Art Bees Gallery

31/05/2026

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31/05/2026

// TO BE OR NOT TO BE //

Exhibiting artists/

Amir Karim - Andrew WH - Cozmonika - desultor - dwn2erth GEN.ERICAI - KEZIAI - MASHA KOZHDAN - MATTEO MAURO
MISS DEW - MONDOPARIS - Nicu P - pactalom - Paul Reid ROBN2KOOL - Scott Duke Kominers - Sherry Mahboubian

www.williamshakespeare.art 💀🪶

29/05/2026

Matteo Mauro presents To Be Or Not To Be, a solo exhibition hosted at National Theatre Marin Sorescu during the internationally renowned Craiova International Shakespeare Festival, from 21 – 31 May 2026. Curated by NONE32X32 and presented in collaboration with ARTBEESGALLERY, the exhibition explores existential themes through two monumental marble sculptures inspired by Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

The exhibition features two artworks from Mauro, To Be Or Not To Be (2023) in black marble and To Be Or Not To Be (2024) in white Carrara marble. Both sculptures depict veiled human skulls, delicately covered by flowing marble drapery that conceals the mouth and jaw, creating a powerful visual tension between silence and expression, life and death, revelation and concealment.

The white Carrara marble sculpture embodies purity, vulnerability, and the beginning of existence. Its translucent veil appears almost ethereal, transforming the skull into a meditative symbol of human fragility and moral complexity. Mauro uses the contrast between the polished marble surface and the hidden skull to reflect on mankind’s contradictions, fears, and capacity for self destruction.

In contrast, the black marble version introduces a darker and more introspective dimension. The sculpture emphasises shadow, silence, and the solitude associated with mortality. Created during the pandemic period and subsequent global instability, the artwork reflects on themes of control, conflict, paranoia, and the uncertainty of human existence. The draped veil becomes both a concealment and a symbolic reconstruction of dignity after death.

Borrowing its title directly from Shakespeare’s most iconic existential question, To Be Or Not To Be creates a dialogue between classical theatre and contemporary sculpture. Matteo Mauro’s refined marble craftsmanship merges traditional carving techniques with conceptual and philosophical inquiry, continuing his internationally recognised exploration of symbols, inscriptions, and the human condition.

The exhibition at the National Theatre Marin Sorescu in Craiova positions Mauro’s art within one of Europe’s most important cultural festivals, bringing contemporary sculpture into conversation with Shakespearean thought, theatre, and timeless reflections on existence.

www.matteomauro.com/matteo-mauros-to-be-or-not-to-be-exhibition-opens-at-the-craiova-international-shakespeare-festival-2026/

26/05/2026

Relic Couture by💧 MISS DEW 💧

A human form in metamorphic suspension. A meditation on mortality, transformation, and the fragile poetics of beauty, inspired by Shakespeare’s timeless reflections on transience and human fate.

Craiova International Shakespeare Festival at Promenada Mall

// TO MINT, OR NOT TO MINT //

curator NONE32X32

Visit the work via the link below ⬇️

www.williamshakespeare.art

25/05/2026

Ophelia Selfie by MONDO PARIS during Craiova International Shakespeare Festival Visuals at Promenada Mall

Ophelia draws from Shakespeare’s imagery of dissolution in water, reinterpreted through a contemporary gesture: the selfie.
The participant watches their own image filtered and slowly “drowned” in a digital river, becoming a metaphor for our present fluid identities, mediated aesthetics, and gradual disappearance within visual streams.
The work reflects on presence and representation, while opening toward the language of crypto art as a space of memory and transformation.
The animation is built in JavaScript with Three.js and GLSL shaders, generating a river-like water effect and driving the framing and transformation of the video.
In its simplest and most direct form, the work is presented as a real-time animation: the participant’s image is captured via we**am and reappears as a selfie slowly sinking into a digital river.

Experience the work via the link below ⬇️
www.mondoparis.fr/ophelia2/ophelia2.html

Upon request, the experience can include the download of a still image or a recorded video.

// TO MINT, OR NOT TO MINT //

curator NONE32X32

www.williamshakespeare.art

24/05/2026

// TO MINT, OR NOT TO MINT // group exhibition on view Promenada Mall during Craiova International Shakespeare Festival

21 - 31 May 10:00 22:00

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24/05/2026

24/05/2026

TO BE OR NOT TO BE Matteo Mauro

Till 31 May at Teatrul Național Marin Sorescu 💀🪶

24/05/2026