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Queering the Art Collections Museum

2026-08-12T20:20:54Z

Npk: /* Recommended Queer Guide of the Art Collections Museum, Bucharest */

== Introduction ==
Traditionally, art museums in Romania, with a little but perhaps insufficient exception at the national museum of contemporary art, actively avoid a critical discussion of methodological aspects of a queer perspective in interpreting, exhibiting, and organizing museum collections, preserving museum’s conservatory approaches in supporting “heteronormative” narratives that consolidate heterosexuality as a norm within social and cultural life. There is a need to investigate what non-normative or queer relations exist around art museum displays and collections, rethinking them through and with (de)colonial and other historical entanglements while not simply dwelling in the past but instead making connections to our present and futures. There are no queering strategy to make their collection more representative of queer people, or better represent gender and identity-related diversity. Attention should be give: queer should not be understood merely as a credible practice for museums that are officially labelled “gay” such as the Schwules Museum* in Berlin. This would be just the old practice of demarcation and segregation.
We ask ourselves:
* Is queer curating something missing from the general curating practice, not just about sexuality, but more broadly a social aesthetics through which we might rethink society?
* Are queer artists equally and/or correctly represented in museum collections?
* Are the museums descriptive texts and brochures related to the works in their collections sensitive enough to queer and identity issues?

== Funding transparency: ==
 This research has been initiated and made possible through an Individual Mobility 2025-2026 funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union and implemented by Goethe-Institute. The initial research was produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union. Further development of research, such as this particular page, occurred on independent funding sources, mainly own funding.
 
 

== Queering the museum ==
 
Documentation & Research carried out by Lumi Rațiu and [[Alex Bodea]], Bucharest, Art Collections Museum, part of MNAR, Bucharest, August 2026.
 
The Art Collections Museum showcases artistic interests that prevailed in Romanian society from the early 20th century onward, presenting works from more than 30 art collections in Romania, which were kindly donated to the Museum, over nearly a century, by both collectors and artists, ranging from Romanian (majority of artworks) and European fine and decorative arts to Oriental art.
 
==== Positive aspects of the visit: ====
* The labels are trilingual, Romanian, English and French, and contain information on technique or materials used.
* The works are in a good conservation and restauration state, except for some extra varnish which seemed applied by restorers on oil paintings
* There is a free of charge, welcoming garden to accommodate visitors
==== Ensaddening findings: ====
* There is no room or facility provided for parent-with-child.
* The entrance to the temporary exhibition hall is made through the toilet hall.
* There are no references to queer issues-aspects, neither in the museum or the museum bookshop.
* The graphic artworks are displayed on extremely narrow hallways, probably less than 1 m wide, with poor, improper lightning.
* We found a leaflet with a curatorial text, where the page ended in the middle of the sentence, with no continuation whatsoever.
* The structure is extremely intricate and there is no proper guidance, one needs to rely on the custodians at every floor, to understand the exhibition path. The guidance is not coming unasked, so one, as happened in our research case, can miss, for example, the Lapidarium.
* The is a feeling of repetition among collected artworks and the "Petersburg hanging" presentation approach makes the viewing a difficult task.
* Several collections contain anonymous artworks of recent origin (collected from artists contemporary with the collector), for which the lack of proper documentation is inexplicable.
 
 

== Recommended Queer Guide of the Art Collections Museum, Bucharest ==
 
<gallery>
ArtCollection-Nudes.jpg|'''Art Collections artworks in Romanian National Museum of Art Collections - Nudes of women, male gaze''', photo by (c) Alex Bodea, 2026; '''Queered role:''' male gaze, bodies without agency, objectification of women, imbalanced gendered regime of institutional representation, modes of spectatorship; '''Queered guidance:''' In the context of a museum with many representations of nude women shaped by the male gaze, the supposedly “neutral” museum gaze may actually be structured by heterosexual masculinity. We ask ourselves whether the women represented are subjects with their own desires and identities, or primarily objects constructed for someone else's visual pleasure. The museum contains countless female nudes but comparatively few male nudes, what does this imbalance tell us about gender and power in art history?
CelineEmilian-FemeieTorso.jpg|'''Female Torso''', by Celine Emilian, sculptor woman, 1924-1934, marble, photo by (c) Alex Bodea, 2026; '''Queered role:''' women diminished sexual agency, hairlessness, patriarchal aesthetics; '''Queered guidance:''' The sculpture of this woman nude is made by a woman and visibly represents pubic hair on the nude female body. This can be read as a disruption of conventions established by much of the male-dominated history of the female nude. The absence of pubic hair can desexualize and infantilize the female as a person. Within a patriarchal visual tradition, this idealization can be understood as reinforcing a fantasy of the female body as passive, controlled, and available to the viewer.
MilitaPatrascu-PortraitofMicaelaEleutheriade.jpg|'''Portrait of Micaela Eleutheriade''', by Milița Pătrașcu, photo by (c) Alex Bodea, 2026; '''Queered role:''' queer Romanian woman artist, queer art history, queer visibility; '''Queered guidance:''' A portrait by a lesbian artist who lived at a time when relationships between women had no socially accepted name.
</gallery>
 
 

== Copyrights and Reproduction of research findings and materials ==
 
The views expressed herein and all related audio-video-photo materials are under copyright licence, restricted to non-commercial use only and requiring full attribution to prevent infringement. Failing to credit the creators can lead to plagiarism accusations, and missing required credits on licensed materials breaches copyright terms.
 
 
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File:MilitaPatrascu-PortraitofMicaelaEleutheriade.jpg

2026-08-12T20:18:14Z

Npk: Portrait of Micaela Eleutheriade, by Milița Pătrașcu, photo by (c) Alex Bodea, 2026

== Summary ==
Portrait of Micaela Eleutheriade, by Milița Pătrașcu, photo by (c) Alex Bodea, 2026
== Licensing ==
{{cc-by-nc-nd 4.0}}

Queering the Art Collections Museum

2026-08-12T19:59:34Z

Npk: /* Recommended Queer Guide of the Art Collections Museum, Bucharest */

== Introduction ==
Traditionally, art museums in Romania, with a little but perhaps insufficient exception at the national museum of contemporary art, actively avoid a critical discussion of methodological aspects of a queer perspective in interpreting, exhibiting, and organizing museum collections, preserving museum’s conservatory approaches in supporting “heteronormative” narratives that consolidate heterosexuality as a norm within social and cultural life. There is a need to investigate what non-normative or queer relations exist around art museum displays and collections, rethinking them through and with (de)colonial and other historical entanglements while not simply dwelling in the past but instead making connections to our present and futures. There are no queering strategy to make their collection more representative of queer people, or better represent gender and identity-related diversity. Attention should be give: queer should not be understood merely as a credible practice for museums that are officially labelled “gay” such as the Schwules Museum* in Berlin. This would be just the old practice of demarcation and segregation.
We ask ourselves:
* Is queer curating something missing from the general curating practice, not just about sexuality, but more broadly a social aesthetics through which we might rethink society?
* Are queer artists equally and/or correctly represented in museum collections?
* Are the museums descriptive texts and brochures related to the works in their collections sensitive enough to queer and identity issues?

== Funding transparency: ==
 This research has been initiated and made possible through an Individual Mobility 2025-2026 funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union and implemented by Goethe-Institute. The initial research was produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union. Further development of research, such as this particular page, occurred on independent funding sources, mainly own funding.
 
 

== Queering the museum ==
 
Documentation & Research carried out by Lumi Rațiu and [[Alex Bodea]], Bucharest, Art Collections Museum, part of MNAR, Bucharest, August 2026.
 
The Art Collections Museum showcases artistic interests that prevailed in Romanian society from the early 20th century onward, presenting works from more than 30 art collections in Romania, which were kindly donated to the Museum, over nearly a century, by both collectors and artists, ranging from Romanian (majority of artworks) and European fine and decorative arts to Oriental art.
 
==== Positive aspects of the visit: ====
* The labels are trilingual, Romanian, English and French, and contain information on technique or materials used.
* The works are in a good conservation and restauration state, except for some extra varnish which seemed applied by restorers on oil paintings
* There is a free of charge, welcoming garden to accommodate visitors
==== Ensaddening findings: ====
* There is no room or facility provided for parent-with-child.
* The entrance to the temporary exhibition hall is made through the toilet hall.
* There are no references to queer issues-aspects, neither in the museum or the museum bookshop.
* The graphic artworks are displayed on extremely narrow hallways, probably less than 1 m wide, with poor, improper lightning.
* We found a leaflet with a curatorial text, where the page ended in the middle of the sentence, with no continuation whatsoever.
* The structure is extremely intricate and there is no proper guidance, one needs to rely on the custodians at every floor, to understand the exhibition path. The guidance is not coming unasked, so one, as happened in our research case, can miss, for example, the Lapidarium.
* The is a feeling of repetition among collected artworks and the "Petersburg hanging" presentation approach makes the viewing a difficult task.
* Several collections contain anonymous artworks of recent origin (collected from artists contemporary with the collector), for which the lack of proper documentation is inexplicable.
 
 

== Recommended Queer Guide of the Art Collections Museum, Bucharest ==
 
<gallery>
ArtCollection-Nudes.jpg|'''Art Collections artworks in Romanian National Museum of Art Collections - Nudes of women, male gaze''', photo by (c) Alex Bodea, 2026; '''Queered role:''' male gaze, bodies without agency, objectification of women, imbalanced gendered regime of institutional representation, modes of spectatorship; '''Queered guidance:''' In the context of a museum with many representations of nude women shaped by the male gaze, the supposedly “neutral” museum gaze may actually be structured by heterosexual masculinity. We ask ourselves whether the women represented are subjects with their own desires and identities, or primarily objects constructed for someone else's visual pleasure. The museum contains countless female nudes but comparatively few male nudes, what does this imbalance tell us about gender and power in art history?
CelineEmilian-FemeieTorso.jpg|'''Female Torso''', by Celine Emilian, sculptor woman, 1924-1934, marble, photo by (c) Alex Bodea, 2026; '''Queered role:''' women diminished sexual agency, hairlessness, patriarchal aesthetics; '''Queered guidance:''' The sculpture of this woman nude is made by a woman and visibly represents pubic hair on the nude female body. This can be read as a disruption of conventions established by much of the male-dominated history of the female nude. The absence of pubic hair can desexualize and infantilize the female as a person. Within a patriarchal visual tradition, this idealization can be understood as reinforcing a fantasy of the female body as passive, controlled, and available to the viewer.
</gallery>
 
 

== Copyrights and Reproduction of research findings and materials ==
 
The views expressed herein and all related audio-video-photo materials are under copyright licence, restricted to non-commercial use only and requiring full attribution to prevent infringement. Failing to credit the creators can lead to plagiarism accusations, and missing required credits on licensed materials breaches copyright terms.
 
 
_____________________________________________________________________

File:CelineEmilian-FemeieTorso.jpg

2026-08-12T19:52:50Z

Npk: Celine Emilian, Female Torso, 1924-1934, marble, photo by (c) Alex Bodea, 2026

== Summary ==
Celine Emilian, Female Torso, 1924-1934, marble, photo by (c) Alex Bodea, 2026
== Licensing ==
{{cc-by-nc-nd 4.0}}

Queering the Art Collections Museum

2026-08-12T19:35:01Z

Npk: /* Recommended Queer Guide of the Art Collections Museum, Bucharest */

== Introduction ==
Traditionally, art museums in Romania, with a little but perhaps insufficient exception at the national museum of contemporary art, actively avoid a critical discussion of methodological aspects of a queer perspective in interpreting, exhibiting, and organizing museum collections, preserving museum’s conservatory approaches in supporting “heteronormative” narratives that consolidate heterosexuality as a norm within social and cultural life. There is a need to investigate what non-normative or queer relations exist around art museum displays and collections, rethinking them through and with (de)colonial and other historical entanglements while not simply dwelling in the past but instead making connections to our present and futures. There are no queering strategy to make their collection more representative of queer people, or better represent gender and identity-related diversity. Attention should be give: queer should not be understood merely as a credible practice for museums that are officially labelled “gay” such as the Schwules Museum* in Berlin. This would be just the old practice of demarcation and segregation.
We ask ourselves:
* Is queer curating something missing from the general curating practice, not just about sexuality, but more broadly a social aesthetics through which we might rethink society?
* Are queer artists equally and/or correctly represented in museum collections?
* Are the museums descriptive texts and brochures related to the works in their collections sensitive enough to queer and identity issues?

== Funding transparency: ==
 This research has been initiated and made possible through an Individual Mobility 2025-2026 funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union and implemented by Goethe-Institute. The initial research was produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union. Further development of research, such as this particular page, occurred on independent funding sources, mainly own funding.
 
 

== Queering the museum ==
 
Documentation & Research carried out by Lumi Rațiu and [[Alex Bodea]], Bucharest, Art Collections Museum, part of MNAR, Bucharest, August 2026.
 
The Art Collections Museum showcases artistic interests that prevailed in Romanian society from the early 20th century onward, presenting works from more than 30 art collections in Romania, which were kindly donated to the Museum, over nearly a century, by both collectors and artists, ranging from Romanian (majority of artworks) and European fine and decorative arts to Oriental art.
 
==== Positive aspects of the visit: ====
* The labels are trilingual, Romanian, English and French, and contain information on technique or materials used.
* The works are in a good conservation and restauration state, except for some extra varnish which seemed applied by restorers on oil paintings
* There is a free of charge, welcoming garden to accommodate visitors
==== Ensaddening findings: ====
* There is no room or facility provided for parent-with-child.
* The entrance to the temporary exhibition hall is made through the toilet hall.
* There are no references to queer issues-aspects, neither in the museum or the museum bookshop.
* The graphic artworks are displayed on extremely narrow hallways, probably less than 1 m wide, with poor, improper lightning.
* We found a leaflet with a curatorial text, where the page ended in the middle of the sentence, with no continuation whatsoever.
* The structure is extremely intricate and there is no proper guidance, one needs to rely on the custodians at every floor, to understand the exhibition path. The guidance is not coming unasked, so one, as happened in our research case, can miss, for example, the Lapidarium.
* The is a feeling of repetition among collected artworks and the "Petersburg hanging" presentation approach makes the viewing a difficult task.
* Several collections contain anonymous artworks of recent origin (collected from artists contemporary with the collector), for which the lack of proper documentation is inexplicable.
 
 

== Recommended Queer Guide of the Art Collections Museum, Bucharest ==
 
<gallery>
ArtCollection-Nudes.jpg|'''Art Collections artworks in Romanian National Museum of Art Collections - Nudes of women, male gaze''', photo by (c) Alex Bodea, 2026; '''Queered role:''' male gaze, bodies without agency, objectification of women, imbalanced gendered regime of institutional representation, modes of spectatorship; '''Queered guidance:''' In the context of a museum with many representations of nude women shaped by the male gaze, the supposedly “neutral” museum gaze may actually be structured by heterosexual masculinity. We ask ourselves whether the women represented are subjects with their own desires and identities, or primarily objects constructed for someone else's visual pleasure. The museum contains countless female nudes but comparatively few male nudes, what does this imbalance tell us about gender and power in art history?
</gallery>
 
 

== Copyrights and Reproduction of research findings and materials ==
 
The views expressed herein and all related audio-video-photo materials are under copyright licence, restricted to non-commercial use only and requiring full attribution to prevent infringement. Failing to credit the creators can lead to plagiarism accusations, and missing required credits on licensed materials breaches copyright terms.
 
 
_____________________________________________________________________

File:ArtCollection-Nudes.jpg

2026-08-12T19:28:22Z

Npk: Art Collections artworks in Romanian National Museum of Art Collections - Nudes of women, male gaze, photo by (c) Alex Bodea, 2026

== Summary ==
Art Collections artworks in Romanian National Museum of Art Collections - Nudes of women, male gaze, photo by (c) Alex Bodea, 2026
== Licensing ==
{{cc-by-nc-nd 4.0}}

Queer-art

2026-08-12T17:59:48Z

Npk: /* Romanian Queer artists */

Queer Art has had an important role in subverting repressive gender norms. Some common themes in contemporary queer art may include exploring gender and sexual identity, challenging societal norms and expectations, and promoting visibility and acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community
 
 
== Queer art folksonomy ==
* queer intimacy
* radical tenderness
* tender & grotesque
* reclaiming of personal queer archives
* intersectional identities
* direct representation
* delicate and haunting
* queer fantasy
* queer sensuality
* fluid identity
* physical objects anchoring the queer identity
* shifted narratives
* visceral effect
* euphoric queerness
* not sanitized bodies and gestures
* queer vulnerability
* homosociality
* female intimacy
* male intimacy
* alternative kinship
* female solidarity
* feminine alliance
* ambiguous embodiment
* aesthetics of indeterminacy
* double understanding
* secret vocabulary
* alternative epistemologies
* cognitive asymmetry
* unlearning socially constructed roles
* disruptive normativity
* anti-society-ism
* lack of a binary privilege
* counter-storytelling (casting doubt on the validity of permissible premises)
 
 

== Romanian Queer artists ==

===== List of Romanian born or active Queer Visual Artists from the second half of sec XX (born since 1960) =====
* NPK Artists Curated Registry of <categorytree mode="pages">Queer_artists</categorytree>

===== List of Romanian born or active Queer Visual Artists from the first half of sec XX (born since 1900 and 1960) =====
* [[Queer_artists_1900-1960|Historical archive of Queer artists 1900-1960]]
 
 

== Queering ==
Queering refers to a strategic approach used by artists that involves deliberately repositioning or altering existing objects, so that the audience are invited to look at them from a different perspective.
==== Queering the museums: ====
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the MNAR European Art Gallery]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Zambaccian Collection]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
* Vlad Babenco on
> '''Queering the Brasov Museum''', at the [[Muzeul de Artă Brașov]]<ref>https://www.muzeulartabv.ro/ro/activitati-muzeu/evenimente/arhiva-2019-2017/tururi-ghidate-queer-la-muzeul-de-art%C4%83-bra%C8%99ov-cu-vlad-babenco.html</ref>, Brașov, 2023.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Văcărești Monastery Frescoes]]''' (at the Casa Filipescu Cesianu Museum), Bucharest, 2026.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Art Collections Museum]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
 
 

==== Queering the museum context ====
Traditionally, art museums in Romania, with a little but perhaps insufficient exception at the national museum of contemporary art, actively avoid a critical discussion of methodological aspects of a queer perspective in interpreting, exhibiting, and organizing museum collections, preserving museum’s conservatory approaches in supporting “heteronormative” narratives that consolidate heterosexuality as a norm within social and cultural life. There is a need to investigate what non-normative or queer relations exist around art museum displays and collections, rethinking them through and with (de)colonial and other historical entanglements while not simply dwelling in the past but instead making connections to our present and futures. There are no queering strategy to make their collection more representative of queer people, or better represent gender and identity-related diversity. Attention should be give: queer should not be understood merely as a credible practice for museums that are officially labelled “gay” such as the Schwules Museum* in Berlin. This would be just the old practice of demarcation and segregation.
 
 

==== Copyrights and Reproduction of findings and materials ====
 
The views expressed herein and all related audio-video-photo materials are under copyright licence, restricted to non-commercial use only and requiring full attribution to prevent infringement. Failing to credit the creators can lead to plagiarism accusations, and missing required credits on licensed materials breaches copyright terms.
 
 
_____________________________________________________________________

== Eastern European Queer Archives (documentation on queer culture and history ) ==
* Triumf Amiria<ref>https://triumfamiria.ro/</ref>, a nomadic, fluid and uninstitutionalised cultural museum focused on queer art, initiator: the artistic group KILOBASE BUCHAREST
* Romanian Queer History and Culture Museum<ref>https://muzeulqueer.com/</ref>, initiator: Florin Buhuceanu
* Romanian Lesbian archive, initiator: Alex Zorilă
* Polish Queer Muzeum Warszawa<ref>https://queermuzeum.pl/en/</ref>, an initiative by Lambda Warszawa, Poland’s oldest LGBTQ+ organization
* Polish Queer Archive Institute<ref>http://queerarchivesinstitute.org/</ref>, initiator: Karol Radziszewski
* Forgotten Stories of Eastern European Queer Heroes<ref>https://unit.n-ost.org/en/eastern-queerope/</ref>: a project by Eastern Queerope, a journalistic network of queer writers, documenting forgotten LGBTQ+ figures from Belarus, Poland, and Ukraine
* Hungarian Labrisz Lesbian Herstory Archives and Censorship Museum<ref>https://labrisz.hu/en/herstory-archivum-es-cenzura-muzeum/</ref>
* Hungarian Hatter Archive<ref>https://en.hatter.hu/what-we-do/archive-and-library</ref>
* Czech Collection of the Society for Queer Memory<ref>https://www.queerpamet.cz</ref>
* Commercialised mediated digital archive focused on Eastern-Europe<ref>https://www.eastview.com/resources/e-collections/social-movements-elections-ephemera-lgbtq/</ref>
* Douglas Conrad LGBT Collection<ref>https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/12/resources/4906</ref> focused on Eastern Europe, held at Yale University, initiator: Douglas Conrad
* Bosnian Kvir Arhiv (Queer Archive Bosnia)<ref>http://www.kvirarhiv.org/en/about</ref>, initiator: Okvir association
* Serbian Arkadija Archive<ref>https://www.apparatusjournal.net/index.php/apparatus/article/view/414/749</ref>, initiator: Jelena Vasiljević
* Albanian HomeSpace Arkivi Queer Shqipta<ref>https://www.apparatusjournal.net/index.php/apparatus/article/view/414/749</ref>r, initiator: Safira Boeder
* Slovenian Lesbian Library and Archives<ref>https://skuc-ll.si/about/english/#Lesbian-Library-&-Archives</ref>
* Bulgarian Queer Archive<ref>https://www.queersofia.org/queer-archive</ref>
 
 

== Queer art writings ==
=== Romania ===
 
==== Books ====
* ''Spații aparte''<ref>https://fractalia.ro/shop/colectii-fractalia/open-books/alex-zorila-spatii-aparte/</ref> (''Particular spaces''), by Alex Zorilă, in Romanian language, edited by Fractalia, 2023, ISBN: 978-606-9028-73-5, interviews with lesbian personalities from sec. XX/XXI Romania, a chapter is dedicated to visual arts
[[File:Spatiiaparte-alexzorila.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Spații aparte, by Alex Zorilă, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026|Spații aparte, by Alex Zorilă, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026]]
[[File:dezir1small.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Dezir, by Paula Dunker, Iulia Mocanu, Alecs Cândea, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026|Dezir, by Paula Dunker, Iulia Mocanu, Alecs Cândea, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026]]
* ''Homoistorii: Ieșirea din invizibilitate''<ref>https://humanitas.ro/assets/media/homoistorii.pdf</ref> (''Homohistories: coming out of invisibility''), by Florin Buhuceanu, in Romanian language, edited by Ed. Maiko 2011, reedited in 2016 by Humanitas, ISBN: 978-606-9028-73-5, a personal compendium based on historical memories, testimonies and research on the life of homosexual persons in XIX-XXI sec., some of the stories covered are about gay and lesbian visual artists
* ''Castele în Spania''<ref>https://humanitas.ro/humanitas/carte/castele-%C3%AEn-spania-0n</ref> (''Castles in Spain''), by Petre Sirin, in Romanian language, edited by Humanitas, 2013, ISBN: 978-973-50-4031-4-X, a diaristical compendium based on Petre Sirin diary writings, selection made by editor; the book covers stories about the group around the visual artist George Tomaziu
* ''Dezir''<ref>https://fractalia.ro/shop/colectii-fractalia/antologii/iulia-mocanu-paula-dunker-alecs-candea-dezir/</ref>, in Romanian, a queer-erotica antology edited by Iulia Mocanu, Paula Dunker and Alecs Cândea, in Romanian language, edited by Fractalia, 2025, ISBN: 978-606-9028-95-7
 

==== Press articles ====
* VIMEO, by Mária Takács, video documentary on lesbian community in Budapest<ref>https://vimeo.com/45527181</ref>, including references and interview with lesbian artists, published in 2009
* ARTA magazine, ''Hello Goodbye''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/hello-goodbye-2/</ref>e, by Cristina Bogdan, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential relation to queer art of the artistic duo The Melodramatic Bureau, Alina Popa and Irina Gheorghe, published in 2015
* ARTA magazine, ''Sub-styles: DIY Art Spaces, Interdisciplinarity and Hybrids''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/sub-styles-diy-art-spaces-interdisciplinarity-and-hybrids/</ref>, by Marta Jecu, written in collaboration with Berlin Art Link, magazine article mentioning potential queer art exploration at the now-closed artist run space Platforma, published in 2015
* ARTA magazine, ''The Xenofeminist Manifesto'' by Alina Popa, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential queer art exploration at various now-closed Romanian artist run spaces such as h.arta space and Tam Tam n Timișoara or Art Hub in Bucharest, 2016
* ARTA magazine, ''The Month of History – The Outsiders. SAVAGED pINK – (manifest) for an LGBT archive''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-month-of-history-the-outsiders-savaged-pink-manifest-for-an-lgbt-archive/</ref> by Valentina Iancu, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential queer art archives, 2017; ''<<Note: recounted historical facts needs rechecking>>'' * ARTA magazine, ''The Month of History – The Outsiders. SAVAGED pINK – (manifest) for an LGBT archive'' (the article is mentioning the Sorin Oncu’s legacy (1980-2016), an artist from Timisoara politically active in the frivolous movement for LGBTs emancipation and feminist-queer initiatives such as GadjoDildo, a cabaret show played by Elena Duminică, Mihaela Drăgan and Zita Moldovan directed by Mihai Lukacs and choreographed by Paula Dunker at Macaz, or Daniela Groza performative interaction at Point space, Be good for real, a public performance of honesty, responsibility and courage in which Daniela, a female gay militant for kindness, invites anyone curious to enter in an open dialogue where limits were negotiated peacefully, as well as the significant initiative to reflect on the history of LGBTs in Romania, brought forth by SAVAGED pINK, an art exhibition opened at [https://oddweb.org/about/ ODD space, run by Cristina Bogdan]), published in 2017
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (I)'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-i/</ref> on the queer artist Sorin Oncu and Raluca Ilaria Demetrescu in the mid-2000s, published in 2017
* ARTA magazine, ''What Do The Mountains Hide?'', by Valentina Iancu, <ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/what-do-the-mountains-hide/</ref>, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning pre-queer art of the Ion Râmnic and István Mihály duo, with a retrospective organised by [[Ivan Gallery]], published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Arta „noastră” queer'' („Our queer art”), by Ladislav Zikmund-Lender, article in Romanian<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/ro/arta-noastra-queer/</ref> and English<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/our-queer-art/</ref> language on Czech queer art, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Formal Encounters'', by Valentina Iancu, <ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/formal-encounters-2/</ref> magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning a queer curated exhibition at at that time at Bucharest based [[Nicodim Gallery]], curated by by Ben Lee Ritchie Handler, showcasing queer and non-queer Romanian and foreign artists, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Against interpretation'', by Gyula Muskovics, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/against-interpretation/</ref> about Tamás Király (1952-2013), a fashion designer from the underground Budapest gay scene, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Let’s talk performance art'', by Marina Oprea, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/lets-talk-performance-art/</ref> in Romanian and English language, about queer performance artist Fairid Fairuz, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Self-Fulfiling Profecy'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/self-fulfiling/</ref> with trans artist Mi Kafchin, by Valentina Iancu, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (II)'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-ii/</ref> on the queer art scene in România, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''“I have witchcraft in my blood too”'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/i-have-witchcraft-in-my-blood-too/</ref> with the artist Virginia Lupu, by Gyula Muskovics, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Chemtrails'', a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/chemtrails-2/</ref> by Valentina Iancu, in Romanian and English language about a queer show at [[Nicodim Gallery]] in Los Angeles bringing together recent work from trans artist Mi Kafchin, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''The State of the Romanian Avant-garde (I)'', a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-state-of-the-romanian-avant-garde-i/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer-feminist show "Lay me down across the lines", at [[Kunsthalle Bega]], in Timisoara, Romanian, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Queering the East'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queering-the-east/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer discourse in the west, with and about the East, focusing on the practice of queer archives, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''The Revolution is Here and Now, the Revolution is Roma, Queer and Feminist'', by Arman Heljic, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-revolution-is-here-and-now-the-revolution-is-roma-queer-and-feminist/</ref> about the art practice of queer theater artist, Mihaela Drăgan, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''What’s Left From My Heart'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article in Romanian and English language about the queer-feminist group FCNN (Feminist Collective with No Name) and its activity in various places in Romanian and abroad, with referenes to the queer artists [[Simona Dumitriu]], [[Raluca Croitoru]] and [[Ileana Faur]], published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Where Are You, Mircea Nicolae?'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/where-are-you-mircea-nicolae/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer artist Mircea Nicolae, published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''The Independent is Political'', by Raluca Țurcanașu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-independent-is-political/</ref> about the Moldovan art scene, with a small reference to the queer Moldovan documentarist and performer Artiom Zavadovschi (insta profile: https://www.instagram.com/das.miss.verstaendnis/), published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''Love Letter to Triumf Amiria Museum Workings'', by Nora Ugron, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/love-letter-to-triumf-amiria-museum-workings/</ref> on the mini-exhibitions curated as part of the project TRIUMF AMIRIA: The Museum of Queer Culture, curated by [[Apparatus 22]], published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''Inhabiting SUPRAINFINIT'', by Maria Perșu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/inhabiting-suprainfinit/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer art collective [[Apparatus 22]]’s solo exhibition Of Pleasure: The Learnings and Strange Fortunes of Atletica Ideal, published in 2023
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (IV). Tracing Queer Narratives in Romanian Time-Based Media Art'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-iv-tracing-queer-narratives-in-romanian-time-based-media-art/</ref> in Romanian and English language on the contemporary “revolution” of queer time-based media art in România, in dialogue with the past, published in 2023.
* ARTA magazine, ''Timișoara and the Artists who have Changed the City Through their Initiatives'', by Gabriela Mateescu, a documentation article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/timisoara-and-the-artists-who-have-changed-the-city-through-their-initiatives/</ref> about artist run spaces development in Timișoara, including few queer art spaces, such as h.art.timisoara, indecis and tam tam, published in 2023
* ARTA magazine, ''The h.arta Space'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-h-arta-space/</ref> with the coordinating artists of the queer h.arta space in Timisoara, România, published in 2024
* ARTA magazine, ''Hortensia Mi Kafchin and the Neo-Metaphysical Painting'', by Gabriela Mateescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/hortensia-mi-kafchin-and-the-neo-metaphysical-painting/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer trans artist [[Mi Kafchin]], who goes beyond virtuosity in a transgressive view of existential anguish: the authenticity of being, anxiety, depression, powerlessness in the face of the absurdity of the world, published in 2024
* ARTA magazine, ''Dear Danube, How Long Have You Survived?'', by Marina Paladi, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/dear-danube-how-long-have-you-survived/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer artist Alex Mirutziu, published in 2025
* ARTA magazine, ''The Institution of Performance'', by Marina Oprea, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-institution-of-performance/</ref> about the performer Adriana Gheorghe’s program under the umbrella initiative of Theatres – an artist’s workspace, a public institution, a site for research, presentation, for finished or in progress works, which constantly includes various queer performance artists in the program, published in 2025
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Timing After the Wall'', by Göksu Kunak, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/queer-timing-after-the-wall/</ref> theorising about queer dance - queer performance practices, published in 2025.
* ARTA magazine, ''Conversations on Invisibility & Artistic Bodybuilding'', by Cristina Stoenescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/conversations-on-invisibility-artistic-bodybuilding/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the artist group KILOBASE BUCHAREST curating a major queer art show in România, on institutional critique and political unrest, where the solution is queer and poetic, enabling a space of commons and explorations, with artists such as works of [[Apparatus 22]], [[Maria Balea]], Lucian Barbu, [[Alex Bodea]], [[Ștefan Botez]], [[Alex Horghidan]], [[Gavril Pop]], and [[Sofia Zadar]], published in 2025.
* ARTA magazine, ''Conversations on Invisibility & Artistic Bodybuilding'', by Cristina Stoenescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/conversations-on-invisibility-artistic-bodybuilding/</ref> in Romanian and English language, touching the theorised notion of queer negativity, published in 2026.

Queer-art

2026-08-12T17:59:19Z

Npk: /* Romanian Queer artists */

Queer Art has had an important role in subverting repressive gender norms. Some common themes in contemporary queer art may include exploring gender and sexual identity, challenging societal norms and expectations, and promoting visibility and acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community
 
 
== Queer art folksonomy ==
* queer intimacy
* radical tenderness
* tender & grotesque
* reclaiming of personal queer archives
* intersectional identities
* direct representation
* delicate and haunting
* queer fantasy
* queer sensuality
* fluid identity
* physical objects anchoring the queer identity
* shifted narratives
* visceral effect
* euphoric queerness
* not sanitized bodies and gestures
* queer vulnerability
* homosociality
* female intimacy
* male intimacy
* alternative kinship
* female solidarity
* feminine alliance
* ambiguous embodiment
* aesthetics of indeterminacy
* double understanding
* secret vocabulary
* alternative epistemologies
* cognitive asymmetry
* unlearning socially constructed roles
* disruptive normativity
* anti-society-ism
* lack of a binary privilege
* counter-storytelling (casting doubt on the validity of permissible premises)
 
 

== Romanian Queer artists ==

List of Romanian born or active Queer Visual Artists from the second half of sec XX (born since 1960)
* NPK Artists Curated Registry of <categorytree mode="pages">Queer_artists</categorytree>

List of Romanian born or active Queer Visual Artists from the first half of sec XX (born since 1900 and 1960)
* [[Queer_artists_1900-1960|Historical archive of Queer artists 1900-1960]]
 
 

== Queering ==
Queering refers to a strategic approach used by artists that involves deliberately repositioning or altering existing objects, so that the audience are invited to look at them from a different perspective.
==== Queering the museums: ====
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the MNAR European Art Gallery]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Zambaccian Collection]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
* Vlad Babenco on
> '''Queering the Brasov Museum''', at the [[Muzeul de Artă Brașov]]<ref>https://www.muzeulartabv.ro/ro/activitati-muzeu/evenimente/arhiva-2019-2017/tururi-ghidate-queer-la-muzeul-de-art%C4%83-bra%C8%99ov-cu-vlad-babenco.html</ref>, Brașov, 2023.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Văcărești Monastery Frescoes]]''' (at the Casa Filipescu Cesianu Museum), Bucharest, 2026.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Art Collections Museum]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
 
 

==== Queering the museum context ====
Traditionally, art museums in Romania, with a little but perhaps insufficient exception at the national museum of contemporary art, actively avoid a critical discussion of methodological aspects of a queer perspective in interpreting, exhibiting, and organizing museum collections, preserving museum’s conservatory approaches in supporting “heteronormative” narratives that consolidate heterosexuality as a norm within social and cultural life. There is a need to investigate what non-normative or queer relations exist around art museum displays and collections, rethinking them through and with (de)colonial and other historical entanglements while not simply dwelling in the past but instead making connections to our present and futures. There are no queering strategy to make their collection more representative of queer people, or better represent gender and identity-related diversity. Attention should be give: queer should not be understood merely as a credible practice for museums that are officially labelled “gay” such as the Schwules Museum* in Berlin. This would be just the old practice of demarcation and segregation.
 
 

==== Copyrights and Reproduction of findings and materials ====
 
The views expressed herein and all related audio-video-photo materials are under copyright licence, restricted to non-commercial use only and requiring full attribution to prevent infringement. Failing to credit the creators can lead to plagiarism accusations, and missing required credits on licensed materials breaches copyright terms.
 
 
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== Eastern European Queer Archives (documentation on queer culture and history ) ==
* Triumf Amiria<ref>https://triumfamiria.ro/</ref>, a nomadic, fluid and uninstitutionalised cultural museum focused on queer art, initiator: the artistic group KILOBASE BUCHAREST
* Romanian Queer History and Culture Museum<ref>https://muzeulqueer.com/</ref>, initiator: Florin Buhuceanu
* Romanian Lesbian archive, initiator: Alex Zorilă
* Polish Queer Muzeum Warszawa<ref>https://queermuzeum.pl/en/</ref>, an initiative by Lambda Warszawa, Poland’s oldest LGBTQ+ organization
* Polish Queer Archive Institute<ref>http://queerarchivesinstitute.org/</ref>, initiator: Karol Radziszewski
* Forgotten Stories of Eastern European Queer Heroes<ref>https://unit.n-ost.org/en/eastern-queerope/</ref>: a project by Eastern Queerope, a journalistic network of queer writers, documenting forgotten LGBTQ+ figures from Belarus, Poland, and Ukraine
* Hungarian Labrisz Lesbian Herstory Archives and Censorship Museum<ref>https://labrisz.hu/en/herstory-archivum-es-cenzura-muzeum/</ref>
* Hungarian Hatter Archive<ref>https://en.hatter.hu/what-we-do/archive-and-library</ref>
* Czech Collection of the Society for Queer Memory<ref>https://www.queerpamet.cz</ref>
* Commercialised mediated digital archive focused on Eastern-Europe<ref>https://www.eastview.com/resources/e-collections/social-movements-elections-ephemera-lgbtq/</ref>
* Douglas Conrad LGBT Collection<ref>https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/12/resources/4906</ref> focused on Eastern Europe, held at Yale University, initiator: Douglas Conrad
* Bosnian Kvir Arhiv (Queer Archive Bosnia)<ref>http://www.kvirarhiv.org/en/about</ref>, initiator: Okvir association
* Serbian Arkadija Archive<ref>https://www.apparatusjournal.net/index.php/apparatus/article/view/414/749</ref>, initiator: Jelena Vasiljević
* Albanian HomeSpace Arkivi Queer Shqipta<ref>https://www.apparatusjournal.net/index.php/apparatus/article/view/414/749</ref>r, initiator: Safira Boeder
* Slovenian Lesbian Library and Archives<ref>https://skuc-ll.si/about/english/#Lesbian-Library-&-Archives</ref>
* Bulgarian Queer Archive<ref>https://www.queersofia.org/queer-archive</ref>
 
 

== Queer art writings ==
=== Romania ===
 
==== Books ====
* ''Spații aparte''<ref>https://fractalia.ro/shop/colectii-fractalia/open-books/alex-zorila-spatii-aparte/</ref> (''Particular spaces''), by Alex Zorilă, in Romanian language, edited by Fractalia, 2023, ISBN: 978-606-9028-73-5, interviews with lesbian personalities from sec. XX/XXI Romania, a chapter is dedicated to visual arts
[[File:Spatiiaparte-alexzorila.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Spații aparte, by Alex Zorilă, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026|Spații aparte, by Alex Zorilă, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026]]
[[File:dezir1small.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Dezir, by Paula Dunker, Iulia Mocanu, Alecs Cândea, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026|Dezir, by Paula Dunker, Iulia Mocanu, Alecs Cândea, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026]]
* ''Homoistorii: Ieșirea din invizibilitate''<ref>https://humanitas.ro/assets/media/homoistorii.pdf</ref> (''Homohistories: coming out of invisibility''), by Florin Buhuceanu, in Romanian language, edited by Ed. Maiko 2011, reedited in 2016 by Humanitas, ISBN: 978-606-9028-73-5, a personal compendium based on historical memories, testimonies and research on the life of homosexual persons in XIX-XXI sec., some of the stories covered are about gay and lesbian visual artists
* ''Castele în Spania''<ref>https://humanitas.ro/humanitas/carte/castele-%C3%AEn-spania-0n</ref> (''Castles in Spain''), by Petre Sirin, in Romanian language, edited by Humanitas, 2013, ISBN: 978-973-50-4031-4-X, a diaristical compendium based on Petre Sirin diary writings, selection made by editor; the book covers stories about the group around the visual artist George Tomaziu
* ''Dezir''<ref>https://fractalia.ro/shop/colectii-fractalia/antologii/iulia-mocanu-paula-dunker-alecs-candea-dezir/</ref>, in Romanian, a queer-erotica antology edited by Iulia Mocanu, Paula Dunker and Alecs Cândea, in Romanian language, edited by Fractalia, 2025, ISBN: 978-606-9028-95-7
 

==== Press articles ====
* VIMEO, by Mária Takács, video documentary on lesbian community in Budapest<ref>https://vimeo.com/45527181</ref>, including references and interview with lesbian artists, published in 2009
* ARTA magazine, ''Hello Goodbye''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/hello-goodbye-2/</ref>e, by Cristina Bogdan, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential relation to queer art of the artistic duo The Melodramatic Bureau, Alina Popa and Irina Gheorghe, published in 2015
* ARTA magazine, ''Sub-styles: DIY Art Spaces, Interdisciplinarity and Hybrids''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/sub-styles-diy-art-spaces-interdisciplinarity-and-hybrids/</ref>, by Marta Jecu, written in collaboration with Berlin Art Link, magazine article mentioning potential queer art exploration at the now-closed artist run space Platforma, published in 2015
* ARTA magazine, ''The Xenofeminist Manifesto'' by Alina Popa, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential queer art exploration at various now-closed Romanian artist run spaces such as h.arta space and Tam Tam n Timișoara or Art Hub in Bucharest, 2016
* ARTA magazine, ''The Month of History – The Outsiders. SAVAGED pINK – (manifest) for an LGBT archive''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-month-of-history-the-outsiders-savaged-pink-manifest-for-an-lgbt-archive/</ref> by Valentina Iancu, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential queer art archives, 2017; ''<<Note: recounted historical facts needs rechecking>>'' * ARTA magazine, ''The Month of History – The Outsiders. SAVAGED pINK – (manifest) for an LGBT archive'' (the article is mentioning the Sorin Oncu’s legacy (1980-2016), an artist from Timisoara politically active in the frivolous movement for LGBTs emancipation and feminist-queer initiatives such as GadjoDildo, a cabaret show played by Elena Duminică, Mihaela Drăgan and Zita Moldovan directed by Mihai Lukacs and choreographed by Paula Dunker at Macaz, or Daniela Groza performative interaction at Point space, Be good for real, a public performance of honesty, responsibility and courage in which Daniela, a female gay militant for kindness, invites anyone curious to enter in an open dialogue where limits were negotiated peacefully, as well as the significant initiative to reflect on the history of LGBTs in Romania, brought forth by SAVAGED pINK, an art exhibition opened at [https://oddweb.org/about/ ODD space, run by Cristina Bogdan]), published in 2017
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (I)'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-i/</ref> on the queer artist Sorin Oncu and Raluca Ilaria Demetrescu in the mid-2000s, published in 2017
* ARTA magazine, ''What Do The Mountains Hide?'', by Valentina Iancu, <ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/what-do-the-mountains-hide/</ref>, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning pre-queer art of the Ion Râmnic and István Mihály duo, with a retrospective organised by [[Ivan Gallery]], published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Arta „noastră” queer'' („Our queer art”), by Ladislav Zikmund-Lender, article in Romanian<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/ro/arta-noastra-queer/</ref> and English<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/our-queer-art/</ref> language on Czech queer art, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Formal Encounters'', by Valentina Iancu, <ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/formal-encounters-2/</ref> magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning a queer curated exhibition at at that time at Bucharest based [[Nicodim Gallery]], curated by by Ben Lee Ritchie Handler, showcasing queer and non-queer Romanian and foreign artists, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Against interpretation'', by Gyula Muskovics, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/against-interpretation/</ref> about Tamás Király (1952-2013), a fashion designer from the underground Budapest gay scene, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Let’s talk performance art'', by Marina Oprea, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/lets-talk-performance-art/</ref> in Romanian and English language, about queer performance artist Fairid Fairuz, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Self-Fulfiling Profecy'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/self-fulfiling/</ref> with trans artist Mi Kafchin, by Valentina Iancu, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (II)'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-ii/</ref> on the queer art scene in România, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''“I have witchcraft in my blood too”'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/i-have-witchcraft-in-my-blood-too/</ref> with the artist Virginia Lupu, by Gyula Muskovics, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Chemtrails'', a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/chemtrails-2/</ref> by Valentina Iancu, in Romanian and English language about a queer show at [[Nicodim Gallery]] in Los Angeles bringing together recent work from trans artist Mi Kafchin, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''The State of the Romanian Avant-garde (I)'', a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-state-of-the-romanian-avant-garde-i/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer-feminist show "Lay me down across the lines", at [[Kunsthalle Bega]], in Timisoara, Romanian, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Queering the East'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queering-the-east/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer discourse in the west, with and about the East, focusing on the practice of queer archives, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''The Revolution is Here and Now, the Revolution is Roma, Queer and Feminist'', by Arman Heljic, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-revolution-is-here-and-now-the-revolution-is-roma-queer-and-feminist/</ref> about the art practice of queer theater artist, Mihaela Drăgan, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''What’s Left From My Heart'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article in Romanian and English language about the queer-feminist group FCNN (Feminist Collective with No Name) and its activity in various places in Romanian and abroad, with referenes to the queer artists [[Simona Dumitriu]], [[Raluca Croitoru]] and [[Ileana Faur]], published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Where Are You, Mircea Nicolae?'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/where-are-you-mircea-nicolae/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer artist Mircea Nicolae, published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''The Independent is Political'', by Raluca Țurcanașu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-independent-is-political/</ref> about the Moldovan art scene, with a small reference to the queer Moldovan documentarist and performer Artiom Zavadovschi (insta profile: https://www.instagram.com/das.miss.verstaendnis/), published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''Love Letter to Triumf Amiria Museum Workings'', by Nora Ugron, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/love-letter-to-triumf-amiria-museum-workings/</ref> on the mini-exhibitions curated as part of the project TRIUMF AMIRIA: The Museum of Queer Culture, curated by [[Apparatus 22]], published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''Inhabiting SUPRAINFINIT'', by Maria Perșu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/inhabiting-suprainfinit/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer art collective [[Apparatus 22]]’s solo exhibition Of Pleasure: The Learnings and Strange Fortunes of Atletica Ideal, published in 2023
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (IV). Tracing Queer Narratives in Romanian Time-Based Media Art'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-iv-tracing-queer-narratives-in-romanian-time-based-media-art/</ref> in Romanian and English language on the contemporary “revolution” of queer time-based media art in România, in dialogue with the past, published in 2023.
* ARTA magazine, ''Timișoara and the Artists who have Changed the City Through their Initiatives'', by Gabriela Mateescu, a documentation article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/timisoara-and-the-artists-who-have-changed-the-city-through-their-initiatives/</ref> about artist run spaces development in Timișoara, including few queer art spaces, such as h.art.timisoara, indecis and tam tam, published in 2023
* ARTA magazine, ''The h.arta Space'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-h-arta-space/</ref> with the coordinating artists of the queer h.arta space in Timisoara, România, published in 2024
* ARTA magazine, ''Hortensia Mi Kafchin and the Neo-Metaphysical Painting'', by Gabriela Mateescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/hortensia-mi-kafchin-and-the-neo-metaphysical-painting/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer trans artist [[Mi Kafchin]], who goes beyond virtuosity in a transgressive view of existential anguish: the authenticity of being, anxiety, depression, powerlessness in the face of the absurdity of the world, published in 2024
* ARTA magazine, ''Dear Danube, How Long Have You Survived?'', by Marina Paladi, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/dear-danube-how-long-have-you-survived/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer artist Alex Mirutziu, published in 2025
* ARTA magazine, ''The Institution of Performance'', by Marina Oprea, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-institution-of-performance/</ref> about the performer Adriana Gheorghe’s program under the umbrella initiative of Theatres – an artist’s workspace, a public institution, a site for research, presentation, for finished or in progress works, which constantly includes various queer performance artists in the program, published in 2025
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Timing After the Wall'', by Göksu Kunak, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/queer-timing-after-the-wall/</ref> theorising about queer dance - queer performance practices, published in 2025.
* ARTA magazine, ''Conversations on Invisibility & Artistic Bodybuilding'', by Cristina Stoenescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/conversations-on-invisibility-artistic-bodybuilding/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the artist group KILOBASE BUCHAREST curating a major queer art show in România, on institutional critique and political unrest, where the solution is queer and poetic, enabling a space of commons and explorations, with artists such as works of [[Apparatus 22]], [[Maria Balea]], Lucian Barbu, [[Alex Bodea]], [[Ștefan Botez]], [[Alex Horghidan]], [[Gavril Pop]], and [[Sofia Zadar]], published in 2025.
* ARTA magazine, ''Conversations on Invisibility & Artistic Bodybuilding'', by Cristina Stoenescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/conversations-on-invisibility-artistic-bodybuilding/</ref> in Romanian and English language, touching the theorised notion of queer negativity, published in 2026.

