BELU-SIMION FAINARU

b. 1959, Romania

Belu-Simion Fainaru Biography

Belu-Simion Fainaru lives in Haifa, Israel and Antwerp, Belgium. Fainaru also works as a curator. In 1993 he was the co-founder of the Pyramid organisation in Haifa and in 2010 was one of the initiators and curators of The Mediterranean Biennale. In 2014 he founded the Free International Art Academy—FIAA, together with the German curator Hubertus Wunschik.

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Contemporary art exhibition Group Exhibition ITS NO CRIME TO TICKLE TIME 20 Years of Plan B at Galeria Plan B Strausberger Platz 1 Germany

Group Exhibition IT’S NO CRIME TO TICKLE TIME – 20 Years of Plan B Galeria Plan B 28 November 2025–14 February 2026
Strausberger Platz 1

Contemporary art exhibition Belu-Simion Fainaru Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour at Galeria Plan B Berlin Germany

Belu-Simion Fainaru "Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour" Galeria Plan B 16 September–12 November 2022
Berlin

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