Picasso's influence on Romanian art is exhibited at the Museum of Recent Art of Bucharest (MARe) in Romania.

The Museum of Recent Art of Bucharest (MARe) in Romania, the only Eastern and Central European country participating in the project, opens on September 27 the exhibition The Picasso Effect, which will remain open until January 8.

In collaboration with the Musée National Picasso-Paris and UniCredit Bank, and curated by MARe director Erwin Kessler, the exhibition brings together 46 works by Picasso, including paintings, drawings and prints, accompanied by 65 pieces by 37 contemporary Romanian artists, including paintings, sculptures, ceramics and graffiti.

This exhibition offers a unique opportunity to explore Picasso's artistic evolution and his influence on contemporary Romanian creation. Through masterpieces ranging from cubism to abstraction and the found object, The Picasso Effect crosses temporal and geographical boundaries to present a dialogue between Picasso's genius and the innovative vision of Romanian artists.

The exhibition will feature prominent names in the Romanian art scene, such as Ion Grigorescu, Mircea Cantor, Victor Man, Dumitru Gorzo, Florin Mitroi, Marin Gherasim, Ștefan Bertalan, Alexandru Țipoia, Alexandru Rădvan, Neculai Păduraru, Alma Redlinger and Pisica Pătrată. Their pieces are lined up alongside Picasso's and this allows us to examine the artist's impact on Romanian art in addition to tracing the technical evolution in Picasso's own artistic career.

The collaboration with the Musée National Picasso-Paris has made it possible to complement the exhibition with a bilingual catalog featuring more than 100 full-color illustrations of the works on display. The analyses by Romanian and French art historians in the introductory texts provide a unique perspective on the connection between Picasso and contemporary creation.