Artists

Constantin Brancusi

Press release

As a tribute to the father of modern sculpture, Constantin Brancusi (born in 1876 in Romania, living in Paris from 1904 through to his death in 1957), this large-scale exhibition comprises some 400 works: over 120 sculptures, as well as photographs, drawings, films and archives. At the heart of the exhibition, visitors can admire a reconstitution of the artist’s studio, which he designed during his lifetime as a place in which to live, create and contemplate his works. 

Constantin Brancusi has never been the subject of an exhibition on such a scale. An ensemble of nearly two hundred sculptures, along with photographs, drawings, films, archives, tools and furniture from the studio will be exhibited. This roll-out was produced to mark the complete relocation of Brancusi's studio in the framework of Centre Pompidou renovation work, and provides a unique opportunity to review the art of this immense 20th century artist in a new light. The studio has been the jewel in the museum's collection since it was be bequeathed to the French State in 1957, and forms the matrix of this retrospective which brings together original ensembles of sculptures, thanks to major loans from leading international museums.