Visual Arts

  On Wednesday, November 12, 2025, at 7 p.m., the National Theater in Bucharest will host the opening of the exhibition Chipuri (Faces), dedicated to the centenary of the birth of physician, artist, and researcher Octavian Udriste (1925–1995). The event, organized with the support of the Vâlcea Branch of the Romanian Union of Visual Artists, brings to the public's attention a representative selection of Dr. Octavian Udriste's visual art—portraits, studies, and works created using various techniques (watercolor, ink, oil, mixed media)— visual testimonies of a life dedicated to both science and art. The exhibition will be open daily from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the foyer of the Studio Hall on the first floor of the Bucharest National Theater. Admission is free. On the occasion of the exhibition opening, pianist Irina Petrescu, the artist's granddaughter, will give a short musical recital, evoking the musical dimension of Octavian Udriste's complex personality. Octavian Udriste belongs to a generation of intellectuals trained in the solid spirit of the interwar Romanian school, where general culture, professional rigor, and artistic expression coexisted harmoniously. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine in Cluj in 1953, and in parallel with his medical studies, he attended courses at the Conservatory in Cluj, thus consolidating his artistic dimension. A doctor and researcher, author of a cybernetic-genetic theory on the origin of cancer (later confirmed in 1989 by a Nobel Prize awarded to other researchers), as well as a musician, graphic artist, and writer, Dr. Udriste is one of Romania's most prominent figures. The Romanian scholar will remain in the community's memory not only for his artistic and intellectual work, but also for the impressive number of lives he saved thanks to his exemplary professional dedication to his patients. The exhibition "Faces" – In memory of Dr. Octavian Udriste remains open to the public until November 27, 2025, and provides an opportunity to rediscover a multifaceted body of work that combined rigorous scientific observation with profound artistic expression and faith in God. For further information, please contact: Ruxandra Tuchel, exhibition curator (phone: 0731351972)   Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu 

The National Union of Historical Monument Restorers (UNRMI) announces the organization of the Project Exhibition and Awards Gala of the 2025 National Triennale of Restoration - 10th Edition in the Media Foyer of the "I.L. Caragiale" National Theater in Bucharest - a cultural institution that is a traditional partner of UNRMI and the National Restoration Triennial. The exhibition will be open to visitors starting November 2, 2025, and the Triennial Awards Gala will take place on Thursday, November 6, 2025, starting at 5 p.m. UNRMI, founded in 1991 (President - founder Prof. Dr. Arch. Virgiliu Polizu), is a professional guild organization that includes some of the best specialists in the field of historical monument restoration in Romania. In 2025, UNRMI will celebrate 34 years of existence, and its traditional event - the National Restoration Triennial (TNR) - will reach its 10th edition in 2025. Once every three years, UNRMI members present their restoration projects implemented and completed over the previous three years at this event and submit them for evaluation by an independent jury of professionals in the field. The program of the National Triennale Restoration Gala focuses on awarding diplomas for the best restoration projects selected by the jury, as well as the opening of the exhibition of participating projects. The event will also feature the launch of the Hereditas photo album, which presents 302 images of 10 historical monuments restored by RASUB Construct Engineering (a member of UNRMI) and Art & Resturo Building between 2019 and 2025. The launch will be accompanied by an exhibition of photographs from the album. The 2025 National Triennale of Restoration - 10th Edition - features 19 members of UNRMI with 58 historical monument restoration projects, as well as specialized studies, investigations, and research projects - works implemented and completed over the last 3 years. The Jury of NTR 2025 - 10th Edition - is composed of:- Arch. Irina Popescu Criveanu- Painter and restorer Simona Patrascu- Arch. Constantin Gorcea- Prof. Nicolae Noica, PhD - Director of the Romanian Academy Library, Honorary Member of the Romanian Academy- Arhg. Theodor Ignat - Head of the Archaeology Department at the Bucharest Municipal Museum The judging categories established for which prizes will be awarded are:1. Monuments in urban and rural areas - places of worship2. Monuments in urban and rural areas - civil constructions3. Fortresses and archaeological sites4. Wooden churches5. Artistic components6. Specialized studies, investigations, and research NTR 2025 will also award the following two special prizes:- Special Award from the Bucharest City Hall- Special Award from the President of UNRMI The 2025 National Triennale of Restoration exhibition will be open until November 16, 2025, in the exhibition space in the foyer of the Media Hall at the I.L. Caragiale National Theater in Bucharest, a cultural institution that is a traditional partner of UNRMI and the National Triennale of Restoration. The winning projects at NTR 2025 will be announced and presented on UNRMI's communication channels: unrmi.com and facebook.com/UNRMI, as well as in Status Quo magazine (Vol. 16/2025), which will be published at the end of 2025. The 10th edition of the National Triennale of Restoration 2025 is organized by the National Steering Committee of UNRMI:- Arch. Smaranda Baciu - vice-president- Arch. Andrei Atanasiu - vice-president- Arch. Constanta Carp - member- Av. Alina Stoica - member- Arch. Mircea Capatana - member- Ing. Ionut Stoica - member- Ing. Daniel Purdea - memberPresident of UNRMI - Ing. Gabriela Carpov  Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu 

