BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//https://mnar.ro///NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.15// METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260417T184007EEST-0944vxbjAZ@https://mnar.ro/ DTSTAMP:20260417T154007Z DESCRIPTION:The National Art Museum of Romania continues the series of Book Hub meetings at MNAR. Readings with Nona Rapotan\, on Saturday\, 25 May 20 24\, at 4 pm\, in the Elena and Anastase Simu Collection Room\, at the Mus eum of Art Collections (Calea Victoriei no. 111). This time\, the guest wi ll be writer and journalist Daniela Ulieriu.\nDuring her time living on th e African continent\, Daniela Ulieriu participated in various traditional ceremonies and rituals specific to the Bamiléké ethnic group in Central Af rica\, and the dialogue with Nona Rapotan will focus on these particular e xperiences\, with a focus on the cultural differences between Africa and E urope in the broader context of accelerated globalisation.\nShe coordinate d two major anthropological studies during her years in Cameroon: 'Perles. Couleurs d'Afrique'\, 2010\, resulting in an art book awarded the French Publishers Association Prize for the most beautiful book and 'Ndop. Etoffe s des cours royales et sociétés secrètes du Cameroun'\, 2020. In 2022 she published the book 'The Princess and the Pearl' with Arthur Publishing\, a n African-inspired story. Together with the writer Doina Popescu\, she has written two novels: 'Cvartet'\, 2021 and 'Perna cu fluturi'\, 2020. She h as also written a book on culinary anthropology called 'Trei secole de gas tronomie românească'\, 2018. In 2024\, she published a book of short prose 'Regele din Bissap'\, inspired by her years spent in the Republic of Came roon\, Africa.\nBookhub.ro is a cultural platform founded in 2015 that cur rently has a variety of sections dedicated to literary events\, publishing releases\, concerts and other notable cultural events.\nAccess is based o n a 12 lei ticket\, to which discounts and freebies apply for different ca tegories of public. https://mail.mnar.ro/en/events/event/776-bookhub-at-mn ar-readings-with-nona-rapotan-guest-daniela-ulieriu DTSTART:20240525T130000Z DTEND:20240525T150000Z LOCATION:Muzeul Colecțiilor de Artă (Calea Victoriei 111\, București\, Româ nia) SUMMARY:BookHub at MNAR. Readings with Nona Rapotan - Guest Daniela Ulieriu URL:https://mail.mnar.ro/en/events/event/776-bookhub-at-mnar-readings-with- nona-rapotan-guest-daniela-ulieriu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260417T184007EEST-0959eZtP3o@https://mnar.ro/ DTSTAMP:20260417T154007Z DESCRIPTION:The National Art Museum of Romania invites you to a new 'Meetin g at the Museum'\, Monday\, May 27\, at 6 pm\, with Erwin Kessler as guest .\nUntil recently Director of the Museum of Recent Art\, Erwin Kessler is the author of memorable art exhibitions\, from 'Colours of the Avant-garde ' in 2007 to 'The Picasso Effect'\, opening in 2023. At the same time\, Er win Kessler has reformed the language of Romanian art criticism by resorti ng to sharp\, non-protocolic expressions\, deconstructing many of the 'edi fices' that seemed perennial in the history of Romanian art and putting co ntemporary art manifestations in a cruel light. Even if his articles somet imes provoked fierce polemics\, his contribution was recorded as a necessa ry ferment and contrast factor in the territory of the local plastic arts. \nIn the discussion that will take place during the 'Meeting at the museum ' with Călin Stegerean\, the general director of the National Museum of Ar t of Romania'\, aspects related to Mr. Kessler's vision of the museum envi ronment and the means that make possible the journey from idea to realizat ion\, his perspective on contemporary artistic environments and the Romani an cultural environment as a whole will be addressed.\nThe program 'Meetin g at the museum' aims to mediate the public contact with personalities fro m various fields of culture on topics at the intersection of various artis tic genres. The discussion will be free and dynamic\, in which the audienc e will be able to intervene with questions addressed to the guest and the moderator.\nThe event will take place on the ground floor of the National Gallery\, Calea Victoriei 49-53.\nAccess is based on a 12 lei ticket. http s://mail.mnar.ro/en/events/event/777-meeting-at-the-museum-with-erwin-kess ler DTSTART:20240527T150051Z DTEND:20240527T170051Z LOCATION:Muzeul Naţional de Artă al României\, parterul Galeriei Naţionale (Calea Victoriei 49\, București\, România) SUMMARY:Meeting at the museum with Erwin Kessler URL:https://mail.mnar.ro/en/events/event/777-meeting-at-the-museum-with-erw in-kessler END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260417T184007EEST-0972agvmaG@https://mnar.ro/ DTSTAMP:20260417T154007Z DESCRIPTION:The National Art Museum of Romania invites you to the opening o f the exhibition 'Șerbana Drăgoescu. Joc pentru semeni' on Saturday\, June 8\, 2024\, at 18.00\, at the Museum of Art Collections (Calea Victoriei n o. 111). The art exhibition brings to the public's attention the fine art work of Șerbana Drăgoescu\, who has marked the evolution of contemporary t apestry at national and international level. Curators: Liliana Chiriac\, h ead of the Art Collections Museum and Ilinca Damian\, curator.\nȘerbana Dr ăgoescu (1943-2013) grew up in an artistic environment\, as the daughter o f the painter Radu Drăgoescu and a graduate of the Institute of Fine Arts 'Nicolae Grigorescu'. She took part in an important exhibition of Romanian tapestry in Latin America between 1969 and 1971\, focusing on conceptual art. Her creation was inspired by tradition and history\, with impactful e xperimental interpretations.\nSince 1970 she has participated in numerous art exhibitions in Romania and abroad\, standing out in 1977 at the Bienna le of Tapestry in Lausanne with the piece 'The Match Game'\, which was sel ected along with 64 other works out of a total of 1054. At the time\, tape stry as an artistic genre was in the process of reinvention and refinement \, emphasising the importance of the artistic concept through the beauty a nd nobility of the materials.\nȘerbana Drăgoescu donated the house in whic h she lived and 192 art objects to the National Art Museum of Romania in h er will in 2014. Thus\, the patrimony of the Art Collections Museum sectio n was enriched with the 'Șerbana Drăgoescu Donation'\, composed of paintin g and graphic works signed by Radu Drăgoescu and other artists of his gene ration\, as well as painting\, graphic\, tapestry and object books by the artist.\nThe donation was opened to the public in December 2015\, in two r ooms\, one of which is dedicated exclusively to the artist's work and the other to the artist's family and friends.\nThe temporary exhibition 'Șerba na Drăgoescu. Game for people' presents about 20 works of conceptual art: tapestries\, tapestry projects\, object books and graphic works from the p atrimony of the National Art Museum of Romania\, Șerbana Drăgoescu Donatio n. The pieces illustrate the artist's contribution\, from the 1970s\, when she established herself through a new\, three-dimensional and experimenta l plastic conception\, abandoning the two-dimensional wall tapestry\, unti l the post-December period\, when she produced small-scale object books an d tapestries.\nIn the three exhibition rooms\, the artist's work is presen ted thematically\, chronologically and by type of material or technique\, starting with her most important work 'The Match Game' (1977)\, also calle d 'Game for the Souls'\, along with 19 other flag-tapestries entitled 'Fla mes' (1974-1980)\, 7 textile strips entitled 'Eternal Return' (1978)\, the tapestries 'Wings'\, representing a symbol of transcendence towards a hig her aesthetic space\, tapestry projects\, as well as the object-book 'Cont inuous Present' (1988-1991)\, with 42 plates representing collages from th e press of the period mentioned and from the book 'A Lucky Man' by Octavia n Paler\, over which the artist intervened graphically.