The first season will start on February 10 and will bring the long-awaited retrospective exhibition of the great Romanian modernist – Ion Tedorescu-Sion, Spanish Impressionism, the Marcel Duchamp Prize and the young blood in Romanian art.

• Art Safari, the most popular art event in Romania and Eastern Europe, will have 3 editions in 2023;

• The 11th edition, the first of this year, will take place from February 10 to May 14 at the Dacia-Romania Palace (Bucharest City Museum), Lipscani street, 18-20;

• The first season marks the 140th anniversary of the birth of Ion Teodorescu-Sion (1882-1939), a master of Spanish painting, from Academism to Impressionism, including the famous “Master of Light” – Joaquin Sorolla.

• Award-winning Romanian artist Mircea Kantor returns to Art Safari at the exhibition “Palace of Memory. Focus on the French art scene with the Prix Marcel Duchamp”, focusing on one of the most prestigious awards dedicated to art in the world, the Prix Marcel Duchamp. And the exhibition “Young Blood”, curated by Mihai Zgondou, at the request of the young audience, returns to Art-safari with the 2nd part!

• In the second half of the year, Art Safari hosts two high-profile exhibitions: Love Stories, featuring works from the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London, and Bags Inside Out, an exhibition of iconic bags from the collection of another London-based Victoria and Albert Museum, which returns to Art Safari .

Ioana Ciocan, CEO of Art Safari and Commissioner of Romania at the Venice Biennale:

“After 2022 with two major editions that whetted the public’s appetite for art, in 2023 we are organizing 3 editions of 3 months each! We are becoming a museum of temporary exhibitions of prestigious Romanian and international art. From February 10, a journey through Europe from west to east awaits you at the Palace of Dacia-Romania (Bucharest City Museum). From sunny Spain, we bring great impressionist artists, then we go to France, another friendly country of Romania, from where we bring modern art, awarded with the great prize of Marcel Duchamp. The final destination of our trip: Romania. We are celebrating the 140th anniversary of the birth of Ion Teodorescu-Sion, an outstanding personality of Romanian interwar art. We also don’t forget about young artists who have a voice: Young Blood is back, by popular demand, with a new edition curated by Mihai Zgonda, of course. Attention, this is only the program of the first release! 🙂 Therefore, we invite you to visit us all year round to enjoy the full Art Safari program.”

Art Safari Exhibitions – 11th edition (February 10 – May 14, 2023)

“Ion Teodorescu Sion. Life story”curator Dr. Elena Olariou

Although he lived only 57 years, we have before us a very successful artist in the interwar period, an artist who had 14 solo exhibitions, participated in almost all the official salons in Bucharest and exhibited alongside the great Romanian masters of the era. Ion Teodorescu-Sion is an artist who created a sensation with his paintings, veritable symphonies dedicated to the definition of “especially Romanian”, being a staunch Unionist and a war hero of the First World War.

“Masters of Spanish painting. The 19th century and the birth of impressionism”curator Dr. Helena Alonso

The exhibition is built around the famous Spanish impressionist Joaquin Sorolla – the “Master of Light”, in the context of the international celebration of his centenary, and Maria Fortuny – a versatile artist who had a huge international success.

“Palace of Memory. Focus on the French art scene with the Marcel Duchamp Award”curated by Daria de Beauvais, assisted by Dr. Lisa Colin

The Marcel Duchamp Prize is one of the world’s most prestigious prizes dedicated to artists, organized by the Association for the International Diffusion of French Art (ADIAF). Mircea Cantor is the only Romanian artist who received the Marcel Duchamp Prize. The artists of the “Palace of Memory” open a field of possibilities and evoke stories that are not remembered.

“Young blood 2.0. What’s new in art?”curator Mihai Zgondoyu

The exhibition “Young Blood 2.0” should be viewed (over)openly and understood accordingly, because it is the art of the moment. Modern art needs a new “update” which you will find in Art Safari.

“Art Safari” program (February 10 – May 14, 2023)

Thursday-Sunday – 12:00-21:00

Night tours – every Friday and Saturday from 10:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.

Tickets: https://tickets.artsafari.ro/e?lang=ro (during exhibitions, tickets can also be purchased directly at the entrance)

Palatul Dacia-Romania, street Lipscani, no. 18-20, Bucharest