Once the sumptuous reception halls of the Romanian Embassy in Italy have returned to courtly everyday life, we retrace the memorable moments of the evening of May 14, 2022 and the events held here on the occasion of the recurring annual Roman “Night of the Museums”.
It happened that, for the first time in sixty years, the Roman headquarters of the diplomacy of the friendly country, that is a strip of Romanian soil in a foreign land, joined a celebration of the host capital and opened extraterritoriality to all to let admired the its interiors, and that always for the first time, a new Ambassador of Romania has met so many compatriots, foreigners, and also a heterogeneous flow of people, most of them eager to discover, in the new Lady of the palace, new traits of sympathy awaited , friendliness and availability; finally, again for the first time, that a valiant representative of the Romanian artistic culture, Luminița Țăranuhas received the coveted recognition of being invited to present her works, during such an important celebration, and in the exclusive diplomatic seat of her homeland of origin.
We, welcomed with our small technical follow-up by the Embassy councilor Ovidiu Pufu in the already crowded halls, we waited for SE Gabriela Dancau the ambassador who, fresh from the decree appointing the president Klaus Iohannis, Ambassador of Romania to the Italian Republic and the Sovereign Order of Malta, she would have given the official opening of the Roman Night of Museums.
And the Ambassador did not wait long for the large audience who, welcomed with a deference we would dare to say affectionate, also praised the internal architecture with its refined details of what was part of the casino of Villa Peragallo, built in 1922 on a project by Marcello Piacentini (1881/1960), urban planner And academic Italianprotagonist ofItalian architecture in the thirty years 1910-1940. The occasion was also propitious to meet, get to know and briefly entertain himself with many of his compatriots to listen to their stories and needs with evident interest, without neglecting particular attention to Luminița Țăranu and his works, which stood out around with their figurative representations, the chromatisms, the artist’s tendency to essentiality, in large fields as well as in the smallest ones.
Prominent personalities took part in the memorable evening: SE Gabriela Dancău Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Romania to the Italian Republic, the Order of Malta and San Marino and the Engineer Dr. Constantin Dancău his consort; L’Architect Pietro Bagli Pennacchiotti who set up the exhibition “METAMORFOSI” and consort of the artist Luminița Țăranu; the Architect Lorenzo Bagli Pennacchiotti son of the artist; the lawyer Lucio Maria Putti lawyer of the Euro-Mediterranean Province of the Society of Jesus, for Albania, Italy, Malta and Romania and spouse Dr. Maria Adele Rogai Attaché at the Arab Academy of Egypt in Rome; the professor. Rinaldo Santonico Honorary Professor of the Physics Department of the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” associated with INFN and INAF for the research activity awarded in 2018 by the American Physical Society for the RPC detector (Resistive Plate Chamber) member of the Doctoral Council of the UNINETTUNO University and spouse Dr. Mary Censa Ferrer former researcher at INFN – Frascati National Laboratories; Dr. Oana Bosca-Malin, Deputy Director responsible for the cultural promotion programs of the Romanian Academy in Rome with the staff of the Romanian Embassy in Italy; the Architect Claudio PrestaStudio PRESTA specialized in digital relief for construction and wife, the photographer Silvia Massotti editor and director of Timìa Edizioni, Mr. Marco Pouchain of the Ppuchain Group, which operates in the field of restoration, new building and design and wife Mrs. Silvia Salama Pouchain President of the #EX_TRA exhibition project, Mr. Gastone Moraniexpert and producer of food and wine and wife Dott.ssa Claudia MontanariPsychotherapist President of the Federation of Gestalt Schools and Institutes and