\nThe exhibition 'Ș erbana Drăgoescu. Game for people' can be visited until 1 October 2024\, a t the Museum of Art Collections\, on Mondays\, Tuesdays and Fridays\, betw een 10.00-18.00\, Saturdays and Sundays\, between 11.00-19.00.\nAdmission is free on the first Friday of the month. https://mail.mnar.ro/en/events/e vent/783-the-exhibition-șerbana-drăgoescu-game-for-people-9-june-1-october -2024 DTSTART:20240608T210000Z DTEND:20241001T113401Z LOCATION:Muzeul Colecțiilor de Artă (Calea Victoriei 111\, București\, Româ nia) SUMMARY:The exhibition 'Șerbana Drăgoescu. Game for people' 9 June-1 Octobe r 2024 URL:https://mail.mnar.ro/en/events/event/783-the-exhibition-șerbana-drăgoes cu-game-for-people-9-june-1-october-2024 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260417T184007EEST-0995MnGgvV@https://mnar.ro/ DTSTAMP:20260417T154007Z DESCRIPTION:The exhibition is made in collaboration with Antonio Homem of t he Sonnabend Collection Foundation\nThe exhibition ILEANA SONNABEND AND AR TE POVERA\, organized by the National Museum of Art of Romania (MNAR)\, in collaboration with the Italian Embassy in Romania\, the Italian Institute of Culture in Bucharest and Antonio Homem of the Sonnabend Collection Fou ndation\, is a tribute to the life and work of the Romanian gallerist Ilea na Sonnabend.\nIleana Sonnabend was born on 25 October 1914 in Bucharest i nto one of the wealthiest families of the city's Jewish bourgeoisie\, the Schapira family\, and died on 21 October 2007.\nHaving a penchant for art and culture from an early age\, she met Leo Castelli in Bucharest\, one of the most important promoters of American pop art\, whom she married in 19 33. As World War II was about to break out\, the two left for New York\, w here they set up an art gallery that would become one of the most importan t in the dissemination of American art in the mid-20th century. Ileana ret urns to Europe with her second husband\, Michael Sonnabend\, first to Rome and then to Paris. These experiences mark the itinerary that would make I leana Sonnabend a leading representative of 20th-century art\, who promote d a dialogue between American and European art through the work of the art gallery she opened in Paris in 1962 with her second husband\, Michael Son nabend\, and later in New York.\nIn the 1960s\, in parallel with her suppo rt for American artists such as Jim Dine\, Jasper Johns\, Roy Lichtenstein \, Claes Oldenburg\, Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol\, Ileana Sonnaben d had deep and constant links with Italy\, paying particular attention to the Arte Povera movement\, theorised in 1967 by the critic Germano Celant\ , which is still the best-known Italian art movement in the world today.\n To underline her visions and her openness to Italian art\, the exhibition at MNAR focuses on the relationship between the gallery owner and the arti sts of the Arte Povera movement she supported: Michelangelo Pistoletto\, G ilberto Zorio\, Mario Merz\, Giovanni Anselmo\, Pier Paolo Calzolari\, Giu lio Paolini\, Jannis Kounellis. As a premise of the focus on the Arte Pove ra movement\, the exhibition also includes a tribute to Mario Schifano\, t he first Italian artist whose works have been exhibited by Ileana Sonnaben d\, thus anticipating the deep connection between the Sonnabend gallery an d Italian art developed since the second half of the 1960s.\nThe exhibitio n is not only the first one dedicated to Ileana Sonnabend in Romania\, but also the first one in the world that is not based on works currently incl uded in her collection\, the Sonnabend Collection. In order to distinguish itself from previous exhibition projects and to underline the still stron g link between Ilena Sonnabend's life story and Italy through the Arte Pov era movement\, the exhibition at MNAR presents works that still belong to artists and their inheritors\, as well as to museums\, foundations\, priva te collectors\, Italian gallery owners\, exhibited by Ileana Sonnabend on the occasion of exhibitions organized in her gallery\, or that she organiz ed in other spaces.\nThe works exhibited\, mainly made in the early 1960s and early 1970s\, have already become emblematic of art history. These inc lude Pistoletto's mirror paintings Two Men in Shirts (1963) and Walking Gi rl (1966)\, Anselmo's Torsion (1968) and Paolini's Apotheosis of Homer (19 70-71).\nThe exhibition of the works is preceded by a chronological\, text ual and photographic section on Ileana Sonnabend and by another textual an d photographic section on her relationship with the artists of the Arte Po vera movement.\nThe exhibition concludes with a video documentary on the g allerist and on Italian art\, produced for the occasion by 3D Produzioni\, which will be broadcast by Italian television.\nThis exhibition is of par ticular relevance both for Italy\, allowing a better knowledge of Italian art abroad\, and especially for Romania\, because it is the first time tha t the legendary work of Ileana Sonnabend is presented in her home country. \nThe curator of the exhibition is Ilaria Bernardi\, a contemporary art hi storian specialising in post-war Italian art\, with a particular focus on the artists of the Arte Povera movement\, to whom she has dedicated a majo r exhibition at the Wits Art Museum in Johannesburg in October 2023. She h as collaborated\, among others\, with Germano Celant\, who theorised the A rte Povera movement\, and with Carolyn Christov Bakargiev. She has curated exhibitions for public institutions organized in important exhibition spa ces in Italy and abroad\, including: in Rome\, National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art\, Palazzo delle Esposizioni\, MAXXI\; in Lombardy\, M ilan Triennale\; Villa e Collezione Panza\, Varese\; in the USA: Magazzino Italian Art\, Cold Spring (NY)\, ArtOmi (Gent\, NY)\; South Africa\, Keye s Art Mile and Wits Art Museum\, Johannesburg\; 6 Spin Street\, Cape Town. \n'Ileana Sonnabend's eye has been able to perceive the creative essence o f European and American artistic research in the second half of the 20th c entury\, discovering artists and works that have had a particular influenc e on the history of international art. Among them were certainly the Itali an artists whom she supported\; in particular\, those of the Arte Povera m ovement\, whose artistic quality and the power of their works she immediat ely\nunderstood\, allowing for their successful diffusion in Europe and th e United States. The exhibition in Bucharest is intended to be a tribute t o that prompt gaze\, but also to the importance of the Arte Povera movemen t in the international artistic context' (Ilaria Bernardi\, curator of the exhibition).\n'We propose to the Romanian public this exhibition dedicate d to Ileana Sonnabend\, the first one organized in a museum space after th e one at MOMA New York\, which is extremely relevant\, through the documen tary material and the exceptional works of art included\, for the role she played in the establishment of avant-garde art in the second part of the 20th century. This exhibition is part of the MNAR's ongoing efforts this y ear to include in its program projects carried out in collaboration with p artners from abroad' (Călin Stegerean\, MNAR Director General).\nThe exhib ition is made possible with the indispensable help of Antonio Homem\, the heir of Ileana and Michael Sonnabend\, in the development of the project a nd in the research necessary for its realisation. We would also like to th ank all the artists\, their archives and those who have made their works a vailable.