Tell us about MNTRplusC.
MNTRplusC, opened in 2021, is a space for contemporary art and social dialog, located in the basement of the National Museum of the Romanian Peasant, initiated and coordinated in an artist-run system by artist Ilina Schileru. The MNTRplusC program questions stereotypes related to rurality in relation to urbanity and ageism and focuses on identifying the cultural imprints on the periphery of society (and of consumption) and reconsidering them through the prism of artistic experience, and through curatorial and research approach.
What do you have upcoming?
With the beginning of February, the new season of MNȚRplusC artist residencies opens, hosted in the basement of the National Museum of the Romanian Peasant (3 Pavel D. Kiseleff Road). The year 2026 is dedicated to exploring the intersections between art and medicine, through artistic practices that investigate the symbolic and material relationships between the artistic act, health, and well-being, in both their physical and mental dimensions. In February, artist Denis Nanciu takes part in the MNȚRplusC residency program at the Museum of the Romanian Peasant, exploring monumental-scale charcoal drawing on paper within the museum’s underground space. Conceived as a durational and meditative practice, the project will be presented to the public in March. Launched in 2025, MNȚRplusC is a long-term residency program offering invited artists an open, research-driven framework that supports the autonomy of artistic practice.
