MARe Foundation operates MARe/Museum of Recent Art, from
Bucharest, which opened in 2018, as the first private art
museum in the last hundred years in Romania. The activity and
mission of MARe revolves around exhibiting, promoting and
disseminating contemporary art, from the last 60 years. Having
a unique building conceived precisely for it by Lebanese
architect, Youssef Thome, MARe stands as an example of fine
architecture in the Northern part of Bucharest. Its collection is
mainly made of significant pieces of Romanian contemporary
art, from the 1960s till present day, mapping the phenomenon
of contemporary art during and after Communism. Along with
that, the collection also contains 200 pieces of international
contemporary art, votive for what the art movements of
contemporaneity mean.
Throughout its 6 years of existence, MARe has organized
outstanding exhibitions: solo shows of international artists such
as Jeff Wall, Martin Creed, Thomas Ruff and others, group
shows revolving around important themes in Romanian art and
society, a Picasso exhibition with a parallel between Picasso
and Romanian artists, plus significant samples displaying part
of the Romanian collection. All these meant establishing and
growing collaborations among MARe and cultural institutes
from Bucharest, international and local museums and galleries,
international and local private collections, companies interested
in investing in art, and of course very keen collaborations with
the artists themselves.
