Art Safari, one of the biggest art events in Romania, will feature an exhibition entitled The Memory Palace, Focus on the French Art Scene with the Marcel Duchamp Prize. It is curated by Daria de Beauvais and Lisa Colin. The show presents work by eight artists who have participated in the Marcel Duchamp Prize over the last 15 years.
Romanian artist Micrea Cantor, who won the Marcel Duchamp Prize in 2011, will be celebrated at the event. Other artists include Farah Atassi, Michel Blazy, Katinka Bock, Clement Cogitore, Daniel Dewar & Gregory Gicquel, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Enrique Ramirez, Thu-Van Tran, and Tatiana Trouve.
“After presenting in 2022 a major exhibition in partnership with the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, for the first time in Eastern Europe, it is an honour for Art Safari to exhibit the French contemporary art scene through the Marcel Duchamp Prize, a reminder of the close cultural connection and the constant artistic dialogue between France and Romania,” expressed Loana Ciocan-CEO of Art Safari and Romanian Commissioner at the Venice Biennale d’Arte.
“We are so excited to present to our Romanian and international audience the French art of the moment next to contemporary Romanian art and the masters of 19th-century Spanish art. In 2023, Art Safari will also host the Love Stories exhibition in partnership with the National Portrait Gallery, London,” she continued.
Since the beginning, the Marcel Duchamp Prize has been organized by the Association for the Diffusion of French Art, in partnership with the Centre Pompidou. They have organized 50 exhibitions with 90 participating artists.
“The mission is to promote the French scene internationally through exhibitions that we organize around the Marcel Duchamp Prize artists. I am looking forward to this meeting in Bucharest, which will allow us to resume our international program after the pandemic. In the current context of uncertainty and war, art is essential, and we must emphasize the importance of this exhibition which reflects the spirit of our time and will allow a dialogue with our Romanian friends,” said Claude Bonnin-President of the ADIAF.
Art Safari is now in its 11th edition. In 2023, there will be three seasons. The first is taking place February 10-May 14 at the Dacia-Romania Palace in downtown Bucharest.