Bran­cu­si in the Neue Na­tio­nal­ga­le­rie — Sculp­tu­ral re­vo­lu­ti­on from Pa­ris

From 20 March to 9 Au­gust 2026, the Neue Na­tio­nal­ga­le­rie in Ber­lin is pre­sen­ting the first com­pre­hen­si­ve Bran­cu­si re­tro­s­pec­ti­ve in Ger­ma­ny for over 50 ye­ars. Con­stan­tin Bran­cu­si is one of the most im­portant sculp­tors of the 20th cen­tu­ry and is con­side­red a pio­neer of sculp­tu­ral abs­trac­tion. Af­ter his clas­si­cal-aca­de­mic be­gin­nings in Ro­ma­nia, Bran­cu­si found his own ar­tis­tic ex­pres­si­on in Pa­ris from 1907. His or­ga­nic forms, re­du­ced to the es­sen­ti­als, as well as his in­no­va­ti­ve use of ma­te­ri­als, plinths, light and mo­ve­ment make him uni­que world­wi­de.

In co­ope­ra­ti­on wi­th the Cent­re Pom­pi­dou, the ex­hi­bi­ti­on pres­ents over 150 works — sculp­tures, pho­to­graphs, dra­wings, films and ra­re­ly shown ar­chi­ve ma­te­ri­al from in­ter­na­tio­nal coll­ec­tions. In ad­di­ti­on to high­lights such as “The Kiss”, “Bird in Space”, “Slum­be­ring Mu­se” and the “In­fi­ni­te Co­lumn”, vi­si­tors can look for­ward to a par­ti­al re­con­s­truc­tion of Bran­cu­si’s le­gen­da­ry Pa­ri­si­an stu­dio. This stu­dio will be vi­si­ble out­side of Pa­ris for the first time sin­ce it was han­ded over to the French sta­te in 1957 and of­fers a spe­cial in­sight in­to the ar­tis­t’s work.

While Bran­cu­si is very well known in France, his na­me was pre­vious­ly on­ly known to in­si­ders in Ger­ma­ny. Wi­th this ex­hi­bi­ti­on, the ar­tist fi­nal­ly re­cei­ves the at­ten­ti­on he de­ser­ves and makes his ar­tis­tic vi­si­on ac­ces­si­ble to a wi­de au­di­ence.