Duae Lingua at the Romanian Cultural Institute

In Dialogue
Curator Daniela Holban with artists Adina Andrus, Alex Wolkowicz, Katya Grokhovsky, Lilian Shtereva, Elena Kalkova, and Luisa Tuntuc – Deputy Director of the Romanian Cultural Institute, at the Duae Lingua exhibition, Brâncuși Gallery, 2025. Image Courtesy of the Romanian Cultural Institute. © Johnny Vacar

The group show Duae Lingua at The Brâncuși Gallery in the Romanian Cultural Institute began as a personal reflection on curator Daniela Holaban’s migration journey from Romania to the United States and gradually evolved into a broader curatorial inquiry into dual identity and cultural translation through the lens of Eastern European women artists. “Initially, I was interested in the dissonance between linguistic and cultural fluency—how even after mastering a language, true belonging can remain elusive,” says Holban. In this interview with Art Spiel, Daniela Holban elaborates on how that concept became the foundation for the exhibition, using language as both metaphor and framework to explore themes of identity, memory, and assimilation.

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