The exhibition 'Romanian Avant-Garde. Works and Networks 1907 - 1947' / 'Avanguardie romene. Opere e reti 1907 - 1947' will be on view from June 19 until September 27 at Villa Zito in Palermo, Italy.

Curated by Erwin Kessler, director of Romania's National Museum of Art, the exhibition is organized under the Romania - Italy Cultural Year and offers an exploration of the history of the Romanian avant-garde and the connections Romanian artists forged with major European artistic movements in the first half of the 20th century, the Ministry of Culture announced on Thursday in a Facebook post.

The display follows the Romanian avant-garde chronologically, from early-century Expressionism and Modernism to Constructivism, Cubism and Surrealism, and the transformations that followed the Second World War.

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Italian visitors will discover works by Marcel Iancu, Max Herman Maxy, Victor Brauner, Hans Mattis-Teutsch, Corneliu Michailescu, Nicolae Tonitza, Apcar Baltazar, and other artists who shaped Romanian modernism.

Alongside the artworks, the exhibition highlights historic avant-garde publications, manifestos, magazines and archival documents that illustrate the international networks of ideas and collaborations linking Romanian artists to Europe's major cultural centres.

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Several works are being shown to the public for the first time, together with magazines and documents reflecting Romanian artists' ties to avant-garde circles in Europe, the United States, Japan and Latin America.

A key moment revisited in the exhibition is 1924, when Bucharest hosted the First International Exhibition of the Contimporanul magazine, featuring figures such as Paul Klee, Kurt Schwitters, Hans Arp, Karl Teige and László Moholy-Nagy, alongside the Romanian avant-garde.

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Organised by the National Museum of Art of Romania, in partnership with the Romanian Embassy in Italy and Civita Sicilia, the exhibition offers audiences the opportunity to rediscover the essential contribution of Romanian artists to the development of European modern art, the Culture Ministry added. AGERPRES (RO - writing by: Daniel Popescu; EN - writing by: Simona Klodnischi)

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