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The White Night of Galleries / NAG, Botoșani, 2026
OPEN STUDIO: ANA MARIA MICU, WITH ELENA ARCIRE AND DAN SOCIU Dates | October 2, 3, and 4, 2026 Visiting hours daily | 12:00 - 20:00 Venue | Ana Maria Micu Studio, 9 Primăverii Street, Entrance C, 3rd Floor, Apartment 7, Intercom 07, Botoșani, 710108, Romania Contact by phone | 0720038766 Botoșani NAG Partner | Ioan Mateiciuc, Centrul Cultural Botoșani https://2026.noapteagaleriilor.ro/en/pagina/despre During the current edition of the White Night of the Galleries, the first one to be held in Botoșani, the studio of artist Ana Maria Micu opens to the public as a hybrid workspace, hosting a visual and literary dialogue alongside guest artist Elena Arcire and guest writer Dan Sociu. The host shows the painting "brick and mortar but... Yellow, Simona, Qargo" (2026). A second focus is book illustration, through the series "Etchings of Inhabited Fiction" (2026), composed of 32 drawings created as a reaction to Dan Sociu's poems from "Purgatoriul", a volume recently published by the independent publishing house Fantomas. In a separate room, Elena Arcire unveils process stages of her project "The Daughter of Time", a narrative structured in three series of analog pinhole photographs. go to project ⮕ |
Process Documentation by Elena Arcire
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BOOK ILLUSTRATION
Dan Sociu, Purgatoriul, Fantomas Publishing, Arad, RO, 2026 Ana Maria Micu’s series “Etchings of Inhabited Fiction” (2026) was made specifically for this book, as a visual and conceptual response to Sociu’s poems. The 32 images are drawn freehand in India ink on paper, without photographic references, through an intuitive process that occasionally involved listening to the poems via a read-aloud function on a continuous loop. The book is announced as soon to be available for purchase. Dan Sociu (b. 1978) is a Romanian writer and translator. He has published numerous volumes of poetry and prose, earning major literary distinctions. His notable works include the poetry collections cântece eXcesive (2005) and Uau! (2019), alongside novels such as Urbancolia (2008). Expanding his international presence, his poetry book Deep Fakes (2026), translated into English by Monica Cure, is forthcoming at World Poetry Books. In addition to his authorial work, he has translated extensively from English and has participated in artist residencies at Art Omi (Ledig House) in the United States and Akademie Schloss Solitude in Germany. Fantomas is an independent publishing house based in Arad, Romania, curated by Vasile Leac. It focuses on experimental cultural phenomena and contemporary literature, prioritizing emergent and unconventional voices. PRESS Pre-announcement with book excerpt at Clivaj |
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ZILELE NORDULUI 2026
TO WAIT WITHOUT HUNTING Solo Show by Ana Maria Micu Opening | Saturday, August 8, 2026, 15:00 – 16:00 Venue | Casa Nord, the former chicken processing plant, Mihail Kogălniceanu Street, Darabani, Botoșani County Dates | August 6 – 15, 2026 https://www.zilelenordului.ro/program download press release in Romanian "To Wait Without Hunting" represents for Ana Maria Micu both a synthesis and an evolution of the sustained visual research she has developed in recent years since relocating to Botoșani. While her previous projects emphasized support structures, both physical (interventions within the studio-apartment) and psychological (reconstructing the self through gardening and art), the current assemblage of existing videos and paintings alongside new works proposes a paradigm shift: abandoning the effort of consolidation in favor of pure presence. go to project ⮕ |
"Tactile Observations". Ongoing series of works started in 2026.
Daler Rowney FW Acrylic Ink on Artistico Fabriano Paper 640 gsm (27.3 x 17.9 cm), pressed between two 2 mm transparent acrylic sheets (27.8 x 18.4 cm).
The works are installed as drawings caught in wooden mousetraps, with variable placements and combinations.
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COVER ART
Dan Sociu, Deep Fakes, translated from Romanian by Monica Cure, World Poetry Books, New York City, USA, 2026 Cover art: "of daylight. ... the coercive measures", 2019, by Ana Maria Micu I am pleased to announce that my 2019 painting, "of daylight. ... the coercive measures", has been selected by World Poetry Books as the cover art for Dan Sociu’s forthcoming poetry collection, "Deep Fakes". Following the publisher's initial selection, the author confirmed that the artwork aligns with the vision of the book. I extend my gratitude to both the publisher and the author, and I wish the publication every success. World Poetry Books is a New York City-based nonprofit publishing house specializing in translated poetry. "Deep Fakes", translated into English by Monica Cure, has recently been announced as forthcoming. https://worldpoetrybooks.com/books/deep-fakes |
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CEALALTĂ FAȚĂ A LUMII
Opening | Tuesday, May 5, 2026, from 6:00 p.m. at the Museum of Contemporary Art, 6 Tribunei Street, and from 7:00 p.m. at Brukenthal Palace, 4 Piața Mare Dates | May 5 – 31, 2026 Venue | Museum of Contemporary Art of the Brukenthal National Museum, 6 Tribunei Street, and Brukenthal Palace, 4 Piața Mare, Sibiu, Romania Curator | Liviana Dan Co-curator | Alexandra Runcan Artists | Ana Maria Micu, Ioana Olăhuț, Anca Bodea, Mirela Moscu, Ioana Iacob, Anca Brânzaș, Oana Năstăsache, Andrea Tivadar, Roxana Ajder, Ioana Tocoaie go to project ⮕ |
