Exhibition

The exhibition currently on view at the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) Serbia, in Belgrade, titled “Gypsyism, Balkanism – Through a glass, darkly”, curated by Bratislav Mitrović, features five artists of Roma origin, who engage in intimate dialogue with the history of -frequently hurtful- representations of Roma. Through their works, Małgorzata Mirga-Tas...

Berlin Tales  Emanuel Barica, Luna De Rosa, Mihaela Drăgan, Nihad Nino Pušija, Mersud Selman, Alfred Ullrich, David Weiss   15 December, 2023 – 5 April, 2024 Exhibition opening: 14 December 2023, 6.00 – 9.00 pm       Berlin has consistently played a crucial role in the cultural and social life of the Roma diaspora...

The summer of 2023 saw a true landmark accomplishment in the promotion and celebration of Romani art and culture. The Barvalo exhibition, on view 9 May until 4 September at Marseille’s Musée des Civilisations de l’Europe et de la Mediterranée (“Mucem”), a Tier-1, national-level French museum, was the first of its kind: by far the...

– About the Exhibition Roma Jewellery Tradition – Rosa Taikon at the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm In the process of creating the exhibition, Roma Jewellery Tradition – Rosa Taikon, Rosa Taikon’s expressive jewellery became a point of departure for a demonstration of Roma history and heritage as well as a platform for the civil rights struggle of the...

In 2022, at the fifteenth edition of documenta in Kassel, I witnessed an interesting conversation between two visitors standing in front of a large-scale and impressive work by Tamás Péli. ‘Péli studied at the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten in The Hague,’ one of the two women read out from the label. The other immediately...

Exhibition and open studios launched at the historic artists’ house Villa Romana with the participation of current Villa Romana fellows and ERIAC artist in residence, Erik Tollas. Following an open call and the decision of the international jury, Erik Tollas was selected to be the artist in residence during the month of September at Villa...

Handle with Care is the title of the new exhibition that opened at the Ludwig Museum, the contemporary art museum of Budapest. Upon the invitation of the curators and as an integral part of this new temporary exhibition, the RomaMoMA Nomadic Library traveled to Hungary for the opening on September 14, 2023.     The...

“Being Roma Is My Strength” was expressed explicitly by artist Ionela Mihaela Cîmpeanu during the very moving experience of a guided walking tour in April 2023 over the final weekend of the exhibition, Chronic Desire – Sete Cronică, which I co-curated as the inaugurating event of Timișoara 2023 European Capital of Culture. Embarking on my...

The exhibition, Sivdem Amenge / I sewed for us / Ich nähte für uns, with works by Polish-Romani artist Małgorzata Mirga-Tas was on view from 26 June till 3 September 2023 at the Brücke Museum in Berlin. RomaMoMA interviewed Lisa Marei Schmidt, Director of the Brücke Museum, for the occasion.

A milestone event and the largest of its kind ever, the exhibition BARVALO in Mucem is making waves on the international scene, this time in The New York Times. The exhibition, co-curated by ERIAC, chronicles Roma history and showcases its cultural achievements in 800 square meters. BARVALO is on view until 4 September in Marseille....

You and your friends are warmly invited to the exhibition opening on August 2, commemorating International Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day*.   We Were Ashamed Ceija Stojka   Opening: Wednesday, August 2, 6 – 8 pm Spaces of Misunderstandings by Luna De Rosa; 7pm   On view from August 3 to October 6 European Roma Institute...

ERIAC’s Executive Director Timea Junghaus will hold a guided tour through the exhibition ‘I Sewed for Us’ on Thursday, 20 July 2023 at 6 pm. ‘I Sewed for Us’, curated by Lisa Marei Schmidt and Melanie Roumiguière, is the first solo exhibition of Małgorzata Mirga-Tas in Berlin. You can find information about the exhibition on...

Małgorzata Mirga-Tas (b. 1978 in Zakopane, Poland) creates large-scale, brightly coloured textile collages and paintings. Her first solo exhibition in Germany sees the artist embarking on an artistic dialogue with the Brücke-Museum Collection. Her works explore historical narratives as well as contemporary experiences faced by the Roma people. The artist often depicts scenes from their...

What a joy to read about the BARVALO exhibition in Le Monde. Thanks to Roxana Azimi for such insight into this exhibition. The show is on view from Wednesday, 10 May 2023, to Monday, 4 September 2023, in Museum of Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean in Marseille (MuCEM).     https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2023/06/04/avec-barvalo-le-mucem-compose-un-hymne-aux-cultures-romani_6176093_3246.html

The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is thrilled to partner with Autostrada Biennale in Kosovo. Curated by Joanna Warsza and Övül Ö. Durmuşoğlu, the 4th edition of Autostrada Biennale, is titled “All Images Will Disappear, One Day”, and will be held from 7th July to 9th September 2023 in Prizren, Prishtina, and Mitrovica....

On 22-23 April, the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture returned to Timisoara for the finissage of the exhibition “Chronic Desire”. Curated by Cosmina Goagea, Brindusa Tudor, and Corina Opera, the exhibition featured the selection of artworks by two Roma artists: Mihaela Cimpeanu and Sead Kazanxhiu. We also brought music: Gipsy Groove and Mahala...

Barvalo  Roma, Sinti, Manoushes, Gitanos, Travellers… Exhibition at the Mucem (Museum of Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean) in Marseille from May 10 to September 4, 2023 Developed in partnership with and co-curated by ERIAC     “The Elephant In The Room” as an expression, refers to something controversial, something that is not meant to be there, does...

Artists: Małgorzata Mirga-Tas, Ľuboš Kotlár, Mara Oláh Omara, Vera Lacková, Zoran Tairović Curated by Bratislav Mitrović The same degree and intensity of generalization, reductionism, and stereotyping apply to imagining the Balkans and the Roma. Maria Todorova’s concept of Balkanism provides a sound theoretical framework to explore the deployment of Balkanist stereotypes against Roma in Eastern Europe...