Bucharest Graphic Days – 4th edition, in the NTB RotondaDates: November 1-30, 2025Main exhibition: in the Rotonda and the foyer of the Small Hall of the I.L. Caragiale National Theater in Bucharest.Visiting hours: 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., closed on Mondays.Other exhibitions: Liszt Hungarian Institute, OAR Romania, Seneca AntiCafe, Amzei Creative Corner. Bucharest Graphic Days is a multifaceted event dedicated to graphic design and related fields. The educational component and the involvement of important artists from Romania and abroad define the festival's purpose—to raise the existing visual aesthetic level, to increase the degree of interaction between graphic artists in the guild, and to emphasize the usefulness, importance, and beauty of graphic design to the general public. Now in its fourth edition, the festival is structured around two categories of content: exhibitions and workshops. The first of these also includes an international poster call – Roar Poster whose theme this year will be Resistance. Organized by the Graphic Front Association & Graphic Workshop – Bucharest, the event is designed and built on collaboration with some of Romania's cultural institutes, as well as other artists and cultural organizations. The main exhibition, held in the Rotonda and foyer of the Small Hall of the I.L. Caragiale National Theater in Bucharest, comprises the following sections>01. Women in Italian graphic design, from its origins to the present day02. Roar Resistance PosterSelection of posters resulting from an international poster call. Project by the Graphic Front Association.03. Revolutionaries – Armenian women who changed the worldIllustrations by Maretta Aivazan. Project of the Armenian Cultural Center04. Antalis ComicsSelection of works from comic book contests organized by Antalis in recent years Event organized by Antalis Romania in partnership with the Graphic Front Association.05. Bestiarium HungaricumWonderful Creatures and Beings from Hungarian Folklore. Project supported by the Liszt Hungarian Institute.06. Creative Resistance PosterIntermarium Posters: The art of resistance and unityProject supported by the European Union through the House of Europe program and implemented by the Faina UA Association in partnership with the National University of Culture and Arts in Kiev, the University of Culture in Kiev, the Polish Institute in Kiev, Bucharest Graphic Days, and Jagiellonian University.07. Graphics Workshop 20 yearsEvent organized by Graphic Front Association + Graphic Design Workshop08. The most beautiful books from Germany and AustriaEvent supported by Goethe-Institut Bukarest and the Austrian Cultural Forum09. 100 Beste PlakateThe 100 best posters of 2024, from Germany, Switzerland, and AustriaEvent supported by the Goethe-Institut Bukarest10. Beyond Paper Plane Children's books created by contemporary Czech illustrators and artists Project supported by the Czech Center, Bucharest Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu 