Elena Vavilyna

2026-08-12T17:57:36Z

Npk: /* Biography */

== Elena Vavilyna ==

 
 
==== Biography ====
'''Elena Vavilyna''', (known also as Nelly Vavilin), (she/her), visual [[Artists|artist]], (b. 1901, Brăila, Romania, d. 1971, București, Romania) of Romanian ethnical background, has lived in [[Romania]] and several countries of choice, such as [[France]] and [[Bulgaria]]. She attended the School of Fine Arts in Bucharest, under the guidance of Dimitrie Serafim and Ipolit Strâmbu, then continued her studies in Paris, at the Julian Academy, with Paul Albert Laurens and Clement Serveau, preparing mainly for plein-air painting. After a documentary trip to Bulgaria, she discovered oriental art and fell in love forever with the Balchik area. Balchik is a town on the Black Sea coast, in the Dobrich region, Southern Dobrogea, in northeastern Bulgaria, located 42 km from Varna. It is currently one of the tourist attractions of Bulgaria on the Black Sea..
She was part of the generation of female painters who, along with [[Nutzi Acontz]], [[Lucia Dem Bălăcescu]] or [[Nina Arbore]], created the women's associations of the era, being the founder of the "Women Painter's Group" ("Femeile Pictore"), an important artistic support group for women in the first half of the 20th century.
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==== Arrest under communist regime ====
'''Elena Vavilyna''' had a difficult life beyond the easel. She was arrested on February 20, 1959 for agitation. By sentence no. 818/17.VII.l959 of the Bucharest Military Tribunal, she was acquitted and released on August 21, 1959.<ref>Source: ACNSAS, fond Documentar, dosar nr. D 000018, f. 99.</ref>
"The painter Elena Vavilyna was arrested some time ago, together with other people who criticized the regime. I learned this news from the painter Sorin Ionescu, who did not know any other details," according to a testimony filed with her file at „Securitate”, the political police force active in Romania.<ref>Source: ACNSAS, fond Rețea 330218, vol. 1, (Comarnescu), f. 325</ref>
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==== Artistic disciplines: ====
* [[:Category:Painting_artists|Painting]]
 
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==== Artistic practice ====
Educated in Bucharest and Paris, Elena Vavilyna showed a predilection for the bohemian portrait (facilitated by the social environment of her sister, Jeanette, a ballerina of the "Constantin Tănase" Theater) and for the oriental landscape, for which the atmosphere of Balchik proved ideal. Balchik became a leitmotif of her art, in a period when almost all Romanian painters were fascinated by the natural and human landscape of the city, which became an artists' colony during the summer. Elena Vavilyna's post-impressionism with Fauvist tones in chromatics, her passion for geometric construction and for decorative treatment in intense shades, allows her to capture a less painted side of Balchik: the architectural one, without losing the unique chromatic expressiveness of the place.
 
 
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==== Notable themes ====
Recurring themes in Vavilyna's practice include the experience of [[city architecture]] and [[urban portraits]].
 
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==== Works in collections and public recognition ====
* exhibited nationally and internationally, at museums and art galleries.
* works in art museums collections and private collections.

A selection of works are in the Romanian [[Baia Mare County Museum of Contemporary Art]]<ref>https://muzartbm.ro/2020/elena-vavilyna-1901-1971/</ref>.
 
 
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==== Selected exhibitions ====
Between 1922 and 1967 he held ten personal exhibitions in Bucharest and also participated in twenty-seven Bucharest salons and group exhibitions. In 1920 and 1922, respectively, she participated in the Artistic Colony in Baia Mare. Exhibited constantly at the Official Salons starting in 1925 and between 1938 and 1942 at the events of the Artistic Youth.
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==== Press ====
* Jurnalul.ro: List of artists arrested under communist regime, <ref>https://jurnalul.ro/cultura/arte-vizuale/artisti-in-temnitele-comuniste-peste-150-profile-o-cercetare-extensiva-platforma-multimedia-si-expozitie-online-campanie-de-informare-si-constientizare-886092.html</ref>, source: ACNSAS, fond Documentar, file no. D 000018, listed at no. 54 in this daily newspaper article.
* Artist page on Modernism.com, research carried out by Cosmin Nasui on artists arrested under communist regime in Romania<ref>https://www.postmodernism.ro/schreiber-ernestina/</ref>
 
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==== Gallery Representation ====
* None known.
 
For further commercial and non-commercial inquiries, feel free to contact [https://npk-east.de/en/contact/ NPK]
 
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==== Hashtags ====
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Ernestina Schreiber

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== Ernestina Schreiber ==

 
 
==== Biography ====
'''Ernestina Schreiber''', (she/her), visual [[Artists|artist]], (b. 1913, Brașov, Romania, d. ?) of Swiss Germanic ethnical background, has lived in [[Romania]].
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==== Arrest under communist regime ====
'''Ernestina Schreiber''' was a toy painter who was arrested on November 21, 1959 on charges of "trafficking and possessing large quantities of gold coins." According to the arrest warrant, the artist was born on "August 12, 1913, in the city of Stalin (n.e. – Brașov), daughter of Iosif and Eliza of Swiss citizenship, German nationality, studied at the higher school of arts, profession as a toy painter, divorced, has 3 children, unknown political antecedents, with last residence in Breaza, Cîmpina district, Ploiești region (n.e. – Prahova county). The aforementioned was arrested because the statement given by Goller Eevin, sentenced for gold possession for 8 years, shows that they had connections: in the sense that she received the amount of 4,000 lei from him monthly and Schreiber Ernestina deposited large sums of money into his account in Switzerland. The aforementioned was also often seen visiting the Swiss Legation in Bucharest where she contacted various diplomats"<ref>Source: Schreiber Ernestina, ACNSAS, fond Penal, dosar nr., 5209, vol 2, f 33</ref>.
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==== Artistic disciplines: ====
* [[:Category:Painting_artists|Painting]]
 
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==== Artistic practice ====
Unknown.
 
 
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==== Notable themes ====
Toy painter.
 
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==== Works in collections and public recognition ====
Unknown.
 
 
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==== Selected exhibitions ====
Not case.
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==== Press ====
* Artist page on Modernism.com, research carried out by Cosmin Nasui on artists arrested under communist regime in Romania<ref>https://www.postmodernism.ro/schreiber-ernestina/</ref>
 
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==== Gallery Representation ====
* None known.
 
For further commercial and non-commercial inquiries, feel free to contact [https://npk-east.de/en/contact/ NPK]
 
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==== Hashtags ====
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Ana Henrieta Neczpal

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== Ana Henrieta Neczpal ==

 
 
==== Biography ====
'''Ana Henrieta Neczpal''', (she/her) visual [[Artists|artist]], (b. 1948, Timișoara, Romania) of German ethnical background, has lived in [[Romania]]. Her parents were workers: daughter of Mihai (driver) and Terezia-Ana (waitress). After graduating from 12th grade and becoming a cartoonist, she tried to flee across the border, but was caught. Scarce information about her artistic works.
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==== Arrest under communist regime ====
Ana Henrieta Neczpal was arrested on the morning of April 16, 1968, after attempting to illegally cross the Romanian-Yugoslav border through the Stamora-Moraviţa point, in a hiding place created in the car of her fiancé, Reiter Martin.<ref>Source: ACNSAS, fond Penal, file no. 37686, vol. 1, Cover v., ff. 20, 39.</ref>. She was sentenced to one year of correctional imprisonment for attempted fraudulent border crossing by sentence no. 88/1968 given by the Timiş Military Tribunal<ref>Source: ACNSAS, fond Penal, file no. 37686, vol. 1, End-cover.</ref>. She served her sentence in Timișoara and Oradea penitentiaries, since 27 dec 1968<ref>Source: ACNSAS, fond Penal, file no. 37686, vol. 1, Cover</ref>. She was released on October 29, 1968, based on Decision no. 985/1968 of the Council of State, being pardoned from the rest of the sentence<ref>Source: ACNSAS, fond Penal, file no. 37686, vol. 1, f. 2</ref>.
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==== Artistic disciplines: ====
* [[:Category:Drawing_artists|Drawing]]
 
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==== Artistic practice ====
Scarce information.
 
 
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==== Notable themes ====
Works not available.
 
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==== Works in collections and public recognition ====
None known.
 
 
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==== Selected exhibitions ====
None known.
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==== Press ====
* Artist page on Modernism.com, research carried out by Cosmin Nasui on artists arrested under communist regime in Romania<ref>https://www.postmodernism.ro/neczpal-ana-henrieta/</ref>
 
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==== Gallery Representation ====
* None currently known.
 
For further commercial and non-commercial inquiries, feel free to contact [https://npk-east.de/en/contact/ NPK]
 
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==== Hashtags ====
(artistic practices, currents, techniques, themes - applicable hashtags for this artist)
 
 

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Clarisa Marcovici

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== Clarisa Marcovici ==

 
 
==== Biography ====
'''Clarisa Marcovici''', (she/her) visual [[Artists|artist]], (b. 1921, București, Romania) of Romanian ethnical background, has lived in [[Romania]]. Marcovici is an usual name given in Romania to people of Jewish descent (name localisation, see multiple examples here<ref>https://www.piatauniversitatii.com/perspective/subjugarea-romanilor/AparatRepresiv.html</ref>).
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==== Arrest under communist regime ====
She was arrested on 18.07.1948 for attempting to cross the border.
By sentence no. 1523/18.IX.1948 of the Bucharest Military Tribunal she was sentenced to 2 years of correctional imprisonment with suspension of the execution of the sentence.<ref>ACNSAS, fond Documentar, file no. D 000018, f. 27.</ref>
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==== Artistic disciplines: ====
* [[:Category:Painting_artists|Painting]]
 
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==== Artistic practice ====
Scarce information.
 
 
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==== Notable themes ====
Scarce information.
 
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==== Works in collections and public recognition ====
Scarce information.
 
 
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==== Selected exhibitions ====
Scarce information
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==== Press ====
* Jurnalul.ro: List of artists arrested under communist regime, <ref>https://jurnalul.ro/cultura/arte-vizuale/artisti-in-temnitele-comuniste-peste-150-profile-o-cercetare-extensiva-platforma-multimedia-si-expozitie-online-campanie-de-informare-si-constientizare-886092.html</ref>, source: ACNSAS, fond Documentar, file no. D 000018, listed at no. 36 in this daily newspaper article.
* Artist page on Modernism.com, research carried out by Cosmin Nasui on artists arrested under communist regime in Romania<ref>https://www.postmodernism.ro/czeghedi-ileana/</ref>
 
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==== Gallery Representation ====
* None known.
 
For further commercial and non-commercial inquiries, feel free to contact [https://npk-east.de/en/contact/ NPK]
 
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==== Hashtags ====
(artistic practices, currents, techniques, themes - applicable hashtags for this artist)
 
 

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Women Visual Artists from the first half of sec. XX

2026-08-12T17:55:35Z

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== Women Visual Artists from the first half of sex XX ==
'''(1900 - 1960)'''
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==== List of Romanian based women artists arrested under communist regime ====
Based on a research carried out by Cosmin Nasui on artists arrested under communist regime in Romania<ref>https://www.postmodernism.ro/category/artisti-in-temnitele-comuniste/</ref>
 
* [[Lena Constante]]
* [[Ileana Czeghedi]]
* [[Juliana Fabrizius Dancu]]
* [[Clarisa Marcovici]]
* [[Cela Stanca Neamțu]]
* [[Ana Henrieta Neczpal]]
* [[Elena Pătrășcanu]]
* [[Ernestina Schreiber]]
* [[Olga Sturdza]]
* [[Elena Vavilyna]]
 

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Women Visual Artists from the first half of sec. XX

2026-08-12T17:55:07Z

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== Women Visual Artists from the first half of sex XX ==
'''(1900 - 1960)'''

==== List of Romanian based women artists arrested under communist regime ====
Based on a research carried out by Cosmin Nasui on artists arrested under communist regime in Romania<ref>https://www.postmodernism.ro/category/artisti-in-temnitele-comuniste/</ref>
 
* [[Lena Constante]]
* [[Ileana Czeghedi]]
* [[Juliana Fabrizius Dancu]]
* [[Clarisa Marcovici]]
* [[Cela Stanca Neamțu]]
* [[Ana Henrieta Neczpal]]
* [[Elena Pătrășcanu]]
* [[Ernestina Schreiber]]
* [[Olga Sturdza]]
* [[Elena Vavilyna]]
 

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Women Visual Artists from the first half of sec. XX

2026-08-12T17:54:39Z

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== Women Visual Artists from the first half of sex XX ==
(1900 - 1960)

==== List of Romanian based women artists arrested under communist regime ====
Based on a research carried out by Cosmin Nasui on artists arrested under communist regime in Romania<ref>https://www.postmodernism.ro/category/artisti-in-temnitele-comuniste/</ref>
 
* [[Lena Constante]]
* [[Ileana Czeghedi]]
* [[Juliana Fabrizius Dancu]]
* [[Clarisa Marcovici]]
* [[Cela Stanca Neamțu]]
* [[Ana Henrieta Neczpal]]
* [[Elena Pătrășcanu]]
* [[Ernestina Schreiber]]
* [[Olga Sturdza]]
* [[Elena Vavilyna]]
 

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[[Category:Women Artists in the first half of Sec.XX]]

Women Visual Artists from the first half of sec. XX

2026-08-12T17:53:41Z

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== Women Visual Artists from the first half of sex XX ==
(1900 - 1960)

==== List of Romanian women artists arrested under communist regime ====
Based on a research carried out by Cosmin Nasui on artists arrested under communist regime in Romania<ref>https://www.postmodernism.ro/category/artisti-in-temnitele-comuniste/</ref>
 
* [[Lena Constante]]
* [[Ileana Czeghedi]]
* [[Juliana Fabrizius Dancu]]
* [[Clarisa Marcovici]]
* [[Cela Stanca Neamțu]]
* [[Ana Henrieta Neczpal]]
* [[Elena Pătrășcanu]]
* [[Ernestina Schreiber]]
* [[Olga Sturdza]]
* [[Elena Vavilyna]]
 

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Queer-art

2026-08-12T17:43:39Z

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Queer Art has had an important role in subverting repressive gender norms. Some common themes in contemporary queer art may include exploring gender and sexual identity, challenging societal norms and expectations, and promoting visibility and acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community
 
 
== Queer art folksonomy ==
* queer intimacy
* radical tenderness
* tender & grotesque
* reclaiming of personal queer archives
* intersectional identities
* direct representation
* delicate and haunting
* queer fantasy
* queer sensuality
* fluid identity
* physical objects anchoring the queer identity
* shifted narratives
* visceral effect
* euphoric queerness
* not sanitized bodies and gestures
* queer vulnerability
* homosociality
* female intimacy
* male intimacy
* alternative kinship
* female solidarity
* feminine alliance
* ambiguous embodiment
* aesthetics of indeterminacy
* double understanding
* secret vocabulary
* alternative epistemologies
* cognitive asymmetry
* unlearning socially constructed roles
* disruptive normativity
* anti-society-ism
* lack of a binary privilege
* counter-storytelling (casting doubt on the validity of permissible premises)
 
 

== Romanian Queer artists ==

List of Romanian born or active Queer Visual Artists from the second half of sec XX (born since 1960)
* <categorytree mode="pages">Queer_artists</categorytree>

List of Romanian born or active Queer Visual Artists from the first half of sec XX (born since 1900 and 1960)
* [[Queer_artists_1900-1960|Historical archive of Queer artists 1900-1960]]
 
 

== Queering ==
Queering refers to a strategic approach used by artists that involves deliberately repositioning or altering existing objects, so that the audience are invited to look at them from a different perspective.
==== Queering the museums: ====
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the MNAR European Art Gallery]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Zambaccian Collection]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
* Vlad Babenco on
> '''Queering the Brasov Museum''', at the [[Muzeul de Artă Brașov]]<ref>https://www.muzeulartabv.ro/ro/activitati-muzeu/evenimente/arhiva-2019-2017/tururi-ghidate-queer-la-muzeul-de-art%C4%83-bra%C8%99ov-cu-vlad-babenco.html</ref>, Brașov, 2023.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Văcărești Monastery Frescoes]]''' (at the Casa Filipescu Cesianu Museum), Bucharest, 2026.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Art Collections Museum]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
 
 

==== Queering the museum context ====
Traditionally, art museums in Romania, with a little but perhaps insufficient exception at the national museum of contemporary art, actively avoid a critical discussion of methodological aspects of a queer perspective in interpreting, exhibiting, and organizing museum collections, preserving museum’s conservatory approaches in supporting “heteronormative” narratives that consolidate heterosexuality as a norm within social and cultural life. There is a need to investigate what non-normative or queer relations exist around art museum displays and collections, rethinking them through and with (de)colonial and other historical entanglements while not simply dwelling in the past but instead making connections to our present and futures. There are no queering strategy to make their collection more representative of queer people, or better represent gender and identity-related diversity. Attention should be give: queer should not be understood merely as a credible practice for museums that are officially labelled “gay” such as the Schwules Museum* in Berlin. This would be just the old practice of demarcation and segregation.
 
 

==== Copyrights and Reproduction of findings and materials ====
 
The views expressed herein and all related audio-video-photo materials are under copyright licence, restricted to non-commercial use only and requiring full attribution to prevent infringement. Failing to credit the creators can lead to plagiarism accusations, and missing required credits on licensed materials breaches copyright terms.
 
 
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== Eastern European Queer Archives (documentation on queer culture and history ) ==
* Triumf Amiria<ref>https://triumfamiria.ro/</ref>, a nomadic, fluid and uninstitutionalised cultural museum focused on queer art, initiator: the artistic group KILOBASE BUCHAREST
* Romanian Queer History and Culture Museum<ref>https://muzeulqueer.com/</ref>, initiator: Florin Buhuceanu
* Romanian Lesbian archive, initiator: Alex Zorilă
* Polish Queer Muzeum Warszawa<ref>https://queermuzeum.pl/en/</ref>, an initiative by Lambda Warszawa, Poland’s oldest LGBTQ+ organization
* Polish Queer Archive Institute<ref>http://queerarchivesinstitute.org/</ref>, initiator: Karol Radziszewski
* Forgotten Stories of Eastern European Queer Heroes<ref>https://unit.n-ost.org/en/eastern-queerope/</ref>: a project by Eastern Queerope, a journalistic network of queer writers, documenting forgotten LGBTQ+ figures from Belarus, Poland, and Ukraine
* Hungarian Labrisz Lesbian Herstory Archives and Censorship Museum<ref>https://labrisz.hu/en/herstory-archivum-es-cenzura-muzeum/</ref>
* Hungarian Hatter Archive<ref>https://en.hatter.hu/what-we-do/archive-and-library</ref>
* Czech Collection of the Society for Queer Memory<ref>https://www.queerpamet.cz</ref>
* Commercialised mediated digital archive focused on Eastern-Europe<ref>https://www.eastview.com/resources/e-collections/social-movements-elections-ephemera-lgbtq/</ref>
* Douglas Conrad LGBT Collection<ref>https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/12/resources/4906</ref> focused on Eastern Europe, held at Yale University, initiator: Douglas Conrad
* Bosnian Kvir Arhiv (Queer Archive Bosnia)<ref>http://www.kvirarhiv.org/en/about</ref>, initiator: Okvir association
* Serbian Arkadija Archive<ref>https://www.apparatusjournal.net/index.php/apparatus/article/view/414/749</ref>, initiator: Jelena Vasiljević
* Albanian HomeSpace Arkivi Queer Shqipta<ref>https://www.apparatusjournal.net/index.php/apparatus/article/view/414/749</ref>r, initiator: Safira Boeder
* Slovenian Lesbian Library and Archives<ref>https://skuc-ll.si/about/english/#Lesbian-Library-&-Archives</ref>
* Bulgarian Queer Archive<ref>https://www.queersofia.org/queer-archive</ref>
 
 

== Queer art writings ==
=== Romania ===
 
==== Books ====
* ''Spații aparte''<ref>https://fractalia.ro/shop/colectii-fractalia/open-books/alex-zorila-spatii-aparte/</ref> (''Particular spaces''), by Alex Zorilă, in Romanian language, edited by Fractalia, 2023, ISBN: 978-606-9028-73-5, interviews with lesbian personalities from sec. XX/XXI Romania, a chapter is dedicated to visual arts
[[File:Spatiiaparte-alexzorila.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Spații aparte, by Alex Zorilă, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026|Spații aparte, by Alex Zorilă, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026]]
[[File:dezir1small.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Dezir, by Paula Dunker, Iulia Mocanu, Alecs Cândea, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026|Dezir, by Paula Dunker, Iulia Mocanu, Alecs Cândea, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026]]
* ''Homoistorii: Ieșirea din invizibilitate''<ref>https://humanitas.ro/assets/media/homoistorii.pdf</ref> (''Homohistories: coming out of invisibility''), by Florin Buhuceanu, in Romanian language, edited by Ed. Maiko 2011, reedited in 2016 by Humanitas, ISBN: 978-606-9028-73-5, a personal compendium based on historical memories, testimonies and research on the life of homosexual persons in XIX-XXI sec., some of the stories covered are about gay and lesbian visual artists
* ''Castele în Spania''<ref>https://humanitas.ro/humanitas/carte/castele-%C3%AEn-spania-0n</ref> (''Castles in Spain''), by Petre Sirin, in Romanian language, edited by Humanitas, 2013, ISBN: 978-973-50-4031-4-X, a diaristical compendium based on Petre Sirin diary writings, selection made by editor; the book covers stories about the group around the visual artist George Tomaziu
* ''Dezir''<ref>https://fractalia.ro/shop/colectii-fractalia/antologii/iulia-mocanu-paula-dunker-alecs-candea-dezir/</ref>, in Romanian, a queer-erotica antology edited by Iulia Mocanu, Paula Dunker and Alecs Cândea, in Romanian language, edited by Fractalia, 2025, ISBN: 978-606-9028-95-7
 

==== Press articles ====
* VIMEO, by Mária Takács, video documentary on lesbian community in Budapest<ref>https://vimeo.com/45527181</ref>, including references and interview with lesbian artists, published in 2009
* ARTA magazine, ''Hello Goodbye''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/hello-goodbye-2/</ref>e, by Cristina Bogdan, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential relation to queer art of the artistic duo The Melodramatic Bureau, Alina Popa and Irina Gheorghe, published in 2015
* ARTA magazine, ''Sub-styles: DIY Art Spaces, Interdisciplinarity and Hybrids''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/sub-styles-diy-art-spaces-interdisciplinarity-and-hybrids/</ref>, by Marta Jecu, written in collaboration with Berlin Art Link, magazine article mentioning potential queer art exploration at the now-closed artist run space Platforma, published in 2015
* ARTA magazine, ''The Xenofeminist Manifesto'' by Alina Popa, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential queer art exploration at various now-closed Romanian artist run spaces such as h.arta space and Tam Tam n Timișoara or Art Hub in Bucharest, 2016
* ARTA magazine, ''The Month of History – The Outsiders. SAVAGED pINK – (manifest) for an LGBT archive''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-month-of-history-the-outsiders-savaged-pink-manifest-for-an-lgbt-archive/</ref> by Valentina Iancu, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential queer art archives, 2017; ''<<Note: recounted historical facts needs rechecking>>'' * ARTA magazine, ''The Month of History – The Outsiders. SAVAGED pINK – (manifest) for an LGBT archive'' (the article is mentioning the Sorin Oncu’s legacy (1980-2016), an artist from Timisoara politically active in the frivolous movement for LGBTs emancipation and feminist-queer initiatives such as GadjoDildo, a cabaret show played by Elena Duminică, Mihaela Drăgan and Zita Moldovan directed by Mihai Lukacs and choreographed by Paula Dunker at Macaz, or Daniela Groza performative interaction at Point space, Be good for real, a public performance of honesty, responsibility and courage in which Daniela, a female gay militant for kindness, invites anyone curious to enter in an open dialogue where limits were negotiated peacefully, as well as the significant initiative to reflect on the history of LGBTs in Romania, brought forth by SAVAGED pINK, an art exhibition opened at [https://oddweb.org/about/ ODD space, run by Cristina Bogdan]), published in 2017
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (I)'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-i/</ref> on the queer artist Sorin Oncu and Raluca Ilaria Demetrescu in the mid-2000s, published in 2017
* ARTA magazine, ''What Do The Mountains Hide?'', by Valentina Iancu, <ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/what-do-the-mountains-hide/</ref>, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning pre-queer art of the Ion Râmnic and István Mihály duo, with a retrospective organised by [[Ivan Gallery]], published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Arta „noastră” queer'' („Our queer art”), by Ladislav Zikmund-Lender, article in Romanian<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/ro/arta-noastra-queer/</ref> and English<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/our-queer-art/</ref> language on Czech queer art, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Formal Encounters'', by Valentina Iancu, <ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/formal-encounters-2/</ref> magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning a queer curated exhibition at at that time at Bucharest based [[Nicodim Gallery]], curated by by Ben Lee Ritchie Handler, showcasing queer and non-queer Romanian and foreign artists, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Against interpretation'', by Gyula Muskovics, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/against-interpretation/</ref> about Tamás Király (1952-2013), a fashion designer from the underground Budapest gay scene, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Let’s talk performance art'', by Marina Oprea, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/lets-talk-performance-art/</ref> in Romanian and English language, about queer performance artist Fairid Fairuz, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Self-Fulfiling Profecy'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/self-fulfiling/</ref> with trans artist Mi Kafchin, by Valentina Iancu, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (II)'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-ii/</ref> on the queer art scene in România, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''“I have witchcraft in my blood too”'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/i-have-witchcraft-in-my-blood-too/</ref> with the artist Virginia Lupu, by Gyula Muskovics, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Chemtrails'', a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/chemtrails-2/</ref> by Valentina Iancu, in Romanian and English language about a queer show at [[Nicodim Gallery]] in Los Angeles bringing together recent work from trans artist Mi Kafchin, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''The State of the Romanian Avant-garde (I)'', a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-state-of-the-romanian-avant-garde-i/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer-feminist show "Lay me down across the lines", at [[Kunsthalle Bega]], in Timisoara, Romanian, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Queering the East'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queering-the-east/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer discourse in the west, with and about the East, focusing on the practice of queer archives, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''The Revolution is Here and Now, the Revolution is Roma, Queer and Feminist'', by Arman Heljic, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-revolution-is-here-and-now-the-revolution-is-roma-queer-and-feminist/</ref> about the art practice of queer theater artist, Mihaela Drăgan, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''What’s Left From My Heart'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article in Romanian and English language about the queer-feminist group FCNN (Feminist Collective with No Name) and its activity in various places in Romanian and abroad, with referenes to the queer artists [[Simona Dumitriu]], [[Raluca Croitoru]] and [[Ileana Faur]], published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Where Are You, Mircea Nicolae?'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/where-are-you-mircea-nicolae/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer artist Mircea Nicolae, published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''The Independent is Political'', by Raluca Țurcanașu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-independent-is-political/</ref> about the Moldovan art scene, with a small reference to the queer Moldovan documentarist and performer Artiom Zavadovschi (insta profile: https://www.instagram.com/das.miss.verstaendnis/), published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''Love Letter to Triumf Amiria Museum Workings'', by Nora Ugron, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/love-letter-to-triumf-amiria-museum-workings/</ref> on the mini-exhibitions curated as part of the project TRIUMF AMIRIA: The Museum of Queer Culture, curated by [[Apparatus 22]], published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''Inhabiting SUPRAINFINIT'', by Maria Perșu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/inhabiting-suprainfinit/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer art collective [[Apparatus 22]]’s solo exhibition Of Pleasure: The Learnings and Strange Fortunes of Atletica Ideal, published in 2023
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (IV). Tracing Queer Narratives in Romanian Time-Based Media Art'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-iv-tracing-queer-narratives-in-romanian-time-based-media-art/</ref> in Romanian and English language on the contemporary “revolution” of queer time-based media art in România, in dialogue with the past, published in 2023.
* ARTA magazine, ''Timișoara and the Artists who have Changed the City Through their Initiatives'', by Gabriela Mateescu, a documentation article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/timisoara-and-the-artists-who-have-changed-the-city-through-their-initiatives/</ref> about artist run spaces development in Timișoara, including few queer art spaces, such as h.art.timisoara, indecis and tam tam, published in 2023
* ARTA magazine, ''The h.arta Space'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-h-arta-space/</ref> with the coordinating artists of the queer h.arta space in Timisoara, România, published in 2024
* ARTA magazine, ''Hortensia Mi Kafchin and the Neo-Metaphysical Painting'', by Gabriela Mateescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/hortensia-mi-kafchin-and-the-neo-metaphysical-painting/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer trans artist [[Mi Kafchin]], who goes beyond virtuosity in a transgressive view of existential anguish: the authenticity of being, anxiety, depression, powerlessness in the face of the absurdity of the world, published in 2024
* ARTA magazine, ''Dear Danube, How Long Have You Survived?'', by Marina Paladi, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/dear-danube-how-long-have-you-survived/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer artist Alex Mirutziu, published in 2025
* ARTA magazine, ''The Institution of Performance'', by Marina Oprea, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-institution-of-performance/</ref> about the performer Adriana Gheorghe’s program under the umbrella initiative of Theatres – an artist’s workspace, a public institution, a site for research, presentation, for finished or in progress works, which constantly includes various queer performance artists in the program, published in 2025
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Timing After the Wall'', by Göksu Kunak, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/queer-timing-after-the-wall/</ref> theorising about queer dance - queer performance practices, published in 2025.
* ARTA magazine, ''Conversations on Invisibility & Artistic Bodybuilding'', by Cristina Stoenescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/conversations-on-invisibility-artistic-bodybuilding/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the artist group KILOBASE BUCHAREST curating a major queer art show in România, on institutional critique and political unrest, where the solution is queer and poetic, enabling a space of commons and explorations, with artists such as works of [[Apparatus 22]], [[Maria Balea]], Lucian Barbu, [[Alex Bodea]], [[Ștefan Botez]], [[Alex Horghidan]], [[Gavril Pop]], and [[Sofia Zadar]], published in 2025.
* ARTA magazine, ''Conversations on Invisibility & Artistic Bodybuilding'', by Cristina Stoenescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/conversations-on-invisibility-artistic-bodybuilding/</ref> in Romanian and English language, touching the theorised notion of queer negativity, published in 2026.

Queer-art

2026-08-12T17:43:15Z

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Queer Art has had an important role in subverting repressive gender norms. Some common themes in contemporary queer art may include exploring gender and sexual identity, challenging societal norms and expectations, and promoting visibility and acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community
 
 
== Queer art folksonomy ==
* queer intimacy
* radical tenderness
* tender & grotesque
* reclaiming of personal queer archives
* intersectional identities
* direct representation
* delicate and haunting
* queer fantasy
* queer sensuality
* fluid identity
* physical objects anchoring the queer identity
* shifted narratives
* visceral effect
* euphoric queerness
* not sanitized bodies and gestures
* queer vulnerability
* homosociality
* female intimacy
* male intimacy
* alternative kinship
* female solidarity
* feminine alliance
* ambiguous embodiment
* aesthetics of indeterminacy
* double understanding
* secret vocabulary
* alternative epistemologies
* cognitive asymmetry
* unlearning socially constructed roles
* disruptive normativity
* anti-society-ism
* lack of a binary privilege
* counter-storytelling (casting doubt on the validity of permissible premises)
 
 

== Romanian Queer artists ==

List of Romanian born or active Queer Visual Artists from the second half of sec XX (born since 1960)
* <categorytree mode="pages">Queer_artists</categorytree>

List of Romanian born or active Queer Visual Artists from the first half of sec XX (born since 1900 and 1960)
* [[Queer_artists_1900-1960|Historical archive of Queer artists 1900-1960]]
 
 

== Queering ==
Queering refers to a strategic approach used by artists that involves deliberately repositioning or altering existing objects, so that the audience are invited to look at them from a different perspective.
==== Queering the museums: ====
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the MNAR European Art Gallery]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Zambaccian Collection]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
* Vlad Babenco on
> '''Queering the Brasov Museum''', at the [[Muzeul de Artă Brașov]]<ref>https://www.muzeulartabv.ro/ro/activitati-muzeu/evenimente/arhiva-2019-2017/tururi-ghidate-queer-la-muzeul-de-art%C4%83-bra%C8%99ov-cu-vlad-babenco.html</ref>, Brașov, 2023.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Văcărești Monastery Frescoes]]''' (at the Casa Filipescu Cesianu Museum), Bucharest, 2026.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Art Collections Museum]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
 
 

==== Queering the museum context ====
Traditionally, art museums in Romania, with a little but perhaps insufficient exception at the national museum of contemporary art, actively avoid a critical discussion of methodological aspects of a queer perspective in interpreting, exhibiting, and organizing museum collections, preserving museum’s conservatory approaches in supporting “heteronormative” narratives that consolidate heterosexuality as a norm within social and cultural life. There is a need to investigate what non-normative or queer relations exist around art museum displays and collections, rethinking them through and with (de)colonial and other historical entanglements while not simply dwelling in the past but instead making connections to our present and futures. There are no queering strategy to make their collection more representative of queer people, or better represent gender and identity-related diversity. Attention should be give: queer should not be understood merely as a credible practice for museums that are officially labelled “gay” such as the Schwules Museum* in Berlin. This would be just the old practice of demarcation and segregation.
 
