Guided tour with Jakub Kornhauser: “Inner Shapes”

October 11, 2025 (Saturday), 14.00

We invite you to a guided tour of the exhibition presenting the work of Constantin Brâncuși, led by Jakub Kornhauser. Together with the poet and co-founder of the Center for Avant-Garde Studies at the Faculty of Polish Studies of the Jagiellonian University, we will look for new forms of expression and living matter in the presented works.  

The Romanian artist, considered one of the fathers of modern art, introduced abstraction and organic simplicity into his sculptural works. The exhibition “Brâncuși. Sculpting with Light” is an attempt to delve into his creative process, to examine how he perceived the world and matter, as well as how he used light and shadow. These are the issues we will also try to explore during the guided tour with Jakub Kornhauser, an expert on Romanian culture. 

For Constantin Brâncuși, photography was not just a simple activity documenting his sculptural work. On the contrary, it gave him the opportunity to look deep into an object, illuminate its essence, and finally, transfer it into a different context. During the tour, we will look at the Romanian artist's photographs and search for new forms of expression that transform the dead and immobile into living matter.

Guided tours of the exhibition will allow visitors to view the exhibition from different perspectives. The guides will share their interpretations of Constantin Brâncuși's work and provide context that may help visitors discover their own meanings during this unique exhibition. 

Dr. Jakub Kornhauser – poet, essayist, translator, Romance philologist, literary scholar. Assistant professor at the Institute of Romance Philology at the Jagiellonian University and co-founder of the Avant-Garde Research Centre at the Faculty of Polish Studies of the Jagiellonian University. His research interests include experimental literature, contemporary poetry, the culture of Central Europe and the Romance countries. He is the author of the poetry books “Drożdżownia” (2015), “Wolność krzepi” (2018), “Dziewięć dni w ścianie” (2019), “Premie górskie najwyższej kategorii” (2020). Winner of the 2021 UNESCO City of Literature Award.

Guided tour included in the exhibition ticket price.

No prior registration required, limited number of places available.

The exhibition is co-organized by the International Cultural Centre in Krakow and the Romanian Cultural Institute in Warsaw.

The event is organised as part of the Romania–Poland Cultural Season 2024–2025.

The Romania-Poland Cultural Season 2024–2025 is organised by the Romanian Ministry of Culture and the Romanian Institute of Culture, together with the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, with the support of the Polish Institute in Bucharest. During the season, several dozen events will take place, including exhibitions, music, theatre, film and literary events.