In a world that seems to feed us
\nonly bad news, building a new art museum, such as the Visual Arts Museum in the
\neastern city of Galati, seems to fall in the ‘too good to be true’ category of
\nnews. And yet the new museum is being built, in Rizer Park. It is financed by
\nthe Galati County Council, for a sum of 4.7 million Euro, over a surface of
\nalmost 4,000 sq, based on an architecture project that got a national award
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We spoke to Dan Basarab Nanu, the manager
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This is the creation of architect
\nDan Ujeuca, and it impressed the head of the County Council, who made every
\neffort to make this project happen, and to be present at the inauguration. By
\ncontract, the deadline is two years. We will finally see the Visual Arts
\nMuseum’s patrimony put to good use.<\/p>\n
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The initial museum was inaugurated
\nin 1967 with the intention of having a venue that is up to date with fine arts
\nin Romania. It was relocated in three separate buildings, after the initial
\nvenue was returned to its previous owners. The exhibition space became unable
\nto properly fit the exhibits, and after 2013 the authorities decided they would
\nfinance the museum themselves. European funds were not available, because the
\nproject was deemed ineligible. <\/p>\n
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The years in-between were not idle.
\nDan Basarab Nanu reminisces about this time: <\/p>\n
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We had very serious and ample
\ncultural missions. I think we went through half of Europe with the museum, to
\nFrance, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, Hungary, and the
\nCzech Republic. The latest great victory was that of a few years ago, when we
\nwent to the French Artist Salon with Cela Neamtu, Marin Gherasim, Cristian
\nBedivan, and Gheorghe Anghel. Cela Neamtu got the gold medal, Bedivan and Marin
\nGherasim got the silver medal, and Gheorghe Anghel became a corresponding
\nmember of the French Academy of the Arts. The Galati Visual Arts Museum got a
\nmedal from the Society of French Artists.<\/p>\n
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In spite of all challenges, the
\npresent is a time for even more ambitious hopes and ideas. The new four-story
\nbuilding will have ample space for exhibitions, but also laboratories, storage,
\ntechnical spaces, a library, an archive, and an amphitheatre. Here is Dan
\nBasarab Nanu with explanations: <\/p>\n
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This is a living museum, it lives
\nby its ability to host everything visual. When I say visual, I obviously refer
\nto fine arts, but also choreography, the visual of music, the visual of the
\nword. I am referring to a whole range of manifestations that exist under this
\nword, visual, which in the end lead to more generous ideas, such as culture,
\nbeauty, and life.<\/p>\n
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We asked what the structure of the
\nGalati Visual Art Museum will be. If all goes well, the building will have an
\nitinerant exhibition space with modular spaces, and a permanent exhibition
\narea, with famous late 19th-century works. Another area will be
\ndedicated to contemporary Romanian works, from 1956 to 2018. If the museum is
\ninaugurated in 2020, according to the plan, it will also host Romanian works
\nfrom 2019 and 2020, in line with its profile, that of being up to date with
\neverything that goes on in the visual arts in Romania, including the diaspora,
\naccording to the manager. <\/p>\n
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