Daniel Leș and the Art of Figurative Ceramics
With his craft having roots in the Dacian pottery, figurative ceramic artist Daniel Leș says his life’s luxury is being free to do what he wants, in his own home,…
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Let’s Talk About Food, Baby! Romanian Cuisine from A to Z
Two things you probably won’t find too often in this corner of the internet are efficient travel tips or traditional food recipes. But, with cuisine playing such an important role…
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8 Romanian Illustrators Inspired by Folklore
The past ten years or so have seen a new generation of Romanian freelance artists, especially illustrators, emerging and working at full potential—whether it’s in Romania or elsewhere—mixing traditional and…
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Brancusi-Inspired: From Baby Toys to Instagram Feeds
“Half an astute peasant and half a real god”. This is how American art lover and collector Peggy Guggenheim described Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi in her 1960 memoir, Out of…
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Ia, or La blouse roumaine: Between Ethnicity and High-End Fashion
For any woman born and raised in Romania, having owned or at least worn an ia—the traditional Romanian blouse—at some point in their life is something of a given. It…
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