One of the first representatives of conceptualist approaches in Romania, Geta Brătescu’s oeuvre comprises drawing, collage, textiles, photography, experimental film and performance. In her seven-decade career, she has published a number of books documenting her daily studio activities and personal experiences of art and travel.
Brătescu spent much of her working life in Bucharest under the Communist regime. She developed a deeply personal practice concerned with themes of identity, gender and dematerialisation. Her aesthetic—lo-fi, handmade, incorporating inexpensive, everyday materials—evolved from an attitude towards her studio as a safe environment of enclosure as well as a stage for playful invention. Memorialised in a key film, ‘The Studio,’ 1978 was a room of her own in which she could create work independently.
In addition to the objects and materials at hand, Brătescu was devoted to literature and would often draw inspiration from the stories of characters in famous texts. Aesop and Medea, Mother Courage and Faust, all played starring roles in her work, functioning as alter-egos and conduits for self-expression and frequently an oblique form of political subversion.
From 1945 to 1949, she studied at the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy at the University of Bucharest and at the Bucharest Academy of Fine Arts. In 1950 her studies were interrupted by the Communist government, and she was unable to complete her art education until 1971. Following her exclusion from university, Brătescu maintained a studio practice whilst working as an illustrator and graphic designer, becoming in the early 1960s the artistic director of the prestigious literary magazine, Secolul 20.
In 2008 Brătescu was honored with the title of Doctor Honoris Causa from the National Arts University in Bucharest for her contribution to the landscape of contemporary Romanian art. In 2017 she represented Romania at the Venice Biennale and was awarded by the President of Romania the Order of the Star of Romania.
Geta Brătescu
Biography
Print BiographyFaculty of Letters and Philosophy, University of Bucharest, Romania, 1945–1949
Bucharest Academy of Fine Arts ‘Camil Ressu‘, Romania, 1945–1949
Institute of Arts ‘Nicolae Grigorescu’ in Bucharest, Romania, 1969–1971
Selected Solo Exhibitions
Kunstforeningen GL Strand, 'Geta Brătescu. Freedom of Forms', Copenhagen, Denmark
Hauser & Wirth Rämistrasse, 'The Drawing, The Gesture', Zurich, Switzerland
Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, 'Geta Brǎtescu. L’Art C’est un Jeu Sérieux', St. Gallen, Switzerland
Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, 'Geta Brătescu', Berlin, Germany
Hauser & Wirth, 'Geta Brătescu. The Leaps of Aesop', Los Angeles CA
Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 'Geta Brătescu. An atelier of one’s own', Ghent, Belgium
La Biennale di Venezia, Romanian Pavilion, 'Geta Brătescu – Apariţii \ Geta Brătescu – Apparitions', Venice, Italy
Camden Arts Centre, 'Geta Brătescu. The Studio: A Tireless, Ongoing Space', London, UK
Galerie Barbara Weiss, 'Collages and Drawings', Berlin, Germany
CAM Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, 'Geta Brătescu: Drawings with the Eyes closed', St. Louis, MO
Ivan Gallery, 'Invoking the Drawing', Bucharest, Romania
BAM/PFA Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, 'Geta Brătescu / MATRIX 254', Berkeley CA
Galerie Barbara Weiss, 'Geta Brătescu. Atelier Continuu', Berlin, Germany
Ivan Gallery, 'The Game of Forms', Bucharest, Romania
Galerie Barbara Weiss, 'Geta Brătescu and Paul Neagu', Berlin, Germany
Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil
