From September 16th 2026
The Lines of Destiny. The Doina Botez Donation to the Bucharest Pinacotheque
Thematic Exhibition at Suțu Palace
The Bucharest Pinacotheque marks a milestone in its strategy for enriching its collections through the presentation of the major donation offered by Mrs. Jenica Panaitescu, the artist’s mother. This impressive collection, comprising more than 200 works of graphic art and painting, offers an exhaustive perspective on the creative universe of Doina Botez (1951–2023), an artist whose expressive strength resides in the perfect balance between compositional rigor and chromatic sensitivity.
The exhibition proposes an incursion into the artist’s inner laboratory, highlighting the transition and constant dialogue between easel drawing and explorations in the field of painting. A graduate of the “Nicolae Grigorescu” Institute of Fine Arts, Doina Botez cultivated a visual language stripped of unnecessary details, focusing on the essentialization of form. In her graphic works, the line is confident and vibrant, capable of constructing complex volumes through a single gesture, while her paintings reveal a profound understanding of light, translated into refined tonal harmonies.
Far from being a random selection, the donated works allow for the tracing of a coherent stylistic trajectory. The public is given the opportunity to discover an artist for whom art was not merely a profession, but a way of being. Whether exploring landscape, still life, or figurative compositions, Doina Botez maintains an aristocratic distinction of touch and a rare ability to invest the everyday with an aura of mystery and solemnity.
Through this exhibition scheduled for 2026, the Bucharest Pinacotheque assumes the role of researcher and curator of an artistic legacy that deserves a central place in the history of contemporary Romanian art. The donation made by the artist’s mother is not only an act of generosity, but an invitation to rediscover a personality who chose to speak to the world through the purity of form and the depth of color, leaving behind a body of work marked by exemplary artistic honesty.
Curators: PhD candidate Ana Maria Măciucă-Pufu; Dr. Vlad Vieru, museum curator.