\nILEANA SONNABEND'S BIOGRAPHY\nIleana Sonnabend's (née Schapira) life in the art world began in 1935\, when she moved to Paris with her Tr iestine husband Leo Castelli (Trieste\, 4 September 1907 - New York\, 21 A ugust 1999)\, who opened a gallery in the French capital with the financia l support of his wife's father\, a Romanian industrialist. When war broke out\, the couple moved to New York where\, in 1957\, Leo Castelli opened a gallery and his wife began to take an interest in and collect the works o f artists supported by her husband\, particularly exponents of the America n neo-avant-garde.\nAfter her divorce from Castelli and marriage to Michae l Sonnabend\, whose name she took\, she moved to Rome in the early 1960s w ith her new husband\, who was passionate about Dante and Michelangelo and an enthusiastic mentor of young American artists. Together they begin to s how Italian art dealers and critics the documentation of the American Pop Art artists in their collection\, but face many difficulties.\nIn 1962 the y decided to open their first gallery in Paris\, named Ileana Sonnabend\, with the intention of bringing American and European art into dialogue and demonstrating their affinities.\nHowever\, the most successful relations turn out to be with Italy\, as Italy itself becomes the cradle of two impo rtant responses to both Pop Art and Minimal Art in the United States\, tha nks to the birth of the Italian Pop Art movement\, first\, and then the Ar te Povera movement.\nFor this reason\, in 1963\, the Sonnabend Gallery ded icated a solo exhibition to Mario Schifano and included Michelangelo Pisto letto in its group exhibition Dessins\, to whom it would later dedicate a solo exhibition in 1967\, the year in which it also opened a solo exhibiti on of another Italian artist\, Piero Gilardi. In the second half of the 19 60s\, they began a close collaboration with the Italian gallery owner Gian Enzo Sperone and the critic Germano Celant\, who saw Sperone's Turin gall ery itself as an ally in promoting the artists of the Arte Povera movement \, theorized by Celant himself in 1967. In 1969\, the close relationship b etween Ileana Sonnabend\, Sperone and Celant led to the solo exhibitions o f Gilberto Zorio\, Mario Merz and Giovanni Anselmo.\nAlthough the Paris of fice remained active until 1980\, Ileana Sonnabend and her husband opened a second office in New York in 1970. In 1970\, the solo exhibitions of Gio rgio Griffa\, Mario Merz\, Pier Paolo Calzolari were held there\; in 1971\ , those of Pier Paolo Calzolari and Mario Merz\; in 1972\, those of Piero Manzoni\, Giulio Paolini and Jannis Kounellis.\nIn addition to other solo exhibitions of Italian artists already mentioned\, Vincenzo Agnetti\, in 1 975\, and Luigi Ontani\, in 1976\, entered the Sonnabend Gallery. But Koun ellis was the artist with whom Ileana Sonnabend had the closest collaborat ion\, which resulted in seven other solo exhibitions until 1987.\nAt the e nd of the 1990s\, the Sonnabend Gallery moved to Chelsea and remained acti ve for several years even after the death of its founder in 2007.\nSponsor s: Mastercard\, UniCredit Bank\, Pirelli Romania\, Generali Asigurări\, Of ficial Ferrari Dealer: Forza Rossa\, Aqua Carpatica\, Domeniile Sâmburești \nPartner: 'Friends of the National Museum of Art of Romania' Association \nMedia partners: TVR\, Radio România Actualități\, Radio România Cultural \, Radio România București FM\, Trinitas TV\, Radio Trinitas\, Radio Franc e International\, Sensoarte.ro\, Modernism\, Observator Cultural\, Zeppeli n\, Revista Arhitectura\, Igloo https://mail.mnar.ro/en/events/event/784-i leana-sonnabend-arte-povera-curator-ilaria-bernardi-26-june-22-september-2 024 DTSTART:20240626T070000Z DTEND:20240922T070000Z LOCATION:Muzeul Naţional de Artă al României\, parterul Galeriei Naţionale (Calea Victoriei 49\, București\, România) SUMMARY:ILEANA SONNABEND & ARTE POVERA curator: Ilaria Bernardi 26 June - 2 2 September 2024 URL:https://mail.mnar.ro/en/events/event/784-ileana-sonnabend-arte-povera-c urator-ilaria-bernardi-26-june-22-september-2024 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260417T184007EEST-1053UBvKnC@https://mnar.ro/ DTSTAMP:20260417T154007Z DESCRIPTION:The National Museum of Art of Romania invites you on Saturday\, June 15\, 2024\, at 16:00\, to a new Meeting at the museum\, with critic and art historian Vladimir Bulat\, who will give a presentation - a journe y through the exhibition 'A Century of Bessarabian Painting. One hundred w orks from the collection of the National Art Museum of Moldova in Chisinau '\, open on the ground floor of the National Gallery (Calea Victoriei 49-5 3).\nThe presentation will focus on the artistic space across the Prut\, s tarting from the exhibition 'A Century of Bessarabian Painting. One hundre d works from the collection of the National Art Museum of Moldova in Chisi nau'. It will review the most important moments in the history of local ar t\, outstanding personalities and exhibitions from 1922-2024\, with detail s about the establishment of the School of Fine Arts in Chisinau.\nVladimi r Bulat was born in Chisinau in 1968 and graduated from the Academy of Art s in Kiev and the National University of Arts in Bucharest. He is currentl y a member of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA) and of t he Union of Artists of the Republic of Moldova and Romania.\nThe program ' Meeting at the Museum' aims to mediate public contact with personalities f rom various fields of culture on topics at the intersection of various art istic genres.\nThe entrance fee is 12 lei.\nOrganized in partnership with the Romanian Cultural Institute\, the exhibition 'A Century of Bessarabian Painting. One hundred works from the collection of the National Museum of Art of Moldova in Chisinau' remains open until 30 June 2024. The curator is Tudor Stavilă\, art historian and critic from the Republic of Moldova. https://mail.mnar.ro/en/events/event/785-meeting-at-the-museum-with-vladim ir-bulat DTSTART:20240615T130015Z DTEND:20240615T150015Z LOCATION:Muzeul Naţional de Artă al României\, parterul Galeriei Naţionale (Calea Victoriei 49\, București\, România) SUMMARY:Meeting at the museum with Vladimir Bulat URL:https://mail.mnar.ro/en/events/event/785-meeting-at-the-museum-with-vla dimir-bulat END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260417T184007EEST-1066GgJU9A@https://mnar.ro/ DTSTAMP:20260417T154007Z DESCRIPTION:As part of the Poland-Romania Cultural Season 2024-2025\,\nthe National Museum of Art of Romania (NMAR)\, in partnership with the Adam Mi ckiewicz Institute from Warsaw\, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków (MOCAK)\, Cricoteka (Center for the Documentation of Tadeusz Kantor’s Art) \, and the Polish Institute in Bucharest\, presents the exhibition:\n'Tade usz Kantor – Always and Everywhere an Artist'\nCurated by Dr. Maria Anna P otocka\, Director of MOCAK\nThe exhibition will be open from 20 October 20 24 to 9 March 2025.\nThe opening event will take place on Sunday\, October 20\, 2024\, at 16:00\, on the ground floor of the National Gallery of NMA R\, Calea Victoriei no. 49-53\, Bucharest.\nTadeusz Kantor (1915-1990) was one of the most important Polish artists\, with a significant contributio n to the revolutionizing of both Polish and global theater\, as well as a remarkable avant-garde activity in the field of visual arts. \;\nFor t he first time in Romania\, this exhibition will highlight the versatility and complexity of this artist by showcasing the main directions he pursued as director\, set designer\, actor in his own plays\, creator of happenin gs\, painter and theorist. \;\nThe exhibition will feature 25 painting s\, assemblages\, sculptures and sculptural set designs for theater plays from the MOCAK collection along with 57 photographs taken between 1980-199 0 and documenting his plays\, including photographic portraits\, offering an extensive perspective on this fascinating creator.