Galerie Barbara Weiss, 'Alteritate', Berlin, Germany (Travelling Exhibition)
Galerie Rüdiger Schoettle, 'Capriccio', Munich, Germany
Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, Austria
French Cultural Institute, Bucharest, Romania
Căminul Artei, Bucharest, Romania
Accademia di Romania, 'Studio III. Verso il bianco', Rome, Italy (Travelling Exhibition)
Selected Group Exhibitions
Kunsthalle Emden, 'HIER BIN ICH! Künstlerinnenselbstporträt', Emden, Germany
Museum für Gestaltung, 'Akris.Mode.selbstverständlich', Zurich, Switzerland
Rudolfinum, 'Forms of Fragility', cur. Elena Sorokina and Silvia Van Espen, Prague, Czech Republic
Ivan Gallery, ‘Favourite Games’, Bucharest, Romania
Whitechapel Gallery, ‘A Century of The Artist’s Studio 1920 – 2020’, London, UK
Hauser & Wirth, 'Seventy Years of The Second Sex. A Conversation between Works and Words', cur. Dr Sophie Berrebi, Zurich, Switzerland
Hauser & Wirth, 'Chromophilia', Zurich, Switzerland
Fundacion PROA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Kunst-Werke Berlin e.V., 'Understudies: I, Myself Will Exhibit Nothing', Berlin, Germany
MAK Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporay Art, 'Sign Language', Vienna, Austria
Fitzwilliam Musuem, 'The Human Touch', Cambridge, UK
K11 Art & Cultural Centre (Q Contemporary Pop-up Gallery) / K11 Art Foundation & Q Contemporary, 'Tracing the Fragments', Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
Le CRÉDAC Centre d'Art Contemporain d’lvry, 'La vie des tables', Ivry-sur-Seine, France
Spike Berlin, '"On Adornments". Ivan Gallery and Temnikova & Kasela at Spike Berlin', Berlin, Germany
Israel Museum, 'Bodyscapes', Jerusalem, Israel
Galleria Continua, 'The Artist-Collector’s Dream (A Nice Thing). Created by Nedko Solakov', San Gimignano, Italy
The Wende Museum, 'The Medea Insurrection: Radical Women Artists Behind the Iron Curtain', Culver City CA
CODA Museum, 'The Future is Female II', Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Bienal Do Mercosul, '12th Mercosul Biennial', Porto Alegre, Brazil
49 Nord 6 Est – Frac Lorraine, 'Présences Voyageuses & Degrés Est', Metz, France
IMMA Irish Museum of Modern Art, ‘IMMA Collection: A Fiction Close to Reality’, Dublin, Ireland
Espace Niemeyer, 'Ex-East. Past and recent stories of the Romanian avant-garde, Paris, France
Centraal Museum Utrecht, 'The Line Up. The Power of Drawing', Utrecht, Netherlands
Sammlung Goetz, ‘Generations Part 3. Female Artists in dialogue’, Munich, Germany
Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau, ‘The Medea Insurrection. Radical Women Artists Behind the Iron Curtain’, Dresden, Germany
German Bundestag, '1914/1918 – Not Then, Not Now, Not Ever!', Berlin, Germany
ICP International Center of Photography, 'Multiply, Identify, Her', New York NY
The Fitzwilliam Museum, 'Virginia Woolf. An exhibition inspired by her writings', Cambridge, UK (Travelling Exhibition)
Sammlung Goetz, 'Generations. Female Artists in Dialogue', Munich, Germany
Pallant House, 'Virginia Woolf. An exhibition inspired by her writings', Chichester, UK (Travelling Exhibition)
Tate, 'Virginia Woolf. An exhibition inspired by her writings', St Ives, UK (Travelling Exhibition)
Xawery Dunikowski Museum of Sculpture, 'Półprawda \ Half-Truth ', Warsaw, Poland
Hauser & Wirth, 'Salon', Zurich, Switzerland
The Showroom, 'Everything we see could also be otherwise (My sweet little lamb)', London, UK
Neue Galerie, 'documenta 14', Kassel, Germany
EMST National Museum of Contemporary Art, 'documenta 14', Athens, Greece
HDLU Hrvatsko društvo likovnih umjetnika, My sweet little lamb '(Everything we see could also be otherwise), sixth episode', Zagreb, Croatia
