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From Cluj to the Globe
Uniting Cluj-Napoca's brightest minds to showcase their creativity to the world.
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
The project
Cluj produced a generation of artists the world searches for by name.
The city they work in has never been documented whole.
We document it — with an address, a source, and the date it was checked.
- 57
- places documented
- 51
- with a verified address
- 54
- entries citing a source
Photographs: Depositphotos
Once a month
One email a month, on what opened in Cluj
One new artist on the platform, one verified place, and one open call worth passing on. Nothing else.
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How this works
One name you know, four you don’t
You arrive for someone you have heard of. You leave knowing who else that gallery shows, which room the work is in, and who makes the object in the window.
The anchors
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Adrian Ghenie
The most-searched name in contemporary art with Cluj roots — and co-founder of the gallery that carried the city's scene to Berlin.
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Pavilionul României la Bienala de la Veneția
Three times in eighteen years, Romania's national pavilion has effectively been a Cluj pavilion.
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Școala de la Cluj
A term coined in another country, for a generation that never called itself that.
The artists
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Alexandra Croitoru
An artist represented by Galeria Plan B, working across media and performance.
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Belu-Simion Fainaru
“The House from Cămărzana – Place of Absence”, opening 9 September 2026 at the Cluj-Napoca Art Museum, running to 27 September.
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Ciprian Mureșan
Artist represented by Galeria Plan B. Co-founder of the artist-run magazine Version, with Mircea Cantor and Gabriela Vanga.
The places
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Cinema Florin Piersic
The largest cinema in central Cluj and the home of TIFF's big screenings.
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Form Space
The most-searched concert venue in Cluj, at 3,600 searches a month, peaking in October.
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Opera Națională Română Cluj-Napoca
The city's opera, in the same Fellner & Helmer building as the National Theatre. 3,600 searches a month — level with the theatre.
Timeline
Twenty years in which Cluj became an art city
Not a coincidence that keeps happening — the same gallery and the same people, across nearly twenty years.
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2005
Two people open a gallery in a city with no art market.
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2015
Adrian Ghenie represents Romania at the Venice Biennale.
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2024
Șerban Savu — the third Romanian pavilion run out of Cluj.
For artists
If you work in Cluj, your place is here
We ask for no money and take no cut. We ask for three links and a sentence about what you do.
1 open calls and residencies
Open calls and residencies across Central and Eastern Europe, checked monthly. Anything expired comes off.
See the callsCluj's Cultural Renaissance: Join Us
Whether you're a creator yearning for a platform to showcase your work or a sponsor eager to invest in the future of creativity, your place is here with us. Let's embark on this journey together, showcasing our city's talents to the world and proving that when it comes to innovation, Cluj-Napoca knows no bounds.
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Tell us what you are working on
One message is enough to start. Whether you make the work or want to fund it, this reaches the same inbox.
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- Phone
- +40 752 828 844
- Based in
- Cluj-Napoca, Romania