GAEP

09/04/2026

Join us next week at miart, Fiera Internazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea. Our 8th participation in Milan’s international art fair will be a group presentation of works by Vlad Albu, Felipe Cohen, Cătălin Pîslaru, and Raluca Popa.

📍Booth A01
Allianz MiCo South Wing
17–19 April | VIP Preview: 16 April

🔗 Preview the presentation on our website (link in comments).

With the support of Institutul Cultural Român / Romanian Cultural Institute

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Featured artworks: Felipe Cohen, Edges of Sunset series (reliefs) #1, 2026, acrylic on MDF, 59.5 x 42.5 x 3 cm, photo: Cătălin Georgescu (1); Vlad Albu, Holder for Round Objects 7, 2025, stainless steel and oak wood, 28 x 15 cm, photo: Cătălin Georgescu (2); Raluca Popa, Binocular Drawing 2, from the series Binocular Drawings, 2013, charcoal on paper, 21 x 29.7 cm (32.5 x 41.5 x 2.3 cm framed), photo: Alexandru Paul (3); Cătălin Pîslaru, Clouding #5, 2025, oil on alu dibond, 58.5 x 50.5 x 2.5 cm (4)

02/04/2026

Just three days left to explore the exhibition Pavel Braila: Echoes of Harmony and Silent Cries.

Make sure not to miss it!

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📷 Alexandru Paul

27/03/2026

For ‘Lacrimarium’, a new series of works, Pavel Braila resurfaces a type of artefact long abandoned – the tear bottle – and transforms it into a group of glass sculptures that embody grief, but also reparation. The artist’s perspective is far-reaching: from mourning the loved ones to remembering the victims of the geopolitical conflicts of today.

Come by the gallery to discover the stories and the rituals that have been associated with these symbolic objects across centuries and civilisations.

On view in the exhibition Pavel Brăila: Echoes of Harmony and Silent Cries

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📷 Alexandru Paul

25/03/2026

A natural storyteller, Pavel Braila takes historiographical and oral literary references as starting points for his first series of ceramic objects – concentrated narratives about a world that comes together to end conflict and suffering.

Titled ‘Vessel of Return’, this series is inspired by the Abomey perforated pot. As the story goes, Ghèzo, King of Abomey (now part of Bénin), transformed a perforated pot into a symbol of unity by asking his people to cover its holes with their fingers in order to contain the country’s sacred water.

Pavel Brăila reinterprets the aspect of the vessel and re-contextualizes its symbolism as a lesson in solidarity on a global scale.

On view in the exhibition Pavel Brăila: Echoes of Harmony and Silent Cries

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📷 Alexandru Paul

19/03/2026

“In the exhibition at Gaep, the message is that we must stop the war. At the Venice Biennale, the message will be taken a step further – we must create another world where the rules are respected and where it is not who has power, but who is right that commands.” – Pavel Braila

In an interview with curatorial.ro, the artist speaks of his current solo show, Echoes of Harmony and Silent Cries, and his upcoming project in the Moldova Pavilion 2026 - La Biennale di Venezia.

Pavel Brăila, artistul care reprezintă Republica Moldova la prima sa participare în Bienala de Artă de la Veneția, vorbește într-un interviu acordat curatorial despre cea mai nouă expoziție a lui, deschisă la galeria bucureșteană Gaep până în luna aprilie, despre [...]

13/03/2026

“The exhibition is structured around four things: two stories, one lesser-known recent discovery, and one well-known fact.

1: The Abomey jug, perforated in multiple places, symbolizes unity and cohesion in the pursuit of a shared goal. It can only be filled if everyone covers the holes with their fingers, suggesting the necessity of solidarity to prevent the world from drying up.

2: The legend of tear bottles dates back over 3,000 years. These blown-glass vessels are said to have been used by ancient Middle Eastern societies, in Roman times, and during the Victorian era to collect tears during mourning.

3: A study published in PLOS Biology in 2023 reveals that women's tears contain chemical compounds that reduce aggression in men. Sniffing these tears leads to a 40% drop in aggressive behavior.

4: The ongoing wars in Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan, and elsewhere.

'Echoes of Harmony and Silent Cries' serves as a reminder of the persistent specter of pain, while searching for a mythological path toward peace.” — Pavel Braila

🗓 On view through April 4

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📷 Alexandru Paul

12/03/2026

“Where I come from [Maramureș county], we don't say 'to wail'. But 'to sing after the dead'. The mourners, always women, sing after the dead.” – Zamfira Ludovica Mureșan

If you missed Mureșan’s live performance, a recording is available in the gallery for the visitors of the exhibition Pavel Brăila: Echoes of Harmony and Silent Cries.

Plan a visit through April 4 🗓



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📷 Claudiu Obreja

11/03/2026

We are thrilled to announce the representation of Vlad Albu.

Working across sculpture, installation, and photography, Vlad Albu examines the subtle – and at times – uncanny relationships we form with objects, space, and architecture. His practice investigates what he calls “the quiet life of things”, focusing on their existence beyond mere utility. Rather than tools or resources whose meaning coincides with their function, the objects in his work become lenses through which contemporary conditions of fragility, uncertainty, and support can be understood.

Gaep presented works by Vlad Albu in Gaep Presents (duo exhibition with Roberta Curcă, 2025) and a public art project in Mapping the City from the Outside (part of Accelerator Câmpulung, 2024).

A selection of recent works will be included in the gallery’s presentation at miart – Milan’s international art fair (17-19 April 2026).

🔗 Learn more at the link in comments.

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📷 Vlad Albu, Holder for Paths 3, 2025, stainless steel, glass and beech wood, 87 x 57 cm; installation view from the exhibition Gaep Presents, Bucharest, 2025; Vlad Albu, Holder for Round Objects 7, 2025, stainless steel and oak wood, 28 x 15 cm; photos: Cătălin Georgescu

10/03/2026

How Pavel Braila shifted the focus of his practice after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, what his new series of works, currently on view at Gaep, tell us about grief and solidarity, and why the opening of his solo exhibition included a live performance by a mourner – find out the answers from three brief interviews on Radio Romania International with the artist, Andrei Breahnă (Gaep’s co-founder), and Zamfira Ludovica Mureșan (mourner).

🔗 Listen at the link in comments.

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📷 Alexandru Paul (1, 2) and Claudiu Obreja (3)

06/03/2026

A glimpse inside Pavel Braila: Echoes of Harmony and Silent Cries – TVR Cultural reports on the opening of the exhibition.