 

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== Eastern European Queer Archives (documentation on queer culture and history ) ==
* Triumf Amiria<ref>https://triumfamiria.ro/</ref>, a nomadic, fluid and uninstitutionalised cultural museum focused on queer art, initiator: the artistic group KILOBASE BUCHAREST
* Romanian Queer History and Culture Museum<ref>https://muzeulqueer.com/</ref>, initiator: Florin Buhuceanu
* Romanian Lesbian archive, initiator: Alex Zorilă
* Polish Queer Muzeum Warszawa<ref>https://queermuzeum.pl/en/</ref>, an initiative by Lambda Warszawa, Poland’s oldest LGBTQ+ organization
* Polish Queer Archive Institute<ref>http://queerarchivesinstitute.org/</ref>, initiator: Karol Radziszewski
* Forgotten Stories of Eastern European Queer Heroes<ref>https://unit.n-ost.org/en/eastern-queerope/</ref>: a project by Eastern Queerope, a journalistic network of queer writers, documenting forgotten LGBTQ+ figures from Belarus, Poland, and Ukraine
* Hungarian Labrisz Lesbian Herstory Archives and Censorship Museum<ref>https://labrisz.hu/en/herstory-archivum-es-cenzura-muzeum/</ref>
* Hungarian Hatter Archive<ref>https://en.hatter.hu/what-we-do/archive-and-library</ref>
* Czech Collection of the Society for Queer Memory<ref>https://www.queerpamet.cz</ref>
* Commercialised mediated digital archive focused on Eastern-Europe<ref>https://www.eastview.com/resources/e-collections/social-movements-elections-ephemera-lgbtq/</ref>
* Douglas Conrad LGBT Collection<ref>https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/12/resources/4906</ref> focused on Eastern Europe, held at Yale University, initiator: Douglas Conrad
* Bosnian Kvir Arhiv (Queer Archive Bosnia)<ref>http://www.kvirarhiv.org/en/about</ref>, initiator: Okvir association
* Serbian Arkadija Archive<ref>https://www.apparatusjournal.net/index.php/apparatus/article/view/414/749</ref>, initiator: Jelena Vasiljević
* Albanian HomeSpace Arkivi Queer Shqipta<ref>https://www.apparatusjournal.net/index.php/apparatus/article/view/414/749</ref>r, initiator: Safira Boeder
* Slovenian Lesbian Library and Archives<ref>https://skuc-ll.si/about/english/#Lesbian-Library-&-Archives</ref>
* Bulgarian Queer Archive<ref>https://www.queersofia.org/queer-archive</ref>
 
 

== Queer art writings ==
=== Romania ===
 
==== Books ====
* ''Spații aparte''<ref>https://fractalia.ro/shop/colectii-fractalia/open-books/alex-zorila-spatii-aparte/</ref> (''Particular spaces''), by Alex Zorilă, in Romanian language, edited by Fractalia, 2023, ISBN: 978-606-9028-73-5, interviews with lesbian personalities from sec. XX/XXI Romania, a chapter is dedicated to visual arts
[[File:Spatiiaparte-alexzorila.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Spații aparte, by Alex Zorilă, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026|Spații aparte, by Alex Zorilă, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026]]
[[File:dezir1small.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Dezir, by Paula Dunker, Iulia Mocanu, Alecs Cândea, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026|Dezir, by Paula Dunker, Iulia Mocanu, Alecs Cândea, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026]]
* ''Homoistorii: Ieșirea din invizibilitate''<ref>https://humanitas.ro/assets/media/homoistorii.pdf</ref> (''Homohistories: coming out of invisibility''), by Florin Buhuceanu, in Romanian language, edited by Ed. Maiko 2011, reedited in 2016 by Humanitas, ISBN: 978-606-9028-73-5, a personal compendium based on historical memories, testimonies and research on the life of homosexual persons in XIX-XXI sec., some of the stories covered are about gay and lesbian visual artists
* ''Castele în Spania''<ref>https://humanitas.ro/humanitas/carte/castele-%C3%AEn-spania-0n</ref> (''Castles in Spain''), by Petre Sirin, in Romanian language, edited by Humanitas, 2013, ISBN: 978-973-50-4031-4-X, a diaristical compendium based on Petre Sirin diary writings, selection made by editor; the book covers stories about the group around the visual artist George Tomaziu
* ''Dezir''<ref>https://fractalia.ro/shop/colectii-fractalia/antologii/iulia-mocanu-paula-dunker-alecs-candea-dezir/</ref>, in Romanian, a queer-erotica antology edited by Iulia Mocanu, Paula Dunker and Alecs Cândea, in Romanian language, edited by Fractalia, 2025, ISBN: 978-606-9028-95-7
 

==== Press articles ====
* VIMEO, by Mária Takács, video documentary on lesbian community in Budapest<ref>https://vimeo.com/45527181</ref>, including references and interview with lesbian artists, published in 2009
* ARTA magazine, ''Hello Goodbye''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/hello-goodbye-2/</ref>e, by Cristina Bogdan, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential relation to queer art of the artistic duo The Melodramatic Bureau, Alina Popa and Irina Gheorghe, published in 2015
* ARTA magazine, ''Sub-styles: DIY Art Spaces, Interdisciplinarity and Hybrids''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/sub-styles-diy-art-spaces-interdisciplinarity-and-hybrids/</ref>, by Marta Jecu, written in collaboration with Berlin Art Link, magazine article mentioning potential queer art exploration at the now-closed artist run space Platforma, published in 2015
* ARTA magazine, ''The Xenofeminist Manifesto'' by Alina Popa, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential queer art exploration at various now-closed Romanian artist run spaces such as h.arta space and Tam Tam n Timișoara or Art Hub in Bucharest, 2016
* ARTA magazine, ''The Month of History – The Outsiders. SAVAGED pINK – (manifest) for an LGBT archive''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-month-of-history-the-outsiders-savaged-pink-manifest-for-an-lgbt-archive/</ref> by Valentina Iancu, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential queer art archives, 2017; ''<<Note: recounted historical facts needs rechecking>>'' * ARTA magazine, ''The Month of History – The Outsiders. SAVAGED pINK – (manifest) for an LGBT archive'' (the article is mentioning the Sorin Oncu’s legacy (1980-2016), an artist from Timisoara politically active in the frivolous movement for LGBTs emancipation and feminist-queer initiatives such as GadjoDildo, a cabaret show played by Elena Duminică, Mihaela Drăgan and Zita Moldovan directed by Mihai Lukacs and choreographed by Paula Dunker at Macaz, or Daniela Groza performative interaction at Point space, Be good for real, a public performance of honesty, responsibility and courage in which Daniela, a female gay militant for kindness, invites anyone curious to enter in an open dialogue where limits were negotiated peacefully, as well as the significant initiative to reflect on the history of LGBTs in Romania, brought forth by SAVAGED pINK, an art exhibition opened at [https://oddweb.org/about/ ODD space, run by Cristina Bogdan]), published in 2017
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (I)'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-i/</ref> on the queer artist Sorin Oncu and Raluca Ilaria Demetrescu in the mid-2000s, published in 2017
* ARTA magazine, ''What Do The Mountains Hide?'', by Valentina Iancu, <ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/what-do-the-mountains-hide/</ref>, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning pre-queer art of the Ion Râmnic and István Mihály duo, with a retrospective organised by [[Ivan Gallery]], published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Arta „noastră” queer'' („Our queer art”), by Ladislav Zikmund-Lender, article in Romanian<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/ro/arta-noastra-queer/</ref> and English<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/our-queer-art/</ref> language on Czech queer art, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Formal Encounters'', by Valentina Iancu, <ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/formal-encounters-2/</ref> magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning a queer curated exhibition at at that time at Bucharest based [[Nicodim Gallery]], curated by by Ben Lee Ritchie Handler, showcasing queer and non-queer Romanian and foreign artists, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Against interpretation'', by Gyula Muskovics, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/against-interpretation/</ref> about Tamás Király (1952-2013), a fashion designer from the underground Budapest gay scene, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Let’s talk performance art'', by Marina Oprea, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/lets-talk-performance-art/</ref> in Romanian and English language, about queer performance artist Fairid Fairuz, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Self-Fulfiling Profecy'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/self-fulfiling/</ref> with trans artist Mi Kafchin, by Valentina Iancu, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (II)'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-ii/</ref> on the queer art scene in România, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''“I have witchcraft in my blood too”'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/i-have-witchcraft-in-my-blood-too/</ref> with the artist Virginia Lupu, by Gyula Muskovics, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Chemtrails'', a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/chemtrails-2/</ref> by Valentina Iancu, in Romanian and English language about a queer show at [[Nicodim Gallery]] in Los Angeles bringing together recent work from trans artist Mi Kafchin, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''The State of the Romanian Avant-garde (I)'', a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-state-of-the-romanian-avant-garde-i/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer-feminist show "Lay me down across the lines", at [[Kunsthalle Bega]], in Timisoara, Romanian, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Queering the East'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queering-the-east/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer discourse in the west, with and about the East, focusing on the practice of queer archives, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''The Revolution is Here and Now, the Revolution is Roma, Queer and Feminist'', by Arman Heljic, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-revolution-is-here-and-now-the-revolution-is-roma-queer-and-feminist/</ref> about the art practice of queer theater artist, Mihaela Drăgan, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''What’s Left From My Heart'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article in Romanian and English language about the queer-feminist group FCNN (Feminist Collective with No Name) and its activity in various places in Romanian and abroad, with referenes to the queer artists [[Simona Dumitriu]], [[Raluca Croitoru]] and [[Ileana Faur]], published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Where Are You, Mircea Nicolae?'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/where-are-you-mircea-nicolae/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer artist Mircea Nicolae, published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''The Independent is Political'', by Raluca Țurcanașu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-independent-is-political/</ref> about the Moldovan art scene, with a small reference to the queer Moldovan documentarist and performer Artiom Zavadovschi (insta profile: https://www.instagram.com/das.miss.verstaendnis/), published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''Love Letter to Triumf Amiria Museum Workings'', by Nora Ugron, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/love-letter-to-triumf-amiria-museum-workings/</ref> on the mini-exhibitions curated as part of the project TRIUMF AMIRIA: The Museum of Queer Culture, curated by [[Apparatus 22]], published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''Inhabiting SUPRAINFINIT'', by Maria Perșu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/inhabiting-suprainfinit/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer art collective [[Apparatus 22]]’s solo exhibition Of Pleasure: The Learnings and Strange Fortunes of Atletica Ideal, published in 2023
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (IV). Tracing Queer Narratives in Romanian Time-Based Media Art'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-iv-tracing-queer-narratives-in-romanian-time-based-media-art/</ref> in Romanian and English language on the contemporary “revolution” of queer time-based media art in România, in dialogue with the past, published in 2023.
* ARTA magazine, ''Timișoara and the Artists who have Changed the City Through their Initiatives'', by Gabriela Mateescu, a documentation article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/timisoara-and-the-artists-who-have-changed-the-city-through-their-initiatives/</ref> about artist run spaces development in Timișoara, including few queer art spaces, such as h.art.timisoara, indecis and tam tam, published in 2023
* ARTA magazine, ''The h.arta Space'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-h-arta-space/</ref> with the coordinating artists of the queer h.arta space in Timisoara, România, published in 2024
* ARTA magazine, ''Hortensia Mi Kafchin and the Neo-Metaphysical Painting'', by Gabriela Mateescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/hortensia-mi-kafchin-and-the-neo-metaphysical-painting/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer trans artist [[Mi Kafchin]], who goes beyond virtuosity in a transgressive view of existential anguish: the authenticity of being, anxiety, depression, powerlessness in the face of the absurdity of the world, published in 2024
* ARTA magazine, ''Dear Danube, How Long Have You Survived?'', by Marina Paladi, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/dear-danube-how-long-have-you-survived/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer artist Alex Mirutziu, published in 2025
* ARTA magazine, ''The Institution of Performance'', by Marina Oprea, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-institution-of-performance/</ref> about the performer Adriana Gheorghe’s program under the umbrella initiative of Theatres – an artist’s workspace, a public institution, a site for research, presentation, for finished or in progress works, which constantly includes various queer performance artists in the program, published in 2025
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Timing After the Wall'', by Göksu Kunak, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/queer-timing-after-the-wall/</ref> theorising about queer dance - queer performance practices, published in 2025.
* ARTA magazine, ''Conversations on Invisibility & Artistic Bodybuilding'', by Cristina Stoenescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/conversations-on-invisibility-artistic-bodybuilding/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the artist group KILOBASE BUCHAREST curating a major queer art show in România, on institutional critique and political unrest, where the solution is queer and poetic, enabling a space of commons and explorations, with artists such as works of [[Apparatus 22]], [[Maria Balea]], Lucian Barbu, [[Alex Bodea]], [[Ștefan Botez]], [[Alex Horghidan]], [[Gavril Pop]], and [[Sofia Zadar]], published in 2025.
* ARTA magazine, ''Conversations on Invisibility & Artistic Bodybuilding'', by Cristina Stoenescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/conversations-on-invisibility-artistic-bodybuilding/</ref> in Romanian and English language, touching the theorised notion of queer negativity, published in 2026.

Queer-art

2026-08-12T17:42:48Z

Npk: /* Research context */

Queer Art has had an important role in subverting repressive gender norms. Some common themes in contemporary queer art may include exploring gender and sexual identity, challenging societal norms and expectations, and promoting visibility and acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community
 
 
== Queer art folksonomy ==
* queer intimacy
* radical tenderness
* tender & grotesque
* reclaiming of personal queer archives
* intersectional identities
* direct representation
* delicate and haunting
* queer fantasy
* queer sensuality
* fluid identity
* physical objects anchoring the queer identity
* shifted narratives
* visceral effect
* euphoric queerness
* not sanitized bodies and gestures
* queer vulnerability
* homosociality
* female intimacy
* male intimacy
* alternative kinship
* female solidarity
* feminine alliance
* ambiguous embodiment
* aesthetics of indeterminacy
* double understanding
* secret vocabulary
* alternative epistemologies
* cognitive asymmetry
* unlearning socially constructed roles
* disruptive normativity
* anti-society-ism
* lack of a binary privilege
* counter-storytelling (casting doubt on the validity of permissible premises)
 
 

== Romanian Queer artists ==

List of Romanian born or active Queer Visual Artists from the second half of sec XX (born since 1960)
* <categorytree mode="pages">Queer_artists</categorytree>

List of Romanian born or active Queer Visual Artists from the first half of sec XX (born since 1900 and 1960)
* [[Queer_artists_1900-1960|Historical archive of Queer artists 1900-1960]]
 
 

== Queering ==
Queering refers to a strategic approach used by artists that involves deliberately repositioning or altering existing objects, so that the audience are invited to look at them from a different perspective.
==== Queering the museums: ====
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the MNAR European Art Gallery]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Zambaccian Collection]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
* Vlad Babenco on
> '''Queering the Brasov Museum''', at the [[Muzeul de Artă Brașov]]<ref>https://www.muzeulartabv.ro/ro/activitati-muzeu/evenimente/arhiva-2019-2017/tururi-ghidate-queer-la-muzeul-de-art%C4%83-bra%C8%99ov-cu-vlad-babenco.html</ref>, Brașov, 2023.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Văcărești Monastery Frescoes]]''' (at the Casa Filipescu Cesianu Museum), Bucharest, 2026.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Art Collections Museum]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
 
 

==== Queering the museum context ====
Traditionally, art museums in Romania, with a little but perhaps insufficient exception at the national museum of contemporary art, actively avoid a critical discussion of methodological aspects of a queer perspective in interpreting, exhibiting, and organizing museum collections, preserving museum’s conservatory approaches in supporting “heteronormative” narratives that consolidate heterosexuality as a norm within social and cultural life. There is a need to investigate what non-normative or queer relations exist around art museum displays and collections, rethinking them through and with (de)colonial and other historical entanglements while not simply dwelling in the past but instead making connections to our present and futures. There are no queering strategy to make their collection more representative of queer people, or better represent gender and identity-related diversity. Attention should be give: queer should not be understood merely as a credible practice for museums that are officially labelled “gay” such as the Schwules Museum* in Berlin. This would be just the old practice of demarcation and segregation.
 
 

== Copyrights and Reproduction of research findings and materials ==
 
The views expressed herein and all related audio-video-photo materials are under copyright licence, restricted to non-commercial use only and requiring full attribution to prevent infringement. Failing to credit the creators can lead to plagiarism accusations, and missing required credits on licensed materials breaches copyright terms.
 
 
_____________________________________________________________________

== Eastern European Queer Archives (documentation on queer culture and history ) ==
* Triumf Amiria<ref>https://triumfamiria.ro/</ref>, a nomadic, fluid and uninstitutionalised cultural museum focused on queer art, initiator: the artistic group KILOBASE BUCHAREST
* Romanian Queer History and Culture Museum<ref>https://muzeulqueer.com/</ref>, initiator: Florin Buhuceanu
* Romanian Lesbian archive, initiator: Alex Zorilă
* Polish Queer Muzeum Warszawa<ref>https://queermuzeum.pl/en/</ref>, an initiative by Lambda Warszawa, Poland’s oldest LGBTQ+ organization
* Polish Queer Archive Institute<ref>http://queerarchivesinstitute.org/</ref>, initiator: Karol Radziszewski
* Forgotten Stories of Eastern European Queer Heroes<ref>https://unit.n-ost.org/en/eastern-queerope/</ref>: a project by Eastern Queerope, a journalistic network of queer writers, documenting forgotten LGBTQ+ figures from Belarus, Poland, and Ukraine
* Hungarian Labrisz Lesbian Herstory Archives and Censorship Museum<ref>https://labrisz.hu/en/herstory-archivum-es-cenzura-muzeum/</ref>
* Hungarian Hatter Archive<ref>https://en.hatter.hu/what-we-do/archive-and-library</ref>
* Czech Collection of the Society for Queer Memory<ref>https://www.queerpamet.cz</ref>
* Commercialised mediated digital archive focused on Eastern-Europe<ref>https://www.eastview.com/resources/e-collections/social-movements-elections-ephemera-lgbtq/</ref>
* Douglas Conrad LGBT Collection<ref>https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/12/resources/4906</ref> focused on Eastern Europe, held at Yale University, initiator: Douglas Conrad
* Bosnian Kvir Arhiv (Queer Archive Bosnia)<ref>http://www.kvirarhiv.org/en/about</ref>, initiator: Okvir association
* Serbian Arkadija Archive<ref>https://www.apparatusjournal.net/index.php/apparatus/article/view/414/749</ref>, initiator: Jelena Vasiljević
* Albanian HomeSpace Arkivi Queer Shqipta<ref>https://www.apparatusjournal.net/index.php/apparatus/article/view/414/749</ref>r, initiator: Safira Boeder
* Slovenian Lesbian Library and Archives<ref>https://skuc-ll.si/about/english/#Lesbian-Library-&-Archives</ref>
* Bulgarian Queer Archive<ref>https://www.queersofia.org/queer-archive</ref>
 
 

== Queer art writings ==
=== Romania ===
 
==== Books ====
* ''Spații aparte''<ref>https://fractalia.ro/shop/colectii-fractalia/open-books/alex-zorila-spatii-aparte/</ref> (''Particular spaces''), by Alex Zorilă, in Romanian language, edited by Fractalia, 2023, ISBN: 978-606-9028-73-5, interviews with lesbian personalities from sec. XX/XXI Romania, a chapter is dedicated to visual arts
[[File:Spatiiaparte-alexzorila.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Spații aparte, by Alex Zorilă, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026|Spații aparte, by Alex Zorilă, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026]]
[[File:dezir1small.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Dezir, by Paula Dunker, Iulia Mocanu, Alecs Cândea, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026|Dezir, by Paula Dunker, Iulia Mocanu, Alecs Cândea, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026]]
* ''Homoistorii: Ieșirea din invizibilitate''<ref>https://humanitas.ro/assets/media/homoistorii.pdf</ref> (''Homohistories: coming out of invisibility''), by Florin Buhuceanu, in Romanian language, edited by Ed. Maiko 2011, reedited in 2016 by Humanitas, ISBN: 978-606-9028-73-5, a personal compendium based on historical memories, testimonies and research on the life of homosexual persons in XIX-XXI sec., some of the stories covered are about gay and lesbian visual artists
* ''Castele în Spania''<ref>https://humanitas.ro/humanitas/carte/castele-%C3%AEn-spania-0n</ref> (''Castles in Spain''), by Petre Sirin, in Romanian language, edited by Humanitas, 2013, ISBN: 978-973-50-4031-4-X, a diaristical compendium based on Petre Sirin diary writings, selection made by editor; the book covers stories about the group around the visual artist George Tomaziu
* ''Dezir''<ref>https://fractalia.ro/shop/colectii-fractalia/antologii/iulia-mocanu-paula-dunker-alecs-candea-dezir/</ref>, in Romanian, a queer-erotica antology edited by Iulia Mocanu, Paula Dunker and Alecs Cândea, in Romanian language, edited by Fractalia, 2025, ISBN: 978-606-9028-95-7
 

==== Press articles ====
* VIMEO, by Mária Takács, video documentary on lesbian community in Budapest<ref>https://vimeo.com/45527181</ref>, including references and interview with lesbian artists, published in 2009
* ARTA magazine, ''Hello Goodbye''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/hello-goodbye-2/</ref>e, by Cristina Bogdan, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential relation to queer art of the artistic duo The Melodramatic Bureau, Alina Popa and Irina Gheorghe, published in 2015
* ARTA magazine, ''Sub-styles: DIY Art Spaces, Interdisciplinarity and Hybrids''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/sub-styles-diy-art-spaces-interdisciplinarity-and-hybrids/</ref>, by Marta Jecu, written in collaboration with Berlin Art Link, magazine article mentioning potential queer art exploration at the now-closed artist run space Platforma, published in 2015
* ARTA magazine, ''The Xenofeminist Manifesto'' by Alina Popa, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential queer art exploration at various now-closed Romanian artist run spaces such as h.arta space and Tam Tam n Timișoara or Art Hub in Bucharest, 2016
* ARTA magazine, ''The Month of History – The Outsiders. SAVAGED pINK – (manifest) for an LGBT archive''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-month-of-history-the-outsiders-savaged-pink-manifest-for-an-lgbt-archive/</ref> by Valentina Iancu, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential queer art archives, 2017; ''<<Note: recounted historical facts needs rechecking>>'' * ARTA magazine, ''The Month of History – The Outsiders. SAVAGED pINK – (manifest) for an LGBT archive'' (the article is mentioning the Sorin Oncu’s legacy (1980-2016), an artist from Timisoara politically active in the frivolous movement for LGBTs emancipation and feminist-queer initiatives such as GadjoDildo, a cabaret show played by Elena Duminică, Mihaela Drăgan and Zita Moldovan directed by Mihai Lukacs and choreographed by Paula Dunker at Macaz, or Daniela Groza performative interaction at Point space, Be good for real, a public performance of honesty, responsibility and courage in which Daniela, a female gay militant for kindness, invites anyone curious to enter in an open dialogue where limits were negotiated peacefully, as well as the significant initiative to reflect on the history of LGBTs in Romania, brought forth by SAVAGED pINK, an art exhibition opened at [https://oddweb.org/about/ ODD space, run by Cristina Bogdan]), published in 2017
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (I)'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-i/</ref> on the queer artist Sorin Oncu and Raluca Ilaria Demetrescu in the mid-2000s, published in 2017
* ARTA magazine, ''What Do The Mountains Hide?'', by Valentina Iancu, <ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/what-do-the-mountains-hide/</ref>, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning pre-queer art of the Ion Râmnic and István Mihály duo, with a retrospective organised by [[Ivan Gallery]], published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Arta „noastră” queer'' („Our queer art”), by Ladislav Zikmund-Lender, article in Romanian<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/ro/arta-noastra-queer/</ref> and English<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/our-queer-art/</ref> language on Czech queer art, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Formal Encounters'', by Valentina Iancu, <ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/formal-encounters-2/</ref> magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning a queer curated exhibition at at that time at Bucharest based [[Nicodim Gallery]], curated by by Ben Lee Ritchie Handler, showcasing queer and non-queer Romanian and foreign artists, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Against interpretation'', by Gyula Muskovics, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/against-interpretation/</ref> about Tamás Király (1952-2013), a fashion designer from the underground Budapest gay scene, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Let’s talk performance art'', by Marina Oprea, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/lets-talk-performance-art/</ref> in Romanian and English language, about queer performance artist Fairid Fairuz, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Self-Fulfiling Profecy'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/self-fulfiling/</ref> with trans artist Mi Kafchin, by Valentina Iancu, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (II)'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-ii/</ref> on the queer art scene in România, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''“I have witchcraft in my blood too”'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/i-have-witchcraft-in-my-blood-too/</ref> with the artist Virginia Lupu, by Gyula Muskovics, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Chemtrails'', a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/chemtrails-2/</ref> by Valentina Iancu, in Romanian and English language about a queer show at [[Nicodim Gallery]] in Los Angeles bringing together recent work from trans artist Mi Kafchin, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''The State of the Romanian Avant-garde (I)'', a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-state-of-the-romanian-avant-garde-i/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer-feminist show "Lay me down across the lines", at [[Kunsthalle Bega]], in Timisoara, Romanian, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Queering the East'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queering-the-east/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer discourse in the west, with and about the East, focusing on the practice of queer archives, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''The Revolution is Here and Now, the Revolution is Roma, Queer and Feminist'', by Arman Heljic, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-revolution-is-here-and-now-the-revolution-is-roma-queer-and-feminist/</ref> about the art practice of queer theater artist, Mihaela Drăgan, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''What’s Left From My Heart'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article in Romanian and English language about the queer-feminist group FCNN (Feminist Collective with No Name) and its activity in various places in Romanian and abroad, with referenes to the queer artists [[Simona Dumitriu]], [[Raluca Croitoru]] and [[Ileana Faur]], published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Where Are You, Mircea Nicolae?'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/where-are-you-mircea-nicolae/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer artist Mircea Nicolae, published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''The Independent is Political'', by Raluca Țurcanașu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-independent-is-political/</ref> about the Moldovan art scene, with a small reference to the queer Moldovan documentarist and performer Artiom Zavadovschi (insta profile: https://www.instagram.com/das.miss.verstaendnis/), published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''Love Letter to Triumf Amiria Museum Workings'', by Nora Ugron, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/love-letter-to-triumf-amiria-museum-workings/</ref> on the mini-exhibitions curated as part of the project TRIUMF AMIRIA: The Museum of Queer Culture, curated by [[Apparatus 22]], published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''Inhabiting SUPRAINFINIT'', by Maria Perșu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/inhabiting-suprainfinit/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer art collective [[Apparatus 22]]’s solo exhibition Of Pleasure: The Learnings and Strange Fortunes of Atletica Ideal, published in 2023
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (IV). Tracing Queer Narratives in Romanian Time-Based Media Art'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-iv-tracing-queer-narratives-in-romanian-time-based-media-art/</ref> in Romanian and English language on the contemporary “revolution” of queer time-based media art in România, in dialogue with the past, published in 2023.
* ARTA magazine, ''Timișoara and the Artists who have Changed the City Through their Initiatives'', by Gabriela Mateescu, a documentation article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/timisoara-and-the-artists-who-have-changed-the-city-through-their-initiatives/</ref> about artist run spaces development in Timișoara, including few queer art spaces, such as h.art.timisoara, indecis and tam tam, published in 2023
* ARTA magazine, ''The h.arta Space'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-h-arta-space/</ref> with the coordinating artists of the queer h.arta space in Timisoara, România, published in 2024
* ARTA magazine, ''Hortensia Mi Kafchin and the Neo-Metaphysical Painting'', by Gabriela Mateescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/hortensia-mi-kafchin-and-the-neo-metaphysical-painting/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer trans artist [[Mi Kafchin]], who goes beyond virtuosity in a transgressive view of existential anguish: the authenticity of being, anxiety, depression, powerlessness in the face of the absurdity of the world, published in 2024
* ARTA magazine, ''Dear Danube, How Long Have You Survived?'', by Marina Paladi, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/dear-danube-how-long-have-you-survived/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer artist Alex Mirutziu, published in 2025
* ARTA magazine, ''The Institution of Performance'', by Marina Oprea, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-institution-of-performance/</ref> about the performer Adriana Gheorghe’s program under the umbrella initiative of Theatres – an artist’s workspace, a public institution, a site for research, presentation, for finished or in progress works, which constantly includes various queer performance artists in the program, published in 2025
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Timing After the Wall'', by Göksu Kunak, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/queer-timing-after-the-wall/</ref> theorising about queer dance - queer performance practices, published in 2025.
* ARTA magazine, ''Conversations on Invisibility & Artistic Bodybuilding'', by Cristina Stoenescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/conversations-on-invisibility-artistic-bodybuilding/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the artist group KILOBASE BUCHAREST curating a major queer art show in România, on institutional critique and political unrest, where the solution is queer and poetic, enabling a space of commons and explorations, with artists such as works of [[Apparatus 22]], [[Maria Balea]], Lucian Barbu, [[Alex Bodea]], [[Ștefan Botez]], [[Alex Horghidan]], [[Gavril Pop]], and [[Sofia Zadar]], published in 2025.
* ARTA magazine, ''Conversations on Invisibility & Artistic Bodybuilding'', by Cristina Stoenescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/conversations-on-invisibility-artistic-bodybuilding/</ref> in Romanian and English language, touching the theorised notion of queer negativity, published in 2026.

Queer artists 1900-1960

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== '''Queer artists 1900 - 1960''' ==
=== Romania ===

Queer-art

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Queer Art has had an important role in subverting repressive gender norms. Some common themes in contemporary queer art may include exploring gender and sexual identity, challenging societal norms and expectations, and promoting visibility and acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community
 
 
== Queer art folksonomy ==
* queer intimacy
* radical tenderness
* tender & grotesque
* reclaiming of personal queer archives
* intersectional identities
* direct representation
* delicate and haunting
* queer fantasy
* queer sensuality
* fluid identity
* physical objects anchoring the queer identity
* shifted narratives
* visceral effect
* euphoric queerness
* not sanitized bodies and gestures
* queer vulnerability
* homosociality
* female intimacy
* male intimacy
* alternative kinship
* female solidarity
* feminine alliance
* ambiguous embodiment
* aesthetics of indeterminacy
* double understanding
* secret vocabulary
* alternative epistemologies
* cognitive asymmetry
* unlearning socially constructed roles
* disruptive normativity
* anti-society-ism
* lack of a binary privilege
* counter-storytelling (casting doubt on the validity of permissible premises)
 
 

== Romanian Queer artists ==

List of Romanian born or active Queer Visual Artists from the second half of sec XX (born since 1960)
* <categorytree mode="pages">Queer_artists</categorytree>

List of Romanian born or active Queer Visual Artists from the first half of sec XX (born since 1900 and 1960)
* [[Queer_artists_1900-1960|Historical archive of Queer artists 1900-1960]]
 
 

== Queering ==
Queering refers to a strategic approach used by artists that involves deliberately repositioning or altering existing objects, so that the audience are invited to look at them from a different perspective.
==== Queering the museums: ====
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the MNAR European Art Gallery]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Zambaccian Collection]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
* Vlad Babenco on
> '''Queering the Brasov Museum''', at the [[Muzeul de Artă Brașov]]<ref>https://www.muzeulartabv.ro/ro/activitati-muzeu/evenimente/arhiva-2019-2017/tururi-ghidate-queer-la-muzeul-de-art%C4%83-bra%C8%99ov-cu-vlad-babenco.html</ref>, Brașov, 2023.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Văcărești Monastery Frescoes]]''' (at the Casa Filipescu Cesianu Museum), Bucharest, 2026.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Art Collections Museum]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
 
 

== Research context ==
Traditionally, art museums in Romania, with a little but perhaps insufficient exception at the national museum of contemporary art, actively avoid a critical discussion of methodological aspects of a queer perspective in interpreting, exhibiting, and organizing museum collections, preserving museum’s conservatory approaches in supporting “heteronormative” narratives that consolidate heterosexuality as a norm within social and cultural life. There is a need to investigate what non-normative or queer relations exist around art museum displays and collections, rethinking them through and with (de)colonial and other historical entanglements while not simply dwelling in the past but instead making connections to our present and futures. There are no queering strategy to make their collection more representative of queer people, or better represent gender and identity-related diversity. Attention should be give: queer should not be understood merely as a credible practice for museums that are officially labelled “gay” such as the Schwules Museum* in Berlin. This would be just the old practice of demarcation and segregation.
 
 
== Copyrights and Reproduction of research findings and materials ==
 
The views expressed herein and all related audio-video-photo materials are under copyright licence, restricted to non-commercial use only and requiring full attribution to prevent infringement. Failing to credit the creators can lead to plagiarism accusations, and missing required credits on licensed materials breaches copyright terms.
 
 
_____________________________________________________________________

== Eastern European Queer Archives (documentation on queer culture and history ) ==
* Triumf Amiria<ref>https://triumfamiria.ro/</ref>, a nomadic, fluid and uninstitutionalised cultural museum focused on queer art, initiator: the artistic group KILOBASE BUCHAREST
* Romanian Queer History and Culture Museum<ref>https://muzeulqueer.com/</ref>, initiator: Florin Buhuceanu
* Romanian Lesbian archive, initiator: Alex Zorilă
* Polish Queer Muzeum Warszawa<ref>https://queermuzeum.pl/en/</ref>, an initiative by Lambda Warszawa, Poland’s oldest LGBTQ+ organization
* Polish Queer Archive Institute<ref>http://queerarchivesinstitute.org/</ref>, initiator: Karol Radziszewski
* Forgotten Stories of Eastern European Queer Heroes<ref>https://unit.n-ost.org/en/eastern-queerope/</ref>: a project by Eastern Queerope, a journalistic network of queer writers, documenting forgotten LGBTQ+ figures from Belarus, Poland, and Ukraine
* Hungarian Labrisz Lesbian Herstory Archives and Censorship Museum<ref>https://labrisz.hu/en/herstory-archivum-es-cenzura-muzeum/</ref>
* Hungarian Hatter Archive<ref>https://en.hatter.hu/what-we-do/archive-and-library</ref>
* Czech Collection of the Society for Queer Memory<ref>https://www.queerpamet.cz</ref>
* Commercialised mediated digital archive focused on Eastern-Europe<ref>https://www.eastview.com/resources/e-collections/social-movements-elections-ephemera-lgbtq/</ref>
* Douglas Conrad LGBT Collection<ref>https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/12/resources/4906</ref> focused on Eastern Europe, held at Yale University, initiator: Douglas Conrad
* Bosnian Kvir Arhiv (Queer Archive Bosnia)<ref>http://www.kvirarhiv.org/en/about</ref>, initiator: Okvir association
* Serbian Arkadija Archive<ref>https://www.apparatusjournal.net/index.php/apparatus/article/view/414/749</ref>, initiator: Jelena Vasiljević
* Albanian HomeSpace Arkivi Queer Shqipta<ref>https://www.apparatusjournal.net/index.php/apparatus/article/view/414/749</ref>r, initiator: Safira Boeder
* Slovenian Lesbian Library and Archives<ref>https://skuc-ll.si/about/english/#Lesbian-Library-&-Archives</ref>
* Bulgarian Queer Archive<ref>https://www.queersofia.org/queer-archive</ref>
 
 

== Queer art writings ==
=== Romania ===
 
==== Books ====
* ''Spații aparte''<ref>https://fractalia.ro/shop/colectii-fractalia/open-books/alex-zorila-spatii-aparte/</ref> (''Particular spaces''), by Alex Zorilă, in Romanian language, edited by Fractalia, 2023, ISBN: 978-606-9028-73-5, interviews with lesbian personalities from sec. XX/XXI Romania, a chapter is dedicated to visual arts
[[File:Spatiiaparte-alexzorila.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Spații aparte, by Alex Zorilă, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026|Spații aparte, by Alex Zorilă, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026]]
[[File:dezir1small.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Dezir, by Paula Dunker, Iulia Mocanu, Alecs Cândea, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026|Dezir, by Paula Dunker, Iulia Mocanu, Alecs Cândea, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026]]
* ''Homoistorii: Ieșirea din invizibilitate''<ref>https://humanitas.ro/assets/media/homoistorii.pdf</ref> (''Homohistories: coming out of invisibility''), by Florin Buhuceanu, in Romanian language, edited by Ed. Maiko 2011, reedited in 2016 by Humanitas, ISBN: 978-606-9028-73-5, a personal compendium based on historical memories, testimonies and research on the life of homosexual persons in XIX-XXI sec., some of the stories covered are about gay and lesbian visual artists
* ''Castele în Spania''<ref>https://humanitas.ro/humanitas/carte/castele-%C3%AEn-spania-0n</ref> (''Castles in Spain''), by Petre Sirin, in Romanian language, edited by Humanitas, 2013, ISBN: 978-973-50-4031-4-X, a diaristical compendium based on Petre Sirin diary writings, selection made by editor; the book covers stories about the group around the visual artist George Tomaziu
* ''Dezir''<ref>https://fractalia.ro/shop/colectii-fractalia/antologii/iulia-mocanu-paula-dunker-alecs-candea-dezir/</ref>, in Romanian, a queer-erotica antology edited by Iulia Mocanu, Paula Dunker and Alecs Cândea, in Romanian language, edited by Fractalia, 2025, ISBN: 978-606-9028-95-7
 

==== Press articles ====
* VIMEO, by Mária Takács, video documentary on lesbian community in Budapest<ref>https://vimeo.com/45527181</ref>, including references and interview with lesbian artists, published in 2009
* ARTA magazine, ''Hello Goodbye''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/hello-goodbye-2/</ref>e, by Cristina Bogdan, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential relation to queer art of the artistic duo The Melodramatic Bureau, Alina Popa and Irina Gheorghe, published in 2015
* ARTA magazine, ''Sub-styles: DIY Art Spaces, Interdisciplinarity and Hybrids''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/sub-styles-diy-art-spaces-interdisciplinarity-and-hybrids/</ref>, by Marta Jecu, written in collaboration with Berlin Art Link, magazine article mentioning potential queer art exploration at the now-closed artist run space Platforma, published in 2015
* ARTA magazine, ''The Xenofeminist Manifesto'' by Alina Popa, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential queer art exploration at various now-closed Romanian artist run spaces such as h.arta space and Tam Tam n Timișoara or Art Hub in Bucharest, 2016
* ARTA magazine, ''The Month of History – The Outsiders. SAVAGED pINK – (manifest) for an LGBT archive''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-month-of-history-the-outsiders-savaged-pink-manifest-for-an-lgbt-archive/</ref> by Valentina Iancu, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential queer art archives, 2017; ''<<Note: recounted historical facts needs rechecking>>'' * ARTA magazine, ''The Month of History – The Outsiders. SAVAGED pINK – (manifest) for an LGBT archive'' (the article is mentioning the Sorin Oncu’s legacy (1980-2016), an artist from Timisoara politically active in the frivolous movement for LGBTs emancipation and feminist-queer initiatives such as GadjoDildo, a cabaret show played by Elena Duminică, Mihaela Drăgan and Zita Moldovan directed by Mihai Lukacs and choreographed by Paula Dunker at Macaz, or Daniela Groza performative interaction at Point space, Be good for real, a public performance of honesty, responsibility and courage in which Daniela, a female gay militant for kindness, invites anyone curious to enter in an open dialogue where limits were negotiated peacefully, as well as the significant initiative to reflect on the history of LGBTs in Romania, brought forth by SAVAGED pINK, an art exhibition opened at [https://oddweb.org/about/ ODD space, run by Cristina Bogdan]), published in 2017
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (I)'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-i/</ref> on the queer artist Sorin Oncu and Raluca Ilaria Demetrescu in the mid-2000s, published in 2017
* ARTA magazine, ''What Do The Mountains Hide?'', by Valentina Iancu, <ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/what-do-the-mountains-hide/</ref>, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning pre-queer art of the Ion Râmnic and István Mihály duo, with a retrospective organised by [[Ivan Gallery]], published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Arta „noastră” queer'' („Our queer art”), by Ladislav Zikmund-Lender, article in Romanian<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/ro/arta-noastra-queer/</ref> and English<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/our-queer-art/</ref> language on Czech queer art, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Formal Encounters'', by Valentina Iancu, <ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/formal-encounters-2/</ref> magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning a queer curated exhibition at at that time at Bucharest based [[Nicodim Gallery]], curated by by Ben Lee Ritchie Handler, showcasing queer and non-queer Romanian and foreign artists, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Against interpretation'', by Gyula Muskovics, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/against-interpretation/</ref> about Tamás Király (1952-2013), a fashion designer from the underground Budapest gay scene, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Let’s talk performance art'', by Marina Oprea, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/lets-talk-performance-art/</ref> in Romanian and English language, about queer performance artist Fairid Fairuz, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Self-Fulfiling Profecy'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/self-fulfiling/</ref> with trans artist Mi Kafchin, by Valentina Iancu, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (II)'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-ii/</ref> on the queer art scene in România, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''“I have witchcraft in my blood too”'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/i-have-witchcraft-in-my-blood-too/</ref> with the artist Virginia Lupu, by Gyula Muskovics, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Chemtrails'', a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/chemtrails-2/</ref> by Valentina Iancu, in Romanian and English language about a queer show at [[Nicodim Gallery]] in Los Angeles bringing together recent work from trans artist Mi Kafchin, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''The State of the Romanian Avant-garde (I)'', a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-state-of-the-romanian-avant-garde-i/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer-feminist show "Lay me down across the lines", at [[Kunsthalle Bega]], in Timisoara, Romanian, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Queering the East'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queering-the-east/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer discourse in the west, with and about the East, focusing on the practice of queer archives, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''The Revolution is Here and Now, the Revolution is Roma, Queer and Feminist'', by Arman Heljic, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-revolution-is-here-and-now-the-revolution-is-roma-queer-and-feminist/</ref> about the art practice of queer theater artist, Mihaela Drăgan, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''What’s Left From My Heart'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article in Romanian and English language about the queer-feminist group FCNN (Feminist Collective with No Name) and its activity in various places in Romanian and abroad, with referenes to the queer artists [[Simona Dumitriu]], [[Raluca Croitoru]] and [[Ileana Faur]], published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Where Are You, Mircea Nicolae?'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/where-are-you-mircea-nicolae/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer artist Mircea Nicolae, published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''The Independent is Political'', by Raluca Țurcanașu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-independent-is-political/</ref> about the Moldovan art scene, with a small reference to the queer Moldovan documentarist and performer Artiom Zavadovschi (insta profile: https://www.instagram.com/das.miss.verstaendnis/), published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''Love Letter to Triumf Amiria Museum Workings'', by Nora Ugron, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/love-letter-to-triumf-amiria-museum-workings/</ref> on the mini-exhibitions curated as part of the project TRIUMF AMIRIA: The Museum of Queer Culture, curated by [[Apparatus 22]], published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''Inhabiting SUPRAINFINIT'', by Maria Perșu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/inhabiting-suprainfinit/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer art collective [[Apparatus 22]]’s solo exhibition Of Pleasure: The Learnings and Strange Fortunes of Atletica Ideal, published in 2023
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (IV). Tracing Queer Narratives in Romanian Time-Based Media Art'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-iv-tracing-queer-narratives-in-romanian-time-based-media-art/</ref> in Romanian and English language on the contemporary “revolution” of queer time-based media art in România, in dialogue with the past, published in 2023.
* ARTA magazine, ''Timișoara and the Artists who have Changed the City Through their Initiatives'', by Gabriela Mateescu, a documentation article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/timisoara-and-the-artists-who-have-changed-the-city-through-their-initiatives/</ref> about artist run spaces development in Timișoara, including few queer art spaces, such as h.art.timisoara, indecis and tam tam, published in 2023
* ARTA magazine, ''The h.arta Space'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-h-arta-space/</ref> with the coordinating artists of the queer h.arta space in Timisoara, România, published in 2024
* ARTA magazine, ''Hortensia Mi Kafchin and the Neo-Metaphysical Painting'', by Gabriela Mateescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/hortensia-mi-kafchin-and-the-neo-metaphysical-painting/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer trans artist [[Mi Kafchin]], who goes beyond virtuosity in a transgressive view of existential anguish: the authenticity of being, anxiety, depression, powerlessness in the face of the absurdity of the world, published in 2024
* ARTA magazine, ''Dear Danube, How Long Have You Survived?'', by Marina Paladi, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/dear-danube-how-long-have-you-survived/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer artist Alex Mirutziu, published in 2025
* ARTA magazine, ''The Institution of Performance'', by Marina Oprea, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-institution-of-performance/</ref> about the performer Adriana Gheorghe’s program under the umbrella initiative of Theatres – an artist’s workspace, a public institution, a site for research, presentation, for finished or in progress works, which constantly includes various queer performance artists in the program, published in 2025
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Timing After the Wall'', by Göksu Kunak, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/queer-timing-after-the-wall/</ref> theorising about queer dance - queer performance practices, published in 2025.
* ARTA magazine, ''Conversations on Invisibility & Artistic Bodybuilding'', by Cristina Stoenescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/conversations-on-invisibility-artistic-bodybuilding/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the artist group KILOBASE BUCHAREST curating a major queer art show in România, on institutional critique and political unrest, where the solution is queer and poetic, enabling a space of commons and explorations, with artists such as works of [[Apparatus 22]], [[Maria Balea]], Lucian Barbu, [[Alex Bodea]], [[Ștefan Botez]], [[Alex Horghidan]], [[Gavril Pop]], and [[Sofia Zadar]], published in 2025.
* ARTA magazine, ''Conversations on Invisibility & Artistic Bodybuilding'', by Cristina Stoenescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/conversations-on-invisibility-artistic-bodybuilding/</ref> in Romanian and English language, touching the theorised notion of queer negativity, published in 2026.