Turner Contemporary, 'Entangled. Threads and Making', Margate, UK
insitu space for contemporary art, 'Madeleine', Berlin, Germany
Pi Artworks London, 'What’s The Riddle', London, UK
Galerie Raum Mit Licht, 'Feckless and Hothead', Vienna, Austria
Neue Berlinder Räume, 'Farewell to an Idea', Berlin, Germany
Vargas Museum Manila, 'O discutie despre contemplatie si nemultumire \ A Matter of Contemplation and Discontent', Manila, Philippines
Heidelberger Kunstverein, 'The Ruler of Justice', Heidelberg, Germany
Badischer Kunstverein, 'Die Schule von Kyiv', Karlsruhe, Germany
Kyiv Biennial 2015, 'The School of Kyiv', Kyiv, Ukraine
MAK Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst / Gegenwartskunst, 1st Vienna Biennale, ‘Mapping Bucharest: Art Memory and Revolution 1916 - 2016’, Vienna, Austria
Garage Museum of Contemporary Art (Organized in collaboration with Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana), 'Grammar of Freedom / Five Lessons. Works from the Arteast 2000 + Collection', Moscow, Russia
The Menil Collection, ‘Apparitions. Frottages and Rubbings from 1860 to Now’, Houston TX (Travelling Exhibition)
Hammer Museum, ‘Apparitions. Frottages and Rubbings from 1860 to Now’, Los Angeles CA (Travelling Exhibition)
Galerie Martin Janda,: 'The * of Love. Doug Ashford, Geta Brătescu, Dexter Sinister, Polly Korbel', cur. Joe Scanlan, Vienna, Austria
Museum of Modern Art, 'Construction to Transmission. Art in Eastern Europe and Latin America, 1960 – 1980', New York NY
Kosova National Art Gallery, 'Thirty One', Pristina, Kosovo
The Warehouse, 'Geometries On and Off the Grid. Art from 1950 to the Present', Dallas TX
Galerie Barbara Weiss, '1989', Berlin, Germany
ENDORA Arte Producoes Ltda., 'artevida', Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Garage Museum of Contemporary Art (in collaboration with Independent Curators International (ICI) New York), 'Do it Moscow', Moscow, Russia
Museum of Modern Art, 'A World of Its Own: Photographic Practices in the Studio', New York NY
La Ferme du Buisson, 'In My Cell, A Silhouette', Noisel, France
Hauser & Wirth, 'Lines. cur. Rodrigo Moura', Zurich, Switzerland
21er Haus, 'Franz Graf. See What You See', Vienna, Austria
Art Stations Foundation, 'For Every Gesture Another Actor', Poznan, Poland
MNAC National Museum of Contemporary Art in Bucharest, 'Good Girls. Memory Desire Power', Bucharest, Romania
Qbox Gallery, 'Marriage', Athens, Greece
Ivan Gallery, 'My Dear Clown', Bucharest, Romania
Sammlung Goetz, 'Happy Birthday! 20 Jahre Sammlung Goetz', Munich, Germany
Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 'DECORUM Carpets and tapestries by artists', Paris, France
5th Moscow Biennale of contemporary art, Moscow, Russia
La Biennale di Venezia, 'Il Palazzo Enciclopedico', Venice, Italy
Museum of Modern Art, 'In The Heart of the Country. The Collection of the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw', Warsaw, Poland
Summa Art Fair, Madrid, Spain
Hunt Kastner Artworks, Prague, Czech Republic
Stephen Friedman Gallery, 'Threaded Stories', London, UK
Louis Vuitton Cultural Centre, 'Les Scènes Roumaines', Paris, France
La Triennale Paris 2012, 'Intense Proximity', Palais de Tokyo and other venues, Paris, France
Tate Modern, 'A Bigger Splash. Painting after Performance Art', London, UK
New Museum, 'Ostalgia', New York NY
12th Istanbul Biennale, 'Untitled', Istanbul, Turkey
Kalmar Konstmuseum, 'A Complicated Relation. Part 1', Kalmar, Sweden
MACBA, 'L'Internationale', Barcelona, Spain
Sofia City Art Gallery, 'KONTAKT COLLECTION Works from the Kontakt Art Collection', Sofia, Bulgaria
Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, 'Image at Work, Index', Stockholm, Sweden
Brukenthal National Museum, 'Social Cooking Romania', Sibiu, Romania (Travelling Exhibition)
A Foundation, 'The Economy of a Gift', Liverpool, UK
COCO, 'Forschungsbericht', Vienna, Austria
Kunstagenten Gallery, 'Portrait – 01', Berlin, Germany
Cneai, 'Fleuves', Chatou, France
Espace Tajan, 'Romanian Modernism', Paris, France
P74 Center and Gallery, 'Old Masters', Ljubljana, Slovenia
MNAC, 'Geta Brătescu and Ion Grigorescu. Resources', Bucharest, Romania
Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, 'ARTEAST 2000 +', Karlsruhe, Germany
Brukenthal Museum, 'In Full Dress', Sibiu, Romania
Moderna Galerija Ljubljana, 'Arteast 2000 + Collection. The Art of Eastern Europe in Dialogue with the West', Ljubljana, Slovenia
National Museum of Art, 'Transitional Romania 2000', Bucharest, Romania
Kunst und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 'Europa, Europa. Das Jahrhundert der Avantgarde in Mittel und Osteuropa', Bonn, Germany
Internationales Videofestival, Bauhaus, Dessau, Germany
East Europe Zona Festival, cur. Ileana Pintilie, Timişoara, Romania
The Engraving Workshop’s Gallery of the Romanian Artists’ Union, 'De la obiect la gravură \ From Object to Engraving', Bucharest, Romania
The Soros Center for Contemporary Arts, Dalles Hall, ’Ex Oriente Lux’, cur. Călin Dan, Bucharest, Romania
Stare fara titlu, Timişoara, Romania
Museum of Art Collections, 'Object-Book', Bucharest, Romania
Awards
Environment Award, Romanian Artists’ Union, Bucharest, Romania
Bibliography
Publications
Eccles, Tom, Zion, Amy (eds.), 'The Marieluise Hessel Collection [Volume I & II]' [Volume I: A to K], Annandale-on-Hudson: CCS Bard Center for Curatorial Studies, 2021, pp. 142-143, ill.
Vajay, Sigismond de, Rosenberg, Adriana, Sorrentino, Juan (et al.), 'La Suite. Mirada sobre los artistas de la colección FRAC', Buenos Aires: Fundación Proa, Paris: Platform, 2021, pp. 56-57, ill. (exh. cat.)
Radu, Magda, Ursan, Diana, 'Geta Brătescu – Apparitions', London: Koenig Books, 2017, ill. in colour
Wright, Karen, Morris, Frances, Högkvist, Stina (et al.), 'Entangled: Threads & Making', Margate/UK: Turner Contemporary, 2017, ill. in colour, p.24
Gioni, Massimiliano (ed.), 'The Encyclopedic Palace. 55th International Art Exhibition: La Biennale di Venezia', Venice: Marsilio, 2013
Wood, Catherine, 'A Bigger Splash. Painting after Performance', London: Tate Publishing, 2012, ill. in colour, pp. 52 – 53
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Press
Thomiczek, Thea, 'Erstmals in Süddeutschland. Kunstmuseum Ravensburg zeigt Werke von Geta Brătescu', on: swr.de, 27 March 2023, ill.
___, ‘A Review of Geta Brătescu: The Power of the Line at Hauser & Wirth, London’, on: www.arteviste.com , London/UK, 22 April 2019
___, 'Cum a inspirat artista româncă Geta Brătescu colectia de primăvară Akris’, in ‘Elle’, Bucharest/RO, 17 April 2019
Hawkins, Laura, ‘Hauser & Wirth and Akris celebrate Geta Brătescu’, on: www.wallpaper.com, London/UK, 13 April 2019
Lankarani, Nazanin, ‘How the Audacious Art of Geta Brătescu Inspired Akris’s Spring/Summer 2019 Collection’, on: www.artnet.com, New York NY, 28 March 2019
Spence, Rachel, 'An artist relishing her last dance' in: The Financial Times, London/UK, 4 March 2019
___, 'Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend' on: www.theartnewspaper.com, London/UK, 1 March 2018
___, ‘Image of the Day’ on: elephant.art, London/UK, 27 February 2019
Ashby, Chloë, 'Geta Brătescu review – the woman who made lines dance' on: www.theguardian.com, London/UK, 26 February 2019