\nThroughout the exhi bition\, a rich program of related events will be presented\, co-organized by NMAR and the Tadeusz Kantor Art Documentation Center – Cricoteka. On 2 1-25 October 2024 workshops entitled “Costume in Tadeusz Kantor’s Theatric al Toolkit” will be held\, led by Bogdan Renczyński\, an actor at Cricot 2 Theater. In February 2025 the exhibition halls will host the art installa tion “Personal Space” featuring projected slides of Kantor’s theatrical co stumes. “Personal Space” will become a venue for meetings and workshops co nducted over several days by Justyna Droń\, a theater educator and creator of Cricoteka educational program. Participants will have the opportunity to interact individually with Tadeusz Kantor’s costumes\, dye fabrics\, cr eate collages\, apply symbols and print drawings. \;\nAdditionally\, s creenings of Kantor’s iconic plays will be organized\, from ”The Dead Clas s” (1976) to ”Today is My Birthday” (1991). The screenings will take place at NMAR on 25 October 2024\, 22 November 2024\, 13 December 2024\, 17 Jan uary 2025 and 21 February 2025. \;\nThe exhibition is also part of the National Theater Festival taking place in Bucharest at various venues on 18-28 October 2024. Partner: UNITER (https://fnt.ro/2024/). https://mail.m nar.ro/en/events/event/797-exhibition-tadeusz-kantor-–-always-and-everywhe re-an-artist-at-the-national-museum-of-art-of-romania DTSTART:20241019T210000Z DTEND:20250309T080143Z LOCATION:Muzeul Național de Artă al României (Calea Victoriei 49-53\, Bucur ești\, România) SUMMARY:Exhibition 'Tadeusz Kantor – Always and Everywhere an Artist' at th e National Museum of Art of Romania URL:https://mail.mnar.ro/en/events/event/797-exhibition-tadeusz-kantor-–-al ways-and-everywhere-an-artist-at-the-national-museum-of-art-of-romania END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260417T184007EEST-1085iFnPux@https://mnar.ro/ DTSTAMP:20260417T154007Z DESCRIPTION:The Romania-Poland Cultural Season 2024-2025 will be inaugurate d in Poland with the event exhibition 'Nicolae Grigorescu - painter of Rom anian ethos' which will open at the National Museum in Gdańsk on July 27\, 2024.\nThe exhibition is organized by the National Museum of Art of Roman ia (NMAR) and includes 44 paintings from its collections as well as 49 fol k art objects from the National Village Museum 'Dimitrie Gusti'. Curators: Călin Stegerean\, Director General of NMAR and Miruna Moraru\, museograph er.\nOn behalf of the 'Dimitrie Gusti' National Village Museum the exhibit ion benefited from the collaboration of conf. dr. Paula Popoiu - manager\, dr. Georgiana Onoiu - head of the Cultural Heritage Section\, dr. Aurelia Tudor - scientific researcher.\nThe exhibition aims to present works crea ted at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century\, a period when national specificity was defined. Predominantly\, reflectio ns of the rural world were associated\, whether they were peasant creation s and traditions\, peasant costumes and portraits or spirituality.\nGrigor escu represented them in a manner detached from academic practices\, using modern artistic means such as fragmented brushstrokes\, an extended palet te of grays\, the capture of dazzling light effects and a synthetic constr uction of forms.\nThe exhibition is conceptually centered on the work 'Gir l and Her Dowry'\, made in 1895\, on the one hand expressing the material and spiritual wealth of the village community and on the other hand symbol izing the intergenerational passage through which the 'dowry' of the commu nity is communicated to new generations\, offering the comfort of a contin uity of values. Some of the folk art objects borrowed from the 'Dimitrie G usti' National Village Museum provide a spectacular representation of the setting for this work\, complemented by six folk costumes in keeping with the costumes of the characters painted by Grigorescu.\nExhibited for the f irst time in Poland\, Nicolae Grigorescu's works mediate access to an impo rtant part of our cultural history and illustrate the passage of Romanian painting towards artistic modernity in terms of conception and artistic me ans.\nFor the entire duration of the exhibition (27 July - 27 October 2024 )\, there will be a program of related activities addressed to a wide audi ence\, organized in collaboration with the National Museum in Gdańsk and t he Romanian Cultural Institute in Warsaw.\nIt starts on July 28 at 16.00 w ith a lecture entitled 'Why do we still love Grigorescu?' by Călin Stegere an.\n'The first exhibition of works by our national painter in Poland brin gs with it part of the image of Romanian landscapes\, of our villages and peasants as they once were. Representing an important chapter in our cultu ral history\, Nicolae Grigorescu's works convey in a vivid and moving way a certain Romanian spirit that deserves to be known in other cultural spac es. Thus\, Grigorescu remains one of our most eloquent and beloved ambassa dors\,' says Călin Stegerean\, Director General of MNAR.\nIn the following months\, there will be sewing and embroidery workshops inspired by the po pular costumes\, as they appear in Nicolae Grigorescu's paintings\; a cook ing workshop inspired by Romanian cuisine\, a lecture on Romanian rural ar chitecture\, a lecture on Romanian folklore and legends\, painting and dan ce workshops\, Oana Cătălina Chițu Band concert\, guided tours of the exhi bition in sign language\, in English\, etc. The varied program of cultural mediation aims to attract the interest of the local public\, with differe nt ages and interests\, in Grigorescu's work and Romanian culture.\nNicola e Grigorescu was born in 1838 in Pitaru village\, in Muntenia region\, and from the age of ten he became an assistant to painter Anton Chladek. He c ontinued as a church painter until 1861 when he began his studies at the A cademy of Art in Paris with the suport of a Romanian state scholarship. Fr om 1863 he joined the Barbizon group of artists\, discovering plein air pa inting and subjects related to the life of ordinary people\, spending more than 30 years in France\, on and off. In 1877 he was called invited to do cument the Romanian War of Independence. In 1890 he settled in Câmpina\, w here he died in 1907.\nHis work dedicated to the world of the Romanian vil lage\, his prodigious talent that reconciled local painting with European modernity\, his immense popularity among the general public lead to his be ing considered our national painter.\nThe Romania-Poland Cultural Season 2 024 - 2025 is organized by the Romanian Ministry of Culture and the Romani an Cultural Institute through its representative office in Warsaw\, the Mi nistry of Culture and National Heritage and the Adam Mickiewicz Institute\ , in partnership with the Polish Institute in Bucharest. https://mail.mnar .ro/en/events/event/799-the-event-exhibition-nicolae-grigorescu-painter-of -the-romanian-ethos-opens-the-romania-poland-cultural-season-2024-2025-at- the-national-museum-in-gdańsk DTSTART:20240727T104904Z DTEND:20241027T134904Z LOCATION:Muzeul Național din Gdańsk\, Polonia (Muzeul Național din Gdańsk\, Polonia) SUMMARY:The event exhibition 'Nicolae Grigorescu - painter of the Romanian ethos' opens the Romania-Poland Cultural Season 2024-2025 at the National Museum in Gdańsk URL:https://mail.mnar.ro/en/events/event/799-the-event-exhibition-nicolae-g rigorescu-painter-of-the-romanian-ethos-opens-the-romania-poland-cultural- season-2024-2025-at-the-national-museum-in-gdańsk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260417T184007EEST-1116MfgNvV@https://mnar.ro/ DTSTAMP:20260417T154007Z DESCRIPTION:Our educational programs for the 2024-2025 school year are spec ially designed to develop the imagination\, artistic skills\, critical thi nking and collaboration skills of the participants. Our offer allows the y oung public to observe and discuss artworks of the rich national and inter national heritage of MNAR thus gaining important insights into the field o f art history.\nThe programs include guided tours. We recommend guided tou rs starting with secondary school level.