Between May 22 and 25, RAD Art Fair returns with a new edition that brings contemporary art closer to art lovers. For 4 days, over 120 artists and 28 galleries transform the space at CARO (Bd. Barbu Văcărescu 164A) into an artistic hotspot.
The participating galleries in the GALLERIES section are: 418 Galley (Cetate & Munich), Biju (Cluj), Espace Intermédiaire (Brussels), G15 Design (Bucharest), Gaep (Bucharest), Galeria Posibila (Bucharest), H’art (Bucharest), Ivan (Bucharest), Jecza (Timișoara), Laborna (Bucharest), Plan B (Berlin & Cluj), Gregor Podnar (Vienna), Anca Poterașu (Bucharest), Dawid Radziszewski (Warsaw & Vienna), Relicvar (Cluj), Sabot (Cluj), /Sac (Bucharest), Sandwich (Bucharest), Sector 1 (Bucharest), Suprainfinit (Bucharest), Catinca Tabacaru (Bucharest & Harare), Zina (Cluj)
This edition marks a new section dedicated to emerging art galleries, entitled PLATFORM, the participating galleries being: Atelier 35 (Bucharest), Cazul101 (Bucharest), Gloriae (Craiova), Himera (Timișoara), Lutnița (Chișinău), Pharmakon (Bucharest).
PROGRAM
FRIDAY, MAY 23
All pupils and students with a valid ID card have free entry.
1:00 PM – LAUNCH: Romania Art Report 2025, produced by Deloitte
1:00 PM – RAD TALK: ART ENCOUNTERS BIENNIAL – 10 YEARS IN
With Diana Marincu, Ovidiu Șandor, Mihnea Mircan, Tevž Logar, Alina Cioară
16:00 PM – CURATORIAL SUMMIT: Holding Ground – Institutional Agency in Times of Permacrisis
With Mirela Baciak, Ahmad Darkhabani, Michal Novotný, Ala Younis
18:00 PM – RAD TALK: ON ART PATRONAGE
Catinca Tabacaru in dialogue with Marco Curina, Marval Collection (Milan)
19:00–23:00 – RAD AFTER DARK
✔️RUS COLLECTION at PL4N: Jacques Hérold Exhibition – Plantelor 4
✔️VILA CATENA x Sandwich: Theodor Pallady & Cats Are Taking Over – Calomfirescu 15
✔️CASA LAHOVARY x H’Art: Giuliano Nardin – Dorobanți 39
SATURDAY, MAY 24
10:00 – BRUNCH IN BUCHAREST GALLERIES
3-hour tour – Details HERE.
13:00 – RAD TALK: COLLECTING 3.0 – Extending into International Artists
With Tudor Grecu, Alexandru Rus, and Stephan Stoyanov
15:00 – RAD DESIGN: DORMANT DIALOGUES
Anda Zota & Elena Viziteu with representatives of the art scene
15:00 – CURATORIAL SUMMIT: Imagining Potential Futures, the Aquarian Energy
With João Laia, Andria Nyberg Forshage, Margaux Gillet
15:00 – Salonul de proiecte: Curatorial Tour – Lee Miller, Lena Constante, Elena Pătrășcanu
17:00 – RAD TALK: ROMANIAN PAVILION at the Venice Architecture Biennial “La Cald”
With Vlad Nancă, Muromuro Studio: Ioana Chifu & Onar Stănescu
21:00 – DJ PARTY GALLERIES: Sofro.She, Maria Antoaneta, Moto
SUNDAY, 25 May
13:00 – RAD TALK: PUBLIC x PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS
Ioana Alexandru with Călin Dan, Liviu Jicman, Ana Maria Mihăescu
15:00 – RAD DESIGN TALK: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN AN OBJECT FINDS ITS KEEPER?
Anda Zota & Elena Viziteu, alongside representatives of the art scene
Access is by ticket. More details are available here.
RAD ART FAIR is an event organized by the RAD Association.