___, 'Top Art Shows in London this Week: Geta Brătescu to Dorothea Tanning' on: uk.blouinartinfo.com, London/UK, 23 February 2019
___, 'Exhibition features an important body of works by Geta Brătescu from the past decade' on: artdaily.com, London/UK, 23 February 2019
Hawkins, Laura, 'Akris unveils artful collaboration with Geta Brătescu' on: www.wallpaper.com, London/UK, 18 February 2019
Cowan, Katy, 'Remarkable new exhibition celebrates Geta Brătescu and The Power of the Line' on: www.creativeboom.com, London/UK, 8 February 2019
Woodward, Daisy, Hutton, Belle, ‘A List of Things To Do During the Shortest Month of the Year’ on: www.anothermag.com, London/UK, 1 February 2019
___, 'Free Expression. In praise of the spirited artist Geta Bratescu' in: Harper's Bazaar, London/UK, February 2019
Fateman, Hohanna, ‘Best of 2018’ in: Artforum, New York NY, December 2018
Sutton, Kate, 'Geta Brătescu (1926-2018)' on: www.artforum.com, New York NY, 7 October 2018
Thaddeus-Johns, Josie, 'Geta Brătescu was a prolific and playful conceptual artist' on: www.economist.com, London/UK, 4 October 2018
Gavin, Francesca, ‘Art in the era of #metoo’ on: howtospendit.ft.com, London/UK, 4 October 2018
Phelps, Nicole, 'Spring 2019 Ready-to-wear. Akris' on: www.vogue.com, London/UK, 30 September 2018
Deeny, Godfrey, ‘Akris' Brătescu-inspired couture-worthy ready-to-wear’ on: uk.fashionnetwork.com, London/UK, 30 September 2018
Represa, Marta, 'Akris S/S 2019 Paris Fashion Week Women’s' on: www.wallpaper.com, London/UK, 30 September 2018
O'Dwyer, Rebecca, 'The utopian visions of Geta Brătescu' on: www.apollo-magazine.com, London/UK, 28 September 2018
Genzlinger, Neil, 'Geta Bratescu, Adventuresome Romanian Artist, Is Dead at 92' on: www.nytimes.com, New York NY, 28 September 2018
Radu, Magda, '‘One of the Most Outstanding Artists of Our Times’: Geta Brătescu (1926–2018)' on: frieze.com, London/UK, 24 September 2018
Lesauvage, Magali, 'Disparition de l'artiste roumaine Geta Brătescu' in: l'hebdo du Quotidien de l'Art, Paris/FR, 21 September 2018
__, 'Pioneering Romanian Artist Geta Brătescu Has Died at 92' on: frieze.com, London/UK, 21 September 2018
Cascone, Sarah, 'Geta Brătescu, Whose Playful Art Defied Romania’s Repressive Regime, Has Died at 92' on: news.artnet.com, Berlin/DE, 19 September 2018
Greenberger, Alex, 'Artist Geta Bratescu, Giant of Romanian Art Scene, Dies at 92' on: www.artnews.com, New York NY, 19 September 2018
Sutton, Benjamin, 'The pioneering Romanian conceptual artist Geta Brătescu has died at age 92' on: www.artsy.net, New York NY, 19 September 2018
Angeleti, Gabriella, 'Geta Brătescu, Romanian multidisciplinary artist, has died, aged 92' on: www.theartnewspaper.com, London/UK, 19 September 2018
__, 'Geta Brătescu (1926–2018)' on: www.artforum.com, New York NY, 19 September 2018
__, 'Geta Brătescu (1926–2018)' on: www.apollo-magazine.com, London/UK, 19 September 2018
Recksiek, Leonie Claire, 'Kunst ist ein ernstes Spiel' on: www.monopol-magazin.de, Berlin/DE, 19 September 2018
Reitz, Chris, 'GAME OF THRONES – Chris Reitz on Geta Bratescu at Hauser & Wirth, Los Angeles' in: Texte Zur Kunst, Berlin/DE, June 2018
__, 'Take the Circle Line with Geta Brătescu' on: www.theartnewspaper.com, London/UK, 21 May 2018
Paterson, Carrie, 'Geta Brătecu, Hauser & Wirth' in: Artillery Magazine, Los Angeles CA, 18 May 2018
Schmidt, Rebecca, 'Selling Off Art to Support a Better World' in: The New York Times, New York NY, 24 April 2018
Slayton, Nicholas, 'Three Big Shows at Hauser & Wirth' on: www.ladowntownnews.com, Los Angeles CA, 3 April 2018