\nPlease register for guided tours at least one week in advance by writing to educatie@art.museum.ro\, speci fying the desired day and time. The price per group is 150 lei in Romanian or 250 lei in English to which the entrance fee is added: 6 lei/child.\nE ducational programs for schools take place starting with 10:00 a.m.\, Wedn esday to Friday\, at the National Museum of Art of Romania no. 49-53\, Cal ea Victoriei\, K.H. Zambaccian Museum\, 21A\, Muzeul Zambaccian Street and Theodor Pallady Museum\, 22\, Spătarului Street\, and on Monday and Tuesd ay at the Museum of Art Collections no. 111\, Calea Victoriei.\nAppointmen ts for workshops are made at least one week in advance at the email addres ses indicated under each workshop description\, specifying the name of the school\, the number of students\, the desired day and time. Materials for each workshop are provided by the museum. Programs duration: between 60 a nd 120 minutes. Price: between 15-40 lei/participant (workshop rates inclu de access to the museum)\n \;\nWorkshops for Pre-school Children\n\nCo lored Riddles. Green as the Fir Tree. NEW!\n\nWe explore the meaning of co lors in art and popular culture - green\, red\, yellow\, white\, black. We participate in an adventure in the vibrant world of colors. We explore ho w colors are hidden in riddles\, how they reveal wisdom through proverbs a nd how they come to life in the paintings of Romanian artists. We unravel the mysteries of colors\, starting with green - the color of nature. We di scover how colors express feelings and thoughts. In the last part of the a ctivity\, we will make a graphic creation in the color that makes us happy .\nProgram led by AtelierD AssociationPlace: The Modern Romanian Art Galle ryDuration: 90 minutesNumber of participants: min 7 – max 30Costs: 40 lei/ childThe workshop is organized on Wednesdays or Thursdays by request at le ast one week in advance at artelierd@yahoo.comAreas of exploration: Drawin g\, Painting\, Knowledge of nature\, Romanian language and literature\n\nS ecrets of the Garden – flowers\, trees\, insects and fairies NEW!\n\nThis is an interactive program about nature\, art and literature\, with explora tions of the garden and the heritage of Theodor Pallady Museum\, followed by creative activities in the studio. We learn about the importance and th e role of trees\, flowers and birds in nature\, art and literature\, mytho logy and fantastical characters the live in the garden – the gnomes and th e fairies. We draw and color mandalas with flowers and butterflies.\nProgr am led by AtelierD AssociationPlace: Theodor Pallady Museum\, No 22 Spătar ului StreetDuration: 60 minutesNumber of participants: min 7 – max 30Costs : 35 lei/childThe workshop is organized on Wednesdays or Thursdays by requ est at least one week in advance at artelierd@yahoo.comAreas of exploratio n: Drawing\, Painting\, Knowledge of nature\, Romanian language and litera ture\n\nArt and Emotions. NEW!\n\nWhat are emotions? How does art make us feel? Can colors influence our mood? We start the journey in the European Art Gallery and explore the connections between art and emotions with the help of colors\, expressions and characters in art works. At the end child ren will have the opportunity to create their own work in the studio\, ins pired by the works of the great masters\, using colors that bring them joy .\nProgram led by the members of Education\, Communication and Cultural Pr ograms Department of MNARPlace: The European Art Gallery\, for ages 3 to 6 Duration: 1 hour 30 minutesNumber of participants: min 7 – max 20Costs: 15 lei/childThe workshop is organized on request on Wednesdays\, Thursdays o r Fridays by registering at least one week in advance at educatie@art.muse um.ro.Areas of exploration: Emotional development\, Development of attenti on and visual intelligence\, Sensory education\, Painting\n \;\nWorksh ops for Primary School Children\n\nSecrets of the Garden – flowers\, trees \, insects and fairies NEW!\n\nSuitable for the educational activities of the programs: ”Different School Week” and the ”Green Week”\nThis is an int eractive program about nature\, art and literature\, with explorations in the garden and the patrimony of Theodor Pallady Museum\, followed by creat ive activities in the studio. We learn about the importance and the role o f trees\, flowers and birds in nature\, art and literature\, mythology and fantastical characters the live in the garden – the gnomes and the fairie s. We draw and color mandalas with flowers and butterflies.\nProgram led b y AtelierD AssociationPlace: Theodor Pallady Museum\, No 22 Spătarului Str eetDuration: 60 minutesNumber of participants: min 7 – max 30Costs: 35 lei /childThe workshop is organized on request on Wednesdays\, Thursdays or Fr idays by registering at least one week in advance at artelierd@yahoo.comAr eas of exploration: Drawing\, Painting\, Knowledge of nature\, Romanian la nguage and literature\n\nTreasure Hunt – The Garden of Eden\n\nSuitable fo r the educational activities of the programs: ”Different School Week” and the ”Green Week”\nThe workshop involves a treasure hunt in the European Ar t Gallery\, to discover and be inspired by famous paintings in which we fi nd painted animals and plants. This will be our search goal in order to cr eate an artwork on the topic of the Garden of Eden. During the workshop we will discover stories from the Genesis and symbols of flora and fauna in artworks such as The Annunciation by Tintoretto\, Bouquet of flowers by Br uegel or Flowers in a grotto by Abraham Mignon.\nMixed media: colored cray ons and pastels.Program led by Ioana Ciuștea (Șnur SRL.)Place: The Europea n Art GalleryDuration: 90 minutesNumber of participants: min 7 – max 30Cos ts: 40 lei/childThe workshop is organized on request on Wednesdays\, Thurs days or Fridays by registering at least one week in advance at glamourlabo ratory@gmail.comAreas of Exploration: Visual Arts\, Fauna and Flora\, Bibl e Stories\, Perspective\n\nAbstract or figurative? Composition and represe ntation exercises. NEW!\n\nSuitable for the educational activities of the programs: ”Different School Week” and the ”Green Week”\nTogether we will g o through the exhibition and discover the works of Modern Romanian artists on the border between figurative and abstract. What is an abstract painti ng and what is a figurative painting? What can be the border between them? We will observe how artists of different generations have solved represen tational problems of the 20th and 21st centuries. In the studio we will fi nd objects worthy of painting and then transform them into abstract painti ng.\nTechnique: Tempera and Watercolor paintingProgram led by the Educatio n\, Communications and Cultural Programs DepartmentPlace: The Modern Roman ian Art GalleryDuration: 90 minutesNumber of participants: min 7 – max 30C osts: 15 lei/childThe workshop is organized on request on Wednesdays\, Thu rsdays or Fridays by registering at least one week in advance at educatie@ art.museum.roAreas of exploration: Visual arts\, Romanian avant-garde\n\nP ointillism in Art. NEW!\n\nSuitable for the educational activities of the programs: ”Different School Week” and the ”Green Week”\nStarting from the works of the Romanian pointillist artist Arthur Segal shown in the Romania n Modern Art Gallery\, we discover Pointillism as an artistic movement and the divisionist technique used by artists. This involves the decompositio n of colors and light into a multitude of brushstrokes of pure color\, whi ch creates the impression of a mosaic. In the first part of the workshop\, we make a sketch in pencil\, where we mention the desired colors\, and in the second part we place color in the vein of the artistic trend we have just studied.