The exhibition “Chisinau 1900–1940: Architectural Metamorphoses” opens today, on April 25 at the National Art Museum of Moldova. The event is part of the “Interwar Fest CHISINAU.RO” festival, IPN reports.
This large-scale cultural project aims to rediscover and celebrate the artistic, architectural, literary, and social legacy of the period between the two World Wars.
Organizers will hold events over nine months, including art and themed exhibitions, theater and concert performances, public readings, academic conferences, documentary film screenings, and creative workshops. All these activities aim to revive the intellectual and creative vibrancy of the 1918–1939 era.
The festival’s lineup includes:
- Photography, document, and visual art exhibitions showcasing Chisinau during the interwar period, its prominent figures, and key historical moments.
- Theater performances inspired by interwar literature, staged in partnership with theaters from Chisinau.
- Recitals and concerts featuring interwar music, Romanian jazz, and reimagined classical works.
- Public readings and literary discussions dedicated to interwar writers, from Leon Donici and Pan Halippa to Alexandru Robot and Sergiu Matei Nica.
- Conferences and roundtables featuring historians, researchers, and artists from Moldova and Romania.
- Film screenings and historical documentaries, followed by debates and meetings with the filmmakers.
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HERITAGE 21 Foundation, the National Association of Young Historians of Moldova, and the Institute of Cultural Heritage are organizing the festival in collaboration with various cultural and academic partners from Moldova and Romania. The event runs under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and with support from local authorities and private sponsors.
With this project, the organizers aim to highlight the interwar cultural heritage in all its forms, reshape Chisinau’s urban memory as a modern European city of the era, and foster cultural dialogue across generations and both banks of the Prut River.