Director of the ASPIC School of Specialization in Psychotherapy, Dr. Elena Postelnicujournalist and correspondent of Radio Romania Actualități in Italy, the Geom. Roberto Gatta and consort Mrs. Raffaella Fiorenza of CO.RE.MA. Restauri 2000 SRL in Rome, specialized in renovation, design, construction and restoration, the Architect Stefano D’Avino Associate Professor of Restoration, Department of Architecture of the University of Chieti – Pescara, Prof. Bruno Mazzoni Honorary Professor of the University of Pisa, linguist and translator of many Romanian authors into Italian; the Architect Adolfo Virdis and consort Mrs. Rosaria Aramu official of the National Agency for the Attraction of Investments and Business Development “; Dr. Cinzia Folcarellicritic of modern and contemporary art and wife Mr. Stefano Marconi, Atac official; Dr. Doriana Stefanini, photography technique at the Liceo Cine Tv Rossellini in Rome; the Architect Ercole Lupi; Daniela Rocchi Italian teacher and writer; L‘Architect Gaetano Clean; there painter Doina Botez and spouse Dr. Adrian Iancu psychologist, psychotherapist, sex AIED consultant; the Vocal Group “Arpeggio” which includes prestigious collaborations with Romanian institutions abroad; Mrs. Andreea Burdușăowner of the Corso Grand Suite hotel in Via del Corso in Rome and her daughter Cezarina Ioana; Lto Dr. Raluca Eclemea Popescu First Collaborator of the Romanian Embassy in Italy; Dr. Ovidiu PufuMinister Councilor Coordinator of the Political Section and spouse Dott.ssa Luiza Pufu, Diplomatic Advisor, Head of Communications, of the Romanian Embassy in Italy; Italian representatives in the field of social affairs; Miruna Căjvăneanujournalist and blogger, Rotalianul collaborator and founder of Rozoom Press.
Luminița Țăranu wants to thank the personalities who applauded to the initiative of the Embassy of Romania in Italy for participation in the “Night of the Museums” event with the exhibition of the artist Luminița Țăranu:
Dr. Adina Lovin, Interim Chargé d’affaires of the Romanian Embassy to the Holy See and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta; Dr. Lucrezia Ungaro Archaeologist Curator at Rome Capital formerly Head of the Enhancement of the Archaeological Museums, Superintendence of the Capitoline Cultural Heritage of Rome; Prof. Grigore Arbore Popescu, art critic and writer, Director of the Romanian Institute of Culture and Humanistic Research in Venice; Dr. Claudia Lazar, IRCRU Venice Institutional Relations Officer; Prof. Theodor Damian of the Metropolitan College of New York, President of the Romanian Institute of Orthodox Theology and Spirituality of New York, Director of the Journal of Romanian Culture and Spirituality “Lumina Lina / Gracious Light”; Dr. Maria Paola Del Moro, Head of the Exhibition and Didactics Office of the Imperial Forums – Trajan’s Markets – Superintendency of the Capitoline Cultural Heritage of Rome; Prof. Giorgio of Genoa, historian and critic of modern and contemporary art; Prof. Alberto Dambruoso, historian and art critic; Dr. Maurizio Vitielloart critic and sociologist.
For their tributes:
Dr. Iuliana Anghel by Radio Romania International; Dr. Lidia Cotovanu, researcher of History of the Institute “N. Iorga ”of the Romanian Academy in Bucharest and EHESS in Paris; Dr. Magda Cârneci, art critic and editor-in-chief of the ARTA magazine in Bucharest; Ing. Ovidiu Burdușă, manager of the Corso Grand Suite hotel in Via del Corso in Rome; the art critic and poet Ionel Bota, Director of the Cultural Center and Museum Complex “Teatrul Vechi Mihai Eminescu” of Oravița, director of the Rivista di cultură europeană „ARTE” and president of the România branch of Cleb Mitteleuropa; Arch. Carlo Lufrano; Elisabeth Tronhjem sculptress; Dr. Vittorio Guidi, curator of the Ugo Guidi Museum in Forte dei Marmi; Dr. Marzia Moscow by Art Forum Wurth Capena.
Photo n 1 – Luminita Taranu
Photo n. 2 – SE Gabriela Dancau and the Arpeggio Chorus
Photo 3 – Dr. Oana Bosca Malin, V. Director of the Romanian Academy
The Night of the Museums in Rome and the exhibition of the works of Luminita Taranu