Brâncusi at the Centre Pompidou
If you are a fan of modern and contemporary art, make sure the Centre Pompidou is on your list!
The Atelier Brâncusi, located in a small building separate from the main museum, has closed its doors so that the Centre Pompidou can mount the latest exhibition of the Romanian sculptor Constantin Brâncusi, which opens today, following the largest exhibition of the artist’s work in Timișoara, Romania, which ended in January.
Collection Centre Pompidou © Succession Brancusi − All rights reserved (Adagp) © Centre Pompidou, MNAM−CCI/Adam Rzepka/Dist. RMN-GP
From the museum: “With more than 120 sculptures as well as photographs, drawings and films by the artist, the major retrospective titled “Brancusi” at the Centre Pompidou is an exceptional event. Organised as part of the operation to transfer the entire Brâncusi Studio ahead of the renovation works at the Centre Pompidou in 2025, this exhibition is a unique opportunity to discover every aspect of the œuvre of this immense artist, considered to be the inventor of modern sculpture. His last and only exhibition in France was in 1995 (curated by Margit Rowell at the Centre Pompidou). The artist’s studio, a jewel in the collection of the Musée national d’art moderne since it was bequeathed to the French state in 1957, is at once the place where he lived, worked and contemplated his sculptures. Complemented by loans from major international collections, it forms the matrix of the exhibition.”
For everyone whom I have told to visit the Brâncusi Atelier, you’ve unfortunately missed visiting it in a relatively quiet and empty space. Even with the throngs of people who will be coming to see this exhibition, make sure you visit before it closes July 1st, 2024. If you’re hoping to visit the rest of the collections at the Centre, Pompidou (which I HIGHLY recommend), it is slated for a 5-year renovation beginning in 2025 and lasting for 5 years - at least! Don’t wait too long!
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