Geta Brătescu (b. 1926, Ploiești-d. 2018, Bucharest) had been a central figure in Romanian contemporary art since the 1960s. With a career spanning drawing, collage, engraving, tapestry, photography, experimental film, video, and performance, she developed a diverse and complex body of work. Brătescu studied at the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy and the Fine Arts Academy in Bucharest and worked as artistic director for Secolul 20 magazine. She participated in major exhibitions, such as Documenta 14 (2017); Venice Biennale (2013); La Triennale, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2012); the 12th Istanbul Biennial (2011); and represented Romania at the 2017 Venice Biennale with Apparitions, the first solo show by a woman artist in the Romanian Pavilion. Her works are held in prestigious collections including MoMA, Tate Modern, Centre Georges Pompidou, and MUMOK. Recent solo exhibitions were held at Kunstmuseum St. Gallen (2020); Kunstforeningen GL Strand, Copenhagen (2021); Francisco Carolinum, Linz (2022); and Kunstmuseum Ravensburg (2023).