Queer-art

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Npk: /* Queer Archives (documentation on queer culture and history ) */

Queer Art has had an important role in subverting repressive gender norms. Some common themes in contemporary queer art may include exploring gender and sexual identity, challenging societal norms and expectations, and promoting visibility and acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community
 
 
== Queer art folksonomy ==
* queer intimacy
* radical tenderness
* tender & grotesque
* reclaiming of personal queer archives
* intersectional identities
* direct representation
* delicate and haunting
* queer fantasy
* queer sensuality
* fluid identity
* physical objects anchoring the queer identity
* shifted narratives
* visceral effect
* euphoric queerness
* not sanitized bodies and gestures
* queer vulnerability
* homosociality
* female intimacy
* male intimacy
* alternative kinship
* female solidarity
* feminine alliance
* ambiguous embodiment
* aesthetics of indeterminacy
* double understanding
* secret vocabulary
* alternative epistemologies
* cognitive asymmetry
* unlearning socially constructed roles
* disruptive normativity
* anti-society-ism
* lack of a binary privilege
* counter-storytelling (casting doubt on the validity of permissible premises)
 
 

== Romanian Queer artists ==

List of Queer Visual Artists from the second half of sec XX (born since 1960)
* <categorytree mode="pages">Queer_artists</categorytree>

List of Queer Visual Artists from the first half of sec XX (born since 1900 and 1960)
* [[Queer_artists_1900-1960|Historical archive of Queer artists 1900-1960]]
 
 

== Queering ==
Queering refers to a strategic approach used by artists that involves deliberately repositioning or altering existing objects, so that the audience are invited to look at them from a different perspective.
==== Queering the museums: ====
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the MNAR European Art Gallery]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Zambaccian Collection]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
* Vlad Babenco on
> '''Queering the Brasov Museum''', at the [[Muzeul de Artă Brașov]]<ref>https://www.muzeulartabv.ro/ro/activitati-muzeu/evenimente/arhiva-2019-2017/tururi-ghidate-queer-la-muzeul-de-art%C4%83-bra%C8%99ov-cu-vlad-babenco.html</ref>, Brașov, 2023.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Văcărești Monastery Frescoes]]''' (at the Casa Filipescu Cesianu Museum), Bucharest, 2026.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Art Collections Museum]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
 
 

== Research context ==
Traditionally, art museums in Romania, with a little but perhaps insufficient exception at the national museum of contemporary art, actively avoid a critical discussion of methodological aspects of a queer perspective in interpreting, exhibiting, and organizing museum collections, preserving museum’s conservatory approaches in supporting “heteronormative” narratives that consolidate heterosexuality as a norm within social and cultural life. There is a need to investigate what non-normative or queer relations exist around art museum displays and collections, rethinking them through and with (de)colonial and other historical entanglements while not simply dwelling in the past but instead making connections to our present and futures. There are no queering strategy to make their collection more representative of queer people, or better represent gender and identity-related diversity. Attention should be give: queer should not be understood merely as a credible practice for museums that are officially labelled “gay” such as the Schwules Museum* in Berlin. This would be just the old practice of demarcation and segregation.
 
 
== Copyrights and Reproduction of research findings and materials ==
 
The views expressed herein and all related audio-video-photo materials are under copyright licence, restricted to non-commercial use only and requiring full attribution to prevent infringement. Failing to credit the creators can lead to plagiarism accusations, and missing required credits on licensed materials breaches copyright terms.
 
 
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== Eastern European Queer Archives (documentation on queer culture and history ) ==
* Triumf Amiria<ref>https://triumfamiria.ro/</ref>, a nomadic, fluid and uninstitutionalised cultural museum focused on queer art, initiator: the artistic group KILOBASE BUCHAREST
* Romanian Queer History and Culture Museum<ref>https://muzeulqueer.com/</ref>, initiator: Florin Buhuceanu
* Romanian Lesbian archive, initiator: Alex Zorilă
* Polish Queer Muzeum Warszawa<ref>https://queermuzeum.pl/en/</ref>, an initiative by Lambda Warszawa, Poland’s oldest LGBTQ+ organization
* Polish Queer Archive Institute<ref>http://queerarchivesinstitute.org/</ref>, initiator: Karol Radziszewski
* Forgotten Stories of Eastern European Queer Heroes<ref>https://unit.n-ost.org/en/eastern-queerope/</ref>: a project by Eastern Queerope, a journalistic network of queer writers, documenting forgotten LGBTQ+ figures from Belarus, Poland, and Ukraine
* Hungarian Labrisz Lesbian Herstory Archives and Censorship Museum<ref>https://labrisz.hu/en/herstory-archivum-es-cenzura-muzeum/</ref>
* Hungarian Hatter Archive<ref>https://en.hatter.hu/what-we-do/archive-and-library</ref>
* Czech Collection of the Society for Queer Memory<ref>https://www.queerpamet.cz</ref>
* Commercialised mediated digital archive focused on Eastern-Europe<ref>https://www.eastview.com/resources/e-collections/social-movements-elections-ephemera-lgbtq/</ref>
* Douglas Conrad LGBT Collection<ref>https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/12/resources/4906</ref> focused on Eastern Europe, held at Yale University, initiator: Douglas Conrad
* Bosnian Kvir Arhiv (Queer Archive Bosnia)<ref>http://www.kvirarhiv.org/en/about</ref>, initiator: Okvir association
* Serbian Arkadija Archive<ref>https://www.apparatusjournal.net/index.php/apparatus/article/view/414/749</ref>, initiator: Jelena Vasiljević
* Albanian HomeSpace Arkivi Queer Shqipta<ref>https://www.apparatusjournal.net/index.php/apparatus/article/view/414/749</ref>r, initiator: Safira Boeder
* Slovenian Lesbian Library and Archives<ref>https://skuc-ll.si/about/english/#Lesbian-Library-&-Archives</ref>
* Bulgarian Queer Archive<ref>https://www.queersofia.org/queer-archive</ref>
 
 

== Queer art writings ==
=== Romania ===
 
==== Books ====
* ''Spații aparte''<ref>https://fractalia.ro/shop/colectii-fractalia/open-books/alex-zorila-spatii-aparte/</ref> (''Particular spaces''), by Alex Zorilă, in Romanian language, edited by Fractalia, 2023, ISBN: 978-606-9028-73-5, interviews with lesbian personalities from sec. XX/XXI Romania, a chapter is dedicated to visual arts
[[File:Spatiiaparte-alexzorila.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Spații aparte, by Alex Zorilă, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026|Spații aparte, by Alex Zorilă, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026]]
[[File:dezir1small.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Dezir, by Paula Dunker, Iulia Mocanu, Alecs Cândea, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026|Dezir, by Paula Dunker, Iulia Mocanu, Alecs Cândea, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026]]
* ''Homoistorii: Ieșirea din invizibilitate''<ref>https://humanitas.ro/assets/media/homoistorii.pdf</ref> (''Homohistories: coming out of invisibility''), by Florin Buhuceanu, in Romanian language, edited by Ed. Maiko 2011, reedited in 2016 by Humanitas, ISBN: 978-606-9028-73-5, a personal compendium based on historical memories, testimonies and research on the life of homosexual persons in XIX-XXI sec., some of the stories covered are about gay and lesbian visual artists
* ''Castele în Spania''<ref>https://humanitas.ro/humanitas/carte/castele-%C3%AEn-spania-0n</ref> (''Castles in Spain''), by Petre Sirin, in Romanian language, edited by Humanitas, 2013, ISBN: 978-973-50-4031-4-X, a diaristical compendium based on Petre Sirin diary writings, selection made by editor; the book covers stories about the group around the visual artist George Tomaziu
* ''Dezir''<ref>https://fractalia.ro/shop/colectii-fractalia/antologii/iulia-mocanu-paula-dunker-alecs-candea-dezir/</ref>, in Romanian, a queer-erotica antology edited by Iulia Mocanu, Paula Dunker and Alecs Cândea, in Romanian language, edited by Fractalia, 2025, ISBN: 978-606-9028-95-7
 

==== Press articles ====
* VIMEO, by Mária Takács, video documentary on lesbian community in Budapest<ref>https://vimeo.com/45527181</ref>, including references and interview with lesbian artists, published in 2009
* ARTA magazine, ''Hello Goodbye''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/hello-goodbye-2/</ref>e, by Cristina Bogdan, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential relation to queer art of the artistic duo The Melodramatic Bureau, Alina Popa and Irina Gheorghe, published in 2015
* ARTA magazine, ''Sub-styles: DIY Art Spaces, Interdisciplinarity and Hybrids''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/sub-styles-diy-art-spaces-interdisciplinarity-and-hybrids/</ref>, by Marta Jecu, written in collaboration with Berlin Art Link, magazine article mentioning potential queer art exploration at the now-closed artist run space Platforma, published in 2015
* ARTA magazine, ''The Xenofeminist Manifesto'' by Alina Popa, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential queer art exploration at various now-closed Romanian artist run spaces such as h.arta space and Tam Tam n Timișoara or Art Hub in Bucharest, 2016
* ARTA magazine, ''The Month of History – The Outsiders. SAVAGED pINK – (manifest) for an LGBT archive''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-month-of-history-the-outsiders-savaged-pink-manifest-for-an-lgbt-archive/</ref> by Valentina Iancu, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential queer art archives, 2017; ''<<Note: recounted historical facts needs rechecking>>'' * ARTA magazine, ''The Month of History – The Outsiders. SAVAGED pINK – (manifest) for an LGBT archive'' (the article is mentioning the Sorin Oncu’s legacy (1980-2016), an artist from Timisoara politically active in the frivolous movement for LGBTs emancipation and feminist-queer initiatives such as GadjoDildo, a cabaret show played by Elena Duminică, Mihaela Drăgan and Zita Moldovan directed by Mihai Lukacs and choreographed by Paula Dunker at Macaz, or Daniela Groza performative interaction at Point space, Be good for real, a public performance of honesty, responsibility and courage in which Daniela, a female gay militant for kindness, invites anyone curious to enter in an open dialogue where limits were negotiated peacefully, as well as the significant initiative to reflect on the history of LGBTs in Romania, brought forth by SAVAGED pINK, an art exhibition opened at [https://oddweb.org/about/ ODD space, run by Cristina Bogdan]), published in 2017
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (I)'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-i/</ref> on the queer artist Sorin Oncu and Raluca Ilaria Demetrescu in the mid-2000s, published in 2017
* ARTA magazine, ''What Do The Mountains Hide?'', by Valentina Iancu, <ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/what-do-the-mountains-hide/</ref>, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning pre-queer art of the Ion Râmnic and István Mihály duo, with a retrospective organised by [[Ivan Gallery]], published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Arta „noastră” queer'' („Our queer art”), by Ladislav Zikmund-Lender, article in Romanian<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/ro/arta-noastra-queer/</ref> and English<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/our-queer-art/</ref> language on Czech queer art, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Formal Encounters'', by Valentina Iancu, <ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/formal-encounters-2/</ref> magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning a queer curated exhibition at at that time at Bucharest based [[Nicodim Gallery]], curated by by Ben Lee Ritchie Handler, showcasing queer and non-queer Romanian and foreign artists, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Against interpretation'', by Gyula Muskovics, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/against-interpretation/</ref> about Tamás Király (1952-2013), a fashion designer from the underground Budapest gay scene, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Let’s talk performance art'', by Marina Oprea, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/lets-talk-performance-art/</ref> in Romanian and English language, about queer performance artist Fairid Fairuz, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Self-Fulfiling Profecy'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/self-fulfiling/</ref> with trans artist Mi Kafchin, by Valentina Iancu, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (II)'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-ii/</ref> on the queer art scene in România, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''“I have witchcraft in my blood too”'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/i-have-witchcraft-in-my-blood-too/</ref> with the artist Virginia Lupu, by Gyula Muskovics, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Chemtrails'', a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/chemtrails-2/</ref> by Valentina Iancu, in Romanian and English language about a queer show at [[Nicodim Gallery]] in Los Angeles bringing together recent work from trans artist Mi Kafchin, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''The State of the Romanian Avant-garde (I)'', a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-state-of-the-romanian-avant-garde-i/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer-feminist show "Lay me down across the lines", at [[Kunsthalle Bega]], in Timisoara, Romanian, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Queering the East'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queering-the-east/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer discourse in the west, with and about the East, focusing on the practice of queer archives, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''The Revolution is Here and Now, the Revolution is Roma, Queer and Feminist'', by Arman Heljic, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-revolution-is-here-and-now-the-revolution-is-roma-queer-and-feminist/</ref> about the art practice of queer theater artist, Mihaela Drăgan, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''What’s Left From My Heart'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article in Romanian and English language about the queer-feminist group FCNN (Feminist Collective with No Name) and its activity in various places in Romanian and abroad, with referenes to the queer artists [[Simona Dumitriu]], [[Raluca Croitoru]] and [[Ileana Faur]], published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Where Are You, Mircea Nicolae?'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/where-are-you-mircea-nicolae/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer artist Mircea Nicolae, published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''The Independent is Political'', by Raluca Țurcanașu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-independent-is-political/</ref> about the Moldovan art scene, with a small reference to the queer Moldovan documentarist and performer Artiom Zavadovschi (insta profile: https://www.instagram.com/das.miss.verstaendnis/), published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''Love Letter to Triumf Amiria Museum Workings'', by Nora Ugron, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/love-letter-to-triumf-amiria-museum-workings/</ref> on the mini-exhibitions curated as part of the project TRIUMF AMIRIA: The Museum of Queer Culture, curated by [[Apparatus 22]], published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''Inhabiting SUPRAINFINIT'', by Maria Perșu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/inhabiting-suprainfinit/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer art collective [[Apparatus 22]]’s solo exhibition Of Pleasure: The Learnings and Strange Fortunes of Atletica Ideal, published in 2023
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (IV). Tracing Queer Narratives in Romanian Time-Based Media Art'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-iv-tracing-queer-narratives-in-romanian-time-based-media-art/</ref> in Romanian and English language on the contemporary “revolution” of queer time-based media art in România, in dialogue with the past, published in 2023.
* ARTA magazine, ''Timișoara and the Artists who have Changed the City Through their Initiatives'', by Gabriela Mateescu, a documentation article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/timisoara-and-the-artists-who-have-changed-the-city-through-their-initiatives/</ref> about artist run spaces development in Timișoara, including few queer art spaces, such as h.art.timisoara, indecis and tam tam, published in 2023
* ARTA magazine, ''The h.arta Space'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-h-arta-space/</ref> with the coordinating artists of the queer h.arta space in Timisoara, România, published in 2024
* ARTA magazine, ''Hortensia Mi Kafchin and the Neo-Metaphysical Painting'', by Gabriela Mateescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/hortensia-mi-kafchin-and-the-neo-metaphysical-painting/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer trans artist [[Mi Kafchin]], who goes beyond virtuosity in a transgressive view of existential anguish: the authenticity of being, anxiety, depression, powerlessness in the face of the absurdity of the world, published in 2024
* ARTA magazine, ''Dear Danube, How Long Have You Survived?'', by Marina Paladi, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/dear-danube-how-long-have-you-survived/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer artist Alex Mirutziu, published in 2025
* ARTA magazine, ''The Institution of Performance'', by Marina Oprea, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-institution-of-performance/</ref> about the performer Adriana Gheorghe’s program under the umbrella initiative of Theatres – an artist’s workspace, a public institution, a site for research, presentation, for finished or in progress works, which constantly includes various queer performance artists in the program, published in 2025
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Timing After the Wall'', by Göksu Kunak, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/queer-timing-after-the-wall/</ref> theorising about queer dance - queer performance practices, published in 2025.
* ARTA magazine, ''Conversations on Invisibility & Artistic Bodybuilding'', by Cristina Stoenescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/conversations-on-invisibility-artistic-bodybuilding/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the artist group KILOBASE BUCHAREST curating a major queer art show in România, on institutional critique and political unrest, where the solution is queer and poetic, enabling a space of commons and explorations, with artists such as works of [[Apparatus 22]], [[Maria Balea]], Lucian Barbu, [[Alex Bodea]], [[Ștefan Botez]], [[Alex Horghidan]], [[Gavril Pop]], and [[Sofia Zadar]], published in 2025.
* ARTA magazine, ''Conversations on Invisibility & Artistic Bodybuilding'', by Cristina Stoenescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/conversations-on-invisibility-artistic-bodybuilding/</ref> in Romanian and English language, touching the theorised notion of queer negativity, published in 2026.

Queer-art

2026-08-12T17:38:27Z

Npk: /* Queer art writings */

Queer Art has had an important role in subverting repressive gender norms. Some common themes in contemporary queer art may include exploring gender and sexual identity, challenging societal norms and expectations, and promoting visibility and acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community
 
 
== Queer art folksonomy ==
* queer intimacy
* radical tenderness
* tender & grotesque
* reclaiming of personal queer archives
* intersectional identities
* direct representation
* delicate and haunting
* queer fantasy
* queer sensuality
* fluid identity
* physical objects anchoring the queer identity
* shifted narratives
* visceral effect
* euphoric queerness
* not sanitized bodies and gestures
* queer vulnerability
* homosociality
* female intimacy
* male intimacy
* alternative kinship
* female solidarity
* feminine alliance
* ambiguous embodiment
* aesthetics of indeterminacy
* double understanding
* secret vocabulary
* alternative epistemologies
* cognitive asymmetry
* unlearning socially constructed roles
* disruptive normativity
* anti-society-ism
* lack of a binary privilege
* counter-storytelling (casting doubt on the validity of permissible premises)
 
 

== Romanian Queer artists ==

List of Queer Visual Artists from the second half of sec XX (born since 1960)
* <categorytree mode="pages">Queer_artists</categorytree>

List of Queer Visual Artists from the first half of sec XX (born since 1900 and 1960)
* [[Queer_artists_1900-1960|Historical archive of Queer artists 1900-1960]]
 
 

== Queering ==
Queering refers to a strategic approach used by artists that involves deliberately repositioning or altering existing objects, so that the audience are invited to look at them from a different perspective.
==== Queering the museums: ====
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the MNAR European Art Gallery]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Zambaccian Collection]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
* Vlad Babenco on
> '''Queering the Brasov Museum''', at the [[Muzeul de Artă Brașov]]<ref>https://www.muzeulartabv.ro/ro/activitati-muzeu/evenimente/arhiva-2019-2017/tururi-ghidate-queer-la-muzeul-de-art%C4%83-bra%C8%99ov-cu-vlad-babenco.html</ref>, Brașov, 2023.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Văcărești Monastery Frescoes]]''' (at the Casa Filipescu Cesianu Museum), Bucharest, 2026.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Art Collections Museum]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
 
 

== Research context ==
Traditionally, art museums in Romania, with a little but perhaps insufficient exception at the national museum of contemporary art, actively avoid a critical discussion of methodological aspects of a queer perspective in interpreting, exhibiting, and organizing museum collections, preserving museum’s conservatory approaches in supporting “heteronormative” narratives that consolidate heterosexuality as a norm within social and cultural life. There is a need to investigate what non-normative or queer relations exist around art museum displays and collections, rethinking them through and with (de)colonial and other historical entanglements while not simply dwelling in the past but instead making connections to our present and futures. There are no queering strategy to make their collection more representative of queer people, or better represent gender and identity-related diversity. Attention should be give: queer should not be understood merely as a credible practice for museums that are officially labelled “gay” such as the Schwules Museum* in Berlin. This would be just the old practice of demarcation and segregation.
 
 
== Copyrights and Reproduction of research findings and materials ==
 
The views expressed herein and all related audio-video-photo materials are under copyright licence, restricted to non-commercial use only and requiring full attribution to prevent infringement. Failing to credit the creators can lead to plagiarism accusations, and missing required credits on licensed materials breaches copyright terms.
 
 
_____________________________________________________________________

== Queer Archives (documentation on queer culture and history ) ==
* Triumf Amiria<ref>https://triumfamiria.ro/</ref>, a nomadic, fluid and uninstitutionalised cultural museum focused on queer art, initiator: the artistic group KILOBASE BUCHAREST
* Romanian Queer History and Culture Museum<ref>https://muzeulqueer.com/</ref>, initiator: Florin Buhuceanu
* Romanian Lesbian archive, initiator: Alex Zorilă
* Polish Queer Muzeum Warszawa<ref>https://queermuzeum.pl/en/</ref>, an initiative by Lambda Warszawa, Poland’s oldest LGBTQ+ organization
* Polish Queer Archive Institute<ref>http://queerarchivesinstitute.org/</ref>, initiator: Karol Radziszewski
* Forgotten Stories of Eastern European Queer Heroes<ref>https://unit.n-ost.org/en/eastern-queerope/</ref>: a project by Eastern Queerope, a journalistic network of queer writers, documenting forgotten LGBTQ+ figures from Belarus, Poland, and Ukraine
* Hungarian Labrisz Lesbian Herstory Archives and Censorship Museum<ref>https://labrisz.hu/en/herstory-archivum-es-cenzura-muzeum/</ref>
* Hungarian Hatter Archive<ref>https://en.hatter.hu/what-we-do/archive-and-library</ref>
* Czech Collection of the Society for Queer Memory<ref>https://www.queerpamet.cz</ref>
* Commercialised mediated digital archive focused on Eastern-Europe<ref>https://www.eastview.com/resources/e-collections/social-movements-elections-ephemera-lgbtq/</ref>
* Douglas Conrad LGBT Collection<ref>https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/12/resources/4906</ref> focused on Eastern Europe, held at Yale University, initiator: Douglas Conrad
* Bosnian Kvir Arhiv (Queer Archive Bosnia)<ref>http://www.kvirarhiv.org/en/about</ref>, initiator: Okvir association
* Serbian Arkadija Archive<ref>https://www.apparatusjournal.net/index.php/apparatus/article/view/414/749</ref>, initiator: Jelena Vasiljević
* Albanian HomeSpace Arkivi Queer Shqipta<ref>https://www.apparatusjournal.net/index.php/apparatus/article/view/414/749</ref>r, initiator: Safira Boeder
* Slovenian Lesbian Library and Archives<ref>https://skuc-ll.si/about/english/#Lesbian-Library-&-Archives</ref>
* Bulgarian Queer Archive<ref>https://www.queersofia.org/queer-archive</ref>
 
 
== Queer art writings ==
=== Romania ===
 
==== Books ====
* ''Spații aparte''<ref>https://fractalia.ro/shop/colectii-fractalia/open-books/alex-zorila-spatii-aparte/</ref> (''Particular spaces''), by Alex Zorilă, in Romanian language, edited by Fractalia, 2023, ISBN: 978-606-9028-73-5, interviews with lesbian personalities from sec. XX/XXI Romania, a chapter is dedicated to visual arts
[[File:Spatiiaparte-alexzorila.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Spații aparte, by Alex Zorilă, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026|Spații aparte, by Alex Zorilă, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026]]
[[File:dezir1small.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Dezir, by Paula Dunker, Iulia Mocanu, Alecs Cândea, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026|Dezir, by Paula Dunker, Iulia Mocanu, Alecs Cândea, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026]]
* ''Homoistorii: Ieșirea din invizibilitate''<ref>https://humanitas.ro/assets/media/homoistorii.pdf</ref> (''Homohistories: coming out of invisibility''), by Florin Buhuceanu, in Romanian language, edited by Ed. Maiko 2011, reedited in 2016 by Humanitas, ISBN: 978-606-9028-73-5, a personal compendium based on historical memories, testimonies and research on the life of homosexual persons in XIX-XXI sec., some of the stories covered are about gay and lesbian visual artists
* ''Castele în Spania''<ref>https://humanitas.ro/humanitas/carte/castele-%C3%AEn-spania-0n</ref> (''Castles in Spain''), by Petre Sirin, in Romanian language, edited by Humanitas, 2013, ISBN: 978-973-50-4031-4-X, a diaristical compendium based on Petre Sirin diary writings, selection made by editor; the book covers stories about the group around the visual artist George Tomaziu
* ''Dezir''<ref>https://fractalia.ro/shop/colectii-fractalia/antologii/iulia-mocanu-paula-dunker-alecs-candea-dezir/</ref>, in Romanian, a queer-erotica antology edited by Iulia Mocanu, Paula Dunker and Alecs Cândea, in Romanian language, edited by Fractalia, 2025, ISBN: 978-606-9028-95-7
 

==== Press articles ====
* VIMEO, by Mária Takács, video documentary on lesbian community in Budapest<ref>https://vimeo.com/45527181</ref>, including references and interview with lesbian artists, published in 2009
* ARTA magazine, ''Hello Goodbye''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/hello-goodbye-2/</ref>e, by Cristina Bogdan, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential relation to queer art of the artistic duo The Melodramatic Bureau, Alina Popa and Irina Gheorghe, published in 2015
* ARTA magazine, ''Sub-styles: DIY Art Spaces, Interdisciplinarity and Hybrids''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/sub-styles-diy-art-spaces-interdisciplinarity-and-hybrids/</ref>, by Marta Jecu, written in collaboration with Berlin Art Link, magazine article mentioning potential queer art exploration at the now-closed artist run space Platforma, published in 2015
* ARTA magazine, ''The Xenofeminist Manifesto'' by Alina Popa, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential queer art exploration at various now-closed Romanian artist run spaces such as h.arta space and Tam Tam n Timișoara or Art Hub in Bucharest, 2016
* ARTA magazine, ''The Month of History – The Outsiders. SAVAGED pINK – (manifest) for an LGBT archive''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-month-of-history-the-outsiders-savaged-pink-manifest-for-an-lgbt-archive/</ref> by Valentina Iancu, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential queer art archives, 2017; ''<<Note: recounted historical facts needs rechecking>>'' * ARTA magazine, ''The Month of History – The Outsiders. SAVAGED pINK – (manifest) for an LGBT archive'' (the article is mentioning the Sorin Oncu’s legacy (1980-2016), an artist from Timisoara politically active in the frivolous movement for LGBTs emancipation and feminist-queer initiatives such as GadjoDildo, a cabaret show played by Elena Duminică, Mihaela Drăgan and Zita Moldovan directed by Mihai Lukacs and choreographed by Paula Dunker at Macaz, or Daniela Groza performative interaction at Point space, Be good for real, a public performance of honesty, responsibility and courage in which Daniela, a female gay militant for kindness, invites anyone curious to enter in an open dialogue where limits were negotiated peacefully, as well as the significant initiative to reflect on the history of LGBTs in Romania, brought forth by SAVAGED pINK, an art exhibition opened at [https://oddweb.org/about/ ODD space, run by Cristina Bogdan]), published in 2017
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (I)'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-i/</ref> on the queer artist Sorin Oncu and Raluca Ilaria Demetrescu in the mid-2000s, published in 2017
* ARTA magazine, ''What Do The Mountains Hide?'', by Valentina Iancu, <ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/what-do-the-mountains-hide/</ref>, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning pre-queer art of the Ion Râmnic and István Mihály duo, with a retrospective organised by [[Ivan Gallery]], published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Arta „noastră” queer'' („Our queer art”), by Ladislav Zikmund-Lender, article in Romanian<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/ro/arta-noastra-queer/</ref> and English<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/our-queer-art/</ref> language on Czech queer art, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Formal Encounters'', by Valentina Iancu, <ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/formal-encounters-2/</ref> magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning a queer curated exhibition at at that time at Bucharest based [[Nicodim Gallery]], curated by by Ben Lee Ritchie Handler, showcasing queer and non-queer Romanian and foreign artists, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Against interpretation'', by Gyula Muskovics, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/against-interpretation/</ref> about Tamás Király (1952-2013), a fashion designer from the underground Budapest gay scene, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Let’s talk performance art'', by Marina Oprea, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/lets-talk-performance-art/</ref> in Romanian and English language, about queer performance artist Fairid Fairuz, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Self-Fulfiling Profecy'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/self-fulfiling/</ref> with trans artist Mi Kafchin, by Valentina Iancu, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (II)'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-ii/</ref> on the queer art scene in România, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''“I have witchcraft in my blood too”'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/i-have-witchcraft-in-my-blood-too/</ref> with the artist Virginia Lupu, by Gyula Muskovics, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Chemtrails'', a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/chemtrails-2/</ref> by Valentina Iancu, in Romanian and English language about a queer show at [[Nicodim Gallery]] in Los Angeles bringing together recent work from trans artist Mi Kafchin, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''The State of the Romanian Avant-garde (I)'', a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-state-of-the-romanian-avant-garde-i/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer-feminist show "Lay me down across the lines", at [[Kunsthalle Bega]], in Timisoara, Romanian, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Queering the East'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queering-the-east/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer discourse in the west, with and about the East, focusing on the practice of queer archives, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''The Revolution is Here and Now, the Revolution is Roma, Queer and Feminist'', by Arman Heljic, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-revolution-is-here-and-now-the-revolution-is-roma-queer-and-feminist/</ref> about the art practice of queer theater artist, Mihaela Drăgan, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''What’s Left From My Heart'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article in Romanian and English language about the queer-feminist group FCNN (Feminist Collective with No Name) and its activity in various places in Romanian and abroad, with referenes to the queer artists [[Simona Dumitriu]], [[Raluca Croitoru]] and [[Ileana Faur]], published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Where Are You, Mircea Nicolae?'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/where-are-you-mircea-nicolae/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer artist Mircea Nicolae, published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''The Independent is Political'', by Raluca Țurcanașu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-independent-is-political/</ref> about the Moldovan art scene, with a small reference to the queer Moldovan documentarist and performer Artiom Zavadovschi (insta profile: https://www.instagram.com/das.miss.verstaendnis/), published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''Love Letter to Triumf Amiria Museum Workings'', by Nora Ugron, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/love-letter-to-triumf-amiria-museum-workings/</ref> on the mini-exhibitions curated as part of the project TRIUMF AMIRIA: The Museum of Queer Culture, curated by [[Apparatus 22]], published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''Inhabiting SUPRAINFINIT'', by Maria Perșu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/inhabiting-suprainfinit/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer art collective [[Apparatus 22]]’s solo exhibition Of Pleasure: The Learnings and Strange Fortunes of Atletica Ideal, published in 2023
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (IV). Tracing Queer Narratives in Romanian Time-Based Media Art'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-iv-tracing-queer-narratives-in-romanian-time-based-media-art/</ref> in Romanian and English language on the contemporary “revolution” of queer time-based media art in România, in dialogue with the past, published in 2023.
* ARTA magazine, ''Timișoara and the Artists who have Changed the City Through their Initiatives'', by Gabriela Mateescu, a documentation article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/timisoara-and-the-artists-who-have-changed-the-city-through-their-initiatives/</ref> about artist run spaces development in Timișoara, including few queer art spaces, such as h.art.timisoara, indecis and tam tam, published in 2023
* ARTA magazine, ''The h.arta Space'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-h-arta-space/</ref> with the coordinating artists of the queer h.arta space in Timisoara, România, published in 2024
* ARTA magazine, ''Hortensia Mi Kafchin and the Neo-Metaphysical Painting'', by Gabriela Mateescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/hortensia-mi-kafchin-and-the-neo-metaphysical-painting/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer trans artist [[Mi Kafchin]], who goes beyond virtuosity in a transgressive view of existential anguish: the authenticity of being, anxiety, depression, powerlessness in the face of the absurdity of the world, published in 2024
* ARTA magazine, ''Dear Danube, How Long Have You Survived?'', by Marina Paladi, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/dear-danube-how-long-have-you-survived/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer artist Alex Mirutziu, published in 2025
* ARTA magazine, ''The Institution of Performance'', by Marina Oprea, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-institution-of-performance/</ref> about the performer Adriana Gheorghe’s program under the umbrella initiative of Theatres – an artist’s workspace, a public institution, a site for research, presentation, for finished or in progress works, which constantly includes various queer performance artists in the program, published in 2025
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Timing After the Wall'', by Göksu Kunak, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/queer-timing-after-the-wall/</ref> theorising about queer dance - queer performance practices, published in 2025.
* ARTA magazine, ''Conversations on Invisibility & Artistic Bodybuilding'', by Cristina Stoenescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/conversations-on-invisibility-artistic-bodybuilding/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the artist group KILOBASE BUCHAREST curating a major queer art show in România, on institutional critique and political unrest, where the solution is queer and poetic, enabling a space of commons and explorations, with artists such as works of [[Apparatus 22]], [[Maria Balea]], Lucian Barbu, [[Alex Bodea]], [[Ștefan Botez]], [[Alex Horghidan]], [[Gavril Pop]], and [[Sofia Zadar]], published in 2025.
* ARTA magazine, ''Conversations on Invisibility & Artistic Bodybuilding'', by Cristina Stoenescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/conversations-on-invisibility-artistic-bodybuilding/</ref> in Romanian and English language, touching the theorised notion of queer negativity, published in 2026.

Queer-art

2026-08-12T17:37:31Z

Npk: /* Queer artists */

Queer Art has had an important role in subverting repressive gender norms. Some common themes in contemporary queer art may include exploring gender and sexual identity, challenging societal norms and expectations, and promoting visibility and acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community
 
 
== Queer art folksonomy ==
* queer intimacy
* radical tenderness
* tender & grotesque
* reclaiming of personal queer archives
* intersectional identities
* direct representation
* delicate and haunting
* queer fantasy
* queer sensuality
* fluid identity
* physical objects anchoring the queer identity
* shifted narratives
* visceral effect
* euphoric queerness
* not sanitized bodies and gestures
* queer vulnerability
* homosociality
* female intimacy
* male intimacy
* alternative kinship
* female solidarity
* feminine alliance
* ambiguous embodiment
* aesthetics of indeterminacy
* double understanding
* secret vocabulary
* alternative epistemologies
* cognitive asymmetry
* unlearning socially constructed roles
* disruptive normativity
* anti-society-ism
* lack of a binary privilege
* counter-storytelling (casting doubt on the validity of permissible premises)
 
 

== Romanian Queer artists ==

List of Queer Visual Artists from the second half of sec XX (born since 1960)
* <categorytree mode="pages">Queer_artists</categorytree>

List of Queer Visual Artists from the first half of sec XX (born since 1900 and 1960)
* [[Queer_artists_1900-1960|Historical archive of Queer artists 1900-1960]]
 
 

== Queering ==
Queering refers to a strategic approach used by artists that involves deliberately repositioning or altering existing objects, so that the audience are invited to look at them from a different perspective.
==== Queering the museums: ====
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the MNAR European Art Gallery]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Zambaccian Collection]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
* Vlad Babenco on
> '''Queering the Brasov Museum''', at the [[Muzeul de Artă Brașov]]<ref>https://www.muzeulartabv.ro/ro/activitati-muzeu/evenimente/arhiva-2019-2017/tururi-ghidate-queer-la-muzeul-de-art%C4%83-bra%C8%99ov-cu-vlad-babenco.html</ref>, Brașov, 2023.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Văcărești Monastery Frescoes]]''' (at the Casa Filipescu Cesianu Museum), Bucharest, 2026.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Art Collections Museum]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
 
 

== Research context ==
Traditionally, art museums in Romania, with a little but perhaps insufficient exception at the national museum of contemporary art, actively avoid a critical discussion of methodological aspects of a queer perspective in interpreting, exhibiting, and organizing museum collections, preserving museum’s conservatory approaches in supporting “heteronormative” narratives that consolidate heterosexuality as a norm within social and cultural life. There is a need to investigate what non-normative or queer relations exist around art museum displays and collections, rethinking them through and with (de)colonial and other historical entanglements while not simply dwelling in the past but instead making connections to our present and futures. There are no queering strategy to make their collection more representative of queer people, or better represent gender and identity-related diversity. Attention should be give: queer should not be understood merely as a credible practice for museums that are officially labelled “gay” such as the Schwules Museum* in Berlin. This would be just the old practice of demarcation and segregation.
 
 
== Copyrights and Reproduction of research findings and materials ==
 
The views expressed herein and all related audio-video-photo materials are under copyright licence, restricted to non-commercial use only and requiring full attribution to prevent infringement. Failing to credit the creators can lead to plagiarism accusations, and missing required credits on licensed materials breaches copyright terms.
 