\nTechnique: Drawing and Tempera painting\nProgram led by Ioa na Ciuștea (Șnur SRL.)Place: The Modern Romanian Art GalleryDuration: 90 m inutesNumber of participants: min 7 – max 30Costs: 40 lei/childThe worksho p is organized on request on Wednesdays\, Thursdays or Fridays by register ing at least one week in advance at glamourlaboratory@gmail.comAreas of ex ploration: History of art\, Forms of expression in Modern Art\n\nAcanthus leaf – ornament and symbol. NEW!\n\nSuitable for the educational activitie s of the programs: ”Different School Week” and the ”Green Week”\nAcanthus is a vegetal ornament used since antiquity in architecture and art\, often seen in The Romanian Medieval Art Gallery of NMAR either in goldsmith eng raving\, wall paintings\, clothing\, the decoration of church embroidery a nd sculptures\, but also in the graphic enrichment of the first books. In the first part of the workshop we learn about the symbolism of the acanthu s leaf properties and stylistic varieties\, and in the second part we crea te an artwork on this subject\, learning and acquiring notions of graphic art.\nTechnique: Drawing in crayon and charcoalProgram led by Ioana Ciuște a (Șnur SRL.)Place: The Romanian Medieval Art GalleryDuration: 90 minutesN umber of participants: min 7 – max 30Costs: 40 lei/childThe workshop is or ganized on request on Wednesdays\, Thursdays or Fridays by registering at least one week in advance at glamourlaboratory@gmail.comAreas of explorati on: Knowledge of nature\, Graphic art\, Decorative art\n\nPicturesque Roma nia - In the footsteps of Nicolae Grigorescu NEW!\n\nSuitable for the educ ational activities of the programs: ”Different School Week” and the ”Green Week”\nWe discover the landscapes painted by Nicolae Grigorescu\, the per sonality who had a strong influence on the Romanian painters of the first part of the 20th century. We find on the map the places that he visited an d loved and identify the elements of nature that inspired him.\nProgram le d by AtelierD AssociationPlace: The Modern Romanian Art Gallery or The Mus eum of Art Collections (111\, Calea Victoriei)Duration: 90 minutesNumber o f participants: min 7 – max 30Costs: 40 lei/childThe workshop is organized on request on Mondays\, Tuesdays\, Wednesdays or Thursdays by registering at least one week in advance at artelierd@yahoo.comAreas of exploration: Drawing\, Painting\, Knowledge of nature\n \;\nWorkshops for Secondary School Children\n\nHow we decipher perspective\n\nSuitable for the educat ional activities of the programs: ”Different School Week” \nIn this progra m we will discover the architectural elements in the paintings of the Euro pean Art Gallery. We will discuss perspective and rhythm in architecture b y looking in parallel at the paintings and the spaces in which they are ex hibited. At the end of the visit\, all theoretical notions about architect ure will come together in a practical activity.\nProgram led by De-a Arhit ectura AssociationPlace: The European Art GalleryDuration: 120 minutesNumb er of participants: min 7 – max 30Costs: 40 lei/childThe workshop is organ ized on request on Thursdays (time interval 13.00 - 15.00) by registering minimum of 2 weeks in advance at https://portal.de-a-arhitectura.ro/main/e vents/1635/detailsAreas of exploration: Architecture\, Mathematics\, Visua l Arts\, Knowledge of the built environment\n\nSecrets of the Garden – flo wers\, trees\, insects and fairies NEW!\n\nSuitable for the educational ac tivities of the programs: ”Different School Week” and the ”Green Week”\nTh is is an interactive program about nature\, art and literature\, with expl orations in the garden and the objects in Theodor Pallady Museum\, followe d by creative activities in the studio. We learn about the importance and the role of trees\, flowers and birds in nature\, art and literature\, myt hology and fantastical characters the live in the garden – the gnomes and the fairies. We are composing a creative writing piece entitled The Enchan ted Garden.\nProgram led by AtelierD AssociationPlace: Theodor Pallady Mus eum\, No 22 Spătarului StreetDuration: 90 minutesNumber of participants: m in 7 – max 30Costs: 40 lei/childThe workshop is organized on request on We dnesdays\, Thursdays or Fridays by registering at least one week in advanc e at artelierd@yahoo.comAreas of exploration: Drawing\, Painting\, Knowled ge of nature\, Romanian language and literature\n\nPointillism in Art. NEW !\n\nSuitable for the educational activities of the programs: ”Different S chool Week” and the ”Green Week”\nStarting from the works of the Romanian pointillist artist Arthur Segal\, located in the Romanian Modern Art Galle ry\, we discover Pointillism as an artistic movement and the divisionist t echnique used by artists. This involves the decomposition of colors and li ght\, into a multitude of brushstrokes of pure color\, which creates the i mpression of a mosaic. In the first part of the workshop\, we make a sketc h in pencil\, where we mention the desired colors\, and in the second part we place color in the vein of the artistic trend we have just studied.\nT echnique: Drawing and Tempera paintingProgram led by Ioana Ciuștea (ȘNUR S RL.)Place: The Modern Romanian Art GalleryDuration: 90 minutesNumber of pa rticipants: min 7 – max 30Costs: 40 lei/childThe workshop is organized on request on Wednesdays\, Thursdays or Fridays by registering at least one w eek in advance at glamourlaboratory@gmail.comAreas of exploration: History of art\, Forms of expression in Modern Art\n\nAcanthus leaf – ornament an d symbol. NEW!\n\nSuitable for the educational activities of the programs: ”Different School Week” and the ”Green Week”\nAcanthus is a vegetal ornam ent used since antiquity is architecture and arts\, often used in The Roma nian Medieval Art Gallery of NMAR either in goldsmith engraving\, wall pai ntings\, clothing\, the decoration of church embroidery and sculptures\, b ut also in the graphic enrichment of the first books. In the first part of the workshop we learn about the symbolism of the acanthus leaf properties and stylistic varieties\, and in the second part we create an artwork on this subject\, learning and acquiring notions of graphic art.\nTechnique: Drawing in crayon and charcoalProgram led by Ioana Ciuștea (ȘNUR SRL.)Plac e: The Romanian Medieval Art GalleryDuration: 90 minutesNumber of particip ants: min 7 – max 30Costs: 40 lei/childThe programs are organized on reque st on Wednesdays\, Thursdays or Fridays by registering at least one week i n advance at glamourlaboratory@gmail.comAreas of exploration: Knowledge of nature\, Graphic art\, Decorative art\n\nAbstract or figurative? Composit ion and representation exercises. NEW!\n\nSuitable for the educational act ivities of the programs: ”Different School Week” and the ”Green Week”\nTog ether we will go through the exhibition and discover the works of Modern R omanian artists on the border between figurative and abstract. What is an abstract painting and what is a figurative painting? What can be the borde r between them? We will observe how artists of different generations have solved representational problems of the 20th and 21st centuries. In the st udio we will find objects worthy of painting and then transform them into abstract painting.\nTechnique: Tempera and watercolor paintingProgram led by the Education\, Communications and Cultural Programs DepartmentPlace: T he Modern Romanian Art GalleryDuration: 90 minutesNumber of participants: min 7 – max 30Costs: 15 lei/childThe workshop is organized on request on W ednesdays\, Thursdays or Fridays by registering at least one week in advan ce at educatie@art.museum.roAreas of exploration: Visual arts\, Romanian a rt history\n\nHistorical Legends – Characters\, Places\, Things. NEW!\n\nS uitable for the educational activities of the program ”Different School We ek” \nThrough this program we invite you on a magical historical journey\, in the universe of medieval art\, knights and golden books. We will disco ver illuminated manuscripts and legends of treasures and bloody battles. W e will learn how Neagoe Basarab\, Mircea cel Bătrân\, Constantin Brâncovea nu and their families were living. Will create drawings inspired my mediev al art works.