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Despite efforts by scholars and educators in the last two decades, the genocide of the Roma remains underrepresented in commemorative practices, scholarship, and education on the Second World War in Europe. Several EU member states display strong feelings against their Roma populations, while others have made significant steps in the introduction of Roma History and...

This paper seeks to explore the interaction between Roma identity and creative mechanisms, examining whether there is an ethnically defined form of art. It investigates the relevance of the concepts of belonging and the impact of a Roma artist’s social environment in the interpretation and reception of their artwork. By discussing the correlation between minority...

Dan Turner, Woven Strength, Inhabited Space, plants and mixed media, 2025    Spend some time among these precious herbs, heal your soul, listen to the wisdom they are here to offer and then visit our gallery across the street. Discover the exhibition HOLDING GROUND: Crafting New Paths in a Changing World We are the European...

  International Guest Artists 2025: Romy Rüegger and Monika Kováčová A cooperation between the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) and Villa Romana, Florence. Villa Romana and ERIAC are pleased to announce the recipients of their joint artist-in-residency programme for 2025: Romy Rüegger and Monika Kováčová. This ongoing collaboration—initiated in 2020—represents a shared...

REPARATORY MEMORY AND TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE FROM A POST-POSTMODERN PERSPECTIVE   This essay is an introduction to extended research. It aims to reflect upon what a contemporary Romano Museum should hold as its mission and how it should look in order to meet the requirements and the demands of the 21st-century visitor and society in general,...

Villa Romana Residency in Florence for Roma Contemporary Artists 2025   For the sixth consecutive year, the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) and Villa Romana continue their collaboration to support two contemporary artists of Roma origin, through an artistic residency programme in Florence. This program provides a dedicated space for artistic research, production, and...

Chandeliers with Eyes In memory of Constantin Anica   With my hands, I crush the grain; Crumbs fall to the ground. I gather them all in my fist— The place remains so stark and white.   Buried deep within the earth, The slaked lime slowly melts, Mixed with tears that stain my palms. In my...

European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC)  is proud to announce the release of ‘Towards a European Route of Roma Cultural Heritage. Common Methodology for Promoting Roma Cultural Heritage in Europe’. Based on the experience of the ROMHERITAGE project, this document is a practical guideline for building national itineraries of Roma culture.   Developing...

A Journey into Roma Identity and Cultural Resilience Through the Eyes of Young Greek-Roma Girls in Lesbos Teaser: Małgorzata Mirga-Tas’s powerful textile art transcends geographical and cultural boundaries, facilitating a profound dialogue between Roma cultural identity and the wider world. Her work, showcased in the Space of Togetherness exhibition in Athens, inspired young Roma girls...

Louis Burkler, Marina Rosselle and Romuald Jandolo at the Rivesaltes Camp Memorial: Remembrance as Resistance and Transformation The Rivesaltes Camp Memorial exhibition, Le Camp des Familles (15.03.2024 – 14.02.2025), explores the persecution of the “Nomads” in France during WWII through history and art. Featuring works by Louis Burkler, Marina Rosselle, and Romuald Jandolo, it merges...

Signs of national sovereignty. Places of immunity and inviolability. Symbolic territories of cultural exchange and economic ties. Platforms for negotiation and dialogue. Primary channels of communication — but above all: a piece of homeland offering protection to its citizens. What are embassies for? And who do they represent? Romani Embassy is an ongoing installation and...

A bond of profound connection and heartfelt affection—this beautifully defines the relationship between these two artists. Turner Prize 2024 nominee Delaine Le Bas graced the opening of Nihad Nino Pušija: In Search of Eldorado – Roma and Sinti in the Struggle for Representation with a performance dedicated to her “brother, Nino”. In her performance, Delaine...

Anestis Azas and Prodromos Tsinikoris return to the Gorki in an attempt to get closer to the lives of Roma in Greece. This time, on the screen. ERIAC in collaboration with Maxim Gorki Theater is organizing a video screening of “ROMÁLAND” on Thursday, November 14 starting at 19:30 at Gorki Studio Я. The video recording...

To mark the 80th anniversary of the Roma Holocaust and commemorate European Holocaust Memorial Day for Roma and Sinti, ERIAC presented the exhibition CARGO – of Dust and Ashes, curated by RomaMoMA. The show aimed at a collective reconstruction of history, through the lenses of the youngest generations of artists of Roma origin. Charly Bechaimont...

ERIAC presents the monograph by Nihad Nino Pušija: In Search of Eldorado – Roma and Sinti in the Struggle for Representation, edited by Rena Rädle & Vladan Jeremić. A related exhibition curated by RomaMoMA, featuring a selection of Pušija’s photography, showcasing over 30 years of Roma representation, will be held at the European Roma Institute...

With contributions by Péter Bencze, Timea Junghaus, Ábel Sánta, Selma Selman, Everybody Needs Art, RJSaK ARCHIV, RomaMoMA and a display by Studio Caruso. An exhibition curated by Fredi Fischli and Niels Olsen   2 October – 9 November 2024 gta exhibitions at ETH Zurich, ONA Fokushalle, Oerlikon Neunbrunnenstrasse 50, CH-8050 Zurich Opening: 1 October 2024,...

SEMINAR ON ROMANI AESTHESIS: Emancipatory Potentials Beyond Modern-Colonial Art and Aesthetic Iván Periáñez Bolaño in conversation with Miguel Ángel Vargas Rubio September 3, 19:00 Tak Village im Aufbau Haus, Oranienhof, 10969 Berlin   Manolo Gómez, Clavel Negro, 2010, Collection Kai Dikhas   In his latest book titled ¨Cosmosonoridades¨, Iván Periáñez Bolaño, Professor of Anthropology at...

Almost two decades have passed since the first exhibition of contemporary Roma art was held at the Venice Biennale in 2007. In these years, Roma representation has been discontinuous, although the periodicity and the demand for their own pavilion continues to be a struggle for institutions and agents such as the European Roma Institute for...