Unique photography exhibition "Everything is theater" by Zsuzsa Hullan Curator: Vera Várszegi Opening: Monday, October 20, 6 p.m. The Liszt Institute – Hungarian Cultural Center in Bucharest proposes a new partnership with the National Theater Festival. It is a unique exhibition of photographs taken by Zsuzsa Hullan, an actress at the Vigszínhász Theater (Comedy Theater) in Budapest. The uniqueness and authenticity of the exhibition stem from the fact that the author had the opportunity to capture images from angles and places inaccessible to others and at moments and in ways that only those in the acting profession can. This series of photographs also includes the work In Red, which was named the photo of the month for August 2024 in the CEWE Hungary competition. "For me, photography is the imprint of a spoken word, a fleeting moment, a lived gesture. What existed then and there can be brought into the here and now. My photographs often unfold like emotional serpentines, like labyrinths, meant to touch, to surprise, to reveal a hidden perspective, as if they were images seen with a third eye. As an actress, I attend rehearsals and performances from angles that the audience will never see. I felt the need to share these moments. What attracts me, whether on stage or behind the camera, is that something that is not immediately revealed. I like to show people, situations, and emotions in a nuanced and subtle way. This exhibition presents moments that usually remain hidden from the outside world. I know I have achieved my goal when a photograph or a scene from the theater awakens thoughts and emotions in the viewer that give rise to a genuine sense of wonder.″ (Zsuzsa Hullan) Zsuzsa Hullan – An actress who has won numerous awards, including the Golden Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary. For her, photography is a long-standing passion that has only gained ground in her life as a form of artistic expression in recent years. She had her first solo exhibition in Budapest in 2019 and has since exhibited in Hungary and abroad. Among her distinctions as a photographic artist is first prize in the Hungarian Press Photography Competition in 2022. Her photographs have been published by Premier Magazine and National Geographic. The exhibition is presented in the framework of the NTF by the Liszt Institute – Hungarian Cultural Center Bucharest and can be visited in the Media Foyer (Grand Hotel wing) of the NTB, throughout the entire duration of the 2025 edition of the NTF (October 17-26), between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Produced by Liszt Institute – Hungarian Cultural Center Bucharest Details here     Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu 

Starting September 18, 2025, Ana Iulia Mihesan's painting exhibition Layers of Memory can be visited in the Rotonda foyer of the Small Hall of the "I.L. Caragiale" National Theater. The exhibition's opening is scheduled for Monday, September 29, at 6 p.m. Based in Greece, Ana Iulia Mihesan studied art in Cluj-Napoca, both at the Romul Ladea High School and at the renowned University of Art and Design in the city. From the outset, she approached painting with great seriousness and with the modern intensity characteristic of those who studied in Cluj. She had several exhibitions in Cluj and Athens, and in 2023 she returned to Romania with her first solo exhibition at the Athenee Palace Hilton, which amazed viewers with its deeply profound paintings, generating an atmosphere and images of paradisiacal gardens or unique experiences. In a short time, he had several important exhibitions, culminating in "Transcendence" at the New Hall of the National Museum of the Romanian Peasant in 2024. Art critic Marius Tita, editor-in-chief of Radio Romania International and curator of Ana Iulia Mihesan's exhibitions in Romania, presented the new pictorial creation appearing on Bucharest's walls as a revelation: With a little boldness and a lot of sincerity, we could recognize Ana Iulia Mihesan's painting as the revelation of recent years in this field. Her painting is intense, powerful, and expressive. The atmosphere is essential, and the subtle chiaroscuro transports us into the world of great painting. It has been a long time since I have seen such a unique exhibition. The artist is discovering the Bucharest art scene, and the public in the Romanian capital is enthusiastically learning about a new work, the painting of Ana Iulia Mihesan. We look forward to seeing you on Monday, September 29, 2025, at 6 p.m., in the Rotonda foyer of the Small Hall of the National Theater in Bucharest, at the opening of Ana Iulia Mihesan's painting exhibition Layers of Memory. Dr. Marius Tita, the exhibition's curator, will speak about the artist's work and the significance of the moment. Public access is through the entrance on Bd. Carol. The exhibition will be open until October 15, 2025. Visiting hours: daily from 2:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., except Mondays.    Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu 