\nProgram led by AtelierD AssociationPlace: The Romanian Medi eval Art GalleryDuration: 90 minutesNumber of participants: min 7 – max 30 Costs: 15 lei/childThe programs are organized on request on Wednesdays or Thursdays by registering at least one week in advance at artelierd@yahoo.c omAreas of exploration: Drawing\, History\, Romanian language and literatu re\n \;\nActive Visits for High School Students\n\nPeople who bring th e future – Avant-garde artists in the Modern Romanian Art Gallery\n\nSuita ble for the educational activities of the programs: ”Different School Week ” and the ”Green Week”\nHow did avant-garde artists imagine the future of humanity? Have you heard of Cubism\, Futurism\, Dadaism\, Surrealism? Why did these currents exist in international and Romanian art? How do these r elate to 20th century history? Why do we use the term avant-garde? Can we create our own avant-garde movement? Based on the works in the room of the Romanian Avant-garde\, we think together about the way of life of the art ists between the two world wars\, and we imagine\, through exercises and d iscussions\, how we can influence the future.\nProgram led by the Educatio n\, Communications and Cultural Programs DepartmentPlace: The Modern Roman ian Art GalleryDuration: 90 minutesNumber of participants: min 7 – max 30C osts: 15 lei/studentThe visit is organized on request on Wednesdays or Thu rsdays by registering at least one week before at educatie@art.museum.roAr eas of exploration: History of modern art\, Recent history\, Art colonies\ , Automatic writing\, Ecology\n\nWar and Peace – Representations of War\, Violence and Peace in The Modern Romanian Art Gallery\n\nSuitable for the educational activities of the programs:  \;”Different School Week” and the ”Green Week”\nWhat kind of culture do we live in? How do we relate to war and violence? How have artists throughout history viewed these import ant themes? What is a war front artist? What are representations of peace? The active visit aims to observe and discuss the representation of war\, but also of peace in art\, based on the Modern Romanian Art Collection\, d uring several historical periods\, several artists and several ideological discourses.\nProgram led by the Education\, Communications and Cultural P rograms DepartmentPlace: The Modern Romanian Art GalleryDuration: 90 minut esNumber of participants: min 7 – max 30Costs: 15 lei/studentThe visit is organized on request on Wednesdays or Thursdays by registering at least on e week in advance at educatie@art.museum.roAreas of exploration: Art Histo ry\, Society\, Military History\, Gender Studies https://mail.mnar.ro/en/e vents/event/807-programs-for-schools-and-kindergartens-2024-2025 DTSTART:20240927T124224Z DTEND:20250701T133000Z LOCATION:Muzeul Național de Artă al României (Calea Victoriei 49-53\, Bucur ești\, România) SUMMARY:Programs for Schools and Kindergartens 2024-2025 URL:https://mail.mnar.ro/en/events/event/807-programs-for-schools-and-kinde rgartens-2024-2025 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260417T184007EEST-1219817whg@https://mnar.ro/ DTSTAMP:20260417T154007Z DESCRIPTION:The Royal Foundation Margareta of Romania and the National Muse um of Art of Romania are delighted to present the Talent 35 visual art exh ibition from January 18 to February 23 2025 in the Kretzulescu Halls (Walt er Mărăcineanu Street entrance\, opposite Kretzulescu Church).\nThe exhibi tion opening took place on January 18 2025 at 5:00 PM in the presence of H er Majesty Margareta and Her Royal Highness Princess Sofia. The curator of the exhibition is Associate Professor Dr. Ion Anghel\, painter\, member o f the Union of Visual Artists of Romania and mentor within the national pr ogram Young Talents.\nSince 2009\, the Royal Foundation Margareta of Roman ia has been developing the Young Talents national program\, offering 440 s cholarships to students of vocational education institutions who required support to reach their true potential and express their talent. Financial support for artistic development was complemented by intergenerational men torship\, promotion and international cultural exchanges. As a result\, ma ny scholarship recipients evolved and established themselves in the visual arts world\, achieving national and international exposure and building s uccessful artistic careers.\nThrough the Talent 35 anniversary exhibition 52 young visual artists who have benefited from the Royal Foundation suppo rt will exhibit their works for the first time in Romania’s most important art museum – the National Museum of Art of Romania\, housed in the former Royal Palace in Bucharest. The artistic explorations of these young creat ors over time are now materialized in a collection of 91 works created usi ng various techniques such as painting\, photography\, sculpture\, install ation\, fashion design\, illustration and scenography.\nThe exhibition wil l be open to the public from January 18 to February 23 2025.\nAt the openi ng the Talent 35 Contemporary Art Album was launched – a selection of 72 a rtworks by emerging young artists who today share their talent with the wo rld. The album is coordinated by Associate Professor Dr. Carmen Apetrei.\n On January 18 1990 Her Majesty Margareta and Her Royal Highness Princess S ofia\, under the guidance of King Michael\, initiated their first humanita rian actions when they arrived in Romania for the first time. Over the pas t 35 years the Royal Foundation Margareta of Romania developed numerous su stainable projects in education\, culture\, community development and civi l society\, contributing to Romania's spiritual and social renewal.\nMarki ng 35 years since its establishment\, the Royal Foundation Margareta of Ro mania continues its mission to support and promote emerging artists and op en new cultural horizons for them through the bilateral initiative 'Talent 35 – Supporting and Promoting Emerging Artists and Contemporary Art'\, de veloped in partnership with Nedland Kultur from Norway. This initiative su pports contemporary art and emerging artists\, raises awareness of cultura l diversity and strengthens cultural cooperation and exchange between Roma nia and Norway.\nVisiting hours for the Talent 35 exhibition:\n\nWednesday –Friday: 10 AM–6 PM\nSaturday–Sunday: 11 AM–7 PM\nClosed on Mondays and Tu esdays\nFree admission on the first Wednesday of each month.\n\nTalent 35 – Supporting and Promoting Emerging Artists and Contemporary Art is a bila teral initiative funded through the EEA and Norway Grants – the National B ilateral Fund within the RO-CULTURA Program.\nThe total value of the bilat eral initiative is 618\,840.41 RON (124\,355.03 EUR). Together for a green \, competitive\, and inclusive Europe.\nAbout the EEA Grants The EEA Grant s represent the contribution of Iceland\, the Principality of Liechtenstei n and the Kingdom of Norway to reducing economic and social disparities in the European Economic Area and strengthening bilateral relations with the 15 beneficiary states in Eastern and Southern Europe and the Baltic state s. These funding mechanisms are established under the Agreement on the Eur opean Economic Area which brings together EU member states and Iceland\, L iechtenstein\, and Norway as equal partners in the internal market.\nIn to tal\, the three states contributed €3.3 billion between 1994 and 2014 and €1.55 billion for the 2014-2021 funding period. More details at: www.eeagr ants.org and www.eeagrants.ro.