 
_____________________________________________________________________

== Queer Archives (documentation on queer culture and history ) ==
* Triumf Amiria<ref>https://triumfamiria.ro/</ref>, a nomadic, fluid and uninstitutionalised cultural museum focused on queer art, initiator: the artistic group KILOBASE BUCHAREST
* Romanian Queer History and Culture Museum<ref>https://muzeulqueer.com/</ref>, initiator: Florin Buhuceanu
* Romanian Lesbian archive, initiator: Alex Zorilă
* Polish Queer Muzeum Warszawa<ref>https://queermuzeum.pl/en/</ref>, an initiative by Lambda Warszawa, Poland’s oldest LGBTQ+ organization
* Polish Queer Archive Institute<ref>http://queerarchivesinstitute.org/</ref>, initiator: Karol Radziszewski
* Forgotten Stories of Eastern European Queer Heroes<ref>https://unit.n-ost.org/en/eastern-queerope/</ref>: a project by Eastern Queerope, a journalistic network of queer writers, documenting forgotten LGBTQ+ figures from Belarus, Poland, and Ukraine
* Hungarian Labrisz Lesbian Herstory Archives and Censorship Museum<ref>https://labrisz.hu/en/herstory-archivum-es-cenzura-muzeum/</ref>
* Hungarian Hatter Archive<ref>https://en.hatter.hu/what-we-do/archive-and-library</ref>
* Czech Collection of the Society for Queer Memory<ref>https://www.queerpamet.cz</ref>
* Commercialised mediated digital archive focused on Eastern-Europe<ref>https://www.eastview.com/resources/e-collections/social-movements-elections-ephemera-lgbtq/</ref>
* Douglas Conrad LGBT Collection<ref>https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/12/resources/4906</ref> focused on Eastern Europe, held at Yale University, initiator: Douglas Conrad
* Bosnian Kvir Arhiv (Queer Archive Bosnia)<ref>http://www.kvirarhiv.org/en/about</ref>, initiator: Okvir association
* Serbian Arkadija Archive<ref>https://www.apparatusjournal.net/index.php/apparatus/article/view/414/749</ref>, initiator: Jelena Vasiljević
* Albanian HomeSpace Arkivi Queer Shqipta<ref>https://www.apparatusjournal.net/index.php/apparatus/article/view/414/749</ref>r, initiator: Safira Boeder
* Slovenian Lesbian Library and Archives<ref>https://skuc-ll.si/about/english/#Lesbian-Library-&-Archives</ref>
* Bulgarian Queer Archive<ref>https://www.queersofia.org/queer-archive</ref>
 
 
== Queer art writings ==
 
==== Books ====
* ''Spații aparte''<ref>https://fractalia.ro/shop/colectii-fractalia/open-books/alex-zorila-spatii-aparte/</ref> (''Particular spaces''), by Alex Zorilă, in Romanian language, edited by Fractalia, 2023, ISBN: 978-606-9028-73-5, interviews with lesbian personalities from sec. XX/XXI Romania, a chapter is dedicated to visual arts
[[File:Spatiiaparte-alexzorila.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Spații aparte, by Alex Zorilă, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026|Spații aparte, by Alex Zorilă, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026]]
[[File:dezir1small.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Dezir, by Paula Dunker, Iulia Mocanu, Alecs Cândea, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026|Dezir, by Paula Dunker, Iulia Mocanu, Alecs Cândea, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026]]
* ''Homoistorii: Ieșirea din invizibilitate''<ref>https://humanitas.ro/assets/media/homoistorii.pdf</ref> (''Homohistories: coming out of invisibility''), by Florin Buhuceanu, in Romanian language, edited by Ed. Maiko 2011, reedited in 2016 by Humanitas, ISBN: 978-606-9028-73-5, a personal compendium based on historical memories, testimonies and research on the life of homosexual persons in XIX-XXI sec., some of the stories covered are about gay and lesbian visual artists
* ''Castele în Spania''<ref>https://humanitas.ro/humanitas/carte/castele-%C3%AEn-spania-0n</ref> (''Castles in Spain''), by Petre Sirin, in Romanian language, edited by Humanitas, 2013, ISBN: 978-973-50-4031-4-X, a diaristical compendium based on Petre Sirin diary writings, selection made by editor; the book covers stories about the group around the visual artist George Tomaziu
* ''Dezir''<ref>https://fractalia.ro/shop/colectii-fractalia/antologii/iulia-mocanu-paula-dunker-alecs-candea-dezir/</ref>, in Romanian, a queer-erotica antology edited by Iulia Mocanu, Paula Dunker and Alecs Cândea, in Romanian language, edited by Fractalia, 2025, ISBN: 978-606-9028-95-7
 

==== Press articles ====
* VIMEO, by Mária Takács, video documentary on lesbian community in Budapest<ref>https://vimeo.com/45527181</ref>, including references and interview with lesbian artists, published in 2009
* ARTA magazine, ''Hello Goodbye''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/hello-goodbye-2/</ref>e, by Cristina Bogdan, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential relation to queer art of the artistic duo The Melodramatic Bureau, Alina Popa and Irina Gheorghe, published in 2015
* ARTA magazine, ''Sub-styles: DIY Art Spaces, Interdisciplinarity and Hybrids''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/sub-styles-diy-art-spaces-interdisciplinarity-and-hybrids/</ref>, by Marta Jecu, written in collaboration with Berlin Art Link, magazine article mentioning potential queer art exploration at the now-closed artist run space Platforma, published in 2015
* ARTA magazine, ''The Xenofeminist Manifesto'' by Alina Popa, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential queer art exploration at various now-closed Romanian artist run spaces such as h.arta space and Tam Tam n Timișoara or Art Hub in Bucharest, 2016
* ARTA magazine, ''The Month of History – The Outsiders. SAVAGED pINK – (manifest) for an LGBT archive''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-month-of-history-the-outsiders-savaged-pink-manifest-for-an-lgbt-archive/</ref> by Valentina Iancu, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential queer art archives, 2017; ''<<Note: recounted historical facts needs rechecking>>'' * ARTA magazine, ''The Month of History – The Outsiders. SAVAGED pINK – (manifest) for an LGBT archive'' (the article is mentioning the Sorin Oncu’s legacy (1980-2016), an artist from Timisoara politically active in the frivolous movement for LGBTs emancipation and feminist-queer initiatives such as GadjoDildo, a cabaret show played by Elena Duminică, Mihaela Drăgan and Zita Moldovan directed by Mihai Lukacs and choreographed by Paula Dunker at Macaz, or Daniela Groza performative interaction at Point space, Be good for real, a public performance of honesty, responsibility and courage in which Daniela, a female gay militant for kindness, invites anyone curious to enter in an open dialogue where limits were negotiated peacefully, as well as the significant initiative to reflect on the history of LGBTs in Romania, brought forth by SAVAGED pINK, an art exhibition opened at [https://oddweb.org/about/ ODD space, run by Cristina Bogdan]), published in 2017
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (I)'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-i/</ref> on the queer artist Sorin Oncu and Raluca Ilaria Demetrescu in the mid-2000s, published in 2017
* ARTA magazine, ''What Do The Mountains Hide?'', by Valentina Iancu, <ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/what-do-the-mountains-hide/</ref>, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning pre-queer art of the Ion Râmnic and István Mihály duo, with a retrospective organised by [[Ivan Gallery]], published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Arta „noastră” queer'' („Our queer art”), by Ladislav Zikmund-Lender, article in Romanian<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/ro/arta-noastra-queer/</ref> and English<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/our-queer-art/</ref> language on Czech queer art, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Formal Encounters'', by Valentina Iancu, <ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/formal-encounters-2/</ref> magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning a queer curated exhibition at at that time at Bucharest based [[Nicodim Gallery]], curated by by Ben Lee Ritchie Handler, showcasing queer and non-queer Romanian and foreign artists, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Against interpretation'', by Gyula Muskovics, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/against-interpretation/</ref> about Tamás Király (1952-2013), a fashion designer from the underground Budapest gay scene, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Let’s talk performance art'', by Marina Oprea, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/lets-talk-performance-art/</ref> in Romanian and English language, about queer performance artist Fairid Fairuz, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Self-Fulfiling Profecy'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/self-fulfiling/</ref> with trans artist Mi Kafchin, by Valentina Iancu, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (II)'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-ii/</ref> on the queer art scene in România, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''“I have witchcraft in my blood too”'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/i-have-witchcraft-in-my-blood-too/</ref> with the artist Virginia Lupu, by Gyula Muskovics, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Chemtrails'', a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/chemtrails-2/</ref> by Valentina Iancu, in Romanian and English language about a queer show at [[Nicodim Gallery]] in Los Angeles bringing together recent work from trans artist Mi Kafchin, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''The State of the Romanian Avant-garde (I)'', a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-state-of-the-romanian-avant-garde-i/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer-feminist show "Lay me down across the lines", at [[Kunsthalle Bega]], in Timisoara, Romanian, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Queering the East'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queering-the-east/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer discourse in the west, with and about the East, focusing on the practice of queer archives, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''The Revolution is Here and Now, the Revolution is Roma, Queer and Feminist'', by Arman Heljic, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-revolution-is-here-and-now-the-revolution-is-roma-queer-and-feminist/</ref> about the art practice of queer theater artist, Mihaela Drăgan, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''What’s Left From My Heart'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article in Romanian and English language about the queer-feminist group FCNN (Feminist Collective with No Name) and its activity in various places in Romanian and abroad, with referenes to the queer artists [[Simona Dumitriu]], [[Raluca Croitoru]] and [[Ileana Faur]], published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Where Are You, Mircea Nicolae?'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/where-are-you-mircea-nicolae/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer artist Mircea Nicolae, published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''The Independent is Political'', by Raluca Țurcanașu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-independent-is-political/</ref> about the Moldovan art scene, with a small reference to the queer Moldovan documentarist and performer Artiom Zavadovschi (insta profile: https://www.instagram.com/das.miss.verstaendnis/), published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''Love Letter to Triumf Amiria Museum Workings'', by Nora Ugron, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/love-letter-to-triumf-amiria-museum-workings/</ref> on the mini-exhibitions curated as part of the project TRIUMF AMIRIA: The Museum of Queer Culture, curated by [[Apparatus 22]], published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''Inhabiting SUPRAINFINIT'', by Maria Perșu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/inhabiting-suprainfinit/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer art collective [[Apparatus 22]]’s solo exhibition Of Pleasure: The Learnings and Strange Fortunes of Atletica Ideal, published in 2023
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (IV). Tracing Queer Narratives in Romanian Time-Based Media Art'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-iv-tracing-queer-narratives-in-romanian-time-based-media-art/</ref> in Romanian and English language on the contemporary “revolution” of queer time-based media art in România, in dialogue with the past, published in 2023.
* ARTA magazine, ''Timișoara and the Artists who have Changed the City Through their Initiatives'', by Gabriela Mateescu, a documentation article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/timisoara-and-the-artists-who-have-changed-the-city-through-their-initiatives/</ref> about artist run spaces development in Timișoara, including few queer art spaces, such as h.art.timisoara, indecis and tam tam, published in 2023
* ARTA magazine, ''The h.arta Space'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-h-arta-space/</ref> with the coordinating artists of the queer h.arta space in Timisoara, România, published in 2024
* ARTA magazine, ''Hortensia Mi Kafchin and the Neo-Metaphysical Painting'', by Gabriela Mateescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/hortensia-mi-kafchin-and-the-neo-metaphysical-painting/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer trans artist [[Mi Kafchin]], who goes beyond virtuosity in a transgressive view of existential anguish: the authenticity of being, anxiety, depression, powerlessness in the face of the absurdity of the world, published in 2024
* ARTA magazine, ''Dear Danube, How Long Have You Survived?'', by Marina Paladi, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/dear-danube-how-long-have-you-survived/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer artist Alex Mirutziu, published in 2025
* ARTA magazine, ''The Institution of Performance'', by Marina Oprea, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-institution-of-performance/</ref> about the performer Adriana Gheorghe’s program under the umbrella initiative of Theatres – an artist’s workspace, a public institution, a site for research, presentation, for finished or in progress works, which constantly includes various queer performance artists in the program, published in 2025
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Timing After the Wall'', by Göksu Kunak, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/queer-timing-after-the-wall/</ref> theorising about queer dance - queer performance practices, published in 2025.
* ARTA magazine, ''Conversations on Invisibility & Artistic Bodybuilding'', by Cristina Stoenescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/conversations-on-invisibility-artistic-bodybuilding/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the artist group KILOBASE BUCHAREST curating a major queer art show in România, on institutional critique and political unrest, where the solution is queer and poetic, enabling a space of commons and explorations, with artists such as works of [[Apparatus 22]], [[Maria Balea]], Lucian Barbu, [[Alex Bodea]], [[Ștefan Botez]], [[Alex Horghidan]], [[Gavril Pop]], and [[Sofia Zadar]], published in 2025.
* ARTA magazine, ''Conversations on Invisibility & Artistic Bodybuilding'', by Cristina Stoenescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/conversations-on-invisibility-artistic-bodybuilding/</ref> in Romanian and English language, touching the theorised notion of queer negativity, published in 2026.

Queer-art

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Npk: /* Queer artists (NPK Registry) */

Queer Art has had an important role in subverting repressive gender norms. Some common themes in contemporary queer art may include exploring gender and sexual identity, challenging societal norms and expectations, and promoting visibility and acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community
 
 
== Queer art folksonomy ==
* queer intimacy
* radical tenderness
* tender & grotesque
* reclaiming of personal queer archives
* intersectional identities
* direct representation
* delicate and haunting
* queer fantasy
* queer sensuality
* fluid identity
* physical objects anchoring the queer identity
* shifted narratives
* visceral effect
* euphoric queerness
* not sanitized bodies and gestures
* queer vulnerability
* homosociality
* female intimacy
* male intimacy
* alternative kinship
* female solidarity
* feminine alliance
* ambiguous embodiment
* aesthetics of indeterminacy
* double understanding
* secret vocabulary
* alternative epistemologies
* cognitive asymmetry
* unlearning socially constructed roles
* disruptive normativity
* anti-society-ism
* lack of a binary privilege
* counter-storytelling (casting doubt on the validity of permissible premises)
 
 

== Queer artists ==

List of Queer Visual Artists from the second half of sec XX (born since 1960)
* <categorytree mode="pages">Queer_artists</categorytree>

List of Queer Visual Artists from the first half of sec XX (born since 1900 and 1960)
* [[Queer_artists_1900-1960|Historical archive of Queer artists 1900-1960]]
 
 

== Queering ==
Queering refers to a strategic approach used by artists that involves deliberately repositioning or altering existing objects, so that the audience are invited to look at them from a different perspective.
==== Queering the museums: ====
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the MNAR European Art Gallery]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Zambaccian Collection]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
* Vlad Babenco on
> '''Queering the Brasov Museum''', at the [[Muzeul de Artă Brașov]]<ref>https://www.muzeulartabv.ro/ro/activitati-muzeu/evenimente/arhiva-2019-2017/tururi-ghidate-queer-la-muzeul-de-art%C4%83-bra%C8%99ov-cu-vlad-babenco.html</ref>, Brașov, 2023.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Văcărești Monastery Frescoes]]''' (at the Casa Filipescu Cesianu Museum), Bucharest, 2026.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Art Collections Museum]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
 
 

== Research context ==
Traditionally, art museums in Romania, with a little but perhaps insufficient exception at the national museum of contemporary art, actively avoid a critical discussion of methodological aspects of a queer perspective in interpreting, exhibiting, and organizing museum collections, preserving museum’s conservatory approaches in supporting “heteronormative” narratives that consolidate heterosexuality as a norm within social and cultural life. There is a need to investigate what non-normative or queer relations exist around art museum displays and collections, rethinking them through and with (de)colonial and other historical entanglements while not simply dwelling in the past but instead making connections to our present and futures. There are no queering strategy to make their collection more representative of queer people, or better represent gender and identity-related diversity. Attention should be give: queer should not be understood merely as a credible practice for museums that are officially labelled “gay” such as the Schwules Museum* in Berlin. This would be just the old practice of demarcation and segregation.
 
 
== Copyrights and Reproduction of research findings and materials ==
 
The views expressed herein and all related audio-video-photo materials are under copyright licence, restricted to non-commercial use only and requiring full attribution to prevent infringement. Failing to credit the creators can lead to plagiarism accusations, and missing required credits on licensed materials breaches copyright terms.
 
 
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== Queer Archives (documentation on queer culture and history ) ==
* Triumf Amiria<ref>https://triumfamiria.ro/</ref>, a nomadic, fluid and uninstitutionalised cultural museum focused on queer art, initiator: the artistic group KILOBASE BUCHAREST
* Romanian Queer History and Culture Museum<ref>https://muzeulqueer.com/</ref>, initiator: Florin Buhuceanu
* Romanian Lesbian archive, initiator: Alex Zorilă
* Polish Queer Muzeum Warszawa<ref>https://queermuzeum.pl/en/</ref>, an initiative by Lambda Warszawa, Poland’s oldest LGBTQ+ organization
* Polish Queer Archive Institute<ref>http://queerarchivesinstitute.org/</ref>, initiator: Karol Radziszewski
* Forgotten Stories of Eastern European Queer Heroes<ref>https://unit.n-ost.org/en/eastern-queerope/</ref>: a project by Eastern Queerope, a journalistic network of queer writers, documenting forgotten LGBTQ+ figures from Belarus, Poland, and Ukraine
* Hungarian Labrisz Lesbian Herstory Archives and Censorship Museum<ref>https://labrisz.hu/en/herstory-archivum-es-cenzura-muzeum/</ref>
* Hungarian Hatter Archive<ref>https://en.hatter.hu/what-we-do/archive-and-library</ref>
* Czech Collection of the Society for Queer Memory<ref>https://www.queerpamet.cz</ref>
* Commercialised mediated digital archive focused on Eastern-Europe<ref>https://www.eastview.com/resources/e-collections/social-movements-elections-ephemera-lgbtq/</ref>
* Douglas Conrad LGBT Collection<ref>https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/12/resources/4906</ref> focused on Eastern Europe, held at Yale University, initiator: Douglas Conrad
* Bosnian Kvir Arhiv (Queer Archive Bosnia)<ref>http://www.kvirarhiv.org/en/about</ref>, initiator: Okvir association
* Serbian Arkadija Archive<ref>https://www.apparatusjournal.net/index.php/apparatus/article/view/414/749</ref>, initiator: Jelena Vasiljević
* Albanian HomeSpace Arkivi Queer Shqipta<ref>https://www.apparatusjournal.net/index.php/apparatus/article/view/414/749</ref>r, initiator: Safira Boeder
* Slovenian Lesbian Library and Archives<ref>https://skuc-ll.si/about/english/#Lesbian-Library-&-Archives</ref>
* Bulgarian Queer Archive<ref>https://www.queersofia.org/queer-archive</ref>
 
 
== Queer art writings ==
 
==== Books ====
* ''Spații aparte''<ref>https://fractalia.ro/shop/colectii-fractalia/open-books/alex-zorila-spatii-aparte/</ref> (''Particular spaces''), by Alex Zorilă, in Romanian language, edited by Fractalia, 2023, ISBN: 978-606-9028-73-5, interviews with lesbian personalities from sec. XX/XXI Romania, a chapter is dedicated to visual arts
[[File:Spatiiaparte-alexzorila.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Spații aparte, by Alex Zorilă, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026|Spații aparte, by Alex Zorilă, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026]]
[[File:dezir1small.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Dezir, by Paula Dunker, Iulia Mocanu, Alecs Cândea, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026|Dezir, by Paula Dunker, Iulia Mocanu, Alecs Cândea, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026]]
* ''Homoistorii: Ieșirea din invizibilitate''<ref>https://humanitas.ro/assets/media/homoistorii.pdf</ref> (''Homohistories: coming out of invisibility''), by Florin Buhuceanu, in Romanian language, edited by Ed. Maiko 2011, reedited in 2016 by Humanitas, ISBN: 978-606-9028-73-5, a personal compendium based on historical memories, testimonies and research on the life of homosexual persons in XIX-XXI sec., some of the stories covered are about gay and lesbian visual artists
* ''Castele în Spania''<ref>https://humanitas.ro/humanitas/carte/castele-%C3%AEn-spania-0n</ref> (''Castles in Spain''), by Petre Sirin, in Romanian language, edited by Humanitas, 2013, ISBN: 978-973-50-4031-4-X, a diaristical compendium based on Petre Sirin diary writings, selection made by editor; the book covers stories about the group around the visual artist George Tomaziu
* ''Dezir''<ref>https://fractalia.ro/shop/colectii-fractalia/antologii/iulia-mocanu-paula-dunker-alecs-candea-dezir/</ref>, in Romanian, a queer-erotica antology edited by Iulia Mocanu, Paula Dunker and Alecs Cândea, in Romanian language, edited by Fractalia, 2025, ISBN: 978-606-9028-95-7
 

==== Press articles ====
* VIMEO, by Mária Takács, video documentary on lesbian community in Budapest<ref>https://vimeo.com/45527181</ref>, including references and interview with lesbian artists, published in 2009
* ARTA magazine, ''Hello Goodbye''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/hello-goodbye-2/</ref>e, by Cristina Bogdan, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential relation to queer art of the artistic duo The Melodramatic Bureau, Alina Popa and Irina Gheorghe, published in 2015
* ARTA magazine, ''Sub-styles: DIY Art Spaces, Interdisciplinarity and Hybrids''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/sub-styles-diy-art-spaces-interdisciplinarity-and-hybrids/</ref>, by Marta Jecu, written in collaboration with Berlin Art Link, magazine article mentioning potential queer art exploration at the now-closed artist run space Platforma, published in 2015
* ARTA magazine, ''The Xenofeminist Manifesto'' by Alina Popa, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential queer art exploration at various now-closed Romanian artist run spaces such as h.arta space and Tam Tam n Timișoara or Art Hub in Bucharest, 2016
* ARTA magazine, ''The Month of History – The Outsiders. SAVAGED pINK – (manifest) for an LGBT archive''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-month-of-history-the-outsiders-savaged-pink-manifest-for-an-lgbt-archive/</ref> by Valentina Iancu, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential queer art archives, 2017; ''<<Note: recounted historical facts needs rechecking>>'' * ARTA magazine, ''The Month of History – The Outsiders. SAVAGED pINK – (manifest) for an LGBT archive'' (the article is mentioning the Sorin Oncu’s legacy (1980-2016), an artist from Timisoara politically active in the frivolous movement for LGBTs emancipation and feminist-queer initiatives such as GadjoDildo, a cabaret show played by Elena Duminică, Mihaela Drăgan and Zita Moldovan directed by Mihai Lukacs and choreographed by Paula Dunker at Macaz, or Daniela Groza performative interaction at Point space, Be good for real, a public performance of honesty, responsibility and courage in which Daniela, a female gay militant for kindness, invites anyone curious to enter in an open dialogue where limits were negotiated peacefully, as well as the significant initiative to reflect on the history of LGBTs in Romania, brought forth by SAVAGED pINK, an art exhibition opened at [https://oddweb.org/about/ ODD space, run by Cristina Bogdan]), published in 2017
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (I)'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-i/</ref> on the queer artist Sorin Oncu and Raluca Ilaria Demetrescu in the mid-2000s, published in 2017
* ARTA magazine, ''What Do The Mountains Hide?'', by Valentina Iancu, <ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/what-do-the-mountains-hide/</ref>, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning pre-queer art of the Ion Râmnic and István Mihály duo, with a retrospective organised by [[Ivan Gallery]], published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Arta „noastră” queer'' („Our queer art”), by Ladislav Zikmund-Lender, article in Romanian<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/ro/arta-noastra-queer/</ref> and English<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/our-queer-art/</ref> language on Czech queer art, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Formal Encounters'', by Valentina Iancu, <ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/formal-encounters-2/</ref> magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning a queer curated exhibition at at that time at Bucharest based [[Nicodim Gallery]], curated by by Ben Lee Ritchie Handler, showcasing queer and non-queer Romanian and foreign artists, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Against interpretation'', by Gyula Muskovics, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/against-interpretation/</ref> about Tamás Király (1952-2013), a fashion designer from the underground Budapest gay scene, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Let’s talk performance art'', by Marina Oprea, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/lets-talk-performance-art/</ref> in Romanian and English language, about queer performance artist Fairid Fairuz, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Self-Fulfiling Profecy'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/self-fulfiling/</ref> with trans artist Mi Kafchin, by Valentina Iancu, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (II)'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-ii/</ref> on the queer art scene in România, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''“I have witchcraft in my blood too”'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/i-have-witchcraft-in-my-blood-too/</ref> with the artist Virginia Lupu, by Gyula Muskovics, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Chemtrails'', a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/chemtrails-2/</ref> by Valentina Iancu, in Romanian and English language about a queer show at [[Nicodim Gallery]] in Los Angeles bringing together recent work from trans artist Mi Kafchin, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''The State of the Romanian Avant-garde (I)'', a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-state-of-the-romanian-avant-garde-i/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer-feminist show "Lay me down across the lines", at [[Kunsthalle Bega]], in Timisoara, Romanian, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Queering the East'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queering-the-east/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer discourse in the west, with and about the East, focusing on the practice of queer archives, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''The Revolution is Here and Now, the Revolution is Roma, Queer and Feminist'', by Arman Heljic, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-revolution-is-here-and-now-the-revolution-is-roma-queer-and-feminist/</ref> about the art practice of queer theater artist, Mihaela Drăgan, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''What’s Left From My Heart'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article in Romanian and English language about the queer-feminist group FCNN (Feminist Collective with No Name) and its activity in various places in Romanian and abroad, with referenes to the queer artists [[Simona Dumitriu]], [[Raluca Croitoru]] and [[Ileana Faur]], published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Where Are You, Mircea Nicolae?'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/where-are-you-mircea-nicolae/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer artist Mircea Nicolae, published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''The Independent is Political'', by Raluca Țurcanașu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-independent-is-political/</ref> about the Moldovan art scene, with a small reference to the queer Moldovan documentarist and performer Artiom Zavadovschi (insta profile: https://www.instagram.com/das.miss.verstaendnis/), published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''Love Letter to Triumf Amiria Museum Workings'', by Nora Ugron, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/love-letter-to-triumf-amiria-museum-workings/</ref> on the mini-exhibitions curated as part of the project TRIUMF AMIRIA: The Museum of Queer Culture, curated by [[Apparatus 22]], published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''Inhabiting SUPRAINFINIT'', by Maria Perșu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/inhabiting-suprainfinit/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer art collective [[Apparatus 22]]’s solo exhibition Of Pleasure: The Learnings and Strange Fortunes of Atletica Ideal, published in 2023
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (IV). Tracing Queer Narratives in Romanian Time-Based Media Art'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-iv-tracing-queer-narratives-in-romanian-time-based-media-art/</ref> in Romanian and English language on the contemporary “revolution” of queer time-based media art in România, in dialogue with the past, published in 2023.
* ARTA magazine, ''Timișoara and the Artists who have Changed the City Through their Initiatives'', by Gabriela Mateescu, a documentation article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/timisoara-and-the-artists-who-have-changed-the-city-through-their-initiatives/</ref> about artist run spaces development in Timișoara, including few queer art spaces, such as h.art.timisoara, indecis and tam tam, published in 2023
* ARTA magazine, ''The h.arta Space'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-h-arta-space/</ref> with the coordinating artists of the queer h.arta space in Timisoara, România, published in 2024
* ARTA magazine, ''Hortensia Mi Kafchin and the Neo-Metaphysical Painting'', by Gabriela Mateescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/hortensia-mi-kafchin-and-the-neo-metaphysical-painting/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer trans artist [[Mi Kafchin]], who goes beyond virtuosity in a transgressive view of existential anguish: the authenticity of being, anxiety, depression, powerlessness in the face of the absurdity of the world, published in 2024
* ARTA magazine, ''Dear Danube, How Long Have You Survived?'', by Marina Paladi, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/dear-danube-how-long-have-you-survived/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer artist Alex Mirutziu, published in 2025
* ARTA magazine, ''The Institution of Performance'', by Marina Oprea, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-institution-of-performance/</ref> about the performer Adriana Gheorghe’s program under the umbrella initiative of Theatres – an artist’s workspace, a public institution, a site for research, presentation, for finished or in progress works, which constantly includes various queer performance artists in the program, published in 2025
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Timing After the Wall'', by Göksu Kunak, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/queer-timing-after-the-wall/</ref> theorising about queer dance - queer performance practices, published in 2025.
* ARTA magazine, ''Conversations on Invisibility & Artistic Bodybuilding'', by Cristina Stoenescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/conversations-on-invisibility-artistic-bodybuilding/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the artist group KILOBASE BUCHAREST curating a major queer art show in România, on institutional critique and political unrest, where the solution is queer and poetic, enabling a space of commons and explorations, with artists such as works of [[Apparatus 22]], [[Maria Balea]], Lucian Barbu, [[Alex Bodea]], [[Ștefan Botez]], [[Alex Horghidan]], [[Gavril Pop]], and [[Sofia Zadar]], published in 2025.
* ARTA magazine, ''Conversations on Invisibility & Artistic Bodybuilding'', by Cristina Stoenescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/conversations-on-invisibility-artistic-bodybuilding/</ref> in Romanian and English language, touching the theorised notion of queer negativity, published in 2026.

Queer-art

2026-08-12T17:36:11Z

Npk: /* Queer artists (NPK Registry) */

Queer Art has had an important role in subverting repressive gender norms. Some common themes in contemporary queer art may include exploring gender and sexual identity, challenging societal norms and expectations, and promoting visibility and acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community
 
 
== Queer art folksonomy ==
* queer intimacy
* radical tenderness
* tender & grotesque
* reclaiming of personal queer archives
* intersectional identities
* direct representation
* delicate and haunting
* queer fantasy
* queer sensuality
* fluid identity
* physical objects anchoring the queer identity
* shifted narratives
* visceral effect
* euphoric queerness
* not sanitized bodies and gestures
* queer vulnerability
* homosociality
* female intimacy
* male intimacy
* alternative kinship
* female solidarity
* feminine alliance
* ambiguous embodiment
* aesthetics of indeterminacy
* double understanding
* secret vocabulary
* alternative epistemologies
* cognitive asymmetry
* unlearning socially constructed roles
* disruptive normativity
* anti-society-ism
* lack of a binary privilege
* counter-storytelling (casting doubt on the validity of permissible premises)
 
 

== Queer artists (NPK Registry) ==

List of Queer Visual Artists from the second half of sec XX (born since 1960)
* <categorytree mode="pages">Queer_artists</categorytree>

List of Queer Visual Artists from the first half of sec XX (born since 1900 and 1960)
* [[Queer_artists_1900-1960|Historical archive of Queer artists 1900-1960]]
 
 

== Queering ==
Queering refers to a strategic approach used by artists that involves deliberately repositioning or altering existing objects, so that the audience are invited to look at them from a different perspective.
==== Queering the museums: ====
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the MNAR European Art Gallery]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Zambaccian Collection]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
* Vlad Babenco on
> '''Queering the Brasov Museum''', at the [[Muzeul de Artă Brașov]]<ref>https://www.muzeulartabv.ro/ro/activitati-muzeu/evenimente/arhiva-2019-2017/tururi-ghidate-queer-la-muzeul-de-art%C4%83-bra%C8%99ov-cu-vlad-babenco.html</ref>, Brașov, 2023.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Văcărești Monastery Frescoes]]''' (at the Casa Filipescu Cesianu Museum), Bucharest, 2026.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Art Collections Museum]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
 
 

== Research context ==
Traditionally, art museums in Romania, with a little but perhaps insufficient exception at the national museum of contemporary art, actively avoid a critical discussion of methodological aspects of a queer perspective in interpreting, exhibiting, and organizing museum collections, preserving museum’s conservatory approaches in supporting “heteronormative” narratives that consolidate heterosexuality as a norm within social and cultural life. There is a need to investigate what non-normative or queer relations exist around art museum displays and collections, rethinking them through and with (de)colonial and other historical entanglements while not simply dwelling in the past but instead making connections to our present and futures. There are no queering strategy to make their collection more representative of queer people, or better represent gender and identity-related diversity. Attention should be give: queer should not be understood merely as a credible practice for museums that are officially labelled “gay” such as the Schwules Museum* in Berlin. This would be just the old practice of demarcation and segregation.
 
 
== Copyrights and Reproduction of research findings and materials ==
 
The views expressed herein and all related audio-video-photo materials are under copyright licence, restricted to non-commercial use only and requiring full attribution to prevent infringement. Failing to credit the creators can lead to plagiarism accusations, and missing required credits on licensed materials breaches copyright terms.
 
 
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== Queer Archives (documentation on queer culture and history ) ==
* Triumf Amiria<ref>https://triumfamiria.ro/</ref>, a nomadic, fluid and uninstitutionalised cultural museum focused on queer art, initiator: the artistic group KILOBASE BUCHAREST
* Romanian Queer History and Culture Museum<ref>https://muzeulqueer.com/</ref>, initiator: Florin Buhuceanu
* Romanian Lesbian archive, initiator: Alex Zorilă
* Polish Queer Muzeum Warszawa<ref>https://queermuzeum.pl/en/</ref>, an initiative by Lambda Warszawa, Poland’s oldest LGBTQ+ organization
* Polish Queer Archive Institute<ref>http://queerarchivesinstitute.org/</ref>, initiator: Karol Radziszewski
* Forgotten Stories of Eastern European Queer Heroes<ref>https://unit.n-ost.org/en/eastern-queerope/</ref>: a project by Eastern Queerope, a journalistic network of queer writers, documenting forgotten LGBTQ+ figures from Belarus, Poland, and Ukraine
* Hungarian Labrisz Lesbian Herstory Archives and Censorship Museum<ref>https://labrisz.hu/en/herstory-archivum-es-cenzura-muzeum/</ref>
* Hungarian Hatter Archive<ref>https://en.hatter.hu/what-we-do/archive-and-library</ref>
* Czech Collection of the Society for Queer Memory<ref>https://www.queerpamet.cz</ref>
* Commercialised mediated digital archive focused on Eastern-Europe<ref>https://www.eastview.com/resources/e-collections/social-movements-elections-ephemera-lgbtq/</ref>
* Douglas Conrad LGBT Collection<ref>https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/12/resources/4906</ref> focused on Eastern Europe, held at Yale University, initiator: Douglas Conrad
* Bosnian Kvir Arhiv (Queer Archive Bosnia)<ref>http://www.kvirarhiv.org/en/about</ref>, initiator: Okvir association
* Serbian Arkadija Archive<ref>https://www.apparatusjournal.net/index.php/apparatus/article/view/414/749</ref>, initiator: Jelena Vasiljević
* Albanian HomeSpace Arkivi Queer Shqipta<ref>https://www.apparatusjournal.net/index.php/apparatus/article/view/414/749</ref>r, initiator: Safira Boeder
* Slovenian Lesbian Library and Archives<ref>https://skuc-ll.si/about/english/#Lesbian-Library-&-Archives</ref>
* Bulgarian Queer Archive<ref>https://www.queersofia.org/queer-archive</ref>
 
 
== Queer art writings ==
 
==== Books ====
* ''Spații aparte''<ref>https://fractalia.ro/shop/colectii-fractalia/open-books/alex-zorila-spatii-aparte/</ref> (''Particular spaces''), by Alex Zorilă, in Romanian language, edited by Fractalia, 2023, ISBN: 978-606-9028-73-5, interviews with lesbian personalities from sec. XX/XXI Romania, a chapter is dedicated to visual arts
[[File:Spatiiaparte-alexzorila.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Spații aparte, by Alex Zorilă, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026|Spații aparte, by Alex Zorilă, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026]]
[[File:dezir1small.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Dezir, by Paula Dunker, Iulia Mocanu, Alecs Cândea, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026|Dezir, by Paula Dunker, Iulia Mocanu, Alecs Cândea, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026]]
* ''Homoistorii: Ieșirea din invizibilitate''<ref>https://humanitas.ro/assets/media/homoistorii.pdf</ref> (''Homohistories: coming out of invisibility''), by Florin Buhuceanu, in Romanian language, edited by Ed. Maiko 2011, reedited in 2016 by Humanitas, ISBN: 978-606-9028-73-5, a personal compendium based on historical memories, testimonies and research on the life of homosexual persons in XIX-XXI sec., some of the stories covered are about gay and lesbian visual artists
* ''Castele în Spania''<ref>https://humanitas.ro/humanitas/carte/castele-%C3%AEn-spania-0n</ref> (''Castles in Spain''), by Petre Sirin, in Romanian language, edited by Humanitas, 2013, ISBN: 978-973-50-4031-4-X, a diaristical compendium based on Petre Sirin diary writings, selection made by editor; the book covers stories about the group around the visual artist George Tomaziu
* ''Dezir''<ref>https://fractalia.ro/shop/colectii-fractalia/antologii/iulia-mocanu-paula-dunker-alecs-candea-dezir/</ref>, in Romanian, a queer-erotica antology edited by Iulia Mocanu, Paula Dunker and Alecs Cândea, in Romanian language, edited by Fractalia, 2025, ISBN: 978-606-9028-95-7
 

==== Press articles ====
* VIMEO, by Mária Takács, video documentary on lesbian community in Budapest<ref>https://vimeo.com/45527181</ref>, including references and interview with lesbian artists, published in 2009
* ARTA magazine, ''Hello Goodbye''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/hello-goodbye-2/</ref>e, by Cristina Bogdan, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential relation to queer art of the artistic duo The Melodramatic Bureau, Alina Popa and Irina Gheorghe, published in 2015
* ARTA magazine, ''Sub-styles: DIY Art Spaces, Interdisciplinarity and Hybrids''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/sub-styles-diy-art-spaces-interdisciplinarity-and-hybrids/</ref>, by Marta Jecu, written in collaboration with Berlin Art Link, magazine article mentioning potential queer art exploration at the now-closed artist run space Platforma, published in 2015
* ARTA magazine, ''The Xenofeminist Manifesto'' by Alina Popa, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential queer art exploration at various now-closed Romanian artist run spaces such as h.arta space and Tam Tam n Timișoara or Art Hub in Bucharest, 2016
* ARTA magazine, ''The Month of History – The Outsiders. SAVAGED pINK – (manifest) for an LGBT archive''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-month-of-history-the-outsiders-savaged-pink-manifest-for-an-lgbt-archive/</ref> by Valentina Iancu, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential queer art archives, 2017; ''<<Note: recounted historical facts needs rechecking>>'' * ARTA magazine, ''The Month of History – The Outsiders. SAVAGED pINK – (manifest) for an LGBT archive'' (the article is mentioning the Sorin Oncu’s legacy (1980-2016), an artist from Timisoara politically active in the frivolous movement for LGBTs emancipation and feminist-queer initiatives such as GadjoDildo, a cabaret show played by Elena Duminică, Mihaela Drăgan and Zita Moldovan directed by Mihai Lukacs and choreographed by Paula Dunker at Macaz, or Daniela Groza performative interaction at Point space, Be good for real, a public performance of honesty, responsibility and courage in which Daniela, a female gay militant for kindness, invites anyone curious to enter in an open dialogue where limits were negotiated peacefully, as well as the significant initiative to reflect on the history of LGBTs in Romania, brought forth by SAVAGED pINK, an art exhibition opened at [https://oddweb.org/about/ ODD space, run by Cristina Bogdan]), published in 2017
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (I)'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-i/</ref> on the queer artist Sorin Oncu and Raluca Ilaria Demetrescu in the mid-2000s, published in 2017
* ARTA magazine, ''What Do The Mountains Hide?'', by Valentina Iancu, <ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/what-do-the-mountains-hide/</ref>, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning pre-queer art of the Ion Râmnic and István Mihály duo, with a retrospective organised by [[Ivan Gallery]], published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Arta „noastră” queer'' („Our queer art”), by Ladislav Zikmund-Lender, article in Romanian<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/ro/arta-noastra-queer/</ref> and English<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/our-queer-art/</ref> language on Czech queer art, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Formal Encounters'', by Valentina Iancu, <ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/formal-encounters-2/</ref> magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning a queer curated exhibition at at that time at Bucharest based [[Nicodim Gallery]], curated by by Ben Lee Ritchie Handler, showcasing queer and non-queer Romanian and foreign artists, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Against interpretation'', by Gyula Muskovics, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/against-interpretation/</ref> about Tamás Király (1952-2013), a fashion designer from the underground Budapest gay scene, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Let’s talk performance art'', by Marina Oprea, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/lets-talk-performance-art/</ref> in Romanian and English language, about queer performance artist Fairid Fairuz, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Self-Fulfiling Profecy'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/self-fulfiling/</ref> with trans artist Mi Kafchin, by Valentina Iancu, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (II)'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-ii/</ref> on the queer art scene in România, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''“I have witchcraft in my blood too”'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/i-have-witchcraft-in-my-blood-too/</ref> with the artist Virginia Lupu, by Gyula Muskovics, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Chemtrails'', a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/chemtrails-2/</ref> by Valentina Iancu, in Romanian and English language about a queer show at [[Nicodim Gallery]] in Los Angeles bringing together recent work from trans artist Mi Kafchin, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''The State of the Romanian Avant-garde (I)'', a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-state-of-the-romanian-avant-garde-i/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer-feminist show "Lay me down across the lines", at [[Kunsthalle Bega]], in Timisoara, Romanian, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Queering the East'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queering-the-east/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer discourse in the west, with and about the East, focusing on the practice of queer archives, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''The Revolution is Here and Now, the Revolution is Roma, Queer and Feminist'', by Arman Heljic, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-revolution-is-here-and-now-the-revolution-is-roma-queer-and-feminist/</ref> about the art practice of queer theater artist, Mihaela Drăgan, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''What’s Left From My Heart'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article in Romanian and English language about the queer-feminist group FCNN (Feminist Collective with No Name) and its activity in various places in Romanian and abroad, with referenes to the queer artists [[Simona Dumitriu]], [[Raluca Croitoru]] and [[Ileana Faur]], published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Where Are You, Mircea Nicolae?'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/where-are-you-mircea-nicolae/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer artist Mircea Nicolae, published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''The Independent is Political'', by Raluca Țurcanașu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-independent-is-political/</ref> about the Moldovan art scene, with a small reference to the queer Moldovan documentarist and performer Artiom Zavadovschi (insta profile: https://www.instagram.com/das.miss.verstaendnis/), published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''Love Letter to Triumf Amiria Museum Workings'', by Nora Ugron, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/love-letter-to-triumf-amiria-museum-workings/</ref> on the mini-exhibitions curated as part of the project TRIUMF AMIRIA: The Museum of Queer Culture, curated by [[Apparatus 22]], published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''Inhabiting SUPRAINFINIT'', by Maria Perșu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/inhabiting-suprainfinit/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer art collective [[Apparatus 22]]’s solo exhibition Of Pleasure: The Learnings and Strange Fortunes of Atletica Ideal, published in 2023
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (IV). Tracing Queer Narratives in Romanian Time-Based Media Art'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-iv-tracing-queer-narratives-in-romanian-time-based-media-art/</ref> in Romanian and English language on the contemporary “revolution” of queer time-based media art in România, in dialogue with the past, published in 2023.
* ARTA magazine, ''Timișoara and the Artists who have Changed the City Through their Initiatives'', by Gabriela Mateescu, a documentation article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/timisoara-and-the-artists-who-have-changed-the-city-through-their-initiatives/</ref> about artist run spaces development in Timișoara, including few queer art spaces, such as h.art.timisoara, indecis and tam tam, published in 2023
* ARTA magazine, ''The h.arta Space'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-h-arta-space/</ref> with the coordinating artists of the queer h.arta space in Timisoara, România, published in 2024
* ARTA magazine, ''Hortensia Mi Kafchin and the Neo-Metaphysical Painting'', by Gabriela Mateescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/hortensia-mi-kafchin-and-the-neo-metaphysical-painting/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer trans artist [[Mi Kafchin]], who goes beyond virtuosity in a transgressive view of existential anguish: the authenticity of being, anxiety, depression, powerlessness in the face of the absurdity of the world, published in 2024
* ARTA magazine, ''Dear Danube, How Long Have You Survived?'', by Marina Paladi, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/dear-danube-how-long-have-you-survived/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer artist Alex Mirutziu, published in 2025
* ARTA magazine, ''The Institution of Performance'', by Marina Oprea, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-institution-of-performance/</ref> about the performer Adriana Gheorghe’s program under the umbrella initiative of Theatres – an artist’s workspace, a public institution, a site for research, presentation, for finished or in progress works, which constantly includes various queer performance artists in the program, published in 2025
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Timing After the Wall'', by Göksu Kunak, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/queer-timing-after-the-wall/</ref> theorising about queer dance - queer performance practices, published in 2025.
* ARTA magazine, ''Conversations on Invisibility & Artistic Bodybuilding'', by Cristina Stoenescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/conversations-on-invisibility-artistic-bodybuilding/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the artist group KILOBASE BUCHAREST curating a major queer art show in România, on institutional critique and political unrest, where the solution is queer and poetic, enabling a space of commons and explorations, with artists such as works of [[Apparatus 22]], [[Maria Balea]], Lucian Barbu, [[Alex Bodea]], [[Ștefan Botez]], [[Alex Horghidan]], [[Gavril Pop]], and [[Sofia Zadar]], published in 2025.
* ARTA magazine, ''Conversations on Invisibility & Artistic Bodybuilding'', by Cristina Stoenescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/conversations-on-invisibility-artistic-bodybuilding/</ref> in Romanian and English language, touching the theorised notion of queer negativity, published in 2026.

Queer-art

2026-08-12T17:35:17Z

Npk: /* Queer artists (NPK Registry) */

Queer Art has had an important role in subverting repressive gender norms. Some common themes in contemporary queer art may include exploring gender and sexual identity, challenging societal norms and expectations, and promoting visibility and acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community
 
 
== Queer art folksonomy ==
* queer intimacy
* radical tenderness
* tender & grotesque
* reclaiming of personal queer archives
* intersectional identities
* direct representation
* delicate and haunting
* queer fantasy
* queer sensuality
* fluid identity
* physical objects anchoring the queer identity
* shifted narratives
* visceral effect
* euphoric queerness
* not sanitized bodies and gestures
* queer vulnerability
* homosociality
* female intimacy
* male intimacy
* alternative kinship
* female solidarity
* feminine alliance
* ambiguous embodiment
* aesthetics of indeterminacy
* double understanding
* secret vocabulary
* alternative epistemologies
* cognitive asymmetry
* unlearning socially constructed roles
* disruptive normativity
* anti-society-ism
* lack of a binary privilege
* counter-storytelling (casting doubt on the validity of permissible premises)
 
 

== Queer artists (NPK Registry) ==

List of Queer Visual Artists from the second half of sec XX (born since 1960)
* <categorytree mode="pages">Queer_artists</categorytree> since 1960

List of Queer Visual Artists from the first half of sec XX (born since 1900 and 1960)
* [[Queer_artists_1900-1960|Queer artists 1900-1960]]
 
 

== Queering ==
Queering refers to a strategic approach used by artists that involves deliberately repositioning or altering existing objects, so that the audience are invited to look at them from a different perspective.
==== Queering the museums: ====
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the MNAR European Art Gallery]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Zambaccian Collection]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
* Vlad Babenco on
> '''Queering the Brasov Museum''', at the [[Muzeul de Artă Brașov]]<ref>https://www.muzeulartabv.ro/ro/activitati-muzeu/evenimente/arhiva-2019-2017/tururi-ghidate-queer-la-muzeul-de-art%C4%83-bra%C8%99ov-cu-vlad-babenco.html</ref>, Brașov, 2023.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Văcărești Monastery Frescoes]]''' (at the Casa Filipescu Cesianu Museum), Bucharest, 2026.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Art Collections Museum]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
 
 

== Research context ==
Traditionally, art museums in Romania, with a little but perhaps insufficient exception at the national museum of contemporary art, actively avoid a critical discussion of methodological aspects of a queer perspective in interpreting, exhibiting, and organizing museum collections, preserving museum’s conservatory approaches in supporting “heteronormative” narratives that consolidate heterosexuality as a norm within social and cultural life. There is a need to investigate what non-normative or queer relations exist around art museum displays and collections, rethinking them through and with (de)colonial and other historical entanglements while not simply dwelling in the past but instead making connections to our present and futures. There are no queering strategy to make their collection more representative of queer people, or better represent gender and identity-related diversity. Attention should be give: queer should not be understood merely as a credible practice for museums that are officially labelled “gay” such as the Schwules Museum* in Berlin. This would be just the old practice of demarcation and segregation.
 
