth) be referred to by an alternative term – the Carbocene. (1) This term emphasizes the …

Lucia Sceranková & Tatiana Takáčová at Šopa Gallery

Artists: Lucia Sceranková & Tatiana Takáčová Title: Common Reservoir Curator: Petra Housková Venue: Šopa Gallery, Košice Photos: Tibor Czitó The exhibition Common Reservoir brings together two artists whose work considers water, landscape, and the body as mutually interconnected systems. The title names a shared space of thoughts, images, and experiences that emerges in the dialogue …

Anna Mari Liivrand at Kogo Gallery, Tartu

Artist: Anna Mari Liivrand Title: The Woo of Coiling Paths Curator: Elīna Drāke Venue: Kogo Gallery, Tartu Photos: Roman-Sten Tõnissoo A recent recipient of the Köler Prize, Anna Mari Liivrand works across drawing, sculpture and installation. In her latest body of work, Liivrand extends her exploration of ornamental metalwork, botanical motifs and stained-glass mosaics, incorporating …

Group Show at Aikas Žado Laboratory

Artists: Agate Tūna, Emilija Povilanskaitė, Gedvilė Tamošiūnaitė, Geistė Marija Kinčinaitytė, Inside Job (Ula Lucińska and Michał Knychaus,), Mónika Üveges Title: Ethereal Robes of Vulnerability Curator: Eglė Ambrasaitė Venue: Aikas Žado Laboratory, Žeimiai Manor House, Žeimiai, Lithuania Photos: Lukas Mykolaitis “Ethereal Robes of Vulnerability” is a group exhibition that engages the shifting ontology of the image …

Rafał Zajko at Coulisse Gallery

Artist: Rafał Zajko Title: Organ Venue: Coulisse Gallery, Stockholm Photos: Coulisse Gallery If I open my iPhone and flick to social media, I can immediately see torsos, sometimes without heads – all different people, none of whom I could necessarily identify in the meat space. Some are lithe and lean; others are firm and processed, …

Biennale Matter of Art / Part II.

Artists: Artists: AntiGonna, Noor Abed, Szymon Adamczak, Željka Aleksić, Gleb Amankulov, David Apakidze, Yana Bachynska / Jan Bačynsjkyj, Jürgen Baldiga, Leila Basma & Zaher Jureidini, Rufina Bazlova / Stitch It Collective, Tina Bxtq, Michal Durda / Izbova teplota, Jan Durina, Fůd, Hana Garová, Ladislava Gažiová, Davyd Chychkan, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Adrián Kriška, kroužek intersekce, Nadia …

Biennale Matter of Art / Part I.

Artists: Ștefan Bertalan, Cezary Bodzianowski, András Cséfalvay, Nosrat Karimi, Seba Kayan, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Běla Kolářová, Isadora Neves Marques, Margaret Raspé, Alex Sihelsk*, Fedir Tetyanych, Liliana Zeic Title: Curator: František Fekete, Jakub Gawkowski, Jaroslava Tomanová Venue: Necessary wishes Photos: Jonáš Verešpej “Now in its fourth year, the Biennale Matter of Art is cementing its position …

Katarzyna Wyszkowska at Pragovka Gallery

Artist: Katarzyna Wyszkowska Title: Perfect World Curator: Piotr Sikora Venue: Pragovka Gallery Photos: Marcel Rozhoň, Szymon Sokołowski We invite you to a space where Katarzyna Wyszkowska has created an installation reminiscent of a dollhouse—a place where we can play pretend to be masters of our own destinies and try our hand at constructing new worlds, orders, …

Stella Koleszár and Eszter Metzing at Vajda Lajos Studio

Artists: Stella Koleszár and Eszter Metzing Title: I SURFACED FROM A DEEP, SWAMPY SLEEP Curator: Júlia Salamon Venue: Vajda Lajos Studio, Szentendre Photos: Balázs Deim Sound installation: Rozi Mákó In their exhibition at the basement gallery of the Vajda Lajos Studio in Szentendre (Hungary), lutum (Stella Koleszár and Eszter Metzing) continue their ongoing artistic research …

Repair as Practice: Notes from the Unschool of Curating

Jelena Sofronijevic reflects on their experience of the framework of the eight Unschool of Curating, held in Timișoara and Cluj, Romania, between 19 – 26 June, 2026, led by Antonia Alampi (Spore Initiative) and organised by Art Encounters Foundation and Cluj Cultural Centre. καὶ τί δὲν κάνατε γιὰ νὰ μὲ θάψετε / ὅμως ξεχάσατε πὼς …

Samuel Kłoda at UFO Art Gallery

Title: Creak, Crash and Crow Artist: Samuel Kłoda Venue: UFO Art Gallery Curator: Michalina Sablik A bird hanging on a wire. A skull concealed within a still-life composition. Flies circling over a rotting bouquet. Spilled candles, masks, ashtrays, clocks, and flowers decomposing in a vase. Sticky traps for the gaze: individual symbols that begin to …

Mia Akrap at Trotoar Gallery

Artist: Mia Akrap Title: Stronger Than Bone Venue: Trotoar Gallery, Zagreb Curator: Gabriella Rebello Kolandra Photos: Damir Žižić Mia Akrap (Požega, 1995) draws on her own life as her primary material. The works presented here are new, produced for her first solo show at Trotoar Gallery, and engage with questions of relationality, trauma, and autobiography. …