World premiere for contemporary art

THE UN will host an online art exhibition dedicated to its 75th anniversary. The exhibition is entitled United Nations – symbol of life, freedom & happiness, an Intercontinental Online Art Exhibition 2020-2021.

The project was initiated and organised by the Inter-Art Foundation from Aiud, Romania. It represents an absolute world premiere since, for the first time in history, artists from all the 193 member states of the UN are gathered in a single, dedicated art exhibition. Tessa Alexander Sloane-Seale is representing TT.

The event is held under the patronage of Klaus Werner Iohannis, President of Romania and it is supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania and the Romanian Cultural Institute, said a media release.

For the moment, the exhibition has an online exposure. If the conditions determined by the coronavirus pandemic allow, a physical exhibition will be organised at the UN headquarters in New York, next year, the release said.

This unique event pays a special tribute to the UN anniversary, wishing to prove that through art we can create a better world – one of freedom and co-existence, of co-operation and understanding, and of unity between people, nations and cultures.

In the message sent on the occasion of the launching of the exposition, Iohannis, stated that. "The exhibition inaugurated today is a symbolic fresco of our times, created in a context in which we need – more than ever – solidarity and understanding. […] Not by chance, the key factor that made this exhibition possible is the same as the one that motivated the UN action since its creation in 1945 and that guarantees the organisation's success in demonstrating the 'art of unity' between nations on ahead: international co-operation, for the benefit of our citizens."

Stefan Balog, the project initiator and curator declared that: "A beautiful dream becomes reality with this project, unique in its own way. An achievement that fully defines the concept of the Inter-Art Foundation to unite all the nations of the world through art. We have always believed in this motto and in these 25 years since we have existed we have done our best to prove that the art and culture of a nation is the best ambassador.”

For more info: visit www.inter-art.ro/un2020/