 
== Copyrights and Reproduction of research findings and materials ==
 
The views expressed herein and all related audio-video-photo materials are under copyright licence, restricted to non-commercial use only and requiring full attribution to prevent infringement. Failing to credit the creators can lead to plagiarism accusations, and missing required credits on licensed materials breaches copyright terms.
 
 
_____________________________________________________________________

== Queer Archives (documentation on queer culture and history ) ==
* Triumf Amiria<ref>https://triumfamiria.ro/</ref>, a nomadic, fluid and uninstitutionalised cultural museum focused on queer art, initiator: the artistic group KILOBASE BUCHAREST
* Romanian Queer History and Culture Museum<ref>https://muzeulqueer.com/</ref>, initiator: Florin Buhuceanu
* Romanian Lesbian archive, initiator: Alex Zorilă
* Polish Queer Muzeum Warszawa<ref>https://queermuzeum.pl/en/</ref>, an initiative by Lambda Warszawa, Poland’s oldest LGBTQ+ organization
* Polish Queer Archive Institute<ref>http://queerarchivesinstitute.org/</ref>, initiator: Karol Radziszewski
* Forgotten Stories of Eastern European Queer Heroes<ref>https://unit.n-ost.org/en/eastern-queerope/</ref>: a project by Eastern Queerope, a journalistic network of queer writers, documenting forgotten LGBTQ+ figures from Belarus, Poland, and Ukraine
* Hungarian Labrisz Lesbian Herstory Archives and Censorship Museum<ref>https://labrisz.hu/en/herstory-archivum-es-cenzura-muzeum/</ref>
* Hungarian Hatter Archive<ref>https://en.hatter.hu/what-we-do/archive-and-library</ref>
* Czech Collection of the Society for Queer Memory<ref>https://www.queerpamet.cz</ref>
* Commercialised mediated digital archive focused on Eastern-Europe<ref>https://www.eastview.com/resources/e-collections/social-movements-elections-ephemera-lgbtq/</ref>
* Douglas Conrad LGBT Collection<ref>https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/12/resources/4906</ref> focused on Eastern Europe, held at Yale University, initiator: Douglas Conrad
* Bosnian Kvir Arhiv (Queer Archive Bosnia)<ref>http://www.kvirarhiv.org/en/about</ref>, initiator: Okvir association
* Serbian Arkadija Archive<ref>https://www.apparatusjournal.net/index.php/apparatus/article/view/414/749</ref>, initiator: Jelena Vasiljević
* Albanian HomeSpace Arkivi Queer Shqipta<ref>https://www.apparatusjournal.net/index.php/apparatus/article/view/414/749</ref>r, initiator: Safira Boeder
* Slovenian Lesbian Library and Archives<ref>https://skuc-ll.si/about/english/#Lesbian-Library-&-Archives</ref>
* Bulgarian Queer Archive<ref>https://www.queersofia.org/queer-archive</ref>
 
 
== Queer art writings ==
 
==== Books ====
* ''Spații aparte''<ref>https://fractalia.ro/shop/colectii-fractalia/open-books/alex-zorila-spatii-aparte/</ref> (''Particular spaces''), by Alex Zorilă, in Romanian language, edited by Fractalia, 2023, ISBN: 978-606-9028-73-5, interviews with lesbian personalities from sec. XX/XXI Romania, a chapter is dedicated to visual arts
[[File:Spatiiaparte-alexzorila.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Spații aparte, by Alex Zorilă, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026|Spații aparte, by Alex Zorilă, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026]]
[[File:dezir1small.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Dezir, by Paula Dunker, Iulia Mocanu, Alecs Cândea, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026|Dezir, by Paula Dunker, Iulia Mocanu, Alecs Cândea, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026]]
* ''Homoistorii: Ieșirea din invizibilitate''<ref>https://humanitas.ro/assets/media/homoistorii.pdf</ref> (''Homohistories: coming out of invisibility''), by Florin Buhuceanu, in Romanian language, edited by Ed. Maiko 2011, reedited in 2016 by Humanitas, ISBN: 978-606-9028-73-5, a personal compendium based on historical memories, testimonies and research on the life of homosexual persons in XIX-XXI sec., some of the stories covered are about gay and lesbian visual artists
* ''Castele în Spania''<ref>https://humanitas.ro/humanitas/carte/castele-%C3%AEn-spania-0n</ref> (''Castles in Spain''), by Petre Sirin, in Romanian language, edited by Humanitas, 2013, ISBN: 978-973-50-4031-4-X, a diaristical compendium based on Petre Sirin diary writings, selection made by editor; the book covers stories about the group around the visual artist George Tomaziu
* ''Dezir''<ref>https://fractalia.ro/shop/colectii-fractalia/antologii/iulia-mocanu-paula-dunker-alecs-candea-dezir/</ref>, in Romanian, a queer-erotica antology edited by Iulia Mocanu, Paula Dunker and Alecs Cândea, in Romanian language, edited by Fractalia, 2025, ISBN: 978-606-9028-95-7
 

==== Press articles ====
* VIMEO, by Mária Takács, video documentary on lesbian community in Budapest<ref>https://vimeo.com/45527181</ref>, including references and interview with lesbian artists, published in 2009
* ARTA magazine, ''Hello Goodbye''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/hello-goodbye-2/</ref>e, by Cristina Bogdan, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential relation to queer art of the artistic duo The Melodramatic Bureau, Alina Popa and Irina Gheorghe, published in 2015
* ARTA magazine, ''Sub-styles: DIY Art Spaces, Interdisciplinarity and Hybrids''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/sub-styles-diy-art-spaces-interdisciplinarity-and-hybrids/</ref>, by Marta Jecu, written in collaboration with Berlin Art Link, magazine article mentioning potential queer art exploration at the now-closed artist run space Platforma, published in 2015
* ARTA magazine, ''The Xenofeminist Manifesto'' by Alina Popa, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential queer art exploration at various now-closed Romanian artist run spaces such as h.arta space and Tam Tam n Timișoara or Art Hub in Bucharest, 2016
* ARTA magazine, ''The Month of History – The Outsiders. SAVAGED pINK – (manifest) for an LGBT archive''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-month-of-history-the-outsiders-savaged-pink-manifest-for-an-lgbt-archive/</ref> by Valentina Iancu, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential queer art archives, 2017; ''<<Note: recounted historical facts needs rechecking>>'' * ARTA magazine, ''The Month of History – The Outsiders. SAVAGED pINK – (manifest) for an LGBT archive'' (the article is mentioning the Sorin Oncu’s legacy (1980-2016), an artist from Timisoara politically active in the frivolous movement for LGBTs emancipation and feminist-queer initiatives such as GadjoDildo, a cabaret show played by Elena Duminică, Mihaela Drăgan and Zita Moldovan directed by Mihai Lukacs and choreographed by Paula Dunker at Macaz, or Daniela Groza performative interaction at Point space, Be good for real, a public performance of honesty, responsibility and courage in which Daniela, a female gay militant for kindness, invites anyone curious to enter in an open dialogue where limits were negotiated peacefully, as well as the significant initiative to reflect on the history of LGBTs in Romania, brought forth by SAVAGED pINK, an art exhibition opened at [https://oddweb.org/about/ ODD space, run by Cristina Bogdan]), published in 2017
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (I)'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-i/</ref> on the queer artist Sorin Oncu and Raluca Ilaria Demetrescu in the mid-2000s, published in 2017
* ARTA magazine, ''What Do The Mountains Hide?'', by Valentina Iancu, <ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/what-do-the-mountains-hide/</ref>, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning pre-queer art of the Ion Râmnic and István Mihály duo, with a retrospective organised by [[Ivan Gallery]], published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Arta „noastră” queer'' („Our queer art”), by Ladislav Zikmund-Lender, article in Romanian<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/ro/arta-noastra-queer/</ref> and English<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/our-queer-art/</ref> language on Czech queer art, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Formal Encounters'', by Valentina Iancu, <ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/formal-encounters-2/</ref> magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning a queer curated exhibition at at that time at Bucharest based [[Nicodim Gallery]], curated by by Ben Lee Ritchie Handler, showcasing queer and non-queer Romanian and foreign artists, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Against interpretation'', by Gyula Muskovics, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/against-interpretation/</ref> about Tamás Király (1952-2013), a fashion designer from the underground Budapest gay scene, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Let’s talk performance art'', by Marina Oprea, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/lets-talk-performance-art/</ref> in Romanian and English language, about queer performance artist Fairid Fairuz, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Self-Fulfiling Profecy'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/self-fulfiling/</ref> with trans artist Mi Kafchin, by Valentina Iancu, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (II)'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-ii/</ref> on the queer art scene in România, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''“I have witchcraft in my blood too”'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/i-have-witchcraft-in-my-blood-too/</ref> with the artist Virginia Lupu, by Gyula Muskovics, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Chemtrails'', a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/chemtrails-2/</ref> by Valentina Iancu, in Romanian and English language about a queer show at [[Nicodim Gallery]] in Los Angeles bringing together recent work from trans artist Mi Kafchin, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''The State of the Romanian Avant-garde (I)'', a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-state-of-the-romanian-avant-garde-i/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer-feminist show "Lay me down across the lines", at [[Kunsthalle Bega]], in Timisoara, Romanian, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Queering the East'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queering-the-east/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer discourse in the west, with and about the East, focusing on the practice of queer archives, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''The Revolution is Here and Now, the Revolution is Roma, Queer and Feminist'', by Arman Heljic, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-revolution-is-here-and-now-the-revolution-is-roma-queer-and-feminist/</ref> about the art practice of queer theater artist, Mihaela Drăgan, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''What’s Left From My Heart'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article in Romanian and English language about the queer-feminist group FCNN (Feminist Collective with No Name) and its activity in various places in Romanian and abroad, with referenes to the queer artists [[Simona Dumitriu]], [[Raluca Croitoru]] and [[Ileana Faur]], published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Where Are You, Mircea Nicolae?'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/where-are-you-mircea-nicolae/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer artist Mircea Nicolae, published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''The Independent is Political'', by Raluca Țurcanașu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-independent-is-political/</ref> about the Moldovan art scene, with a small reference to the queer Moldovan documentarist and performer Artiom Zavadovschi (insta profile: https://www.instagram.com/das.miss.verstaendnis/), published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''Love Letter to Triumf Amiria Museum Workings'', by Nora Ugron, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/love-letter-to-triumf-amiria-museum-workings/</ref> on the mini-exhibitions curated as part of the project TRIUMF AMIRIA: The Museum of Queer Culture, curated by [[Apparatus 22]], published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''Inhabiting SUPRAINFINIT'', by Maria Perșu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/inhabiting-suprainfinit/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer art collective [[Apparatus 22]]’s solo exhibition Of Pleasure: The Learnings and Strange Fortunes of Atletica Ideal, published in 2023
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (IV). Tracing Queer Narratives in Romanian Time-Based Media Art'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-iv-tracing-queer-narratives-in-romanian-time-based-media-art/</ref> in Romanian and English language on the contemporary “revolution” of queer time-based media art in România, in dialogue with the past, published in 2023.
* ARTA magazine, ''Timișoara and the Artists who have Changed the City Through their Initiatives'', by Gabriela Mateescu, a documentation article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/timisoara-and-the-artists-who-have-changed-the-city-through-their-initiatives/</ref> about artist run spaces development in Timișoara, including few queer art spaces, such as h.art.timisoara, indecis and tam tam, published in 2023
* ARTA magazine, ''The h.arta Space'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-h-arta-space/</ref> with the coordinating artists of the queer h.arta space in Timisoara, România, published in 2024
* ARTA magazine, ''Hortensia Mi Kafchin and the Neo-Metaphysical Painting'', by Gabriela Mateescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/hortensia-mi-kafchin-and-the-neo-metaphysical-painting/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer trans artist [[Mi Kafchin]], who goes beyond virtuosity in a transgressive view of existential anguish: the authenticity of being, anxiety, depression, powerlessness in the face of the absurdity of the world, published in 2024
* ARTA magazine, ''Dear Danube, How Long Have You Survived?'', by Marina Paladi, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/dear-danube-how-long-have-you-survived/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer artist Alex Mirutziu, published in 2025
* ARTA magazine, ''The Institution of Performance'', by Marina Oprea, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-institution-of-performance/</ref> about the performer Adriana Gheorghe’s program under the umbrella initiative of Theatres – an artist’s workspace, a public institution, a site for research, presentation, for finished or in progress works, which constantly includes various queer performance artists in the program, published in 2025
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Timing After the Wall'', by Göksu Kunak, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/queer-timing-after-the-wall/</ref> theorising about queer dance - queer performance practices, published in 2025.
* ARTA magazine, ''Conversations on Invisibility & Artistic Bodybuilding'', by Cristina Stoenescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/conversations-on-invisibility-artistic-bodybuilding/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the artist group KILOBASE BUCHAREST curating a major queer art show in România, on institutional critique and political unrest, where the solution is queer and poetic, enabling a space of commons and explorations, with artists such as works of [[Apparatus 22]], [[Maria Balea]], Lucian Barbu, [[Alex Bodea]], [[Ștefan Botez]], [[Alex Horghidan]], [[Gavril Pop]], and [[Sofia Zadar]], published in 2025.
* ARTA magazine, ''Conversations on Invisibility & Artistic Bodybuilding'', by Cristina Stoenescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/conversations-on-invisibility-artistic-bodybuilding/</ref> in Romanian and English language, touching the theorised notion of queer negativity, published in 2026.

Queer artists 1900-1960

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Queer-art

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Npk: /* Queer artists (NPK Registry) */

Queer Art has had an important role in subverting repressive gender norms. Some common themes in contemporary queer art may include exploring gender and sexual identity, challenging societal norms and expectations, and promoting visibility and acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community
 
 
== Queer art folksonomy ==
* queer intimacy
* radical tenderness
* tender & grotesque
* reclaiming of personal queer archives
* intersectional identities
* direct representation
* delicate and haunting
* queer fantasy
* queer sensuality
* fluid identity
* physical objects anchoring the queer identity
* shifted narratives
* visceral effect
* euphoric queerness
* not sanitized bodies and gestures
* queer vulnerability
* homosociality
* female intimacy
* male intimacy
* alternative kinship
* female solidarity
* feminine alliance
* ambiguous embodiment
* aesthetics of indeterminacy
* double understanding
* secret vocabulary
* alternative epistemologies
* cognitive asymmetry
* unlearning socially constructed roles
* disruptive normativity
* anti-society-ism
* lack of a binary privilege
* counter-storytelling (casting doubt on the validity of permissible premises)
 
 

== Queer artists (NPK Registry) ==

List of Queer Visual Artists from the second half of sec XX (born since 1960)
* <categorytree mode="pages">Queer_artists</categorytree>

List of Queer Visual Artists from the first half of sec XX (born since 1900 and 1960)
* [[https://artindex.npk-east.de/en/wiki/index.php?title=Queer_Visual_Artists_from_the_first_half_of_sec_XX|Queer artists 1900-1960]]
 
 

== Queering ==
Queering refers to a strategic approach used by artists that involves deliberately repositioning or altering existing objects, so that the audience are invited to look at them from a different perspective.
==== Queering the museums: ====
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the MNAR European Art Gallery]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Zambaccian Collection]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
* Vlad Babenco on
> '''Queering the Brasov Museum''', at the [[Muzeul de Artă Brașov]]<ref>https://www.muzeulartabv.ro/ro/activitati-muzeu/evenimente/arhiva-2019-2017/tururi-ghidate-queer-la-muzeul-de-art%C4%83-bra%C8%99ov-cu-vlad-babenco.html</ref>, Brașov, 2023.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Văcărești Monastery Frescoes]]''' (at the Casa Filipescu Cesianu Museum), Bucharest, 2026.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Art Collections Museum]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
 
 

== Research context ==
Traditionally, art museums in Romania, with a little but perhaps insufficient exception at the national museum of contemporary art, actively avoid a critical discussion of methodological aspects of a queer perspective in interpreting, exhibiting, and organizing museum collections, preserving museum’s conservatory approaches in supporting “heteronormative” narratives that consolidate heterosexuality as a norm within social and cultural life. There is a need to investigate what non-normative or queer relations exist around art museum displays and collections, rethinking them through and with (de)colonial and other historical entanglements while not simply dwelling in the past but instead making connections to our present and futures. There are no queering strategy to make their collection more representative of queer people, or better represent gender and identity-related diversity. Attention should be give: queer should not be understood merely as a credible practice for museums that are officially labelled “gay” such as the Schwules Museum* in Berlin. This would be just the old practice of demarcation and segregation.
 
 
== Copyrights and Reproduction of research findings and materials ==
 
The views expressed herein and all related audio-video-photo materials are under copyright licence, restricted to non-commercial use only and requiring full attribution to prevent infringement. Failing to credit the creators can lead to plagiarism accusations, and missing required credits on licensed materials breaches copyright terms.
 
 
_____________________________________________________________________

== Queer Archives (documentation on queer culture and history ) ==
* Triumf Amiria<ref>https://triumfamiria.ro/</ref>, a nomadic, fluid and uninstitutionalised cultural museum focused on queer art, initiator: the artistic group KILOBASE BUCHAREST
* Romanian Queer History and Culture Museum<ref>https://muzeulqueer.com/</ref>, initiator: Florin Buhuceanu
* Romanian Lesbian archive, initiator: Alex Zorilă
* Polish Queer Muzeum Warszawa<ref>https://queermuzeum.pl/en/</ref>, an initiative by Lambda Warszawa, Poland’s oldest LGBTQ+ organization
* Polish Queer Archive Institute<ref>http://queerarchivesinstitute.org/</ref>, initiator: Karol Radziszewski
* Forgotten Stories of Eastern European Queer Heroes<ref>https://unit.n-ost.org/en/eastern-queerope/</ref>: a project by Eastern Queerope, a journalistic network of queer writers, documenting forgotten LGBTQ+ figures from Belarus, Poland, and Ukraine
* Hungarian Labrisz Lesbian Herstory Archives and Censorship Museum<ref>https://labrisz.hu/en/herstory-archivum-es-cenzura-muzeum/</ref>
* Hungarian Hatter Archive<ref>https://en.hatter.hu/what-we-do/archive-and-library</ref>
* Czech Collection of the Society for Queer Memory<ref>https://www.queerpamet.cz</ref>
* Commercialised mediated digital archive focused on Eastern-Europe<ref>https://www.eastview.com/resources/e-collections/social-movements-elections-ephemera-lgbtq/</ref>
* Douglas Conrad LGBT Collection<ref>https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/12/resources/4906</ref> focused on Eastern Europe, held at Yale University, initiator: Douglas Conrad
* Bosnian Kvir Arhiv (Queer Archive Bosnia)<ref>http://www.kvirarhiv.org/en/about</ref>, initiator: Okvir association
* Serbian Arkadija Archive<ref>https://www.apparatusjournal.net/index.php/apparatus/article/view/414/749</ref>, initiator: Jelena Vasiljević
* Albanian HomeSpace Arkivi Queer Shqipta<ref>https://www.apparatusjournal.net/index.php/apparatus/article/view/414/749</ref>r, initiator: Safira Boeder
* Slovenian Lesbian Library and Archives<ref>https://skuc-ll.si/about/english/#Lesbian-Library-&-Archives</ref>
* Bulgarian Queer Archive<ref>https://www.queersofia.org/queer-archive</ref>
 
 
== Queer art writings ==
 
==== Books ====
* ''Spații aparte''<ref>https://fractalia.ro/shop/colectii-fractalia/open-books/alex-zorila-spatii-aparte/</ref> (''Particular spaces''), by Alex Zorilă, in Romanian language, edited by Fractalia, 2023, ISBN: 978-606-9028-73-5, interviews with lesbian personalities from sec. XX/XXI Romania, a chapter is dedicated to visual arts
[[File:Spatiiaparte-alexzorila.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Spații aparte, by Alex Zorilă, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026|Spații aparte, by Alex Zorilă, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026]]
[[File:dezir1small.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Dezir, by Paula Dunker, Iulia Mocanu, Alecs Cândea, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026|Dezir, by Paula Dunker, Iulia Mocanu, Alecs Cândea, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026]]
* ''Homoistorii: Ieșirea din invizibilitate''<ref>https://humanitas.ro/assets/media/homoistorii.pdf</ref> (''Homohistories: coming out of invisibility''), by Florin Buhuceanu, in Romanian language, edited by Ed. Maiko 2011, reedited in 2016 by Humanitas, ISBN: 978-606-9028-73-5, a personal compendium based on historical memories, testimonies and research on the life of homosexual persons in XIX-XXI sec., some of the stories covered are about gay and lesbian visual artists
* ''Castele în Spania''<ref>https://humanitas.ro/humanitas/carte/castele-%C3%AEn-spania-0n</ref> (''Castles in Spain''), by Petre Sirin, in Romanian language, edited by Humanitas, 2013, ISBN: 978-973-50-4031-4-X, a diaristical compendium based on Petre Sirin diary writings, selection made by editor; the book covers stories about the group around the visual artist George Tomaziu
* ''Dezir''<ref>https://fractalia.ro/shop/colectii-fractalia/antologii/iulia-mocanu-paula-dunker-alecs-candea-dezir/</ref>, in Romanian, a queer-erotica antology edited by Iulia Mocanu, Paula Dunker and Alecs Cândea, in Romanian language, edited by Fractalia, 2025, ISBN: 978-606-9028-95-7
 

==== Press articles ====
* VIMEO, by Mária Takács, video documentary on lesbian community in Budapest<ref>https://vimeo.com/45527181</ref>, including references and interview with lesbian artists, published in 2009
* ARTA magazine, ''Hello Goodbye''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/hello-goodbye-2/</ref>e, by Cristina Bogdan, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential relation to queer art of the artistic duo The Melodramatic Bureau, Alina Popa and Irina Gheorghe, published in 2015
* ARTA magazine, ''Sub-styles: DIY Art Spaces, Interdisciplinarity and Hybrids''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/sub-styles-diy-art-spaces-interdisciplinarity-and-hybrids/</ref>, by Marta Jecu, written in collaboration with Berlin Art Link, magazine article mentioning potential queer art exploration at the now-closed artist run space Platforma, published in 2015
* ARTA magazine, ''The Xenofeminist Manifesto'' by Alina Popa, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential queer art exploration at various now-closed Romanian artist run spaces such as h.arta space and Tam Tam n Timișoara or Art Hub in Bucharest, 2016
* ARTA magazine, ''The Month of History – The Outsiders. SAVAGED pINK – (manifest) for an LGBT archive''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-month-of-history-the-outsiders-savaged-pink-manifest-for-an-lgbt-archive/</ref> by Valentina Iancu, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential queer art archives, 2017; ''<<Note: recounted historical facts needs rechecking>>'' * ARTA magazine, ''The Month of History – The Outsiders. SAVAGED pINK – (manifest) for an LGBT archive'' (the article is mentioning the Sorin Oncu’s legacy (1980-2016), an artist from Timisoara politically active in the frivolous movement for LGBTs emancipation and feminist-queer initiatives such as GadjoDildo, a cabaret show played by Elena Duminică, Mihaela Drăgan and Zita Moldovan directed by Mihai Lukacs and choreographed by Paula Dunker at Macaz, or Daniela Groza performative interaction at Point space, Be good for real, a public performance of honesty, responsibility and courage in which Daniela, a female gay militant for kindness, invites anyone curious to enter in an open dialogue where limits were negotiated peacefully, as well as the significant initiative to reflect on the history of LGBTs in Romania, brought forth by SAVAGED pINK, an art exhibition opened at [https://oddweb.org/about/ ODD space, run by Cristina Bogdan]), published in 2017
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (I)'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-i/</ref> on the queer artist Sorin Oncu and Raluca Ilaria Demetrescu in the mid-2000s, published in 2017
* ARTA magazine, ''What Do The Mountains Hide?'', by Valentina Iancu, <ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/what-do-the-mountains-hide/</ref>, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning pre-queer art of the Ion Râmnic and István Mihály duo, with a retrospective organised by [[Ivan Gallery]], published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Arta „noastră” queer'' („Our queer art”), by Ladislav Zikmund-Lender, article in Romanian<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/ro/arta-noastra-queer/</ref> and English<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/our-queer-art/</ref> language on Czech queer art, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Formal Encounters'', by Valentina Iancu, <ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/formal-encounters-2/</ref> magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning a queer curated exhibition at at that time at Bucharest based [[Nicodim Gallery]], curated by by Ben Lee Ritchie Handler, showcasing queer and non-queer Romanian and foreign artists, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Against interpretation'', by Gyula Muskovics, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/against-interpretation/</ref> about Tamás Király (1952-2013), a fashion designer from the underground Budapest gay scene, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Let’s talk performance art'', by Marina Oprea, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/lets-talk-performance-art/</ref> in Romanian and English language, about queer performance artist Fairid Fairuz, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Self-Fulfiling Profecy'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/self-fulfiling/</ref> with trans artist Mi Kafchin, by Valentina Iancu, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (II)'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-ii/</ref> on the queer art scene in România, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''“I have witchcraft in my blood too”'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/i-have-witchcraft-in-my-blood-too/</ref> with the artist Virginia Lupu, by Gyula Muskovics, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Chemtrails'', a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/chemtrails-2/</ref> by Valentina Iancu, in Romanian and English language about a queer show at [[Nicodim Gallery]] in Los Angeles bringing together recent work from trans artist Mi Kafchin, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''The State of the Romanian Avant-garde (I)'', a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-state-of-the-romanian-avant-garde-i/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer-feminist show "Lay me down across the lines", at [[Kunsthalle Bega]], in Timisoara, Romanian, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Queering the East'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queering-the-east/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer discourse in the west, with and about the East, focusing on the practice of queer archives, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''The Revolution is Here and Now, the Revolution is Roma, Queer and Feminist'', by Arman Heljic, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-revolution-is-here-and-now-the-revolution-is-roma-queer-and-feminist/</ref> about the art practice of queer theater artist, Mihaela Drăgan, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''What’s Left From My Heart'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article in Romanian and English language about the queer-feminist group FCNN (Feminist Collective with No Name) and its activity in various places in Romanian and abroad, with referenes to the queer artists [[Simona Dumitriu]], [[Raluca Croitoru]] and [[Ileana Faur]], published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Where Are You, Mircea Nicolae?'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/where-are-you-mircea-nicolae/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer artist Mircea Nicolae, published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''The Independent is Political'', by Raluca Țurcanașu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-independent-is-political/</ref> about the Moldovan art scene, with a small reference to the queer Moldovan documentarist and performer Artiom Zavadovschi (insta profile: https://www.instagram.com/das.miss.verstaendnis/), published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''Love Letter to Triumf Amiria Museum Workings'', by Nora Ugron, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/love-letter-to-triumf-amiria-museum-workings/</ref> on the mini-exhibitions curated as part of the project TRIUMF AMIRIA: The Museum of Queer Culture, curated by [[Apparatus 22]], published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''Inhabiting SUPRAINFINIT'', by Maria Perșu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/inhabiting-suprainfinit/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer art collective [[Apparatus 22]]’s solo exhibition Of Pleasure: The Learnings and Strange Fortunes of Atletica Ideal, published in 2023
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (IV). Tracing Queer Narratives in Romanian Time-Based Media Art'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-iv-tracing-queer-narratives-in-romanian-time-based-media-art/</ref> in Romanian and English language on the contemporary “revolution” of queer time-based media art in România, in dialogue with the past, published in 2023.
* ARTA magazine, ''Timișoara and the Artists who have Changed the City Through their Initiatives'', by Gabriela Mateescu, a documentation article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/timisoara-and-the-artists-who-have-changed-the-city-through-their-initiatives/</ref> about artist run spaces development in Timișoara, including few queer art spaces, such as h.art.timisoara, indecis and tam tam, published in 2023
* ARTA magazine, ''The h.arta Space'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-h-arta-space/</ref> with the coordinating artists of the queer h.arta space in Timisoara, România, published in 2024
* ARTA magazine, ''Hortensia Mi Kafchin and the Neo-Metaphysical Painting'', by Gabriela Mateescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/hortensia-mi-kafchin-and-the-neo-metaphysical-painting/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer trans artist [[Mi Kafchin]], who goes beyond virtuosity in a transgressive view of existential anguish: the authenticity of being, anxiety, depression, powerlessness in the face of the absurdity of the world, published in 2024
* ARTA magazine, ''Dear Danube, How Long Have You Survived?'', by Marina Paladi, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/dear-danube-how-long-have-you-survived/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer artist Alex Mirutziu, published in 2025
* ARTA magazine, ''The Institution of Performance'', by Marina Oprea, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-institution-of-performance/</ref> about the performer Adriana Gheorghe’s program under the umbrella initiative of Theatres – an artist’s workspace, a public institution, a site for research, presentation, for finished or in progress works, which constantly includes various queer performance artists in the program, published in 2025
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Timing After the Wall'', by Göksu Kunak, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/queer-timing-after-the-wall/</ref> theorising about queer dance - queer performance practices, published in 2025.
* ARTA magazine, ''Conversations on Invisibility & Artistic Bodybuilding'', by Cristina Stoenescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/conversations-on-invisibility-artistic-bodybuilding/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the artist group KILOBASE BUCHAREST curating a major queer art show in România, on institutional critique and political unrest, where the solution is queer and poetic, enabling a space of commons and explorations, with artists such as works of [[Apparatus 22]], [[Maria Balea]], Lucian Barbu, [[Alex Bodea]], [[Ștefan Botez]], [[Alex Horghidan]], [[Gavril Pop]], and [[Sofia Zadar]], published in 2025.
* ARTA magazine, ''Conversations on Invisibility & Artistic Bodybuilding'', by Cristina Stoenescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/conversations-on-invisibility-artistic-bodybuilding/</ref> in Romanian and English language, touching the theorised notion of queer negativity, published in 2026.

Queer-art

2026-08-12T17:32:16Z

Npk: /* Queer artists (NPK Registry) */

Queer Art has had an important role in subverting repressive gender norms. Some common themes in contemporary queer art may include exploring gender and sexual identity, challenging societal norms and expectations, and promoting visibility and acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community
 
 
== Queer art folksonomy ==
* queer intimacy
* radical tenderness
* tender & grotesque
* reclaiming of personal queer archives
* intersectional identities
* direct representation
* delicate and haunting
* queer fantasy
* queer sensuality
* fluid identity
* physical objects anchoring the queer identity
* shifted narratives
* visceral effect
* euphoric queerness
* not sanitized bodies and gestures
* queer vulnerability
* homosociality
* female intimacy
* male intimacy
* alternative kinship
* female solidarity
* feminine alliance
* ambiguous embodiment
* aesthetics of indeterminacy
* double understanding
* secret vocabulary
* alternative epistemologies
* cognitive asymmetry
* unlearning socially constructed roles
* disruptive normativity
* anti-society-ism
* lack of a binary privilege
* counter-storytelling (casting doubt on the validity of permissible premises)
 
 

== Queer artists (NPK Registry) ==

List of Queer Visual Artists from the second half of sec XX (born since 1960)
* <categorytree mode="pages">Queer_artists</categorytree>

List of Queer Visual Artists from the first half of sec XX (born since 1900 and 1960)
* [[https://artindex.npk-east.de/en/wiki/index.php?title=Queer_Visual_Artists_from_the_first_half_of_sec_XX]] Queer artists 1900-1960
 
 

== Queering ==
Queering refers to a strategic approach used by artists that involves deliberately repositioning or altering existing objects, so that the audience are invited to look at them from a different perspective.
==== Queering the museums: ====
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the MNAR European Art Gallery]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Zambaccian Collection]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
* Vlad Babenco on
> '''Queering the Brasov Museum''', at the [[Muzeul de Artă Brașov]]<ref>https://www.muzeulartabv.ro/ro/activitati-muzeu/evenimente/arhiva-2019-2017/tururi-ghidate-queer-la-muzeul-de-art%C4%83-bra%C8%99ov-cu-vlad-babenco.html</ref>, Brașov, 2023.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Văcărești Monastery Frescoes]]''' (at the Casa Filipescu Cesianu Museum), Bucharest, 2026.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Art Collections Museum]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
 
 

== Research context ==
Traditionally, art museums in Romania, with a little but perhaps insufficient exception at the national museum of contemporary art, actively avoid a critical discussion of methodological aspects of a queer perspective in interpreting, exhibiting, and organizing museum collections, preserving museum’s conservatory approaches in supporting “heteronormative” narratives that consolidate heterosexuality as a norm within social and cultural life. There is a need to investigate what non-normative or queer relations exist around art museum displays and collections, rethinking them through and with (de)colonial and other historical entanglements while not simply dwelling in the past but instead making connections to our present and futures. There are no queering strategy to make their collection more representative of queer people, or better represent gender and identity-related diversity. Attention should be give: queer should not be understood merely as a credible practice for museums that are officially labelled “gay” such as the Schwules Museum* in Berlin. This would be just the old practice of demarcation and segregation.
 
 
== Copyrights and Reproduction of research findings and materials ==
 
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== Queer Archives (documentation on queer culture and history ) ==
* Triumf Amiria<ref>https://triumfamiria.ro/</ref>, a nomadic, fluid and uninstitutionalised cultural museum focused on queer art, initiator: the artistic group KILOBASE BUCHAREST
* Romanian Queer History and Culture Museum<ref>https://muzeulqueer.com/</ref>, initiator: Florin Buhuceanu
* Romanian Lesbian archive, initiator: Alex Zorilă
* Polish Queer Muzeum Warszawa<ref>https://queermuzeum.pl/en/</ref>, an initiative by Lambda Warszawa, Poland’s oldest LGBTQ+ organization
* Polish Queer Archive Institute<ref>http://queerarchivesinstitute.org/</ref>, initiator: Karol Radziszewski
* Forgotten Stories of Eastern European Queer Heroes<ref>https://unit.n-ost.org/en/eastern-queerope/</ref>: a project by Eastern Queerope, a journalistic network of queer writers, documenting forgotten LGBTQ+ figures from Belarus, Poland, and Ukraine
* Hungarian Labrisz Lesbian Herstory Archives and Censorship Museum<ref>https://labrisz.hu/en/herstory-archivum-es-cenzura-muzeum/</ref>
* Hungarian Hatter Archive<ref>https://en.hatter.hu/what-we-do/archive-and-library</ref>
* Czech Collection of the Society for Queer Memory<ref>https://www.queerpamet.cz</ref>
* Commercialised mediated digital archive focused on Eastern-Europe<ref>https://www.eastview.com/resources/e-collections/social-movements-elections-ephemera-lgbtq/</ref>
* Douglas Conrad LGBT Collection<ref>https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/12/resources/4906</ref> focused on Eastern Europe, held at Yale University, initiator: Douglas Conrad
* Bosnian Kvir Arhiv (Queer Archive Bosnia)<ref>http://www.kvirarhiv.org/en/about</ref>, initiator: Okvir association
* Serbian Arkadija Archive<ref>https://www.apparatusjournal.net/index.php/apparatus/article/view/414/749</ref>, initiator: Jelena Vasiljević
* Albanian HomeSpace Arkivi Queer Shqipta<ref>https://www.apparatusjournal.net/index.php/apparatus/article/view/414/749</ref>r, initiator: Safira Boeder
* Slovenian Lesbian Library and Archives<ref>https://skuc-ll.si/about/english/#Lesbian-Library-&-Archives</ref>
* Bulgarian Queer Archive<ref>https://www.queersofia.org/queer-archive</ref>
 
 
== Queer art writings ==
 
==== Books ====
* ''Spații aparte''<ref>https://fractalia.ro/shop/colectii-fractalia/open-books/alex-zorila-spatii-aparte/</ref> (''Particular spaces''), by Alex Zorilă, in Romanian language, edited by Fractalia, 2023, ISBN: 978-606-9028-73-5, interviews with lesbian personalities from sec. XX/XXI Romania, a chapter is dedicated to visual arts
[[File:Spatiiaparte-alexzorila.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Spații aparte, by Alex Zorilă, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026|Spații aparte, by Alex Zorilă, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026]]
[[File:dezir1small.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Dezir, by Paula Dunker, Iulia Mocanu, Alecs Cândea, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026|Dezir, by Paula Dunker, Iulia Mocanu, Alecs Cândea, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026]]
* ''Homoistorii: Ieșirea din invizibilitate''<ref>https://humanitas.ro/assets/media/homoistorii.pdf</ref> (''Homohistories: coming out of invisibility''), by Florin Buhuceanu, in Romanian language, edited by Ed. Maiko 2011, reedited in 2016 by Humanitas, ISBN: 978-606-9028-73-5, a personal compendium based on historical memories, testimonies and research on the life of homosexual persons in XIX-XXI sec., some of the stories covered are about gay and lesbian visual artists
* ''Castele în Spania''<ref>https://humanitas.ro/humanitas/carte/castele-%C3%AEn-spania-0n</ref> (''Castles in Spain''), by Petre Sirin, in Romanian language, edited by Humanitas, 2013, ISBN: 978-973-50-4031-4-X, a diaristical compendium based on Petre Sirin diary writings, selection made by editor; the book covers stories about the group around the visual artist George Tomaziu
* ''Dezir''<ref>https://fractalia.ro/shop/colectii-fractalia/antologii/iulia-mocanu-paula-dunker-alecs-candea-dezir/</ref>, in Romanian, a queer-erotica antology edited by Iulia Mocanu, Paula Dunker and Alecs Cândea, in Romanian language, edited by Fractalia, 2025, ISBN: 978-606-9028-95-7
 

==== Press articles ====
* VIMEO, by Mária Takács, video documentary on lesbian community in Budapest<ref>https://vimeo.com/45527181</ref>, including references and interview with lesbian artists, published in 2009
* ARTA magazine, ''Hello Goodbye''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/hello-goodbye-2/</ref>e, by Cristina Bogdan, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential relation to queer art of the artistic duo The Melodramatic Bureau, Alina Popa and Irina Gheorghe, published in 2015
* ARTA magazine, ''Sub-styles: DIY Art Spaces, Interdisciplinarity and Hybrids''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/sub-styles-diy-art-spaces-interdisciplinarity-and-hybrids/</ref>, by Marta Jecu, written in collaboration with Berlin Art Link, magazine article mentioning potential queer art exploration at the now-closed artist run space Platforma, published in 2015
* ARTA magazine, ''The Xenofeminist Manifesto'' by Alina Popa, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential queer art exploration at various now-closed Romanian artist run spaces such as h.arta space and Tam Tam n Timișoara or Art Hub in Bucharest, 2016
* ARTA magazine, ''The Month of History – The Outsiders. SAVAGED pINK – (manifest) for an LGBT archive''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-month-of-history-the-outsiders-savaged-pink-manifest-for-an-lgbt-archive/</ref> by Valentina Iancu, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential queer art archives, 2017; ''<<Note: recounted historical facts needs rechecking>>'' * ARTA magazine, ''The Month of History – The Outsiders. SAVAGED pINK – (manifest) for an LGBT archive'' (the article is mentioning the Sorin Oncu’s legacy (1980-2016), an artist from Timisoara politically active in the frivolous movement for LGBTs emancipation and feminist-queer initiatives such as GadjoDildo, a cabaret show played by Elena Duminică, Mihaela Drăgan and Zita Moldovan directed by Mihai Lukacs and choreographed by Paula Dunker at Macaz, or Daniela Groza performative interaction at Point space, Be good for real, a public performance of honesty, responsibility and courage in which Daniela, a female gay militant for kindness, invites anyone curious to enter in an open dialogue where limits were negotiated peacefully, as well as the significant initiative to reflect on the history of LGBTs in Romania, brought forth by SAVAGED pINK, an art exhibition opened at [https://oddweb.org/about/ ODD space, run by Cristina Bogdan]), published in 2017
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (I)'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-i/</ref> on the queer artist Sorin Oncu and Raluca Ilaria Demetrescu in the mid-2000s, published in 2017
* ARTA magazine, ''What Do The Mountains Hide?'', by Valentina Iancu, <ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/what-do-the-mountains-hide/</ref>, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning pre-queer art of the Ion Râmnic and István Mihály duo, with a retrospective organised by [[Ivan Gallery]], published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Arta „noastră” queer'' („Our queer art”), by Ladislav Zikmund-Lender, article in Romanian<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/ro/arta-noastra-queer/</ref> and English<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/our-queer-art/</ref> language on Czech queer art, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Formal Encounters'', by Valentina Iancu, <ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/formal-encounters-2/</ref> magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning a queer curated exhibition at at that time at Bucharest based [[Nicodim Gallery]], curated by by Ben Lee Ritchie Handler, showcasing queer and non-queer Romanian and foreign artists, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Against interpretation'', by Gyula Muskovics, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/against-interpretation/</ref> about Tamás Király (1952-2013), a fashion designer from the underground Budapest gay scene, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Let’s talk performance art'', by Marina Oprea, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/lets-talk-performance-art/</ref> in Romanian and English language, about queer performance artist Fairid Fairuz, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Self-Fulfiling Profecy'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/self-fulfiling/</ref> with trans artist Mi Kafchin, by Valentina Iancu, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (II)'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-ii/</ref> on the queer art scene in România, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''“I have witchcraft in my blood too”'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/i-have-witchcraft-in-my-blood-too/</ref> with the artist Virginia Lupu, by Gyula Muskovics, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Chemtrails'', a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/chemtrails-2/</ref> by Valentina Iancu, in Romanian and English language about a queer show at [[Nicodim Gallery]] in Los Angeles bringing together recent work from trans artist Mi Kafchin, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''The State of the Romanian Avant-garde (I)'', a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-state-of-the-romanian-avant-garde-i/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer-feminist show "Lay me down across the lines", at [[Kunsthalle Bega]], in Timisoara, Romanian, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Queering the East'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queering-the-east/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer discourse in the west, with and about the East, focusing on the practice of queer archives, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''The Revolution is Here and Now, the Revolution is Roma, Queer and Feminist'', by Arman Heljic, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-revolution-is-here-and-now-the-revolution-is-roma-queer-and-feminist/</ref> about the art practice of queer theater artist, Mihaela Drăgan, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''What’s Left From My Heart'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article in Romanian and English language about the queer-feminist group FCNN (Feminist Collective with No Name) and its activity in various places in Romanian and abroad, with referenes to the queer artists [[Simona Dumitriu]], [[Raluca Croitoru]] and [[Ileana Faur]], published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Where Are You, Mircea Nicolae?'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/where-are-you-mircea-nicolae/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer artist Mircea Nicolae, published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''The Independent is Political'', by Raluca Țurcanașu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-independent-is-political/</ref> about the Moldovan art scene, with a small reference to the queer Moldovan documentarist and performer Artiom Zavadovschi (insta profile: https://www.instagram.com/das.miss.verstaendnis/), published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''Love Letter to Triumf Amiria Museum Workings'', by Nora Ugron, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/love-letter-to-triumf-amiria-museum-workings/</ref> on the mini-exhibitions curated as part of the project TRIUMF AMIRIA: The Museum of Queer Culture, curated by [[Apparatus 22]], published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''Inhabiting SUPRAINFINIT'', by Maria Perșu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/inhabiting-suprainfinit/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer art collective [[Apparatus 22]]’s solo exhibition Of Pleasure: The Learnings and Strange Fortunes of Atletica Ideal, published in 2023
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (IV). Tracing Queer Narratives in Romanian Time-Based Media Art'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-iv-tracing-queer-narratives-in-romanian-time-based-media-art/</ref> in Romanian and English language on the contemporary “revolution” of queer time-based media art in România, in dialogue with the past, published in 2023.
* ARTA magazine, ''Timișoara and the Artists who have Changed the City Through their Initiatives'', by Gabriela Mateescu, a documentation article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/timisoara-and-the-artists-who-have-changed-the-city-through-their-initiatives/</ref> about artist run spaces development in Timișoara, including few queer art spaces, such as h.art.timisoara, indecis and tam tam, published in 2023
* ARTA magazine, ''The h.arta Space'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-h-arta-space/</ref> with the coordinating artists of the queer h.arta space in Timisoara, România, published in 2024
* ARTA magazine, ''Hortensia Mi Kafchin and the Neo-Metaphysical Painting'', by Gabriela Mateescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/hortensia-mi-kafchin-and-the-neo-metaphysical-painting/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer trans artist [[Mi Kafchin]], who goes beyond virtuosity in a transgressive view of existential anguish: the authenticity of being, anxiety, depression, powerlessness in the face of the absurdity of the world, published in 2024
* ARTA magazine, ''Dear Danube, How Long Have You Survived?'', by Marina Paladi, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/dear-danube-how-long-have-you-survived/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer artist Alex Mirutziu, published in 2025
* ARTA magazine, ''The Institution of Performance'', by Marina Oprea, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-institution-of-performance/</ref> about the performer Adriana Gheorghe’s program under the umbrella initiative of Theatres – an artist’s workspace, a public institution, a site for research, presentation, for finished or in progress works, which constantly includes various queer performance artists in the program, published in 2025
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Timing After the Wall'', by Göksu Kunak, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/queer-timing-after-the-wall/</ref> theorising about queer dance - queer performance practices, published in 2025.
* ARTA magazine, ''Conversations on Invisibility & Artistic Bodybuilding'', by Cristina Stoenescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/conversations-on-invisibility-artistic-bodybuilding/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the artist group KILOBASE BUCHAREST curating a major queer art show in România, on institutional critique and political unrest, where the solution is queer and poetic, enabling a space of commons and explorations, with artists such as works of [[Apparatus 22]], [[Maria Balea]], Lucian Barbu, [[Alex Bodea]], [[Ștefan Botez]], [[Alex Horghidan]], [[Gavril Pop]], and [[Sofia Zadar]], published in 2025.
* ARTA magazine, ''Conversations on Invisibility & Artistic Bodybuilding'', by Cristina Stoenescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/conversations-on-invisibility-artistic-bodybuilding/</ref> in Romanian and English language, touching the theorised notion of queer negativity, published in 2026.

