Publishing House

The UNArte Publishing House was established by decision of the Senate of the National University of Arts in Bucharest on 9 May 2005. Since October 2007, it has operated as a distinct department, with a clearly defined mission, aims, and objectives, closely connected to the educational and research activities of the University’s three faculties—the Faculty of Fine Arts, the Faculty of Decorative Arts and Design, and the Faculty of Art History and Theory—as well as to the Center for Visual Studies, the Research Department, and unagallery, all within the National University of Arts in Bucharest.

Mission

The UNArte Publishing House supports and promotes the activities of the Center for Research in the History and Theory of Visual Forms and of the Research Department of the National University of Arts in Bucharest by developing a strategic publishing program with national and international scope in scientific analysis and research. This program addresses both core and related fields, providing a specialized framework and developing tools for supporting and promoting research.

Objectives

• to contribute to strengthening the scientific and theoretical approach to artistic phenomena through analysis and research, and through the exploration of artistic, artistic-production, and curatorial practices;
• to support and encourage the publication of editorial works in artistic and scientific research;
• to contribute to projects that encourage and promote contemporary Romanian artistic creation at the international level;
• to highlight the educational role of research through the publication of volumes dedicated to the promotion of visual culture and specialized theoretical discourse;
• to stimulate the publication of results arising from collaboration between Romanian and international artists and researchers;
• to facilitate access to international research and analysis networks that support and promote the Publishing House’s publications.

Research Areas

VISUAL ARTS
HISTORY AND THEORY OF VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS

1. Visual studies – Art theory – Art criticism – Curatorship – Romanian art – Universal art
2. Heritage – Museum studies – Catalogues raisonnés – Heritage exhibition catalogues
3. Aesthetics of the visual image
4. Artistic research – Contemporary art – Exhibition catalogues
5. Cultural management and cultural policies

Research teams are composed of tenured members of the National University of Arts in Bucharest, artists, professors, and/or researchers engaged in research activities as visiting professors or affiliated members, as well as critics, historians, curators, visual artists, and specialists in the relevant research fields.

The editorial plan covers both the individual work of theoreticians, historians, art critics, and curators, and the work of visual artists—whether established or at the beginning of their artistic careers.

Collections

• University Textbooks
• Scholarly Publications: Visual Studies and Theories; Document – Archive; Essential Monographs – Portrait; Visual Research; Artist’s Project
• Event
• Interdisciplinary
• International Scientific Events

Editorial Board

Director: Aurora Király, Lecturer
Editor: Mirela Dăuceanu, Associate Professor
Technical Editor: Bianca Condruz