The 50 most talented young Romanian artists can be discovered at the "I.L. Caragiale" National Theater in Bucharest, between September 7 and October 12. From September 8 to October 12, 2025, the Media Foyer of the "I.L. Caragiale" National Theater in Bucharest will become a space where the public can discover the energy and courage of the new generation of visual artists. The " Catalizator" (Catalyst) exhibition, organized by the "Cred in Romania" (I Believe in Romania) Association and supported by EVO Properties, in collaboration with NTB, brings together the 50 most talented artists under the age of 35, carefully selected from hundreds of entries from Romania and the Republic of Moldova. The jury is made up of renowned and established experts in the field: Livia Florea, Petru Lucaci, Suzana Vasilescu, and Mihai Zgondoiu. The exhibition is part of the national competition "Catalizator" (Catalyst), a project now in its second edition, which supports young talent through the most substantial prizes dedicated to young artists, worth a total of €12,500. The public now has the chance to get actively involved. Until October 3, online votes will decide the winner of the Popularity Award, turning visitors into direct supporters of young creators. Voting can be done at: www.credinromania.ro/arta. For one month, culture lovers, students, artists, and anyone curious about artistic expression are invited to explore a variety of works, from painting and photography to digital arts, which capture the visions of a generation in full swing. Admission is free, and details about the program and voting are available at www.credinromania.ro/arta. The exhibition opening will take place on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, at 7 p.m.The exhibition can be visited daily between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., admission is free. About "Cred in Romania" (I Believe in Romania) The "Cred in Romania″ (I Believe in Romania) Association is a non-profit, non-political, civic, and cultural movement that aims to convey a balanced message of optimism and confidence to those around us. It supports the projects of ambitious young people, promotes ideas that change communities, highlights positive news, and presents the stories of dignified Romanians. In this way, it contributes to strengthening feelings of respect and belonging to the community, as well as self-confidence in every Romanian. Page: www.credinromania.roFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/credinromaniaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/credinromania/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@credinromania.roLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cred-in-romania Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu 

We invite the audience between June 19 - June 30, 2025 in the Rotonda foyer of the Sala Mica of the “I.L. Caragiale” National Theatre in Bucharest to visit the exhibition where the experimental performance Lotca (The Dinghy) (adaptation of “Iona” by Marin Sorescu) will take place on Sunday, June 29, 2025, at 8.00 pm.   This year's event is a continuation of the performance realized within the Cultural Project “Lotca”, held in 2024. From the classic one-man show Iona - which has at its center the lonely man, besieged by his existential helplessness and anguish, we have in “Lotca” (The Dinghy), a symphonic female duality performed by actresses Tania Popa and Iulia Mihalcea, a metaphor that defines the human condition suggesting the idea of the absolute that needs knowledge and communication to get out of the absurdity and automatism of life. We continue the initiatory, symbolic and metaphysical journey from our Danubian and Pontic the dinghy, to the dinghy on the seashore, with the mysteries of life, death and rebirth, the Mediterranean epos, mythos and logos, gynecocracy and matriarchy, labyrinth and the Mother Goddesses, deities of the Sea. “Lotca” (The Dinghy) represents the valorization and reinterpretation of archaic myths originating from the sacred space of the Danube Delta. The cultural project Lotca was presented at the 3rd United Nations Conference on the Oceans, held in Nice from June 9 to 13, 2025, proposing an artistic approach to the relationship between water, man and the environment, exploring the sacredness of water and valorizing the cultural and natural heritage of the Danubian-Pontic space through visual arts, performance and historical documentation. We welcome you on Sunday, June 29, 2025, at 8:00 pm, at the Bucharest National Theatre, in the foyer of the Rotonda of the Sala Mica (entrance Carol I Blvd.) to watch this experiment that gives rise to existential questions, a dramatic poem of metaphysical anxiety. Exhibitors: Marin Sorescu, Marius Barb, Aurel Bulacu, Gheorghe Carutiu, Mircia Dumitrescu, Darie Dup, Gheorghe Farcasu, Catalin Guguianu, Bogdan Hojbota, Traian Oancea, Alexandru Ranga, Valeriu Lazar, Anastasia Stoiciu, Eusebio Spinu, Florin Stoiciu, Ioana-Lavinia Streinu, Ignat Stefanov, Ion Titoiu. Actors: Tania Popa, Iulia Mihalcea. Set Design: Gheorghe Carutiu. Costume designer: Dana Paparuz. Sound design: Teodor Zamfir. Light design: Iulian Buzdugan. Essay: Mihai Hurezeanu. Video art: Catalin Lazaroiu, Toma Alexandru. Showing: Eusebio Spinu. Regie: Iulia Mihalcea The exhibition is open daily from 2 pm - 6.30 pm, except public holidays.Free admission. Access is from Bd. Carol I.   Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu 

