Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao exhibits works of Romanian artist Constantin Brancusi

The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, in cooperation with the Fondation Beyeler, will exhibit 30 sculptures of the Romanian artist Constantin Brancusi and around 9 pieces of the American artist Richard Serra during the “Brancusi-Serra” exhibition that will take place between October 5, 2011 and April 15, 2012. Read more about the exhibition here. Constantin Brancusi was born in 1876 at Hobita, in Oltenia, southern Romania. In 1883, he started working as a shepherd in the Carpathian Mountains. He is known as the “the father of modern sculpture”, Constantin Brancusi was a painter, architect and a master of “abstract art”. Through his original work he became one of the most well-known sculptors of the 20th century and Romania’s most famous international artist. Read more about the Romanian artist here. Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com