Cripps, Karim, 'LA (Un)confidential – Exhibitionary goes West!' on: www.exhibitionary.com, Berlin/DE, 5 March 2018
Martin, D. Edward, 'Bourgeois. Brătescu. Bradford.' on: www.artmemomagazine.com, New York NY, March 2018
Cripps, Karim, 'LA BLÖRB #1' on: www.kubaparis.com, Paris/FR, February 2018
Guo, Kitty, 'Hauser & Wirth debuts three new exhibitions' on: www.dailytrojan.com, Los Angeles CA, 26 February 2018
__, 'Three new solo exhibits at Hauser & Wirth' on: www.artculturejazz.com, Los Angeles CA, 24 February 2018
Heitzman, Lorraine, 'Geta Brătescu: The Leaps of Aesop' on: www.riotmaterial.com, Los Angeles LA, 23 February 2018
Davis, Genie, 'THREE NEW BUZZY SHOWS Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles' on: www.artillerymag.com, Los Angeles CA, 22 February 2018
__, 'GETA BRĂTESCU "THE LEAPS OF AESOP" @ HAUSER & WIRTH LOS ANGELES' in: www.autre.love.com, Los Angeles CA, 17 February 2018
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Codrea-Rado, Anna, 'Still Making Art, and Sly Jokes, at 91' in: The International New York Times, New York NY, 21 February 2018, pp. 1-2
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Codrea-Rado, Anna, 'Still Making Art, and Sly Jokes, at 91' on: www.nytimes.com, New York NY, 19 February 2018
Miranda, Carolina A., 'Datebook: Plays on gender and sport, a pioneering Romanian conceptualist, new abstraction' on: www.latimes.com, Los Angeles CA, 16 February 2018
Juliano, Michael, 'Things to do this weekend in Los Angeles: Feb 16-18' on: www.timeout.com, Los Angeles CA,15 February 2018
Wise, Christina, 'LA Weekend Events Roundup February 15-18' on: www.socalpulse.com, Los Angeles CA, 14 February 2018
Wollschläger, Jackie, 'A shows of one’s own: the world that Virginia Woolf saw' in: Financial Times, London/UK, 9 February 2018
Vasiliu, Oana, 'Analysis. Change of art: Romanian names make their name on the contemporary scene' on: www.business-review.eu, Bucharest/RO, 9 February 2018
Dawson, Aimee, 'Women got the vote—now they get a voice as cultural bodies mark centenary of female suffrage' on: www.theartnewspaper.com, London/UK, 5 February 2018
Antonescu, Florin, 'Succes al României la Bienala de la Veneţia' on: www.economistul.ro, Bucharest/RO, 23 January 2018, ill. in colour
___, 'O nouă participare de succes a României la Expoziția Internațională de Artă – Bienala de la Veneția' on: www.cultura.ro, Bucharest/RO, 19 January 2018
___, 'Geta Bratescu received the "Star of Romania" Order. The artist's exhibition at the Venice Biennale was a success' on: www.stiri.tvr.ro, Bucharest/RO, 12 January 2018, ill.
Andrei, Otilia, 'Artistei Geta Brătescu i s-a înmânat Ordinul Naţional ‘Steaua României' on: www.adevarul.ro, Bucharest/RO, 11 January 2018, ill.
___, 'Guided visit through Geta Brătescu's "Workshop" at the Fine Arts Museum in Ghent' on: www.diacaf.com, Montreal/CA, 4 January 2018, ill.
Smith, Roberta, 'MoMA Upends Its Collection to Celebrate Late Careers' on: www.nytimes.com, New York NY, 28 December 2017, ill.
Saul, Heather, '100 years of women’s suffrage celebrated with women artists filling London Underground' on: www.inews.co.uk, London/UK, 27 December 2017
___, 'Geta Brătescu at Hauser & Wirth' on: www.artistswork.uk, London/UK, 24 December 2017, ill.
O’Driscoll, Des, 'Six movers and shakers of the arts scene on their 2017 highlights and 2018 expectations' on: www.irishexaminer.com, Cork/IE, 24 December 2017
Gotthardt, Alexxa, '13 Artists Give Advice to Their Younger Selves' on: www.artsy.net, New York, 21 December 2017, ill.
Vasiliu, Oana, 'Romanian artist Geta Bratescu conquers the London tube' on: www.business-review.eu, Bucharest/RO, 19 December 2017, ill.
