The Thaddaeus Ropac gallery in London is hosting a photography exhibition dedicated to Constantin Brâncuși, the first of its kind in the past two decades, the Romanian Cultural Institute in London announced.
The exhibition brings together photographs taken over three decades by the sculptor from Gorj County, most of them being shown in the United Kingdom for the first time.
Brâncuși’s photographs are on view until March 21. The event forms part of a wider cultural programme honouring Constantin Brâncuși, marking 150 years since the Romanian artist’s birth.
The last Brâncuși exhibition in the UK was held in 2004 at the Tate Modern in London.
Sculptor and photographer
Photography was an essential part of Brâncuși’s artistic practice, serving both as a means of documenting his sculptures and as an independent artistic medium.
Some works have survived solely through photographs, including Woman Looking in a Mirror (1909–14), later adapted into Princess X (1915–16; Centre Pompidou, Paris).
In 1956, Brâncuși bequeathed his entire studio to the French state, including a substantial archive of photographs.
These later became the centrepiece of an exhibition held in 1995 at the Centre Pompidou, alongside his first major retrospective in France.
Brâncuși, a universal Romanian artist
A major exhibition of photographs by Constantin Brâncuși was held in October 2025 in Kraków, Poland.
In 2026—declared by the Romanian state as the Year of Constantin Brâncuși—the sculptor will also be honoured through a large-scale exhibition in Berlin.
Brâncuși will likewise feature prominently in the Romania–Italy Cultural Year 2026, a project aimed at showcasing the heritage, creativity and shared values of the two countries.
Further major projects marking Brâncuși are expected throughout 2026, both in Romania and internationally.
Photo: Romanian Cultural Institute Warsaw