The “I.L. Caragiale” National Theatre in Bucharest is hosting, from June 6 to July 6, 2025, in the Media Foyer (Grand Hotel Wing), the exhibition IterArtLand - Venetian retrospective: The Time of Casanova, organized in partnership with the “Nicolae Tonitza” Fine Arts High School in Bucharest. The event brings together works signed by coordinating artists and students from Romania, Italy and the USA, participants of the international creative camp organized in Venice during the Carnival in 2025. The theme of the exhibition - The Time of Casanova - reflects a contemporary, interdisciplinary approach and Venetian cultural heritage, visually reinterpreted by young artists through the prism of the theme of this year's edition of the Carnival. Visitors will be able to admire a diverse selection of graphic works, paintings, photography, scenography models and short films inspired by Commedia dell'Arte. The centerpiece of the exhibition will be the IterArtLand Awards Ceremony, which will take place on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, at 7:00 pm, in the presence of institutional partners, special guests and the general public. Admission is free, from 10:00 am - 6:00 pm (except public holidays).   Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu

Since May 17, 2025, a new exhibition will be inaugurated in the Rotonda Hall of the "I.L. Caragiale" National Theatre: Apollo & Daphne is an unconventional artistic experiment of the Fashion Department of the National University of Arts in Bucharest, under the coordination of PhD Prof. Unda Popp and PhD assistant Prof. Andreea Roxana Stoian. Taking Bernini's Baroque masterpiece Apollo and Daphne as their starting point, the students were invited to explore the issue of metamorphosis with maximum creativity and subjectivity. Working in different ways, the undergraduates created their outfits using recyclable materials: paper, cardboard, textile scraps and organic elements from plants, while the masters’ students translated their ideas into a vision closer to the general idea of clothing. On May 27, 2025, at 18.00, we invite you in the Rotonda of the Small Hall of the NTB, to meet young creators, to watch the short film "Apollo & Daphne" and to witness a unique presentation of edible costumes (!) The opening will be addressed by PhD Prof. Ion Bogdan Lefter and drd. Marian Palie. The exhibition, which will be open until June 6, 2025, is one of the satellite events of Romanian Design Week Go! Free entrance, visiting hours daily from 14.00 - 18.00, except public holidays.   Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu

From May 7, 2025, a unique photography exhibition entitled Traces, Textures, Shadows will be on view in the MEDIA Foyer of the TNB (Grand Hotel wing). The author of the photographs is the filmmaker Alexandru Stanescu, doctoral student at the Center for Excellence in Image Studies, director and editor at TVR. The opening takes place on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at 19.00. The art critic Madalina Mirea, curator of the exhibition, will present. The event will be accompanied by a piano micro-recital performed by the young pianist Iosif Mirea, as well as a poetic moment whose author and performer is Radu Dumitrache. The exhibition offers glimpses of everyday life, captured in a melancholic and meditative state, which the passer-by ignores in the rush to the next task of the day. A gaze obsessed with the past is that of the photographer eternally at the ready, with the lens of a simple cell phone, smartphone or digital camera, reaching out for irretrievable details, chance encounters and coincidences whose meaning cannot be pinned down, in the grand cosmic scenario. A decadent, romantic and poetic nostalgia mixes in these images with the waves of a not very shy social criticism, emitted by a witness of the interminable transition era which, in Romania, lasted over three decades. Stanescu almost avoids the human characters, concentrating on the urban context, on the scenography of a street or of a deserted interior, each of them bearing the traces of a life that has passed, like the leaves and flowers of the seasons. Nothing disappears, everything leaves visible traces, in a setting that is as palpable as it is dazzling and implausible, a reality that is unreal in the speed with which it turns to dust and smoke. “The present is not to be defined by what is, but by what is being made” - said the philosopher Henri Bergson. "Nothing is less than the present moment, if by this we mean the indivisible boundary separating the past from the future. In practice, we perceive nothing but the past, the pure present being the unmeasurable progress of the past, biting into the future". This impossible perception of a time that paints deserted walls, passing faces, dreams and often vain desires, is sought by Alexandru Stanescu's eye eager for relevant details. Partners: Centrul de Excelenta in Studiul Imaginii (Center for Excellence in Image Studies) Media partners: TVR Cultural The exhibition will run until the end of May 2025. Admission is free. Visiting hours: daily (except public holidays) from 11.00 - 18.00.   Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu