In Bucharest:
Les Films de Cannes à Bucarest
October 23 – November 1
This key event of the autumn film season, now at its 17th edition, hosts screenings at Elvire Popesco Cinema, Romanian Peasant Museum Cinema, the National Museum of Art of Romania, and Apolo 111. The festival is also held in Timișoara, Arad, Oradea, and Iași. More on the program here.
Bucharest Scenography Biennale
Until October 25
This international biennale of art and design is dedicated to scenography, performance design and stage technology. The 2026 edition is built around W.O.R.K. — Women. Oppression. Resistance. Knowledge. — the theme of its central exhibition, curated by Irina Moscu. More details here.
National Theater Festival
Until October 25
For ten days, the festival brings 36 productions in the official selection, with 88 performances in 24 halls, along with over 50 other events, hosted in 28 other cultural spaces in Bucharest. More details here.
Art Safari
Until December 20
The new season presents an exhibition about Brâncuși and the muses that influenced his creation, one about the Pop Art movement; photographs by Cristian Mungiu; as well as a series of other temporary exhibitions. More details here.
BAD by Gregor Schneider
October 24 – March 14, 2027
The exhibition by Gregor Schneider, one of Germany’s best-known contemporary artists, is open at the National Museum of Art of Romania (MNAR) and runs in parallel with the major exhibition “Gregor Schneider: Haus u r 2026” at Kunsthalle Düsseldorf.
Wild Metaphysics
Until October 24
The exhibition, open at Gaep, features six Brazilian artists whose works explore the extraordinary, the oneiric, and the metaphysical. The artists, whose work is presented in Romania for the first time, are Thiago Barbalho, Maria Nepomuceno, Mariana Rocha, Guga Szabzon, Marina Woisky, Michel Zózimo. More here.
AccessABILITY Expo
October 22 – October 23
The event, held at Politehnica University, gathers families, employers, public institutions, NGOs, healthcare providers, educators, and innovators “to turn accessibility from intent into implementation.” More here.
In the country:
Picasso en visite
Until January 17, 2027
The exhibition, presented by Art Encounters in Timișoara in partnership with Musée Picasso Antibes, brings together 69 works by Pablo Picasso, namely paintings, drawings, engravings, lithographs and ceramics, presented for the first time to the Romanian public. More here.
BETA – Timișoara Architecture Biennial
Until October 25
The event takes place under the theme “In Practice – as opposed to ‘in theory’” and will see more than 40 projects by participants from 15 countries transform the building of the former Ion Mincu High School. More here.
Les Films de Cannes à Timişoara
October 22 – October 25
Audiences are invited to Cinema Studio and Cinema Timiș to see the latest productions awarded at international festivals. More here.
Astra Film Festival
Until October 25
The festival, which takes place in Sibiu, runs a program of documentary films, conversations with filmmakers and guests, debates and meetings with audiences of all ages, as well as a special section dedicated to students. More details here.
Iaşi International Festival of Literature and Translation
October 21 – October 25
Paul Lynch, David Foenkinos, Parinoush Saniee and Aleksandar Hemon are among guests of this year’s literature festival in Iași. More on the program here.
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