Guided tour with Prof. Erwin Kessler in English: “Brâncuși: Seeing the Sight”

On 21 October, we invite you to an expert guided tour with Prof. Erwin Kessler, an expert on avant-garde and contemporary art from the University of Bucharest. He will introduce Brâncuși's art from his unique perspective.

21 October 2025, 18.00

Prof. Erwin Kessler will talk about the work of Romanian sculptor Constantin Brâncuși, introducing visitors to both his photographic and sculptural work. The theme of the tour will be the way Brâncuși used his photographs to search for, construct and then perpetuate a specific view of his sculptures. This was his vision of his own work, but also the way he wanted viewers to perceive it. Brâncuși wanted to create this perspective, to teach the public how to look at his art. The whole process revolved around the idea of the ideal – his sculptures strove for essence, and the artist's view of the ideal was further emphasised by his photographs. The Romanian artist mythologised the subjective experience of looking at his own art and at the ideal itself. How did he do this and how can we interpret his creative philosophy today? We will find out during a guided tour with an expert.

Prof. Erwin Kessler – curator, philosopher, associate professor of art history and aesthetics at the University of Bucharest. Research fellow at the Institute of Philosophy in Bucharest. Founder and director of MARE (Museum of Contemporary Art) in Bucharest. Author of numerous scientific publications and books, editor of catalogs accompanying exhibitions. His main areas of research are the history, aesthetics and theory of modernist, avant-garde and contemporary art, phenomenological aesthetics and visual anthropology.Guided tour in English.

Guided tour in English.

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.