Queer-art

2026-08-12T17:30:19Z

Npk: /* Queer artists (NPK Registry) */

Queer Art has had an important role in subverting repressive gender norms. Some common themes in contemporary queer art may include exploring gender and sexual identity, challenging societal norms and expectations, and promoting visibility and acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community
 
 
== Queer art folksonomy ==
* queer intimacy
* radical tenderness
* tender & grotesque
* reclaiming of personal queer archives
* intersectional identities
* direct representation
* delicate and haunting
* queer fantasy
* queer sensuality
* fluid identity
* physical objects anchoring the queer identity
* shifted narratives
* visceral effect
* euphoric queerness
* not sanitized bodies and gestures
* queer vulnerability
* homosociality
* female intimacy
* male intimacy
* alternative kinship
* female solidarity
* feminine alliance
* ambiguous embodiment
* aesthetics of indeterminacy
* double understanding
* secret vocabulary
* alternative epistemologies
* cognitive asymmetry
* unlearning socially constructed roles
* disruptive normativity
* anti-society-ism
* lack of a binary privilege
* counter-storytelling (casting doubt on the validity of permissible premises)
 
 

== Queer artists (NPK Registry) ==

List of Queer Visual Artists from the second half of sec XX (born since 1960)
* <categorytree mode="pages">Queer_artists</categorytree>

List of Queer Visual Artists from the first half of sec XX (born since 1900 and 1960)
* [[https://artindex.npk-east.de/en/wiki/index.php?title=Queer_Visual_Artists_from_the_first_half_of_sec_XX|Link Queer artists 1900-1960]]
 
 

== Queering ==
Queering refers to a strategic approach used by artists that involves deliberately repositioning or altering existing objects, so that the audience are invited to look at them from a different perspective.
==== Queering the museums: ====
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the MNAR European Art Gallery]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Zambaccian Collection]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
* Vlad Babenco on
> '''Queering the Brasov Museum''', at the [[Muzeul de Artă Brașov]]<ref>https://www.muzeulartabv.ro/ro/activitati-muzeu/evenimente/arhiva-2019-2017/tururi-ghidate-queer-la-muzeul-de-art%C4%83-bra%C8%99ov-cu-vlad-babenco.html</ref>, Brașov, 2023.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Văcărești Monastery Frescoes]]''' (at the Casa Filipescu Cesianu Museum), Bucharest, 2026.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Art Collections Museum]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
 
 

== Research context ==
Traditionally, art museums in Romania, with a little but perhaps insufficient exception at the national museum of contemporary art, actively avoid a critical discussion of methodological aspects of a queer perspective in interpreting, exhibiting, and organizing museum collections, preserving museum’s conservatory approaches in supporting “heteronormative” narratives that consolidate heterosexuality as a norm within social and cultural life. There is a need to investigate what non-normative or queer relations exist around art museum displays and collections, rethinking them through and with (de)colonial and other historical entanglements while not simply dwelling in the past but instead making connections to our present and futures. There are no queering strategy to make their collection more representative of queer people, or better represent gender and identity-related diversity. Attention should be give: queer should not be understood merely as a credible practice for museums that are officially labelled “gay” such as the Schwules Museum* in Berlin. This would be just the old practice of demarcation and segregation.
 
 
== Copyrights and Reproduction of research findings and materials ==
 
The views expressed herein and all related audio-video-photo materials are under copyright licence, restricted to non-commercial use only and requiring full attribution to prevent infringement. Failing to credit the creators can lead to plagiarism accusations, and missing required credits on licensed materials breaches copyright terms.
 
 
_____________________________________________________________________

== Queer Archives (documentation on queer culture and history ) ==
* Triumf Amiria<ref>https://triumfamiria.ro/</ref>, a nomadic, fluid and uninstitutionalised cultural museum focused on queer art, initiator: the artistic group KILOBASE BUCHAREST
* Romanian Queer History and Culture Museum<ref>https://muzeulqueer.com/</ref>, initiator: Florin Buhuceanu
* Romanian Lesbian archive, initiator: Alex Zorilă
* Polish Queer Muzeum Warszawa<ref>https://queermuzeum.pl/en/</ref>, an initiative by Lambda Warszawa, Poland’s oldest LGBTQ+ organization
* Polish Queer Archive Institute<ref>http://queerarchivesinstitute.org/</ref>, initiator: Karol Radziszewski
* Forgotten Stories of Eastern European Queer Heroes<ref>https://unit.n-ost.org/en/eastern-queerope/</ref>: a project by Eastern Queerope, a journalistic network of queer writers, documenting forgotten LGBTQ+ figures from Belarus, Poland, and Ukraine
* Hungarian Labrisz Lesbian Herstory Archives and Censorship Museum<ref>https://labrisz.hu/en/herstory-archivum-es-cenzura-muzeum/</ref>
* Hungarian Hatter Archive<ref>https://en.hatter.hu/what-we-do/archive-and-library</ref>
* Czech Collection of the Society for Queer Memory<ref>https://www.queerpamet.cz</ref>
* Commercialised mediated digital archive focused on Eastern-Europe<ref>https://www.eastview.com/resources/e-collections/social-movements-elections-ephemera-lgbtq/</ref>
* Douglas Conrad LGBT Collection<ref>https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/12/resources/4906</ref> focused on Eastern Europe, held at Yale University, initiator: Douglas Conrad
* Bosnian Kvir Arhiv (Queer Archive Bosnia)<ref>http://www.kvirarhiv.org/en/about</ref>, initiator: Okvir association
* Serbian Arkadija Archive<ref>https://www.apparatusjournal.net/index.php/apparatus/article/view/414/749</ref>, initiator: Jelena Vasiljević
* Albanian HomeSpace Arkivi Queer Shqipta<ref>https://www.apparatusjournal.net/index.php/apparatus/article/view/414/749</ref>r, initiator: Safira Boeder
* Slovenian Lesbian Library and Archives<ref>https://skuc-ll.si/about/english/#Lesbian-Library-&-Archives</ref>
* Bulgarian Queer Archive<ref>https://www.queersofia.org/queer-archive</ref>
 
 
== Queer art writings ==
 
==== Books ====
* ''Spații aparte''<ref>https://fractalia.ro/shop/colectii-fractalia/open-books/alex-zorila-spatii-aparte/</ref> (''Particular spaces''), by Alex Zorilă, in Romanian language, edited by Fractalia, 2023, ISBN: 978-606-9028-73-5, interviews with lesbian personalities from sec. XX/XXI Romania, a chapter is dedicated to visual arts
[[File:Spatiiaparte-alexzorila.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Spații aparte, by Alex Zorilă, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026|Spații aparte, by Alex Zorilă, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026]]
[[File:dezir1small.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Dezir, by Paula Dunker, Iulia Mocanu, Alecs Cândea, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026|Dezir, by Paula Dunker, Iulia Mocanu, Alecs Cândea, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026]]
* ''Homoistorii: Ieșirea din invizibilitate''<ref>https://humanitas.ro/assets/media/homoistorii.pdf</ref> (''Homohistories: coming out of invisibility''), by Florin Buhuceanu, in Romanian language, edited by Ed. Maiko 2011, reedited in 2016 by Humanitas, ISBN: 978-606-9028-73-5, a personal compendium based on historical memories, testimonies and research on the life of homosexual persons in XIX-XXI sec., some of the stories covered are about gay and lesbian visual artists
* ''Castele în Spania''<ref>https://humanitas.ro/humanitas/carte/castele-%C3%AEn-spania-0n</ref> (''Castles in Spain''), by Petre Sirin, in Romanian language, edited by Humanitas, 2013, ISBN: 978-973-50-4031-4-X, a diaristical compendium based on Petre Sirin diary writings, selection made by editor; the book covers stories about the group around the visual artist George Tomaziu
* ''Dezir''<ref>https://fractalia.ro/shop/colectii-fractalia/antologii/iulia-mocanu-paula-dunker-alecs-candea-dezir/</ref>, in Romanian, a queer-erotica antology edited by Iulia Mocanu, Paula Dunker and Alecs Cândea, in Romanian language, edited by Fractalia, 2025, ISBN: 978-606-9028-95-7
 

==== Press articles ====
* VIMEO, by Mária Takács, video documentary on lesbian community in Budapest<ref>https://vimeo.com/45527181</ref>, including references and interview with lesbian artists, published in 2009
* ARTA magazine, ''Hello Goodbye''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/hello-goodbye-2/</ref>e, by Cristina Bogdan, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential relation to queer art of the artistic duo The Melodramatic Bureau, Alina Popa and Irina Gheorghe, published in 2015
* ARTA magazine, ''Sub-styles: DIY Art Spaces, Interdisciplinarity and Hybrids''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/sub-styles-diy-art-spaces-interdisciplinarity-and-hybrids/</ref>, by Marta Jecu, written in collaboration with Berlin Art Link, magazine article mentioning potential queer art exploration at the now-closed artist run space Platforma, published in 2015
* ARTA magazine, ''The Xenofeminist Manifesto'' by Alina Popa, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential queer art exploration at various now-closed Romanian artist run spaces such as h.arta space and Tam Tam n Timișoara or Art Hub in Bucharest, 2016
* ARTA magazine, ''The Month of History – The Outsiders. SAVAGED pINK – (manifest) for an LGBT archive''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-month-of-history-the-outsiders-savaged-pink-manifest-for-an-lgbt-archive/</ref> by Valentina Iancu, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential queer art archives, 2017; ''<<Note: recounted historical facts needs rechecking>>'' * ARTA magazine, ''The Month of History – The Outsiders. SAVAGED pINK – (manifest) for an LGBT archive'' (the article is mentioning the Sorin Oncu’s legacy (1980-2016), an artist from Timisoara politically active in the frivolous movement for LGBTs emancipation and feminist-queer initiatives such as GadjoDildo, a cabaret show played by Elena Duminică, Mihaela Drăgan and Zita Moldovan directed by Mihai Lukacs and choreographed by Paula Dunker at Macaz, or Daniela Groza performative interaction at Point space, Be good for real, a public performance of honesty, responsibility and courage in which Daniela, a female gay militant for kindness, invites anyone curious to enter in an open dialogue where limits were negotiated peacefully, as well as the significant initiative to reflect on the history of LGBTs in Romania, brought forth by SAVAGED pINK, an art exhibition opened at [https://oddweb.org/about/ ODD space, run by Cristina Bogdan]), published in 2017
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (I)'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-i/</ref> on the queer artist Sorin Oncu and Raluca Ilaria Demetrescu in the mid-2000s, published in 2017
* ARTA magazine, ''What Do The Mountains Hide?'', by Valentina Iancu, <ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/what-do-the-mountains-hide/</ref>, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning pre-queer art of the Ion Râmnic and István Mihály duo, with a retrospective organised by [[Ivan Gallery]], published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Arta „noastră” queer'' („Our queer art”), by Ladislav Zikmund-Lender, article in Romanian<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/ro/arta-noastra-queer/</ref> and English<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/our-queer-art/</ref> language on Czech queer art, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Formal Encounters'', by Valentina Iancu, <ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/formal-encounters-2/</ref> magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning a queer curated exhibition at at that time at Bucharest based [[Nicodim Gallery]], curated by by Ben Lee Ritchie Handler, showcasing queer and non-queer Romanian and foreign artists, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Against interpretation'', by Gyula Muskovics, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/against-interpretation/</ref> about Tamás Király (1952-2013), a fashion designer from the underground Budapest gay scene, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Let’s talk performance art'', by Marina Oprea, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/lets-talk-performance-art/</ref> in Romanian and English language, about queer performance artist Fairid Fairuz, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Self-Fulfiling Profecy'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/self-fulfiling/</ref> with trans artist Mi Kafchin, by Valentina Iancu, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (II)'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-ii/</ref> on the queer art scene in România, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''“I have witchcraft in my blood too”'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/i-have-witchcraft-in-my-blood-too/</ref> with the artist Virginia Lupu, by Gyula Muskovics, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Chemtrails'', a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/chemtrails-2/</ref> by Valentina Iancu, in Romanian and English language about a queer show at [[Nicodim Gallery]] in Los Angeles bringing together recent work from trans artist Mi Kafchin, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''The State of the Romanian Avant-garde (I)'', a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-state-of-the-romanian-avant-garde-i/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer-feminist show "Lay me down across the lines", at [[Kunsthalle Bega]], in Timisoara, Romanian, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Queering the East'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queering-the-east/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer discourse in the west, with and about the East, focusing on the practice of queer archives, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''The Revolution is Here and Now, the Revolution is Roma, Queer and Feminist'', by Arman Heljic, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-revolution-is-here-and-now-the-revolution-is-roma-queer-and-feminist/</ref> about the art practice of queer theater artist, Mihaela Drăgan, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''What’s Left From My Heart'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article in Romanian and English language about the queer-feminist group FCNN (Feminist Collective with No Name) and its activity in various places in Romanian and abroad, with referenes to the queer artists [[Simona Dumitriu]], [[Raluca Croitoru]] and [[Ileana Faur]], published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Where Are You, Mircea Nicolae?'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/where-are-you-mircea-nicolae/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer artist Mircea Nicolae, published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''The Independent is Political'', by Raluca Țurcanașu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-independent-is-political/</ref> about the Moldovan art scene, with a small reference to the queer Moldovan documentarist and performer Artiom Zavadovschi (insta profile: https://www.instagram.com/das.miss.verstaendnis/), published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''Love Letter to Triumf Amiria Museum Workings'', by Nora Ugron, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/love-letter-to-triumf-amiria-museum-workings/</ref> on the mini-exhibitions curated as part of the project TRIUMF AMIRIA: The Museum of Queer Culture, curated by [[Apparatus 22]], published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''Inhabiting SUPRAINFINIT'', by Maria Perșu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/inhabiting-suprainfinit/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer art collective [[Apparatus 22]]’s solo exhibition Of Pleasure: The Learnings and Strange Fortunes of Atletica Ideal, published in 2023
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (IV). Tracing Queer Narratives in Romanian Time-Based Media Art'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-iv-tracing-queer-narratives-in-romanian-time-based-media-art/</ref> in Romanian and English language on the contemporary “revolution” of queer time-based media art in România, in dialogue with the past, published in 2023.
* ARTA magazine, ''Timișoara and the Artists who have Changed the City Through their Initiatives'', by Gabriela Mateescu, a documentation article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/timisoara-and-the-artists-who-have-changed-the-city-through-their-initiatives/</ref> about artist run spaces development in Timișoara, including few queer art spaces, such as h.art.timisoara, indecis and tam tam, published in 2023
* ARTA magazine, ''The h.arta Space'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-h-arta-space/</ref> with the coordinating artists of the queer h.arta space in Timisoara, România, published in 2024
* ARTA magazine, ''Hortensia Mi Kafchin and the Neo-Metaphysical Painting'', by Gabriela Mateescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/hortensia-mi-kafchin-and-the-neo-metaphysical-painting/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer trans artist [[Mi Kafchin]], who goes beyond virtuosity in a transgressive view of existential anguish: the authenticity of being, anxiety, depression, powerlessness in the face of the absurdity of the world, published in 2024
* ARTA magazine, ''Dear Danube, How Long Have You Survived?'', by Marina Paladi, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/dear-danube-how-long-have-you-survived/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer artist Alex Mirutziu, published in 2025
* ARTA magazine, ''The Institution of Performance'', by Marina Oprea, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-institution-of-performance/</ref> about the performer Adriana Gheorghe’s program under the umbrella initiative of Theatres – an artist’s workspace, a public institution, a site for research, presentation, for finished or in progress works, which constantly includes various queer performance artists in the program, published in 2025
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Timing After the Wall'', by Göksu Kunak, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/queer-timing-after-the-wall/</ref> theorising about queer dance - queer performance practices, published in 2025.
* ARTA magazine, ''Conversations on Invisibility & Artistic Bodybuilding'', by Cristina Stoenescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/conversations-on-invisibility-artistic-bodybuilding/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the artist group KILOBASE BUCHAREST curating a major queer art show in România, on institutional critique and political unrest, where the solution is queer and poetic, enabling a space of commons and explorations, with artists such as works of [[Apparatus 22]], [[Maria Balea]], Lucian Barbu, [[Alex Bodea]], [[Ștefan Botez]], [[Alex Horghidan]], [[Gavril Pop]], and [[Sofia Zadar]], published in 2025.
* ARTA magazine, ''Conversations on Invisibility & Artistic Bodybuilding'', by Cristina Stoenescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/conversations-on-invisibility-artistic-bodybuilding/</ref> in Romanian and English language, touching the theorised notion of queer negativity, published in 2026.

Queer-art

2026-08-12T17:29:48Z

Npk: /* Queer artists */

Queer Art has had an important role in subverting repressive gender norms. Some common themes in contemporary queer art may include exploring gender and sexual identity, challenging societal norms and expectations, and promoting visibility and acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community
 
 
== Queer art folksonomy ==
* queer intimacy
* radical tenderness
* tender & grotesque
* reclaiming of personal queer archives
* intersectional identities
* direct representation
* delicate and haunting
* queer fantasy
* queer sensuality
* fluid identity
* physical objects anchoring the queer identity
* shifted narratives
* visceral effect
* euphoric queerness
* not sanitized bodies and gestures
* queer vulnerability
* homosociality
* female intimacy
* male intimacy
* alternative kinship
* female solidarity
* feminine alliance
* ambiguous embodiment
* aesthetics of indeterminacy
* double understanding
* secret vocabulary
* alternative epistemologies
* cognitive asymmetry
* unlearning socially constructed roles
* disruptive normativity
* anti-society-ism
* lack of a binary privilege
* counter-storytelling (casting doubt on the validity of permissible premises)
 
 

== Queer artists (NPK Registry) ==

List of Queer Visual Artists from the second half of sec XX (born since 1960)
* <categorytree mode="pages">Queer_artists</categorytree>

List of Queer Visual Artists from the first half of sec XX (born since 1900 and 1960)
* [[https://artindex.npk-east.de/en/wiki/index.php?title=Queer_Visual_Artists_from_the_first_half_of_sec_XX|Queer artists 1900-1960]]
 
 

== Queering ==
Queering refers to a strategic approach used by artists that involves deliberately repositioning or altering existing objects, so that the audience are invited to look at them from a different perspective.
==== Queering the museums: ====
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the MNAR European Art Gallery]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Zambaccian Collection]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
* Vlad Babenco on
> '''Queering the Brasov Museum''', at the [[Muzeul de Artă Brașov]]<ref>https://www.muzeulartabv.ro/ro/activitati-muzeu/evenimente/arhiva-2019-2017/tururi-ghidate-queer-la-muzeul-de-art%C4%83-bra%C8%99ov-cu-vlad-babenco.html</ref>, Brașov, 2023.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Văcărești Monastery Frescoes]]''' (at the Casa Filipescu Cesianu Museum), Bucharest, 2026.
* Lumi Rațiu & [[Alex Bodea]] on
> '''[[Queering the Art Collections Museum]]''' (at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]]), Bucharest, 2026.
 
 

== Research context ==
Traditionally, art museums in Romania, with a little but perhaps insufficient exception at the national museum of contemporary art, actively avoid a critical discussion of methodological aspects of a queer perspective in interpreting, exhibiting, and organizing museum collections, preserving museum’s conservatory approaches in supporting “heteronormative” narratives that consolidate heterosexuality as a norm within social and cultural life. There is a need to investigate what non-normative or queer relations exist around art museum displays and collections, rethinking them through and with (de)colonial and other historical entanglements while not simply dwelling in the past but instead making connections to our present and futures. There are no queering strategy to make their collection more representative of queer people, or better represent gender and identity-related diversity. Attention should be give: queer should not be understood merely as a credible practice for museums that are officially labelled “gay” such as the Schwules Museum* in Berlin. This would be just the old practice of demarcation and segregation.
 
 
== Copyrights and Reproduction of research findings and materials ==
 
The views expressed herein and all related audio-video-photo materials are under copyright licence, restricted to non-commercial use only and requiring full attribution to prevent infringement. Failing to credit the creators can lead to plagiarism accusations, and missing required credits on licensed materials breaches copyright terms.
 
 
_____________________________________________________________________

== Queer Archives (documentation on queer culture and history ) ==
* Triumf Amiria<ref>https://triumfamiria.ro/</ref>, a nomadic, fluid and uninstitutionalised cultural museum focused on queer art, initiator: the artistic group KILOBASE BUCHAREST
* Romanian Queer History and Culture Museum<ref>https://muzeulqueer.com/</ref>, initiator: Florin Buhuceanu
* Romanian Lesbian archive, initiator: Alex Zorilă
* Polish Queer Muzeum Warszawa<ref>https://queermuzeum.pl/en/</ref>, an initiative by Lambda Warszawa, Poland’s oldest LGBTQ+ organization
* Polish Queer Archive Institute<ref>http://queerarchivesinstitute.org/</ref>, initiator: Karol Radziszewski
* Forgotten Stories of Eastern European Queer Heroes<ref>https://unit.n-ost.org/en/eastern-queerope/</ref>: a project by Eastern Queerope, a journalistic network of queer writers, documenting forgotten LGBTQ+ figures from Belarus, Poland, and Ukraine
* Hungarian Labrisz Lesbian Herstory Archives and Censorship Museum<ref>https://labrisz.hu/en/herstory-archivum-es-cenzura-muzeum/</ref>
* Hungarian Hatter Archive<ref>https://en.hatter.hu/what-we-do/archive-and-library</ref>
* Czech Collection of the Society for Queer Memory<ref>https://www.queerpamet.cz</ref>
* Commercialised mediated digital archive focused on Eastern-Europe<ref>https://www.eastview.com/resources/e-collections/social-movements-elections-ephemera-lgbtq/</ref>
* Douglas Conrad LGBT Collection<ref>https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/12/resources/4906</ref> focused on Eastern Europe, held at Yale University, initiator: Douglas Conrad
* Bosnian Kvir Arhiv (Queer Archive Bosnia)<ref>http://www.kvirarhiv.org/en/about</ref>, initiator: Okvir association
* Serbian Arkadija Archive<ref>https://www.apparatusjournal.net/index.php/apparatus/article/view/414/749</ref>, initiator: Jelena Vasiljević
* Albanian HomeSpace Arkivi Queer Shqipta<ref>https://www.apparatusjournal.net/index.php/apparatus/article/view/414/749</ref>r, initiator: Safira Boeder
* Slovenian Lesbian Library and Archives<ref>https://skuc-ll.si/about/english/#Lesbian-Library-&-Archives</ref>
* Bulgarian Queer Archive<ref>https://www.queersofia.org/queer-archive</ref>
 
 
== Queer art writings ==
 
==== Books ====
* ''Spații aparte''<ref>https://fractalia.ro/shop/colectii-fractalia/open-books/alex-zorila-spatii-aparte/</ref> (''Particular spaces''), by Alex Zorilă, in Romanian language, edited by Fractalia, 2023, ISBN: 978-606-9028-73-5, interviews with lesbian personalities from sec. XX/XXI Romania, a chapter is dedicated to visual arts
[[File:Spatiiaparte-alexzorila.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Spații aparte, by Alex Zorilă, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026|Spații aparte, by Alex Zorilă, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026]]
[[File:dezir1small.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Dezir, by Paula Dunker, Iulia Mocanu, Alecs Cândea, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026|Dezir, by Paula Dunker, Iulia Mocanu, Alecs Cândea, 2026, photo by (c) Lumi Rațiu, 2026]]
* ''Homoistorii: Ieșirea din invizibilitate''<ref>https://humanitas.ro/assets/media/homoistorii.pdf</ref> (''Homohistories: coming out of invisibility''), by Florin Buhuceanu, in Romanian language, edited by Ed. Maiko 2011, reedited in 2016 by Humanitas, ISBN: 978-606-9028-73-5, a personal compendium based on historical memories, testimonies and research on the life of homosexual persons in XIX-XXI sec., some of the stories covered are about gay and lesbian visual artists
* ''Castele în Spania''<ref>https://humanitas.ro/humanitas/carte/castele-%C3%AEn-spania-0n</ref> (''Castles in Spain''), by Petre Sirin, in Romanian language, edited by Humanitas, 2013, ISBN: 978-973-50-4031-4-X, a diaristical compendium based on Petre Sirin diary writings, selection made by editor; the book covers stories about the group around the visual artist George Tomaziu
* ''Dezir''<ref>https://fractalia.ro/shop/colectii-fractalia/antologii/iulia-mocanu-paula-dunker-alecs-candea-dezir/</ref>, in Romanian, a queer-erotica antology edited by Iulia Mocanu, Paula Dunker and Alecs Cândea, in Romanian language, edited by Fractalia, 2025, ISBN: 978-606-9028-95-7
 

==== Press articles ====
* VIMEO, by Mária Takács, video documentary on lesbian community in Budapest<ref>https://vimeo.com/45527181</ref>, including references and interview with lesbian artists, published in 2009
* ARTA magazine, ''Hello Goodbye''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/hello-goodbye-2/</ref>e, by Cristina Bogdan, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential relation to queer art of the artistic duo The Melodramatic Bureau, Alina Popa and Irina Gheorghe, published in 2015
* ARTA magazine, ''Sub-styles: DIY Art Spaces, Interdisciplinarity and Hybrids''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/sub-styles-diy-art-spaces-interdisciplinarity-and-hybrids/</ref>, by Marta Jecu, written in collaboration with Berlin Art Link, magazine article mentioning potential queer art exploration at the now-closed artist run space Platforma, published in 2015
* ARTA magazine, ''The Xenofeminist Manifesto'' by Alina Popa, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential queer art exploration at various now-closed Romanian artist run spaces such as h.arta space and Tam Tam n Timișoara or Art Hub in Bucharest, 2016
* ARTA magazine, ''The Month of History – The Outsiders. SAVAGED pINK – (manifest) for an LGBT archive''<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-month-of-history-the-outsiders-savaged-pink-manifest-for-an-lgbt-archive/</ref> by Valentina Iancu, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning potential queer art archives, 2017; ''<<Note: recounted historical facts needs rechecking>>'' * ARTA magazine, ''The Month of History – The Outsiders. SAVAGED pINK – (manifest) for an LGBT archive'' (the article is mentioning the Sorin Oncu’s legacy (1980-2016), an artist from Timisoara politically active in the frivolous movement for LGBTs emancipation and feminist-queer initiatives such as GadjoDildo, a cabaret show played by Elena Duminică, Mihaela Drăgan and Zita Moldovan directed by Mihai Lukacs and choreographed by Paula Dunker at Macaz, or Daniela Groza performative interaction at Point space, Be good for real, a public performance of honesty, responsibility and courage in which Daniela, a female gay militant for kindness, invites anyone curious to enter in an open dialogue where limits were negotiated peacefully, as well as the significant initiative to reflect on the history of LGBTs in Romania, brought forth by SAVAGED pINK, an art exhibition opened at [https://oddweb.org/about/ ODD space, run by Cristina Bogdan]), published in 2017
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (I)'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-i/</ref> on the queer artist Sorin Oncu and Raluca Ilaria Demetrescu in the mid-2000s, published in 2017
* ARTA magazine, ''What Do The Mountains Hide?'', by Valentina Iancu, <ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/what-do-the-mountains-hide/</ref>, magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning pre-queer art of the Ion Râmnic and István Mihály duo, with a retrospective organised by [[Ivan Gallery]], published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Arta „noastră” queer'' („Our queer art”), by Ladislav Zikmund-Lender, article in Romanian<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/ro/arta-noastra-queer/</ref> and English<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/our-queer-art/</ref> language on Czech queer art, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Formal Encounters'', by Valentina Iancu, <ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/formal-encounters-2/</ref> magazine article in Romanian and English language mentioning a queer curated exhibition at at that time at Bucharest based [[Nicodim Gallery]], curated by by Ben Lee Ritchie Handler, showcasing queer and non-queer Romanian and foreign artists, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Against interpretation'', by Gyula Muskovics, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/against-interpretation/</ref> about Tamás Király (1952-2013), a fashion designer from the underground Budapest gay scene, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Let’s talk performance art'', by Marina Oprea, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/lets-talk-performance-art/</ref> in Romanian and English language, about queer performance artist Fairid Fairuz, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Self-Fulfiling Profecy'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/self-fulfiling/</ref> with trans artist Mi Kafchin, by Valentina Iancu, published in 2018
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (II)'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-ii/</ref> on the queer art scene in România, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''“I have witchcraft in my blood too”'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/i-have-witchcraft-in-my-blood-too/</ref> with the artist Virginia Lupu, by Gyula Muskovics, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Chemtrails'', a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/chemtrails-2/</ref> by Valentina Iancu, in Romanian and English language about a queer show at [[Nicodim Gallery]] in Los Angeles bringing together recent work from trans artist Mi Kafchin, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''The State of the Romanian Avant-garde (I)'', a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-state-of-the-romanian-avant-garde-i/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer-feminist show "Lay me down across the lines", at [[Kunsthalle Bega]], in Timisoara, Romanian, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Queering the East'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queering-the-east/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer discourse in the west, with and about the East, focusing on the practice of queer archives, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''The Revolution is Here and Now, the Revolution is Roma, Queer and Feminist'', by Arman Heljic, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-revolution-is-here-and-now-the-revolution-is-roma-queer-and-feminist/</ref> about the art practice of queer theater artist, Mihaela Drăgan, published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''What’s Left From My Heart'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article in Romanian and English language about the queer-feminist group FCNN (Feminist Collective with No Name) and its activity in various places in Romanian and abroad, with referenes to the queer artists [[Simona Dumitriu]], [[Raluca Croitoru]] and [[Ileana Faur]], published in 2019
* ARTA magazine, ''Where Are You, Mircea Nicolae?'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/where-are-you-mircea-nicolae/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer artist Mircea Nicolae, published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''The Independent is Political'', by Raluca Țurcanașu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-independent-is-political/</ref> about the Moldovan art scene, with a small reference to the queer Moldovan documentarist and performer Artiom Zavadovschi (insta profile: https://www.instagram.com/das.miss.verstaendnis/), published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''Love Letter to Triumf Amiria Museum Workings'', by Nora Ugron, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/love-letter-to-triumf-amiria-museum-workings/</ref> on the mini-exhibitions curated as part of the project TRIUMF AMIRIA: The Museum of Queer Culture, curated by [[Apparatus 22]], published in 2020
* ARTA magazine, ''Inhabiting SUPRAINFINIT'', by Maria Perșu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/inhabiting-suprainfinit/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer art collective [[Apparatus 22]]’s solo exhibition Of Pleasure: The Learnings and Strange Fortunes of Atletica Ideal, published in 2023
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Culture in Romania (IV). Tracing Queer Narratives in Romanian Time-Based Media Art'', by Valentina Iancu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/column/queer-culture-in-romania-iv-tracing-queer-narratives-in-romanian-time-based-media-art/</ref> in Romanian and English language on the contemporary “revolution” of queer time-based media art in România, in dialogue with the past, published in 2023.
* ARTA magazine, ''Timișoara and the Artists who have Changed the City Through their Initiatives'', by Gabriela Mateescu, a documentation article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/timisoara-and-the-artists-who-have-changed-the-city-through-their-initiatives/</ref> about artist run spaces development in Timișoara, including few queer art spaces, such as h.art.timisoara, indecis and tam tam, published in 2023
* ARTA magazine, ''The h.arta Space'', an interview<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-h-arta-space/</ref> with the coordinating artists of the queer h.arta space in Timisoara, România, published in 2024
* ARTA magazine, ''Hortensia Mi Kafchin and the Neo-Metaphysical Painting'', by Gabriela Mateescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/hortensia-mi-kafchin-and-the-neo-metaphysical-painting/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer trans artist [[Mi Kafchin]], who goes beyond virtuosity in a transgressive view of existential anguish: the authenticity of being, anxiety, depression, powerlessness in the face of the absurdity of the world, published in 2024
* ARTA magazine, ''Dear Danube, How Long Have You Survived?'', by Marina Paladi, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/dear-danube-how-long-have-you-survived/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the queer artist Alex Mirutziu, published in 2025
* ARTA magazine, ''The Institution of Performance'', by Marina Oprea, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/the-institution-of-performance/</ref> about the performer Adriana Gheorghe’s program under the umbrella initiative of Theatres – an artist’s workspace, a public institution, a site for research, presentation, for finished or in progress works, which constantly includes various queer performance artists in the program, published in 2025
* ARTA magazine, ''Queer Timing After the Wall'', by Göksu Kunak, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/queer-timing-after-the-wall/</ref> theorising about queer dance - queer performance practices, published in 2025.
* ARTA magazine, ''Conversations on Invisibility & Artistic Bodybuilding'', by Cristina Stoenescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/conversations-on-invisibility-artistic-bodybuilding/</ref> in Romanian and English language about the artist group KILOBASE BUCHAREST curating a major queer art show in România, on institutional critique and political unrest, where the solution is queer and poetic, enabling a space of commons and explorations, with artists such as works of [[Apparatus 22]], [[Maria Balea]], Lucian Barbu, [[Alex Bodea]], [[Ștefan Botez]], [[Alex Horghidan]], [[Gavril Pop]], and [[Sofia Zadar]], published in 2025.
* ARTA magazine, ''Conversations on Invisibility & Artistic Bodybuilding'', by Cristina Stoenescu, a magazine article<ref>https://revistaarta.ro/en/conversations-on-invisibility-artistic-bodybuilding/</ref> in Romanian and English language, touching the theorised notion of queer negativity, published in 2026.

Queer artists 1900-1960

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== NPK Artists Curated Registry ==
Welcome to NPK Art Index, a wiki / library / catalogue for arts and artists, aimed to archive contemporary art publications, art projects and artists from Eastern European & Balkan areal, with a focus on [[Romania]] and [[Moldova]], indexing from year 1960 till present. Consult the '''[http://www.npk-east.de New Patrons Kunstverein]''' for more information on NPK (New Patrons Kunstverein) programs, values and perspective.
We thank everyone for believing in it and making it happen!
 
 
Transparency on Funding Sources:
We are privately funded, without regular public funding, and our own resources are usually mobilised in order to be able to realise our projects and balance the actual needs.
 
Founder and person-in-charge: Lumi Rațiu. 
 
See also: NPK [[Gender and Equality Plan]] 

== Getting started ==
=== Persons ===
* [[Artists]]
* [[Curators]]
* [[Galleries]]
* [[Gallery Owners]]
* [[Accompanying sentient beings]]
* [[Art writers]]
 

=== Places ===
* [[Artist Residencies]]
* [[Locations]] (geographical locations of interest)
* [[Art Fairs]]
* [[Art Biennials]]
 

=== Platforms ===
* [[Art Advisory Platforms]]
* [[Art Auctions]]
* [[Art Fairs]]
* [[Art Informative Portals]] (news, aggregated open calls portals, a.o.)
* [[Art Mapping Portals]] (maps, professional networks, a.o.)
* [[Art Writing]] (magazines, journals, research journals a.o.)
* [[Artist-run Spaces]]
* [[Collectors Platforms]]
* [[Experimental labs]] (interdisciplinary, not otherwise classified)
 

=== Ideas ===
* [[Hashtags]] (searchable list of artistic practices, currents, techniques, themes of interest)
* [[Queer-art]]
* [[Rroma art]]
 

=== Collections ===
* [[Private collections]]
* [[Institutional collections]]
 

=== Digital Historical Archives ===
* List of [[Women Visual Artists from the first half of sec. XX]] (born since 1900 and 1960)
* List of [[Queer Visual Artists from the first half of sec XX]] (born since 1900 and 1960)
 

=== About ===
* [[FAQ]]
* [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScf-SdCuGKMa48CBI7_rHSN7evEdLk-ls8dnadhMkiKG7MjcA/viewform?usp=header Registration Form for '''artists''' who would like to be included in this index].
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== Search ==
* [https://artindex.npk-east.de/en/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Visual_artists Search Artists By Medium]
* [https://artindex.npk-east.de/en/wiki/index.php?title=Locations Search Artists By Countries]

Elena Pătrășcanu

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== Elena Pătrășcanu ==

 
 
==== Biography ====
'''Elena Pătrășcanu''', born Hertha Schwamen, (she/her) visual [[Artists|artist]], (b. 1914, Czernowitz, Duchy of Bukovina, Austria-Hungary, d. 2000, Bucharest, Romania) of Jewish ethnical background, has lived in [[Romania]] and [[Austria]]. She was a Romanian stage designer, co-founder of the Țăndărică Puppet Theatre, and a former political prisoner during the communist period. She was the wife of communist leader Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, whose arrest and execution deeply influenced the trajectory of her own life. Later, Elena Pătrășcanu became active within the cultural and propaganda structures of the Romanian Communist Party (PCR).<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_P%C4%83tr%C4%83%C8%99canu</ref>
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==== Arrest under communist regime ====
On 28 April 1948, shortly after the arrest of her husband, Elena Pătrășcanu was detained and accused of “complicity in the destruction of the Romanian Communist Party and the country.” During the investigation she was subjected to intense physical and psychological pressure, as well as torture. She was sentenced in April 1954 to 14 years of forced labor, five years of civic degradation, and the confiscation of all personal property. She was released in March 1956 under a decree of amnesty, at which time she was officially informed of her husband's death in prison. After her release, she remarried. Her second husband was the Greek communist theatre director Yannis Veakis, a political refugee in Romania, taking the name Elena Pătrășcanu Veakis.
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==== Artistic disciplines: ====
* [[:Category:Drawing_artists|Drawing]]
 
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==== Artistic practice ====
Elena Pătrășcanu is one of the founders of the first puppet theater, the Ţăndărică Theater in Bucharest, which she took care of until her arrest. She made numerous drawings and sketches for puppets.
 
 
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==== Notable themes ====
Trained as an architect-scenographer, she focused her work on drawings and sketches for puppets.
 
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==== Works in collections and public recognition ====
Scarce information.
 
 
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==== Selected exhibitions ====
Scarce information.
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==== Press ====
* Artist page on Modernism.com, research carried out by Cosmin Nasui on artists arrested under communist regime in Romania[<ref>https://www.postmodernism.ro/patrascanu-elena/</ref>
 
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==== Gallery Representation ====
* None currently known.
 
