Opening
Exhibition from the collectiOn the occasion of the 14th edition of the Hungarian Cultural Days in Cluj, the Art Museum of Cluj-Napoca, public institution which operates under the authority of the Cluj County Council, together with the Transylvanian Art Center and the Clujul Comoară Association, invites the public to the exhibition entitled In memoriam KÁNTOR Lajos - Exhibition from the collection of Lajos Kántor, from the custody of Transylvanian Art Center.
The opening of the exhibition will take place on August 12, 2023, from 6 p.m. Lucian Nastasă-Kovács, manager of the Cluj-Napoca Art Museum, and Beáta Bordás, the coordinator of the Transylvanian Art Center, will speak at the opening.
The selection of exhibited works was made by art historian Zoltán Vécsi Nagy, former coordinator of the Transylvanian Art Center.
The exhibition presents a representative selection of 70 works from the former fine art collection of KÁNTOR Lajos (1937-2017), literary historian, writer and art critic from Cluj-Napoca. In addition to his work in the field of literary history, KÁNTOR Lajos was a prominent figure in the promotion of Hungarian art in Transylvania, as editor of Korunk magazine and founder of Korunk Gallery (1973). The Sapientia Foundation acquired in 2019 a significant number (134) of works of art (paintings, graphic works, sculptures, ceramic works and textiles) from the KÁNTOR collection, and placed them in the care of the Transylvanian Art Center based in Sfântu Gheorghe.
In 2021, the Transylvanian Art Center organized a comprehensive exhibition of the Kántor collection in Sfântu Gheorghe, and this year will present, as part of the Hungarian Cultural Days in Cluj, a selection of this important collection from the point of view of cultural and literary history from Transylvania.
Organizers: Art Museum of Cluj-Napoca, Transylvanian Art Center, Clujul Comoară Association
Sponsor: Bethlen Gábor Foundationn of Lajos Kántor, from the custody of Art Center of Transylvania
