On the occasion of the opening of the cultural program “Timișoara 2023: European Capital of Culture”, the Timișoara National Museum of Art is hosting the most important and comprehensive exhibition in Eastern Europe dedicated to the surrealist artist of Romanian origin Victor Brauner.
The Official Opening of the exhibition is on February 17, 2023, at 4 p.m. in the Baroque Hall of the National Museum of Art Timișoara.
One hundred and twenty years after the birth of Victor Brauner in the Kingdom of Romania and curated by Camille Morando, this retrospective exhibition aims to pay tribute to a central figure of Surrealism, an artist little known until now in his country of origin. The curator has selected over 100 paintings, drawings, sculptures, illustrations, and documents covering Brauner’s entire artistic career, from Bucharest to Paris, from the 1920s to the early 1960s. All these invaluable works are brought together for the first time in a retrospective exhibition with a design signed by the architect Attila Kim.
“Victor Brauner: Inventions and Magic,” the most important retrospective exhibition in Eastern Europe dedicated to the surrealist artist of Romanian origin is financed by the Timiș County Council and is co-organised in the European Capital of Culture by the Centre Pompidou, the Timișoara National Museum of Art, the Art Encounters Foundation, and the French Institute in Romania–Timișoara branch, with the support of Comité Brauner and Fondation du Judaïsme Français.
The exhibition is accompanied by a bilingual catalog (Romanian/English) co-edited by the Arta Grafica printing house and the Art Encounters Foundation. Coordinated by Camille Morando, the exhibition’s curator, this catalog includes texts signed by prominent names of the cultural scene, such as Cătălin Davidescu, Catherine Hansen, Radu Stern, Bernard Blistène, Irina Cărăbaș, Andreea Foanene, Diana Marincu, as well as a Victor Brauner biography and old photographs selected by the editor.
The catalog came out thanks to the remarkable involvement of Béatrix and Christian Derveloy and the Art Grafica printing house, with the support of Comité Brauner.
The Victor Brauner: Inventions and magic catalogue is available for pre-order at La Două Bufniţe library until the 16th February 2023. https://ladouabufnite.ro/…/victor-brauner-inventii-si…/
The mediation program associated with the exhibition will include guided tours, workshops for children, a weekend program for families, school visits, and other activities designed to introduce and explain Brauner’s life and work to different audiences. The mediation program was developed in a partnership between the Art Encounters Foundation – National Museum of Art Timisoara – The French Institute in Romania.
During the opening weekend of the Timișoara 2023 cultural program, the access to the exhibition is free.
The price for a ticket between February 20 – May 28 is 55 RON.
Entrance ticket with discount: 13.75 RON/ ticket. Students have 75% discount on the access ticket.
Pupils, UAP members, disabled persons and their companions, as well as ICOM card holders have free access.
The exhibition is open to the public between February 17 and May 28 2023.
The Timișoara National Museum of Art’s Program can be accessed here: https://muzeuldeartatm.ro/
“Victor Brauner: Invenții și magie”
Organisers: Centre Pompidou, National Museum of Art Timișoara, Art Encounters Foundation, Institut français de Roumanie à Bucarest.
Financed by: County Council Timiș
Main Partener: Banca Transilvania
With the support: Comité Brauner, Fondation du Judaïsme Français, KPMG, REGINA MARIA and Arta Grafica printing house.
Production made possible by: Constructim and Policolor.