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ÎN CĂUTAREA NATURII ( The Pursuit of Nature)
Opening | April 17, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. Dates | April 17 – June 7, 2026 Venue | The Art Museum of Brașov, 21 Eroilor Boulevard, Brașov, Romania Curator | Valentina Iancu Artists | Ion Andreescu, Emilia Apostolescu, Mihaela Cîmpeanu, Cecilia Cuțescu-Storck, Hans Eder, Micaela Eleutheriade, Nicolae Grigorescu, Uliana Gujuman, Hans Hermann, Karl Hübner, Hortensia Mi Kafchin, Gustav Kollár, Katja Lee Eliad, Irina Lukász, Rodica Maniu, Gabriela Mateescu, Hans Mattis-Teutsch, Andreea Medar, Friederich Miess, Ana Maria Micu, Ciprian Mureșan, Vlad Nancă, Irina Neacșu, Adrian Oncu, Sorin Oncu, Radu Oreian, Dan Perjovschi, Elena Popea, Mișu Popp, Alexandra Sand, Iulia Toma, Henri Trenk, Oana Paula Vainer, Miki Velciov The exhibition brings together botanical-themed works from the collection of The Art Museum of Brașov and contemporary artworks, building a dialogue that highlights how nature has been represented and understood in art. Structured into two sections, "wild nature" and "domestic nature", the exhibition traces transformations in the perception and representation of nature, moving from an object of admiration and contemplation to a space of human intervention marked by ecological crisis and environmental activism. Within this context, nature no longer appears only as an artistic subject, but becomes a space for critical reflection on our relationship with the environment. go to project ⮕ |
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THE AUTONOMOUS MASTER ARCHIVE: A LOW-DEPENDENCY ECOSYSTEM
Concept, intuitive prompt engineering, and testing: Ana Maria Micu Code: Gemini 3, under a Google AI Pro subscription License: GNU GPL v3 Date: April 2026 This package is designed for the long-term administration of extensive artwork databases, such as a catalogue raisonné comprising hundreds of records. It is highly applicable if you are solely responsible for managing diverse communication formats regarding these works, including editable text-and-image documents, static web deployments, and automatically generated PDFs. Conceived as an autonomous architectural framework, the kit is distributed independently of its software dependencies, requiring active integration by the user. Optimized for a Windows environment, the system relies on a precise constellation of free, open-source, and proprietary freeware tools: Chromium (or Google Chrome) to execute the local JavaScript compiler, LibreOffice to manage the data matrices and render native OpenDocument formats, and the Java Runtime Environment to process the underlying XML architecture. To achieve the artwork’s conceptual goal of absolute portability and hardware resilience, the entire ecosystem is designed to be housed on an external drive alongside localized, portable iterations of these applications, ensuring the archive remains permanently self-contained and ready for execution across distinct machines. go to project ⮕ |
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BOOK LAUNCH “Touch Nature at /SAC Bucharest”
Book Launch | April 16, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. Venue | Cărturești Modul, Academiei 18-20 Street, Bucharest, Romania Event Language | English Guest Speakers | Victor Bartiș (book design), Justin Baroncea & Maria Ghement (exhibition design), Sabine Fellner & Alex Radu (exhibition co-curators) and Judith Wagner (artist in the exhibition) Book Specifications | Paperback, 244 pages, 21.5 x 28 cm, English language Texts | Sabine Fellner, Alex Radu, Justin Baroncea, Maria Ghement, the artists from the 2024 exhibition "Touch Nature" at /SAC Bucharest Coordinating editor | Alex Radu Book design & image curator | Victor Bartiș Translation & editing | Cristina Ginara, Anne Marie Lolea, Lidia Dobrea, Andreea Chircă Exhibition and editorial project managers | Anne Marie Lolea, Andreea Chircă, Lidia Dobrea Photographs by | Adi Bulboacă, Ana Maria Micu, Elena Maxemciuc, Horia Manolache, Lavinia Cioacă, New Folder Studio ISBN | 978-606-980-276-2 Publishers | /SAC & Editura Vellant, 2026 Supported by | Romanian Order of Architects (OAR) through its architecture grant, Vellant Publishing, Austrian Cultural Forum (for the exhibition, book, and launch) Pre-order link | https://www.vellant.ro/carte/touch-nature-sac-bucharest-4819691020 "Touch Nature @ /SAC Bucharest" Exhibition details (2024, /SAC Berthelot and Malmaison, Bucharest, Romania) Curators | Sabine Fellner & Alex Radu Artists | Uli Aigner, Matei Bejenaru, Floriama Candea, Codruța Cernea, Adriana Chiruta, Ciprian Ciuclea, Larisa Crunțeanu, Anna Dumitriu & Alex May, Michael Endlicher, Thomas Feuerstein, Peter Hauenschild, Barbara Anna Husar, Nona Inescu, Kitty Kino, Aurora Kiraly, Alexandra Kontriner, Ana Maria Micu, Nicoleta Mureș, Klaus Pichler, Monika Pichler, PRINZpod, Oliver Ressler, Gregor Sailer, Elisabeth von Samsonow, Hans Schabus, Ramona Schnekenburger, Marielis Seyler, Paul Spendier, Oana Stanciu, Mircea Suciu, Dan Vezentan, Judith Wagner, Nives Widauer, Laurent Ziegler. Exhibition design | Justin Baroncea & Maria Ghement Exhibition graphic design | Irina Radu, Justin Baroncea, Maria Ghement Set-design production | Atelier SET /SAC team | Andreea Chircă, Iulian Cristea, Lidia Dobrea, Anne Marie Lolea, Elena Maxemciuc Exhibition Supported by | Austrian Cultural Forum, Ministry of European and International Affairs of the Republic of Austria go to project ⮕ |
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