Visual Arts

Although along the years the Hungarian photographer Korniss Péter frequently came back to his home town situated on the Someşul Mic river visiting family members or friends, his arrival to Cluj now has a different meaning, representing Korniss Péter’s 1st solo exhibition organized by The Art Museum Cluj 51 years after he left for Hungary.

Presented on February 25, at the French Institute, within the monthly programme “The Images’ Workshop” (second season, 6th episode) the video film Discours mou et mat occasions the presentation of Gina Pane’s portrait (1939 – 1990).

A space with a very special historical, cultural and spiritual “load”, unconventional but “giving” itself to all those willing to bring life to it through their art works, the ground floor of the Brâncovenesc Palace in Mogoşoaia hosts these days a dialogue exhibition belonging to Friedrich Dickgiesser and Cristina Apăvăloaei from the Art Academy in Düsseldorf

Planned for Haus der Kunst München (February 12- May 2, 2010) the retrospective of the American artist is created by the curator Ralph Rugoff, the director of Hayward Gallery from London (October 2009- January 2010).

Laika Gallery, a space dedicated to the artistic experiment of the 21st century, coordinated by the young artists Marius Bercea, Mircea Suciu and Vlad Olariu, presents these days the exhibition called „How it’s Made” and signed by Mihuţ Boşcu. The exhibition’s subject is Laika, the dog, the first being to travel into space, but also the one giving its name to the gallery that is opened to the experiment in the contemporary art.