Bucharest's EVA Foundation Opens with All-Female Collection
In Bucharest, Romania, the EVA Foundation has launched as a new venue dedicated to female artists, established by Ecaterina Aguiar-Lucander. This space showcases a diverse collection featuring over 20 celebrated female artists, including Judy Chicago and Yayoi Kusama. The opening exhibition, titled "Sirens," is presented in a refurbished townhouse from the 1930s, designed by Bogdan Ciocodeica, located at Strada I.C. Visarion 17. Admission is free and accessible to the public. Aguiar-Lucander, a graduate of Yale, seeks to encourage conversations between historical and modern female artists. This foundation marks Romania's first initiative focused on women's art, aligning with a few global counterparts, such as the National Museum of Women in the Arts, established in 1981.
Key facts
- EVA Foundation opens in Bucharest, Romania, dedicated to female artists.
- Collection includes works by Judy Chicago, Jenny Holzer, Mona Hatoum, Tracey Emin, Yayoi Kusama, Louise Nevelson, Helen Frankenthaler, and Hedda Sterne.
- Founder Ecaterina Aguiar-Lucander is a Romanian collector and curator.
- Inaugural exhibition titled 'Sirens' features a selection of the collection.
- Space is a renovated 1930s townhouse designed by architect Bogdan Ciocodeica.
- Located at Strada I.C. Visarion 17, near the university district, free admission.
- Aguiar-Lucander holds degrees from Yale and NYU Institute of Fine Arts.
- She is a member of the Vanguard Council of the Metropolitan Museum, Artemis Council of the New Museum, and Young Collectors Acquisition Committee of the Guggenheim.
- First foundation in Romania dedicated to women's art.
- Similar institutions: FAMM (Mougins, France, 2024), National Museum of Women in the Arts (Washington, 1981), MIDA (Ceresole d'Alba, Italy, 2023).
Entities
Artists
- Judy Chicago
- Jenny Holzer
- Mona Hatoum
- Tracey Emin
- Yayoi Kusama
- Louise Nevelson
- Helen Frankenthaler
- Hedda Sterne
- Howardena Pindell
- Taryn Simon
- Andra Ursuța
- Carrie Moyer
- Gisela Colón
- Sara Flores
- Marguerite Humeau
- Huma Bhabha
- Alice Neel
- Martha Jungwirth
- Cora Cohen
- Latifa Echakhch
- Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
Institutions
- EVA Foundation
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- New Museum
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
- FAMM (Femmes Artistes du Musée de Mougins)
- National Museum of Women in the Arts
- MIDA (Museo Internazionale delle Donne Artiste)
- Yale University
- New York University Institute of Fine Arts
Locations
- Bucharest
- Romania
- New York
- Mougins
- France
- Washington
- Ceresole d'Alba
- Italy
- Strada I.C. Visarion 17