Revista ARTA was, between 1954–1993, the most important contemporary art magazine in Romania. It stopped appearing from 1993 to 2010, until it was relaunched as a print magazine, and, since 2014, also available online.
The purpose of the magazine is to map the Romanian contemporary art scene, to document it and offer a critical evaluation of its manifestations, via essays, reviews, interviews and thematic issues. It is published three times a year and proposes critical discussions about artistic and cultural phenomena in Romania, analyzed against the backdrop of the international context.
Publisher is the Romanian Artists’ Union (Uniunea Artiștilor Plastici din România), and the online magazine is supported by the Administration of the National Cultural Fund.
Director: Petru Lucaci
Editor-in-chief: Magda Cârneci

Coordinator for this edition was: Horea Avram.

Bilingual Romanian / English. 172 pages, format 23 x 30 cm.

CONTENTS:

MEDIA ART

Ideo mapping: a few reference points about media art – Horea Avram
Proto—multimedia in Interwar Theater Scenes – Cristian Rusu
MAFA:RAM.REMX.DADADA.CINEMA.DRN.ETC Media Art Festival Arad – Călin Man & Ileana Selejan
ATTEMPTS, FAILURES, TRIALS AND ERRORS Notes on the art and technology research project – Tincuța Heinzel, Ioana Popescu, Octavian Fedorovici, Ionuț Pătrașcu
Clujotronic, Creating a Platform for Art & Tech Enthusiasts – Ingo Tegge
Timeless – István Szakáts
The InnerSound Festival – Sabina Ulubeanu
DIGITAL:CANVAS\Sharing : pixels : with : creators – Marius Jurcă
Growing Old in the “New Media” (2.0) – Călin Dan
Skin and Core. Aspects of Corporeality in Romanian Media Art – Dana Catona

THE RASOVSZKYS / VIDEO WORKS – Simona Vilău

EXHIBITIONS IN ROMANIA

National Salon for Contemporary Art, revised and enlarged edition – Pavel Șușară
At Different Angles – Simona Vilău
F.L.O.T.E.s: When Painting Inhales Vital Energy – Andreea Foanene
The Paintings of Gheorghe Pogan or the dark concave mirror Cătălin Bălescu
THE VISUAL ARTISTS’S UNION OF ROMANIA AWARDS 2017

EXHIBITIONS ABROAD

ARS ELECTRONICA 2018 | Festival for Art, Technology, and Society. Error, Fake, Mistake and the Potential of Erring, Between Randomness and Intentionality – Mihaela Kavdanska
Montreal BIAN 2018 – Dominique Moulon
BERLIN BIANNIAL 10th edition – Rareș Grozea, Georgiana Cojocaru, Valentina Iancu

NTERVIEWS

Constantin Flondor – Interview by Horea Avram
George Sabău: In the place of an interview – George Sabău
Alexandru Patatics – Interview by Horea Avram

NEWSLETTER MNAC

INFO ART