As Constantin Brancusi neared the end of his life in the 1950s, he proposed bequeathing his estate to Romania. When the Communist regime refused, Brancusi pledged it to France instead, thereby ...

At a private luncheon preview at Christie's New York offices last week, art journalists were given a chance to preview some highlights from last night's Impressionist and Modern sales, traditionally ...

NEW YORK — Constantin Brancusi’s “Bird in Space” shattered the record for a sculpture at auction Wednesday when it brought a bid of $27,450,000 at Christie’s sale of Impressionist and modern art. The ...

The Romanian artist Constantin Brâncuși (1876-1957) shaped the course of sculpture in the 20th century with his pared-back forms taking inspiration from ancient mythology and Cycladic art. The largest ...

There are two stories about Brancusi people like to tell. In 1920, the sculptor entered his portrait-bust Princess X to the Salon des Indépendants in Paris. But the organisers had a problem. In the ...

LEAN, sleek and impersonal as a hood ornament on a Pierce Arrow, Constantin Brancusi’s Bird in Space is far better known than its maker. It made headlines in 1926 when the U.S. Customs Bureau refused ...

The sculpture of Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957), currently the subject of a somewhat truncated exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, The sculpture of Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957), ...

Tate Modern in London is showing the first major UK exhibition of work by the groundbreaking Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi. Brancusi is widely regarded as one of the founding figures of modern ...

Poet Ezra Pound spoke of artist Constantin Brancusi's work as providing “the master keys to the world of form.” Over a career that spanned half a century, Brancusi's innovations transformed sculpture ...

Romanian-born Constantin Brancusi, known as one of the pioneers of modern sculpture, gets his biggest retrospective ever at Paris’ Centre Pompidou, with nearly 200 sculptures on show. Often hailed as ...