For further commercial and non-commercial inquiries, feel free to contact [https://npk-east.de/en/contact/ NPK]
 
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==== Hashtags ====
(artistic practices, currents, techniques, themes - applicable hashtags for this artist)
 
 

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[[Category:Artists in the first half of Sec.XX]]
[[Category:Women Artists in the first half of Sec.XX]]

Elena Pătrășcanu

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== Elena Pătrășcanu ==

 
 
==== Biography ====
'''lena Pătrășcanu''', born Hertha Schwamen, (she/her) visual [[Artists|artist]], (b. 1914, Czernowitz, Duchy of Bukovina, Austria-Hungary, d. 2000, Bucharest, Romania) of Jewish ethnical background, has lived in [[Romania]] and [[Austria]]. She was a Romanian stage designer, co-founder of the Țăndărică Puppet Theatre, and a former political prisoner during the communist period. She was the wife of communist leader Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, whose arrest and execution deeply influenced the trajectory of her own life. Later, Elena Pătrășcanu became active within the cultural and propaganda structures of the Romanian Communist Party (PCR).<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_P%C4%83tr%C4%83%C8%99canu</ref>
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==== Arrest under communist regime ====
On 28 April 1948, shortly after the arrest of her husband, Elena Pătrășcanu was detained and accused of “complicity in the destruction of the Romanian Communist Party and the country.” During the investigation she was subjected to intense physical and psychological pressure, as well as torture. She was sentenced in April 1954 to 14 years of forced labor, five years of civic degradation, and the confiscation of all personal property. She was released in March 1956 under a decree of amnesty, at which time she was officially informed of her husband's death in prison. After her release, she remarried. Her second husband was the Greek communist theatre director Yannis Veakis, a political refugee in Romania, taking the name Elena Pătrășcanu Veakis.
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==== Artistic disciplines: ====
* [[:Category:Drawing_artists|Drawing]]
 
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==== Artistic practice ====
Elena Pătrășcanu is one of the founders of the first puppet theater, the Ţăndărică Theater in Bucharest, which she took care of until her arrest. She made numerous drawings and sketches for puppets.
 
 
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==== Notable themes ====
Trained as an architect-scenographer, she focused her work on drawings and sketches for puppets.
 
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==== Works in collections and public recognition ====
Scarce information.
 
 
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==== Selected exhibitions ====
Scarce information.
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==== Press ====
* Artist page on Modernism.com, research carried out by Cosmin Nasui on artists arrested under communist regime in Romania[<ref>https://www.postmodernism.ro/patrascanu-elena/</ref>
 
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==== Gallery Representation ====
* None currently known.
 
For further commercial and non-commercial inquiries, feel free to contact [https://npk-east.de/en/contact/ NPK]
 
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==== Hashtags ====
(artistic practices, currents, techniques, themes - applicable hashtags for this artist)
 
 

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[[Category:Artists in the first half of Sec.XX]]
[[Category:Women Artists in the first half of Sec.XX]]

Olga Sturdza

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== Olga Sturdza ==

 
 
==== Biography ====
'''Olga Sturdza''', (she/her) visual [[Artists|artist]], (b. 1884, Popești village, Iași, Romania, d. 1971, Varengeville-sur-Mer, France) of Romanian ethnical background, has lived in [[Romania]] and [[France]]. Born into the Mavrocordat family, she was a descendant of the Phanariot rulers. Princess Olga Sturdza was the daughter of Prince Alexandru Mavrocordat and Lucia Cantacuzino-Pașcanu. Princess Olga Mavrocordat studied painting and sculpture in Berlin, Dresden and Paris, first as a student of the sculptor Debois and then as an apprentice of the famous Auguste Rodin. In the year she married, she exhibited her sculptures at the Paris Salon. She had her first studio in Dieppe, then opened a studio in Iași, in Copou, where she worked with chisel and hammer on marble busts and statues.
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==== Arrest under communist regime ====
After World War II, her family's silverware, library and other valuables were taken from the castle destroyed by the Germans to the family castle in Dieppe (France). In the year of nationalization, 1948, the princess was evicted from the house in Hangu and moved with her son Dimitrie's widow and grandchildren to their home in Bucharest. They were forced to leave this house as well, moving to a two-room house in the Crucea de Piatră neighborhood, from where she was arrested and arrested in 1953, together with her daughter-in-law, Ileana Manu-Sturdza, on charges of selling wood from their former property (the Hangu forest). They were detained in Mislea and Jilava penitentiaries, being released after 9 months.
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==== Artistic disciplines: ====
* [[:Category:Sculpture_artist|Sculpture]]
 
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==== Artistic practice ====
Sculpture. Few works still available in public space<ref>https://sorinadanaila.ro/o-doamna-a-iasului-prea-putin-cunoscuta/</ref>
 
 
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==== Notable themes ====
Scarce information.
 
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==== Works in collections and public recognition ====
Sculpture. Few works still available in public space.
 
 
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==== Selected exhibitions ====
Scarce information

==== Press ====
* Article in Vatra magazine<ref>https://vatra-mcp.ro/artisti-si-patrimoniu/sculptori-romani/iasi/olga-sturdza-mavrocordat-sculptor/</ref>
* Artist page in Cosmin Nasui Art Collection website<ref>https://www.postmodernism.ro/sturdza-elena-olga/v</ref>
 
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==== Gallery Representation ====
* None currently known.
 
For further commercial and non-commercial inquiries, feel free to contact [https://npk-east.de/en/contact/ NPK]
 
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==== Hashtags ====
(artistic practices, currents, techniques, themes - applicable hashtags for this artist)
 
 

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[[Category:Artists in the first half of Sec.XX]]
[[Category:Women Artists in the first half of Sec.XX]]

Juliana Fabrizius Dancu

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== Juliana Fabrizius Dăncu ==

 
 
==== Biography ====
'''Juliana Fabrizius Dăncu''', (she/her) visual [[Artists|artist]], (b. 1930, Sibiu, Romania, d. 1986, Bucharest, Romania) of German ethnical background, has lived in [[Romania]] and Germany. Her parents were the architect Julius Alfred Fabritius and Gertruda Juliane Seraphin. The fact that her father was an architect allowed her to develop her love for old buildings from childhood, which she skillfully rendered in her watercolors. From an early age, she attended graphic arts and painting courses (in 1942, at the age of 12, she became a student of the graphic artist Hildegard Schieb, and between 1945 and 1948 she took painting lessons with the Sibiu artist Trude Schullerus), after which she studied at the Brukenthal High School in Sibiu, continuing her studies at the "Nicolae Grigorescu" Institute of Fine Arts in Bucharest, in the class of professor Nicolae Dărăscu, from where she was expelled in 1951, being sentenced to two years in prison for espionage charges. Returned to Sibiu after that, she participated in the exhibitions of the "Union of Fine Artists". In 1958 she was hired as a restorer artist at the Brukenthal Museum, and later moved to the Village Museum in Bucharest. During this period, she also worked at the Museum of Art, for restoration purposes. She lived in Germany for two years, to paint medieval architecture, and returned to Romania in 1979 and continued to paint the medieval Saxon towns of Transylvania. In 1983 she organized a final exhibition dedicated to Saxon folk costume, which was inaugurated in Gundelsheim.<ref>https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliana_Fabritius-Dancu</ref>
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==== Arrest under communist regime ====
In 1951, while studying at the "Nicolae Grigorescu" Institute of Fine Arts in Bucharest, in the class of Professor Nicolae Dărăscu, she was expelled and sentenced to two years in prison for espionage charges. The criminal record sheet states that the accused "maintained relations with persons from foreign legations", being imprisoned for 36 months. But, despite these vicissitudes, she continued her artistic work.
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==== Artistic disciplines: ====
* [[:Category:Painting_artists|Painting]]
 
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==== Artistic practice ====
The artist has created rich watercolours documenting the history and evolution of the Saxon communities in Romania, and the communities of Romanians, Swabians and Hungarians, living in either Romania or Germany, to which she dedicated also numerous studies and richly illustrated articles.
 
 
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==== Notable themes ====
Recurring themes in Juliana Fabrizius Dăncu's practice focus on [[architecture]], and particularly drawings of Saxon [[churches]] around Sibiu and Brașov.
 
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==== Works in collections and public recognition ====
* exhibited nationally and internationally, at museums, art galleries.
Scarce information on collections that include her works.

 
 
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==== Selected exhibitions ====
Scarce information.
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==== Press ====
* Article about her watercolours in a local Romanian Saxon minority newspaper, <ref>https://povestisasesti.com/2014/09/18/bisericile-fortificate-in-acuarelele-julianei-fabritius-dancu/</ref>
* Artist page in Cosmin Nasui Art Collection website<ref>https://www.postmodernism.ro/fabritius-dancu-iuliana/</ref>
 
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==== Gallery Representation ====
* None currently know.
 
For further commercial and non-commercial inquiries, feel free to contact [https://npk-east.de/en/contact/ NPK]
 
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==== Hashtags ====
(artistic practices, currents, techniques, themes - applicable hashtags for this artist)
 
 

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[[Category:Artists in the first half of Sec.XX]]
[[Category:Women Artists in the first half of Sec.XX]]

Juliana Fabrizius Dancu

2026-08-12T16:00:04Z

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== Juliana Fabrizius Dancu ==

 
 
==== Biography ====
'''Juliana Fabrizius Dancu''', (she/her) visual [[Artists|artist]], (b. 1930, Sibiu, Romania, d. 1986, Bucharest, Romania) of German ethnical background, has lived in [[Romania]] and Germany. Her parents were the architect Julius Alfred Fabritius and Gertruda Juliane Seraphin. The fact that her father was an architect allowed her to develop her love for old buildings from childhood, which she skillfully rendered in her watercolors. From an early age, she attended graphic arts and painting courses (in 1942, at the age of 12, she became a student of the graphic artist Hildegard Schieb, and between 1945 and 1948 she took painting lessons with the Sibiu artist Trude Schullerus), after which she studied at the Brukenthal High School in Sibiu, continuing her studies at the "Nicolae Grigorescu" Institute of Fine Arts in Bucharest, in the class of professor Nicolae Dărăscu, from where she was expelled in 1951, being sentenced to two years in prison for espionage charges. Returned to Sibiu after that, she participated in the exhibitions of the "Union of Fine Artists". In 1958 she was hired as a restorer artist at the Brukenthal Museum, and later moved to the Village Museum in Bucharest. During this period, she also worked at the Museum of Art, for restoration purposes. She lived in Germany for two years, to paint medieval architecture, and returned to Romania in 1979 and continued to paint the medieval Saxon towns of Transylvania. In 1983 she organized a final exhibition dedicated to Saxon folk costume, which was inaugurated in Gundelsheim.<ref>https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliana_Fabritius-Dancu</ref>
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==== Arrest under communist regime ====
In 1951, while studying at the "Nicolae Grigorescu" Institute of Fine Arts in Bucharest, in the class of Professor Nicolae Dărăscu, she was expelled and sentenced to two years in prison for espionage charges. The criminal record sheet states that the accused "maintained relations with persons from foreign legations", being imprisoned for 36 months. But, despite these vicissitudes, she continued her artistic work.
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==== Artistic disciplines: ====
* [[:Category:Painting_artists|Painting]]
 
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==== Artistic practice ====
The artist has created rich watercolours documenting the history and evolution of the Saxon communities in Romania, and the communities of Romanians, Swabians and Hungarians, living in either Romania or Germany, to which she dedicated also numerous studies and richly illustrated articles.
 
 
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==== Notable themes ====
Recurring themes in Juliana Fabrizius Dancu's practice focus on [[architecture]], and particularly drawings of Saxon [[churches]] around Sibiu and Brașov.
 
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==== Works in collections and public recognition ====
* exhibited nationally and internationally, at museums, art galleries.
Scarce information on collections that include her works.

 
 
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==== Selected exhibitions ====
Scarce information.
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==== Press ====
* Article about her watercolours in a local Romanian Saxon minority newspaper, <ref>https://povestisasesti.com/2014/09/18/bisericile-fortificate-in-acuarelele-julianei-fabritius-dancu/</ref>
* Artist page in Cosmin Nasui Art Collection website<ref>https://www.postmodernism.ro/fabritius-dancu-iuliana/</ref>
 
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==== Gallery Representation ====
* None currently know.
 
For further commercial and non-commercial inquiries, feel free to contact [https://npk-east.de/en/contact/ NPK]
 
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==== Hashtags ====
(artistic practices, currents, techniques, themes - applicable hashtags for this artist)
 
 

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[[Category:Artists in the first half of Sec.XX]]
[[Category:Women Artists in the first half of Sec.XX]]

Lena Constante

2026-08-12T15:29:08Z

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== Lena Constante ==

 
 
==== Biography ====
'''Lena Constante''' (born Elena Constante), (she/her) visual [[Artists|artist]], (b. 1909, in Bucharest, Romania, d. 2005) of Romanian ethnical background, from a family of Aromanian immigrants from Macedonia, has lived in [[Romania]]<ref>https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lena_Constante</ref>. Graduates from university studies at the School of Fine Arts in Bucharest<ref>Țarălungă, Ecaterina (2019). Enciclopedia identității românești. 2: Personalități. AGIR. p.207</ref>, studying together with Cecilia Cuțescu-Stork under prof. Dimitrie Gusti (the founder of the National Village Museum of Bucharest, Romania). Goes to Paris where she studies studies fresco and museography<ref>Deac, Mircea; Octavian, Tudor (2007). 300 Romanian Painters: Dictionary of Modern Romanian Painting. Noi Media Print. p. 21.</ref>.
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==== Arrest under communist regime ====
In 1945, she worked as a set designer at the Țăndărică Theater in Bucharest, together with Elena Pătrășcanu, thus entering the circle of the communist Minister of Justice, Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, which led to her arrest and sentence to 12 years in prison. When Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej imprisoned Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, considering him a potential rival, everyone in his circle suffered the same fate, including Lena Constante and Harry Brauner, who was also sentenced to 15 years. She was released in 1962, and in 1963 she married Harry Brauner. In 1968, at the retrial of the Pătrășcanu trial, both were found not guilty. Constante was the wife of the musicologist Harry Brauner, and the sister-in-law of the painter Victor Brauner.
Accused of treason, espionage and bourgeois nationalism, she was sentenced to 12 years in prison<ref>https://dosaresecrete.ro/lena-constante-a-fost-condamnata-la-12-ani-de-inchisoare-de-comunisti/</ref>, and for 8 years she sat alone in a cell, in one of the most resounding Stalinist trials staged by the new communist power in Romania. She was released in 1962, and how she lived her life behind bars she told in the volumes "Silent Escape. 3,000 Days Alone in Romanian Prisons" and "Impossible Escape", currently published by Humanitas Publishing House<ref>https://humanitas.ro/autori/lena-constante</ref>.
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==== Artistic disciplines: ====
* [[:Category:Painting_artists|Painting]]
* [[:Category:Collage_artists|Collage artists]]
 
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==== Artistic practice ====
She worked carpets with stylized folk motifs in her own workshop, having personal exhibitions of tapestries in Bucharest in 1934, 1935, 1946, 1970, 1971, and in 1947 in Ankara. She was an artist well known for her original tapestry works and folkloristic activity; she was also a puppet theater set designer and one of the founders of the well-known Țăndărică theater of Bucharest, Romania.
Although a member of the Union of Visual Artists of Romania, Lena Constante could not exhibit her paintings for political reasons. This led her to work as a "craft", turning to tapestry, using authentic folk materials, creating collages from fabrics. Fragments of folk costumes, towels and peasant embroideries lose their initial utility in Lena Constante's collages, being charged with new aesthetic values, while preserving their authenticity.
Of particular importance among Lena Constante's artistic works are the icons on glass, reproductions of over 650 peasant icons on glass and wood, from the period when she worked in Dimitrie Gusti's monographic team – 1932, the illustrations for children – a first refuge in Lena Constante's artistic expression, censored by the authorities for political reasons, and the drawings from prison.
“Alone in a cell, there is nothing left for you to do but sit for hours on end, frozen in a chair, waiting… Any occupation is impossible and forbidden. Sometimes I would find bone chips in my plates. Rubbed by the crumbly cement of the table, the bones would take on the desired shapes. I would make miniature instruments, measuring about three centimeters. I would work in secret. With my ear constantly on the alert. If you were caught, you would receive punishments and the surveillance would become harsher.” (Lena Constante)<ref>https://www.cosminnasui.com/2021/05/lena-constante/</ref>
 
 
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==== Notable themes ====
Recurring themes in Lena Constante's practice include [[folk]] motifs and [[imaginary]] as a refuge against prison isolation.
 
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==== Works in collections and public recognition ====
* exhibited nationally and internationally, at museums, art galleries.
* works in art museums collections and private collections.

A selection of works are in the depot of the Romanian [[National Museum of Contemporary Art]] - MNAR, occasionally exposed in temporary exhibitions.
 
 
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==== Selected exhibitions ====
Scarce information.

==== Press ====
* Codruț Constantinescu, Radiography of a silent escape”, in “22” magazine, May 8, 2013; Archived August 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20140827082846/http://www.revista22.ro/radiografia-unei-evadari-tacute-25627.html</ref>
* Marius Mihet, Una cosa mentale, in ”România literară”, nr. 35/2013 Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204125/http://www.romlit.ro/una_cosa_mentale</ref>
 
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==== Gallery Representation ====
* None currently known.
 
For further commercial and non-commercial inquiries, feel free to contact [https://npk-east.de/en/contact/ NPK]
 
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==== Hashtags ====
(artistic practices, currents, techniques, themes - applicable hashtags for this artist)
 
 

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[[Category:Artists in the first half of Sec.XX]]
[[Category:Women Artists in the first half of Sec.XX]]

Cela Stanca Neamțu

2026-08-12T15:01:46Z

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== Cela Stanca Neamțu ==

 
 
==== Biography ====
'''Cela-Stanca Neamțu''', (she/her) visual [[Artists|artist]], (b. 1905, Craiova, Romania) of Romanian ethnical background, has lived in [[Romania]].
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==== Arrest under communist regime ====
She was arrested on January 24, 1952 and administratively interned for 24 months, a sentence later increased by another 24 months. She served her sentence in the prisons of Jilava, Văcărești, Târgșor.
She was released on September 21, 1955.
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==== Artistic disciplines: ====
* [[:Category:Painting_artists|Painting]]
 
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==== Artistic practice ====
Scarce information.
 
 
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==== Notable themes ====
Scarce information.
 
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==== Works in collections and public recognition ====
Scarce information.
 
 
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==== Selected exhibitions ====
Scarce information.

==== Press ====
* Artist page on Modernism.com, research carried out by Cosmin Nasui on artists arrested under communist regime in Romania<ref>https://www.postmodernism.ro/neamtu-cela-stanca/</ref>
 
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==== Gallery Representation ====
* None currently known.
 
For further commercial and non-commercial inquiries, feel free to contact [https://npk-east.de/en/contact/ NPK]
 
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==== Hashtags ====
(artistic practices, currents, techniques, themes - applicable hashtags for this artist)
 
 

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[[Category:Artists in the first half of Sec.XX]]
[[Category:Women Artists in the first half of Sec.XX]]

Cela Stanca Neamțu

2026-08-12T15:00:53Z

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== Cela Stanca Neamțu ==

 
 
==== Biography ====
'''Cela-Stanca Neamțu''', (she/her) visual [[Artists|artist]], (b. 1905, Craiova, Romania) of Romanian ethnical background, has lived in [[Romania]].
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==== Arrest under communist regime ====
She was arrested on January 24, 1952 and administratively interned for 24 months, a sentence later increased by another 24 months. She served her sentence in the prisons of Jilava, Văcărești, Târgșor.
She was released on September 21, 1955.
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==== Artistic disciplines: ====
* [[:Category:Painting_artists|Painting]]
 
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==== Artistic practice ====
Scarce information.
 
 
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==== Notable themes ====
Scarce information.
 
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==== Works in collections and public recognition ====
Scarce information.
 
 
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==== Selected exhibitions ====
Scarce information.

==== Press ====
* Artist page on Modernism.com, research carried out by Cosmin Nasui on artists arrested under communist regime in Romania<ref>https://www.postmodernism.ro/neamtu-cela-stanca/</ref>
* Article written in 2021 by Roxana Păsculescu, about the artist, text on Radio Romania Cultural website<ref>https://www.radioromaniacultural.ro/exclusiv-online/amintiri-cu-si-despre-artisti-plastici/cela-neamtu-si-punctul-de-putna-id29359.html</ref>
 
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==== Gallery Representation ====
* None currently known.
 
For further commercial and non-commercial inquiries, feel free to contact [https://npk-east.de/en/contact/ NPK]
 
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==== Hashtags ====
(artistic practices, currents, techniques, themes - applicable hashtags for this artist)
 
 

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[[Category:Artists in the first half of Sec.XX]]
[[Category:Women Artists in the first half of Sec.XX]]

Clarisa Marcovici

2026-08-12T14:47:45Z

Npk: /* Selected exhibitions */

== Clarisa Marcovici ==

 
 
==== Biography ====
'''Clarisa Marcovici''', (she/her) visual [[Artists|artist]], (b. 1921, București) of Romanian ethnical background, has lived in [[Romania]]. Marcovici is an usual name given in Romania to people of Jewish descent (name localisation, see multiple examples here<ref>https://www.piatauniversitatii.com/perspective/subjugarea-romanilor/AparatRepresiv.html</ref>).
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==== Arrest under communist regime ====
She was arrested on 18.07.1948 for attempting to cross the border.
By sentence no. 1523/18.IX.1948 of the Bucharest Military Tribunal she was sentenced to 2 years of correctional imprisonment with suspension of the execution of the sentence.<ref>ACNSAS, fond Documentar, file no. D 000018, f. 27.</ref>
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==== Artistic disciplines: ====
* [[:Category:Painting_artists|Painting]]
 
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==== Artistic practice ====
Scarce information.
 
 
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==== Notable themes ====
Scarce information.
 
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==== Works in collections and public recognition ====
Scarce information.
 
 
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==== Selected exhibitions ====
Scarce information
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==== Press ====
* Jurnalul.ro: List of artists arrested under communist regime, <ref>https://jurnalul.ro/cultura/arte-vizuale/artisti-in-temnitele-comuniste-peste-150-profile-o-cercetare-extensiva-platforma-multimedia-si-expozitie-online-campanie-de-informare-si-constientizare-886092.html</ref>, source: ACNSAS, fond Documentar, file no. D 000018, listed at no. 36 in this daily newspaper article.
* Artist page on Modernism.com, research carried out by Cosmin Nasui on artists arrested under communist regime in Romania<ref>https://www.postmodernism.ro/czeghedi-ileana/</ref>
 
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==== Gallery Representation ====
* None known.
 
For further commercial and non-commercial inquiries, feel free to contact [https://npk-east.de/en/contact/ NPK]
 
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==== Hashtags ====
(artistic practices, currents, techniques, themes - applicable hashtags for this artist)
 
 

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[[Category:Artists in the first half of Sec.XX]]
[[Category:Women Artists in the first half of Sec.XX]]

Elena Vavilyna

2026-08-12T14:46:16Z

Npk: /* Selected exhibitions */

== Elena Vavilyna ==

 
 
==== Biography ====
'''Elena Vavilyna''', (known also as Nelly Vavilin), (she/her), visual [[Artists|artist]], (b. 1901, Brăila, d. 1971, București) of Romanian ethnical background, has lived in [[Romania]] and several countries of choice, such as [[France]] and [[Bulgaria]]. She attended the School of Fine Arts in Bucharest, under the guidance of Dimitrie Serafim and Ipolit Strâmbu, then continued her studies in Paris, at the Julian Academy, with Paul Albert Laurens and Clement Serveau, preparing mainly for plein-air painting. After a documentary trip to Bulgaria, she discovered oriental art and fell in love forever with the Balchik area. Balchik is a town on the Black Sea coast, in the Dobrich region, Southern Dobrogea, in northeastern Bulgaria, located 42 km from Varna. It is currently one of the tourist attractions of Bulgaria on the Black Sea..
She was part of the generation of female painters who, along with [[Nutzi Acontz]], [[Lucia Dem Bălăcescu]] or [[Nina Arbore]], created the women's associations of the era, being the founder of the "Women Painter's Group" ("Femeile Pictore"), an important artistic support group for women in the first half of the 20th century.
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==== Arrest under communist regime ====
'''Elena Vavilyna''' had a difficult life beyond the easel. She was arrested on February 20, 1959 for agitation. By sentence no. 818/17.VII.l959 of the Bucharest Military Tribunal, she was acquitted and released on August 21, 1959.<ref>Source: ACNSAS, fond Documentar, dosar nr. D 000018, f. 99.</ref>
"The painter Elena Vavilyna was arrested some time ago, together with other people who criticized the regime. I learned this news from the painter Sorin Ionescu, who did not know any other details," according to a testimony filed with her file at „Securitate”, the political police force active in Romania.<ref>Source: ACNSAS, fond Rețea 330218, vol. 1, (Comarnescu), f. 325</ref>
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==== Artistic disciplines: ====
* [[:Category:Painting_artists|Painting]]
 
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==== Artistic practice ====
Educated in Bucharest and Paris, Elena Vavilyna showed a predilection for the bohemian portrait (facilitated by the social environment of her sister, Jeanette, a ballerina of the "Constantin Tănase" Theater) and for the oriental landscape, for which the atmosphere of Balchik proved ideal. Balchik became a leitmotif of her art, in a period when almost all Romanian painters were fascinated by the natural and human landscape of the city, which became an artists' colony during the summer. Elena Vavilyna's post-impressionism with Fauvist tones in chromatics, her passion for geometric construction and for decorative treatment in intense shades, allows her to capture a less painted side of Balchik: the architectural one, without losing the unique chromatic expressiveness of the place.
 
 
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==== Notable themes ====
Recurring themes in Vavilyna's practice include the experience of [[city architecture]] and [[urban portraits]].
 
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==== Works in collections and public recognition ====
* exhibited nationally and internationally, at museums and art galleries.
* works in art museums collections and private collections.

A selection of works are in the Romanian [[Baia Mare County Museum of Contemporary Art]]<ref>https://muzartbm.ro/2020/elena-vavilyna-1901-1971/</ref>.
 
 
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==== Selected exhibitions ====
Between 1922 and 1967 he held ten personal exhibitions in Bucharest and also participated in twenty-seven Bucharest salons and group exhibitions. In 1920 and 1922, respectively, she participated in the Artistic Colony in Baia Mare. Exhibited constantly at the Official Salons starting in 1925 and between 1938 and 1942 at the events of the Artistic Youth.
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==== Press ====
* Jurnalul.ro: List of artists arrested under communist regime, <ref>https://jurnalul.ro/cultura/arte-vizuale/artisti-in-temnitele-comuniste-peste-150-profile-o-cercetare-extensiva-platforma-multimedia-si-expozitie-online-campanie-de-informare-si-constientizare-886092.html</ref>, source: ACNSAS, fond Documentar, file no. D 000018, listed at no. 54 in this daily newspaper article.
* Artist page on Modernism.com, research carried out by Cosmin Nasui on artists arrested under communist regime in Romania<ref>https://www.postmodernism.ro/schreiber-ernestina/</ref>
 
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==== Gallery Representation ====
* None known.
 
For further commercial and non-commercial inquiries, feel free to contact [https://npk-east.de/en/contact/ NPK]
 
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==== Hashtags ====
(artistic practices, currents, techniques, themes - applicable hashtags for this artist)
 
 

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[[Category:Artists in the first half of Sec.XX]]
[[Category:Women Artists in the first half of Sec.XX]]

Elena Vavilyna

2026-08-12T14:45:57Z

Npk: /* Press */

== Elena Vavilyna ==

 
 
==== Biography ====
'''Elena Vavilyna''', (known also as Nelly Vavilin), (she/her), visual [[Artists|artist]], (b. 1901, Brăila, d. 1971, București) of Romanian ethnical background, has lived in [[Romania]] and several countries of choice, such as [[France]] and [[Bulgaria]]. She attended the School of Fine Arts in Bucharest, under the guidance of Dimitrie Serafim and Ipolit Strâmbu, then continued her studies in Paris, at the Julian Academy, with Paul Albert Laurens and Clement Serveau, preparing mainly for plein-air painting. After a documentary trip to Bulgaria, she discovered oriental art and fell in love forever with the Balchik area. Balchik is a town on the Black Sea coast, in the Dobrich region, Southern Dobrogea, in northeastern Bulgaria, located 42 km from Varna. It is currently one of the tourist attractions of Bulgaria on the Black Sea..
She was part of the generation of female painters who, along with [[Nutzi Acontz]], [[Lucia Dem Bălăcescu]] or [[Nina Arbore]], created the women's associations of the era, being the founder of the "Women Painter's Group" ("Femeile Pictore"), an important artistic support group for women in the first half of the 20th century.
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==== Arrest under communist regime ====
'''Elena Vavilyna''' had a difficult life beyond the easel. She was arrested on February 20, 1959 for agitation. By sentence no. 818/17.VII.l959 of the Bucharest Military Tribunal, she was acquitted and released on August 21, 1959.<ref>Source: ACNSAS, fond Documentar, dosar nr. D 000018, f. 99.</ref>
"The painter Elena Vavilyna was arrested some time ago, together with other people who criticized the regime. I learned this news from the painter Sorin Ionescu, who did not know any other details," according to a testimony filed with her file at „Securitate”, the political police force active in Romania.<ref>Source: ACNSAS, fond Rețea 330218, vol. 1, (Comarnescu), f. 325</ref>
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==== Artistic disciplines: ====
* [[:Category:Painting_artists|Painting]]
 
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==== Artistic practice ====
Educated in Bucharest and Paris, Elena Vavilyna showed a predilection for the bohemian portrait (facilitated by the social environment of her sister, Jeanette, a ballerina of the "Constantin Tănase" Theater) and for the oriental landscape, for which the atmosphere of Balchik proved ideal. Balchik became a leitmotif of her art, in a period when almost all Romanian painters were fascinated by the natural and human landscape of the city, which became an artists' colony during the summer. Elena Vavilyna's post-impressionism with Fauvist tones in chromatics, her passion for geometric construction and for decorative treatment in intense shades, allows her to capture a less painted side of Balchik: the architectural one, without losing the unique chromatic expressiveness of the place.
 
 
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==== Notable themes ====
Recurring themes in Vavilyna's practice include the experience of [[city architecture]] and [[urban portraits]].
 
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==== Works in collections and public recognition ====
* exhibited nationally and internationally, at museums and art galleries.
* works in art museums collections and private collections.

A selection of works are in the Romanian [[Baia Mare County Museum of Contemporary Art]]<ref>https://muzartbm.ro/2020/elena-vavilyna-1901-1971/</ref>.
 
 
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==== Selected exhibitions ====
Between 1922 and 1967 he held ten personal exhibitions in Bucharest and also participated in twenty-seven Bucharest salons and group exhibitions. In 1920 and 1922, respectively, she participated in the Artistic Colony in Baia Mare. Exhibited constantly at the Official Salons starting in 1925 and between 1938 and 1942 at the events of the Artistic Youth.

==== Press ====
* Jurnalul.ro: List of artists arrested under communist regime, <ref>https://jurnalul.ro/cultura/arte-vizuale/artisti-in-temnitele-comuniste-peste-150-profile-o-cercetare-extensiva-platforma-multimedia-si-expozitie-online-campanie-de-informare-si-constientizare-886092.html</ref>, source: ACNSAS, fond Documentar, file no. D 000018, listed at no. 54 in this daily newspaper article.
* Artist page on Modernism.com, research carried out by Cosmin Nasui on artists arrested under communist regime in Romania<ref>https://www.postmodernism.ro/schreiber-ernestina/</ref>
 
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==== Gallery Representation ====
* None known.
 
For further commercial and non-commercial inquiries, feel free to contact [https://npk-east.de/en/contact/ NPK]
 
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==== Hashtags ====
(artistic practices, currents, techniques, themes - applicable hashtags for this artist)
 
 

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[[Category:Artists in the first half of Sec.XX]]
[[Category:Women Artists in the first half of Sec.XX]]

Ernestina Schreiber

2026-08-12T14:44:59Z

Npk: /* Selected exhibitions */

== Ernestina Schreiber ==

 
 
==== Biography ====
'''Ernestina Schreiber''', (she/her), visual [[Artists|artist]], (b. 1913, Brașov, d. ?) of Swiss Germanic ethnical background, has lived in [[Romania]].
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==== Arrest under communist regime ====
'''Ernestina Schreiber''' was a toy painter who was arrested on November 21, 1959 on charges of "trafficking and possessing large quantities of gold coins." According to the arrest warrant, the artist was born on "August 12, 1913, in the city of Stalin (n.e. – Brașov), daughter of Iosif and Eliza of Swiss citizenship, German nationality, studied at the higher school of arts, profession as a toy painter, divorced, has 3 children, unknown political antecedents, with last residence in Breaza, Cîmpina district, Ploiești region (n.e. – Prahova county). The aforementioned was arrested because the statement given by Goller Eevin, sentenced for gold possession for 8 years, shows that they had connections: in the sense that she received the amount of 4,000 lei from him monthly and Schreiber Ernestina deposited large sums of money into his account in Switzerland. The aforementioned was also often seen visiting the Swiss Legation in Bucharest where she contacted various diplomats"<ref>Source: Schreiber Ernestina, ACNSAS, fond Penal, dosar nr., 5209, vol 2, f 33</ref>.
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==== Artistic disciplines: ====
* [[:Category:Painting_artists|Painting]]
 
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==== Artistic practice ====
Unknown.
 
 
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==== Notable themes ====
Toy painter.
 
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==== Works in collections and public recognition ====
Unknown.
 
 
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==== Selected exhibitions ====
Not case.
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==== Press ====
* Artist page on Modernism.com, research carried out by Cosmin Nasui on artists arrested under communist regime in Romania<ref>https://www.postmodernism.ro/schreiber-ernestina/</ref>
 
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==== Gallery Representation ====
* None known.
 
For further commercial and non-commercial inquiries, feel free to contact [https://npk-east.de/en/contact/ NPK]
 
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==== Hashtags ====
(artistic practices, currents, techniques, themes - applicable hashtags for this artist)
 
 

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[[Category:Women Artists in the first half of Sec.XX]]

Ernestina Schreiber

2026-08-12T14:44:38Z

Npk: /* Press */

== Ernestina Schreiber ==

 
 
==== Biography ====
'''Ernestina Schreiber''', (she/her), visual [[Artists|artist]], (b. 1913, Brașov, d. ?) of Swiss Germanic ethnical background, has lived in [[Romania]].
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==== Arrest under communist regime ====
'''Ernestina Schreiber''' was a toy painter who was arrested on November 21, 1959 on charges of "trafficking and possessing large quantities of gold coins." According to the arrest warrant, the artist was born on "August 12, 1913, in the city of Stalin (n.e. – Brașov), daughter of Iosif and Eliza of Swiss citizenship, German nationality, studied at the higher school of arts, profession as a toy painter, divorced, has 3 children, unknown political antecedents, with last residence in Breaza, Cîmpina district, Ploiești region (n.e. – Prahova county). The aforementioned was arrested because the statement given by Goller Eevin, sentenced for gold possession for 8 years, shows that they had connections: in the sense that she received the amount of 4,000 lei from him monthly and Schreiber Ernestina deposited large sums of money into his account in Switzerland. The aforementioned was also often seen visiting the Swiss Legation in Bucharest where she contacted various diplomats"<ref>Source: Schreiber Ernestina, ACNSAS, fond Penal, dosar nr., 5209, vol 2, f 33</ref>.
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==== Artistic disciplines: ====
* [[:Category:Painting_artists|Painting]]
 
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==== Artistic practice ====
Unknown.
 
 
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==== Notable themes ====
Toy painter.
 
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==== Works in collections and public recognition ====
Unknown.
 
 
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==== Selected exhibitions ====
Not case.

==== Press ====
* Artist page on Modernism.com, research carried out by Cosmin Nasui on artists arrested under communist regime in Romania<ref>https://www.postmodernism.ro/schreiber-ernestina/</ref>
 
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==== Gallery Representation ====
* None known.
 
For further commercial and non-commercial inquiries, feel free to contact [https://npk-east.de/en/contact/ NPK]
 
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==== Hashtags ====
(artistic practices, currents, techniques, themes - applicable hashtags for this artist)
 
 

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[[Category:Artists in the first half of Sec.XX]]
[[Category:Women Artists in the first half of Sec.XX]]

Ana Henrieta Neczpal

2026-08-12T14:44:02Z

Npk: /* Selected exhibitions */

== Ana Henrieta Neczpal ==

 
 
==== Biography ====
'''Ana Henrieta Neczpal''', (she/her) visual [[Artists|artist]], (b. 1948, Timișoara) of German ethnical background, has lived in [[Romania]]. Her parents were workers: daughter of Mihai (driver) and Terezia-Ana (waitress). After graduating from 12th grade and becoming a cartoonist, she tried to flee across the border, but was caught. Scarce information about her artistic works.
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==== Arrest under communist regime ====
Ana Henrieta Neczpal was arrested on the morning of April 16, 1968, after attempting to illegally cross the Romanian-Yugoslav border through the Stamora-Moraviţa point, in a hiding place created in the car of her fiancé, Reiter Martin.<ref>Source: ACNSAS, fond Penal, file no. 37686, vol. 1, Cover v., ff. 20, 39.</ref>. She was sentenced to one year of correctional imprisonment for attempted fraudulent border crossing by sentence no. 88/1968 given by the Timiş Military Tribunal<ref>Source: ACNSAS, fond Penal, file no. 37686, vol. 1, End-cover.</ref>. She served her sentence in Timișoara and Oradea penitentiaries, since 27 dec 1968<ref>Source: ACNSAS, fond Penal, file no. 37686, vol. 1, Cover</ref>. She was released on October 29, 1968, based on Decision no. 985/1968 of the Council of State, being pardoned from the rest of the sentence<ref>Source: ACNSAS, fond Penal, file no. 37686, vol. 1, f. 2</ref>.
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==== Artistic disciplines: ====
* [[:Category:Drawing_artists|Drawing]]
 
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==== Artistic practice ====
Scarce information.
 
 
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==== Notable themes ====
Works not available.
 
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==== Works in collections and public recognition ====
None known.
 
 
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==== Selected exhibitions ====
None known.
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==== Press ====
* Artist page on Modernism.com, research carried out by Cosmin Nasui on artists arrested under communist regime in Romania<ref>https://www.postmodernism.ro/neczpal-ana-henrieta/</ref>
 
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==== Gallery Representation ====
* None currently known.
 
For further commercial and non-commercial inquiries, feel free to contact [https://npk-east.de/en/contact/ NPK]
 
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==== Hashtags ====
(artistic practices, currents, techniques, themes - applicable hashtags for this artist)
 
 

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[[Category:Artists in the first half of Sec.XX]]
[[Category:Women Artists in the first half of Sec.XX]]

Ileana Czeghedi

2026-08-12T14:42:25Z

Npk: /* Selected exhibitions */

== Ileana Czeghedi ==

 
 
==== Biography ====
'''Ileana Czeghedi''', (she/her) visual [[Artists|artist]], (b. 1921, Furto, Hungary) of Romanian or Hungarian ethnical background |information under research|, has lived in [[Romania]].
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==== Arrest under communist regime ====
She was arrested on 08.II.1950 for fraudulent border crossing. By sentence no.70 of 13.I.1950 of the Cluj Military Prosecutor's Office she was sentenced to 3 years of correctional prison. Released on 07.III.1953<ref>Source: ACNSAS, fond Documentar, file no. D 000018, f. 18</ref>
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==== Artistic disciplines: ====
* [[:Category:Painting_artists|Painting]]
 
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==== Artistic practice ====
Scarce information.
 
 
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==== Notable themes ====
Scarce information.
 
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==== Works in collections and public recognition ====
Scarce information.
 
 
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==== Selected exhibitions ====
Scarce information.
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==== Press ====
* Jurnalul.ro: List of artists arrested under communist regime, <ref>https://jurnalul.ro/cultura/arte-vizuale/artisti-in-temnitele-comuniste-peste-150-profile-o-cercetare-extensiva-platforma-multimedia-si-expozitie-online-campanie-de-informare-si-constientizare-886092.html</ref>, source: ACNSAS, fond Documentar, file no. D 000018, listed at no. 21 in this daily newspaper article.
* Artist page on Modernism.com, research carried out by Cosmin Nasui on artists arrested under communist regime in Romania<ref>https://www.postmodernism.ro/czeghedi-ileana/</ref>
 
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==== Gallery Representation ====
* None known.
 
For further commercial and non-commercial inquiries, feel free to contact [https://npk-east.de/en/contact/ NPK]
 
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==== Hashtags ====
(artistic practices, currents, techniques, themes - applicable hashtags for this artist)
 
 

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[[Category:Artists in the first half of Sec.XX]]
[[Category:Women Artists in the first half of Sec.XX]]

Ana Henrieta Neczpal

2026-08-12T14:41:06Z

Npk: /* Press */

== Ana Henrieta Neczpal ==

 
 
==== Biography ====
'''Ana Henrieta Neczpal''', (she/her) visual [[Artists|artist]], (b. 1948, Timișoara) of German ethnical background, has lived in [[Romania]]. Her parents were workers: daughter of Mihai (driver) and Terezia-Ana (waitress). After graduating from 12th grade and becoming a cartoonist, she tried to flee across the border, but was caught. Scarce information about her artistic works.
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==== Arrest under communist regime ====
Ana Henrieta Neczpal was arrested on the morning of April 16, 1968, after attempting to illegally cross the Romanian-Yugoslav border through the Stamora-Moraviţa point, in a hiding place created in the car of her fiancé, Reiter Martin.<ref>Source: ACNSAS, fond Penal, file no. 37686, vol. 1, Cover v., ff. 20, 39.</ref>. She was sentenced to one year of correctional imprisonment for attempted fraudulent border crossing by sentence no. 88/1968 given by the Timiş Military Tribunal<ref>Source: ACNSAS, fond Penal, file no. 37686, vol. 1, End-cover.</ref>. She served her sentence in Timișoara and Oradea penitentiaries, since 27 dec 1968<ref>Source: ACNSAS, fond Penal, file no. 37686, vol. 1, Cover</ref>. She was released on October 29, 1968, based on Decision no. 985/1968 of the Council of State, being pardoned from the rest of the sentence<ref>Source: ACNSAS, fond Penal, file no. 37686, vol. 1, f. 2</ref>.
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==== Artistic disciplines: ====
* [[:Category:Drawing_artists|Drawing]]
 
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==== Artistic practice ====
Scarce information.
 
 
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==== Notable themes ====
Works not available.
 
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==== Works in collections and public recognition ====
None known.
 
 
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==== Selected exhibitions ====
None known.

==== Press ====
* Artist page on Modernism.com, research carried out by Cosmin Nasui on artists arrested under communist regime in Romania<ref>https://www.postmodernism.ro/neczpal-ana-henrieta/</ref>
 
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==== Gallery Representation ====
* None currently known.
 
For further commercial and non-commercial inquiries, feel free to contact [https://npk-east.de/en/contact/ NPK]
 
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==== Hashtags ====
(artistic practices, currents, techniques, themes - applicable hashtags for this artist)
 
 

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[[Category:Artists in the first half of Sec.XX]]
[[Category:Women Artists in the first half of Sec.XX]]