The project \u2018Marea Neagr\u0103 la plural \u2013 Compozi\u0163ii pentru ochiul sonor \/ Black Seas \u2013 Scores for the Sonic Eye\u2019 won the national competition to represent Romania at the 61st edition of the International Art Exhibition \u2013 la Biennale di Venezia.<\/p>\n
The selection committee evaluated the three projects that qualified for Stage II, awarding scores based on the criteria set out in the Competition\u2019s Rules of Organization, namely the unity of the concept for both spaces, the feasibility of the project, the possibility of practical implementation, and compliance with the estimated budget, and the strategy for promoting the project within the Biennale and beyond.<\/p>\n
Second place was awarded to the project \u201cLumea care se scurge \/ The Leaking World,\u201d while third place went to the project \u201cUnde elementele respir\u0103: \u00cempletiri ecologice \/ Where elements breathe: Ecological entaglements.\u201d<\/p>\n
The results of the competition were announced by the Ministry of Culture<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n The 2026 Venice Art Biennale is not without its controversies, and the main one involves Romanian-born sculptor Belu-Simion Fainaru, who will represent Israel. The Israeli pavilion remained closed to the public for the entire previous edition, amid protests related to the war in Gaza, according to Urban.ro<\/a>.<\/p>\n Fainaru, born in Bucharest in 1959 and based in Haifa, dismissed calls for boycotts, saying that he sees dialogue as \u201cthe best way\u201d to express himself.<\/p>\n