\nAbout the EEA and Norway Grants The EEA an d Norway Grants are the contribution of Iceland\, Liechtenstein\, and Norw ay to a green\, competitive\, and inclusive Europe. There are two main obj ectives: reducing economic and social disparities in Europe and strengthen ing bilateral relations between the donor countries and 15 EU countries in Central and Southern Europe and the Baltic States. The three donor countr ies work closely with the EU through the Agreement on the European Economi c Area (EEA). Between 1994 and 2014\, the donors provided €3.3 billion thr ough consecutive grant schemes. For the 2014-2021 period\, the EEA and Nor way Grants amount to €2.8 billion.\nAbout the RO-CULTURA Program The RO-CU LTURA Program is implemented by the Romanian Ministry of Culture through t he Project Management Unit and has the overall objective of strengthening economic and social development through cultural cooperation\, cultural en trepreneurship and the management of cultural heritage. The program budget is approximately €34 million. More details at www.ro-cultura.ro.\nAbout t he Royal Foundation Margareta of Romania Founded in 1990 by Her Majesty Pr incess Margareta together with her father\, King Michael\, the Royal Found ation Margareta of Romania is an elite non-governmental organization that\ , over its 35 years of activity\, developed numerous sustainable projects in the fields of education\, culture\, community development\, and civil s ociety. Through these initiatives\, it contributed to the spiritual and so cial renewal of Romania. More details at www.frmr.ro.\nAbout Nedland Kultu r Nedland Kultur is a private company from Norway with over 20 years of ex perience in cultural projects\, cross-cultural collaborations\, concert an d festival organization\, music digitization and more. The company impleme nted projects in Norway\, the United Kingdom\, Tanzania\, Kenya\, Ethiopia \, Uganda\, Malawi\, Russia\, Palestine\, Israel\, Vietnam\, Egypt and in Romania. Through numerous projects Nedland Kultur brought people together\ , inspiring them to enjoy meeting\, learning from and respecting one anoth er\, driven by the strong belief that there are always more things that un ite people from different cultural and/or geographical backgrounds than th ose that separate them. More details at www.nedlandkultur.com. https://mai l.mnar.ro/en/events/event/811-the-talent-35-anniversary-exhibition-support ing-and-promoting-emerging-artists-and-contemporary-art DTSTART:20250118T150000Z DTEND:20250223T160000Z LOCATION:Muzeul Național de Artă al României (Calea Victoriei 49-53\, Bucur ești\, România) SUMMARY:The Talent 35 Anniversary Exhibition - Supporting and Promoting Eme rging Artists and Contemporary Art URL:https://mail.mnar.ro/en/events/event/811-the-talent-35-anniversary-exhi bition-supporting-and-promoting-emerging-artists-and-contemporary-art END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260417T184007EEST-1257B8lX5g@https://mnar.ro/ DTSTAMP:20260417T154007Z DESCRIPTION:Located on the third floor of the National Museum of Art of Rom ania central building on Calea Victoriei\, alongside the European Decorati ve Arts Gallery\, the Oriental Art Gallery shows nearly 600 art objects fr om Azerbaijan\, Bulgaria\, China\, Dagestan\, Egypt\, Greece\, India\, Ira n\, Japan\, Syria\, Turkey\, Turkmenistan\, and Uzbekistan. The pieces are selected from the most significant and valuable collection of Oriental an d Far Eastern art in the country\, managed by NMAR.\nThe creation of this new permanent exhibition\, unique in Romania\, is the result of a collabor ative effort involving museum curators\, conservators\, restorers\, techni cians and management as well as several partners\, sponsors\, and donors w ho supported the project over time: the 'Friends of NMAR' Association\, JT I\, BRD Groupe Societe Generale\, Camelia Șucu\, Raiffeisen BANK\, Coca-Co la Romania\, Romcar\, Banca Comercială Română\, Tomini Trading\, TNT Roman ia\, Solmar Trading Group\, Soft Medica\, Romtelecom\, Unilever\, Veronica Savanciuc\, ITH Management Office\, CitiBank Romania\, Leadership Develop ment Romania\, National Bank of Romania\, Topo Capital Corporation\, Domen iile Sâmburești and AQUA Carpatica.\nIn this regard\, Mrs. Veronica Savanc iuc\, President of the 'Friends of NMAR' Association\, declared: 'The open ing of the Oriental Art Gallery at the National Museum of Art of Romania i s a remarkable achievement and marks an important moment for our community . This new space offers the opportunity to explore and deepen our understa nding of Oriental culture\, facilitating a connection between diverse trad itions and aesthetic visions. The Friends of NMAR Association is honored t o support this initiative which contributes to the museum education of fut ure generations and promotes cultural dialogue.'\n'On the occasion of the National Day\, we inaugurate the Oriental Art Gallery presenting a remarka bly valuable heritage\, an exhibition reflecting the hard work of my colle agues—curators\, restorers\, technicians—as well as the enthusiasm of thos e who have provided material or logistical support\, making this project a true expression of solidarity for art and culture. My deepest respect and gratitude go to all of them\,' stated Călin Stegerean\, General Director of NMAR.\nThe Oriental Art Gallery was designed in line with contemporary museum practices\, featuring custom-made display furniture that ensures bo th security and optimal preservation conditions for the exhibited heritage objects\, equipped with its own lighting system. An adjacent space is des ignated for educational and communication activities\, while the Tea Room will host specific ceremonies once again.\nIn the space dedicated to Islam ic art\, pieces created between the 7th and 20th centuries are on display\ , showcasing the mutual influence of artistic practices such as epigraphic decoration and the alternation between arabesque vegetal elements and geo metric designs. The Islamic art pieces reflect shared characteristics in a rtistic conception and decorative motifs present in both sacred and secula r objects: carpets\, costumes\, embroidery\, ceramics\, metalwork\, weapon s\, and armor.\nIn the hall dedicated to Chinese art\, remarkable works fr om millennia-old cultural traditions are presented\, offering an overview of the evolution of artistic genres from the late Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) and Qing Dynasty (1644–1912) to the first half of the 20th century. The s election of paintings\, sculptures\, textiles as well as ceramic\, jade\, cloisonné and lacquer pieces illustrates the diverse styles of court art a nd folk-influenced art.\nThe halls dedicated to Japanese art feature defin ing objects of Japanese culture from the 17th to the 20th centuries\, span ning the Edo\, Meiji\, and Taisho periods. These include paintings on silk and paper\, sculptures\, bronze vessels\, ceramics\, ivory pieces\, and t he famous tosei gusoku-type samurai armor. Polychrome woodblock printing\, one of the major artistic achievements of the Edo period\, is represented through significant works by masters active in the late 18th and early 19 th centuries\, including Utamaro\, Hokusai\, Hiroshige\, Kunisada and Kuni yoshi. This section includes a feature unique in the country: a room desig ned for the tea ceremony.\nThe European Decorative Arts Gallery\, inaugura ted on January 15 2024 and the Oriental Art Gallery were conceived as a si ngle exhibition entities dedicated to the decorative arts. They will be ma naged by the European and Oriental Decorative Arts Department and will be accessible with a unified entrance ticket starting November 22\, 2024.\nVi siting hours:\n\nWednesday–Friday: 10 AM–6 PM\nSaturday–Sunday: 11 AM–7 PM \nClosed on Mondays and Tuesdays\nFree admission on the first Wednesday of each month.\n https://mail.mnar.ro/en/events/event/812-the-gallery-of-ori ental-art DTSTART:20241122T125110Z DTEND:20250207T145110Z LOCATION:Muzeul Național de Artă al României (Calea Victoriei 49-53\, Bucur ești\, România) SUMMARY:The Gallery of Oriental Art URL:https://mail.mnar.ro/en/events/event/812-the-gallery-of-oriental-art END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR