CLAROBSCUR. FATAL PASSIONS. On Books and Paintings<\/p>\n
With Adriana Babe\u021bi<\/p>\n
Wednesday, November 18, 2026 \u00b7 6:00 PM<\/p>\n
Art Encounters \u00b7 Bd. Take Ionescu 46C, Timi\u0219oara<\/p>\n
Ticket: RON 100 \u2013 includes a visit to the Picasso en visite<\/em> exhibition.<\/p>\n About the event<\/p>\n On Wednesday, November 18, at 6:00 PM, we invite you to Art Encounters for a meeting with Adriana Babe\u021bi, dedicated to the relationship between literature, art and passion.<\/p>\n The event begins with a guided tour of the Picasso en visite<\/em> exhibition, followed by the talk Clarobscur. Fatal Passions. On Books and Paintings<\/em>.<\/p>\n About the talk<\/p>\n How can you fall in love with an image? Or fall in love within an image? And why, when contemplating the painting from which your beloved gazes back at you, do you become completely intoxicated?<\/p>\n Along the gallery walls, a procession of faces belonging to those consumed by the drug of passion unfolds through dreams, frescoes, painted pages and paintings. They come from the Odyssey<\/em>, the Aeneid<\/em>, the story of a troubadour, Dante\u2019s Inferno<\/em>, The Princess of Cl\u00e8ves<\/em>, Pride and Prejudice<\/em> and Sentimental Education<\/em>.<\/p>\n What happens to the love stories depicted in paintings when they enter the novels of the 20th century? We will find out on another occasion. And as for those fatally in love with their own image \u2013 that is a subject for next time.<\/p>\n About Adriana Babe\u021bi<\/p>\n Adriana Babe\u021bi is a writer, essayist and literary critic, Professor of Comparative Literature at the West University of Timi\u0219oara and Associate Professor at the University of Bucharest. She is the author of several volumes of literary criticism, essays and prose, including Dictionary of the Central European Novel of the 20th Century<\/em>.<\/p>\n