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SAT – SMALLEST ART FAIR IN TOWN at Salon de Papier

From July 3-6, Salon de Papier hosts the second edition of the first contemporary art fair in Romania dedicated exclusively to works on paper, bringing together galleries from Bucharest, Timișoara, Chișinău and Berlin, under the curatorial theme “INTERRUPTED REALITIES”.

SAT 2025 summer edition brings together contemporary Romanian artists engaged in an exploration of the boundaries between the visible and the invisible, between the concrete and the illusory — at a time when reality itself seems to be fragmenting in ways that are increasingly difficult to map.

“We live in a regime of infocracy, as Byung-Chul Han calls it, a system dominated not by the lack of information, but by its abundance. In this era, reality is no longer formulated by direct experience or coherent narratives, but by accelerated flows of contradictory data, images, and signals. Instead of a stable truth or a well-constructed illusion, we move through a mental landscape characterized by hypertransparency, informational noise, and a constant erosion of depth. In this context, the artistic act becomes a gesture of reconnecting with perception, with reflection, with the fragment as a form of resistance. The works presented in this SAT edition do not seek to “clarify” reality, but rather to reflect it in its discontinuous complexity. They propose visual interrogations that slip through the layers of the visible, crack appearances, and create space for critical reflection.

SAT 2025 – Interrupted Realities thus transforms into an intermediate space, in which visual fragments function as micro-resistances to the dominant logic of infocracy. Here, meaning is not transmitted instantly, but is left to be intuited, discovered, and constructed together with the viewer.” (curatorial text)

Visiting hours: 12:00 and 20:00. Free admission.

SAT – THE SMALLEST ART FAIR IN TOWN bases its identity on essential principles that reflect the current transformations and needs of the contemporary art market: collaboration, accessibility and supporting its development. In opposition to the classic fair format, SAT proposes a common exhibition framework, encouraging direct interaction between galleries, artists and the public. With free access for both galleries and visitors, SAT addresses the general public, established collectors and those just starting out, encouraging a new generation of supporters of contemporary art.

Address: Salon de Papier, Str. Constantin Cristescu 12, 1st floor, Bucharest.