The first edition of Art Safari in 2025 will occur between March 7 and July 27. The new season proposes an exceptional program: anniversary retrospectives of the masters of Romanian art, Ioan Andreescu and Ion Țuculescu, Forgotten Painters – Hidden Treasures of Romanian Art, Young Blood 4.0, dedicated to the new Wave of contemporary artists, but also Against the Current – photography exhibition.

Ioan Andreescu. Truth and imagination

Once asked what he thinks about Ioan Andreescu, Nicolae Grigorescu replied, “Andreescu is the greatest artist the country has had, including me. If he had lived, he would have undoubtedly become our great national artist” (Radu Bogdan, “Ioan Andreescu”, Editura Meridiane, 1961). Andreescu had an exceptional sensitivity, being, indisputably, the most profound of the Romanian landscape painters. He died at 33 years old before his limited fame could spread, as happened later with Grigorescu.

Ion Tuculescu. The Amateur Genius

Sixty years after the crucial exhibition from 1965 organized at Dalles Hall, Art Safari undertakes, under the patronage of the Ministry of Culture, an extensive revision and, perhaps, reconsideration of the work of the titan of the beginnings of Romanian contemporary art, the “singular case”, which was Ion Țuculescu.
Starting from the double intellectual figure of Țuculescu, as a doctor, researcher and rigorous scientist, but also as a self-taught artist, marked by an unparalleled experimental and human fervor, the exhibition creates the portrait of a truly complete and complex personality of modern Romanian culture, presenting over 100 representative works from the most important museums and private collections in the country. Ion Țuculescu is the totemic figure of the explosive creative force, the freedom of expression that cannot be limited and the unmistakable national spiritual authenticity.

Forgotten Romanian Painters

The “Forgotten Romanian Painters” exhibition brings together over 100 paintings signed by dozens of artists who contributed significantly to the history of Romanian art but whose names have been lost (or intentionally omitted) over time. The exhibition project aims to put in an exhibition format (and to carry forward) the scientific approach of the book, a great sensation in its time, written by Tudor Octavian, journalist, writer and art columnist (published in 2003 by the publishing house NOI media print, under the name “Forgotten Romanian Painters”).

Young Blood 4.0. The new wave of contemporary artists

The exhibition brings an attribute characteristic of the young generations of contemporary creators: flexibility, applied to the conceptual and the material or expressive dimension, a key point of the visual language. The exhibition aims to select those recent visual artists who sought to discover and research personal or universal truths through atypical, unconventional, undeniably authentic means and techniques.

Against the current. A photography exhibition by Ifa in partnership with Art Safari.

The continuation of the photographic exhibition series presents this time two artists who live in Germany and whose own visual languages interrogate the photographic medium in a very personal way. Viktoria Binschtok (born in 1972 in Moscow, currently lives in Berlin) and Michael Schäfer (born in 1964 in Sigmaringen, currently lives in Berlin) use and reflect on media images, exploring how they operate. In this sense, their work can be seen within a tradition of artistic interest in mass media dating back to the 1970s.

The stories of art are played to the public through special Art Safari experiences: night and day guided tours, art workshops for adults and children, and Sunday brunches.

Tickets have already gone on sale. Lovers of art and beauty can benefit from the Early Bird Sale offer (50% discount) until January 31.