MoBU 2024 is the kind of project supporting contemporary art for which the Ministry of Culture must be a „constant and consistent partner,” Culture Minister Raluca Turcan told the opening of the second edition of the largest contemporary art fair in Central and Eastern Europe in Bucharest on Wednesday.

Turcan expressed her concern for the way in which the state can support contemporary artists and mentioned in this context the programmes for the acquisition of contemporary art works through the National Museum of Contemporary Art, the Brukenthal Museum in Sibiu and the Palace of Culture in Iasi, as well as other projects such as the RAD Contemporary Art Fair, SCAF International Contemporary Art Festival in Sibiu.

„I believe that this microclimate among creators, public funders and, why not, the state, where or when it is needed, should be a constant year after year,” added the Culture minister.

Now in its second year, MoBU 2024 is the largest contemporary art fair in Central and Eastern Europe. For five days, 200 artists from the UK, China, Germany, Japan, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Ukraine and Hungary will exhibit contemporary art on 50 stands and participate in related cultural events on 22,000 square metres of Romexpo’s Central Pavilion.

The stands are dedicated to galleries, independent artists, but also to students from the most prestigious faculties in Romania: the National University of Arts in Bucharest, the University of Art and Design in Cluj-Napoca, the National University of Arts „George Enescu” in Iasi and the Faculty of Arts and Design in Timisoara.

Under the title „Discover art in another dimension,” MoBU 2024 will have on sale, at prices starting from a few hundred euros and going up to hundreds of thousands of euros, works of contemporary art in all its forms and manifestations: painting, drawing, mixed media, sculpture, ceramics, design, video, installations, performance, the organisers inform.

At MoBU 2024, among the 200 international artists exhibiting, showcased from Romania will be works of Romanian heritage artists: Nicolae Tonitza, Alexandru Ciucurencu, Gheorghe Petrascu, Iosif Iser, Stefan Dimitrescu, Corneliu Baba, Francisc Sirato, contemporary Romanian artists: Ion Grigorescu, Ioan Nemtoi, Olimpiu Bandalac, Ecaterina Vrana, Francisc Chiuariu, Eugen Raportoru, Lilian Theil, Razvan Boar, Simion Cernica, Obie Platon, independent contemporary Romanian artists: Anca Boeriu, Catalin Burcea, Raluca Ilaria Demetrescu, 1 Q Sapro, Aurel Tar, Mihai Zgondoiu, Bela Zoltan, Diana Serghiuta, Laurian Popa, Cosmin Moldivan, Stefan Radu Cretu, Ilina Schileru, Mircea Modreanu, young Romanian contemporary artists: Ioana Cristodorescu, Bogdan Matei, Andrei Neciu, Emma Pavaloaia, Beaver, David Podut, Andrei Pennazio, Arina Bican, Teona Toderel, Alex Baciu and street contemporary Romanian artists: AEUL, RAID, ATOMA.

MoBU 2024 will take place in the Central Pavilion of Romexpo, near Bookfest.

AGERPRES