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A 2.6-metre-tall golden statue of a naked Donald Trump sitting on the back of a small man has appeared in the European Parliament building in Strasbourg. In one hand, the US president is holding a disproportionately large golf club; in the other, a set of scales.
A ceremonial unveiling of a bust of the outstanding poet, writer and publicist Grigore Vieru took place on the Avenue of Classics in the municipality of Hîncești. The new sculpture stands alongside the monuments to the poet Mihai Eminescu and the composer Eugen Doga.
Stanley Kubrick’s personal effects and film props are to be auctioned on this scale for the first time. Among the hundreds of lots are the axe from *The Shining*, the ‘star child’ model from *2001: A Space Odyssey* and the director’s working scripts with his own annotations.
The 8th Maria Dragan National Festival and Competition for Folk Song Performers took place at the Nisporen Palace of Culture. The event was held to mark the 40th anniversary of the death of the renowned Moldovan folk music performer.
An illustrated book entitled ‘Porțile Moldovei’ (‘The Gates of Moldova’) was presented in Moldova. The book features 50 photographs and accompanying stories about traditional gates from villages and towns across the republic, highlighting the historical memory, traditions and identity of local communities.
A bronze cover for Joseph Foré’s *Book of Revelation*, created by Salvador Dalí, was stolen from the museum in Issouare, France. The artefact weighs around 150 kg, so the police are as yet unable to understand how the criminals managed to carry it out of the building unnoticed.
Following the sale of Napoleon’s personal artefacts, Sotheby’s has turned its attention to his chief British adversary – Admiral Horatio Nelson. At a private auction, the auction house will offer the largest private archive of his documents, valued at £6 million ($8 million).
On 3 October 2026, the Mihai Eminescu National Theatre will present the production ‘Chirița în concert la Chișinău’ at the 28th International Festival of Classical Theatre in Arad. The performance will take place on the main stage of the Ioan Slaviță Theatre.
In October, as part of World Down’s Syndrome Awareness Month, the Prietena Mea public association is launching the ‘Art of Being’ social and artistic campaign in Chișinău. Over the course of the month, several institutions in Chișinău will showcase six portraits of people with Down’s syndrome.
From 30 September to 2 October, the 14th edition of the ‘CRESCENDO’ International Classical Music Festival is taking place in the municipality of Cahul. For three days, the Nicolae Botgros Palace of Culture has become the main hub of the region’s cultural life, bringing together outstanding performers and young musicians from Moldova, France, Ukraine and other countries.
The 15th National Apple Festival will take place in the municipality of Soroka on 11 October. The festivities will be held in the park near the medieval Soroka Fortress.
French luxury house Louis Vuitton is expanding its Artycapucines collection, transforming one of its key handbag models into an art object. The eighth series of the project has been created in collaboration with the Keith Haring Foundation and comprises 13 limited-edition models.
The international exhibition ‘Dalí and Fashion’ (Dalí e la Moda) has opened at the Palazzo Reale in Milan. Timed to coincide with Milan Fashion Week, the exhibition explores Salvador Dalí’s influence on the fashion industry, as well as his use of clothing as a tool for shaping his public image and performance.
Approximately 11,500 people are employed in the creative professions sector in Moldova, and the industry’s turnover has reached 5.6 billion lei.
From 12 to 18 October, the Mihai Eminescu National Theatre from Chișinău will embark on a tour of Greece, visiting three of the country’s cultural centres: Piraeus, Athens and Thessaloniki. The project is conceived as a cultural diplomacy initiative, connecting Moldova, Romania and Greece through art, language and shared values.
An exhibition entitled ‘Artefacts of the Cucuteni–Trypillia Culture in the Republic of Moldova’ has opened at the National Museum of the History of Moldova. The exhibition brings together archaeological finds illustrating the development and diversity of this culture across the country.
The premiere of the Moldovan documentary film ‘Across the Borders, Close to Home’ (‘Dincolo de hotare, aproape de casă’) took place in the Spanish city of Santander. The film explores the experiences of adaptation, daily life and the preservation of cultural ties among people originally from Moldova who live in the Spanish province of Cantabria.
The National Museum of Romanian Literature hosted the opening of the exhibition ‘PLEIN AIR. IMPRESII’ — the first solo exhibition by Ukrainian artist Anna Kozeletskaya. The event was organised as part of European Heritage Days.
On 22 September, the National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History hosted the opening of the 4th National Exhibition of Folk Artisans under the motto ‘Living Heritage: Potters and Ceramists at the Altar of Tradition’. The event brought together more than 25 leading potters and ceramists from across Moldova.
Filming has begun in Moldova and Poland on the feature-length drama *The Winemaker’s Daughter*. The project is being produced as part of a Moldovan-Polish co-production and has received financial support from the National Centre for Cinematography of the Republic of Moldova.
