Elena Bria: “A true artist is always a cosmopolite” Interview by Natalia Shmurgun, translation from Russian by Victoria Kulikovski May 2021 What is true talent, how ephemeral is inspiration, how creativity can be turned into a tool for self-reflection and how the Romanian royal family ended up at the Academy of Painting in Saint Petersburg. […]
Text: Paula Erizanu A VR exhibition showcasing experimental portraits of Moldovan authors is now available to see online. The 25 works were made by Valentina Rusu-Ciobanu, one of Moldova’s most prolific painters. The 99-year-old artist was commissioned to make the portraits by the Museum of Literature in Chișinău in the 1960s and the 1970s, when local […]
Madalin Necsutu September 1, 2020 An art exhibition using Virtual Reality technology went live this month in a first for Romanian and Moldovan artists. The opening this month of an online Virtual Reality art exhibition, a collaboration between Moldova and Romania, is the latest to showcase a novel solution to the challenges posed to artists […]
Romania and Moldova have opened the countries’ first virtual reality exhibition platform to help young artists gain exposure during the Covid-19 pandemic. Founded by the Moldovan Arbor Institute for Culture and the Romanian Arbor Association of Culture and Arts, theopen-art.com will feature VR exhibitions by emerging artists from across Eastern Europe. “I wanted to build […]