ASB, organized by “Art Society Cultural Center” is an annual art exhibition focusing on the developments of contemporary art, where Romanian or international contemporary art galleries and museums are invited to showcase the new directions in Romanian contemporary art and museums’ collections exhibitions. In 2016 Art Safari will take place in Dacia-România Palace, 18-20 Lipscani St.
Following up its second edition in May 2015 at the monument Ciclop building, ASB was awarded the First Prize in the Visual Arts category of the Bucharest City Prizes. ASB’s architect Attila Kim transformed the 4,800 sq. m. historical Ciclop building into Bucharest’s May Hotspot, where nearly 20,000 visitors were able to discover Romanian and international art exhibited by galleries and museums – many of the art works hadn’t previously being available to a larger international audience.
The five exhibiting days also offered the public a chance: to be introduced to inter-media, performance and video artworks (The Space, curated by ASB, and presenting visionary art produced by young artists in their 20s), to meet with important visual artists (Talk Non Stop – a series of Artist Talks), to attend conferences or children’s and adult art workshops.