___, 'Galleries Chelsea. Geta Brătescu' in: The New Yorker, New York NY, 18 December 2017
Solomon, Deborah, 'Review: What’s Doing in the Chelsea Galleries' on: www.wnyc.org, New York NY, 15 December 2017, ill.
Hanson, Sarah P., 'The year in the market' on: www.theartnewspaper.com, London/UK, 13 December 2017
Cruz, Cynthia, 'A Romanian Artist Tackles Art and Freedom in Authoritarian Times' on: www.hyperallergic.com, Brooklyn NY, 12 December 2017, ill.
___, 'Geta Brătescu' on: www.newyorker.com, New York NY, 7 December 2017
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___, 'Top 100' in: Monopol, Berlin/DE, December 2017, p. 49, ill.
Byrnes, Caitlin E., 'Decades in the Making: 91-year-old artist Geta Brătescu shows no sign of slowing, and the international art world is finally catching up. ' in: SUITED, New York NY, December 2017, pp. 111 – 124, ill.
Ghiu, Daria, 'Reviews. Geta Brătescu “Apparitions” at Romanian Pavilion, Venice Biennale' on: www.moussemagazine.it, Milan/IT, November 2017, ill.
Gotthardt, Alexxa, 'At 91, Geta Brătescu Is Still Testing the Limits of Her Creative Freedom' on: www.artsy.net, New York NY, 20 November 2017, ill.
___, 'Geta Brătescu: La Viajera' on: www.artishockrevista.com, Santiago/CL, 17 November 2017, ill.
Fletcher, Richard, 'The Owl and the Tyrant: Aesop and Domitian between Geta Brătescu and Melissa Vogley Woods' on: www.minusplato.com, New York NY, 19 November 2017, ill.
Andrey V, 'When Geta Bratescu Found Inspiration in Aesop's Fables' on: www.widewalls.ch, London/UK, 14 November 2017, ill.
___, '10 Art Events to Attend in New York City This Week' on: www.artnews.com, New York NY, 13 November 2017, ill.
Michalarou, Elf, 'ART CITIES:N.York-Geta Brătescu' on: www.dreamideamachine.com, 13 November 2017, ill.
Florian, Federico, 'Geta Brătescu. Camden Arts Centre' in: Art in America, New York NY, October 2017, ill.
Clapson, Colin David, 'Geta Brătescu stuns in Ghent!' on: www.deredactie.be, Flanders/BE, 14 September 2017, ill.
Duplat, Guy, 'Geta Bratescu, Beautiful, revealed at 91 years' on: www.lalibre.be, Brussels/BE, 17 September 2017, ill.
Wetzler, Rachel, 'Kassel Dislocated Loot in: Art in America', New York NY, September 2017
___,'Geta Brătescu. Camden Arts Centre', in: Artforum, London/UK, September 2017, pp. 338 – 339, ill.
___, 'Retrospectiva Geta Brătescu la Muzeul de Arte Frumoase din Gent' on: www.radioromaniacultural.ro, Bucharest/RO, 6 September 2017
Bailey, Stephanie, 'Tough love: documenta 14' on: www.ocula.com, Hong Kong/HK, 11 August 2017, ill.
Ghiu, Daria, 'Geta Brătescu: Romanian Pavilion Venice Biennale' in: Mousse, Milan/IT, Summer Issue, pp. 174 – 175, ill.
Simpson, Veronica, 'Venice Biennale' in: Blueprint 353, London/UK, July - August Issue, pp. 182 – 183
Erizanu, Paula, ‘Geta Brătescu’ on: www.calvertjournal.com, London/UK, 20 July 2017, ill.
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Kipphaff, Petra, 'Ein Bild wollte sie nie malen' on: www.zeit.de, Hamburg/DE, 26 May 2016
Furtado, Will, 'This Exhibition Explores Dementia Through Sensations' on: www.sleek-mag.com, Berlin/DE, 2016
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Clayton, Eleanor, 'I sing with my pens. In the studio with Geta Brătescu' in: Tate Etc., London/UK, no. 34, Summer 2015
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___, 'Threaded Stories' on: wsimag.com, New York NY, 18 December 2013
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Gardner, Anthony, 'Spectres after Marx: Notes on Contemporary Art’s Contiguous Histories' in: Word and Text, A Journal of Literary Studies and Linguistics, Ploiesti/RO, no. 1, 2012
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