Neue Nationalgalerie
Berlin
Tuesday to Sunday, 10 am to 6 pm
Late opening: Wednesday until 8 pm
Weekly closure: Monday
Potsdamer Straße 50
10785 Berlin-Tiergarten
As part of the Constellation programme unfolding throughout the Centre Pompidou’s renovation period, Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie, dedicated to 20th-century art, will host a major retrospective of Constantin Brancusi within its modernist architectural setting. A significant portion of the artist’s invaluable body of work is held by the Musée National d’Art Moderne, making this an exceptional opportunity to introduce the oeuvre of the inventor of modern sculpture—still largely unfamiliar to audiences across the Rhine.
Coming soon
Constantin Brancusi
20 March – 9 August 2026
With more than 150 sculptures, photographs, drawings, films, and rarely seen archival materials from the Centre Pompidou and other public and private international collections, the exhibition offers the most extensive survey of Constantin Brancusi’s (1876-1957) multifaceted work to date.
In addition to key works such as Le Baiser (The Kiss), L'Oiseau dans l'espace (Bird in Space), La Muse endormie (Sleeping Muse), and La Colonne sans fin (Endless Column), the exhibition also features a partial reconstruction of Brancusi’s legendary studio—shown outside of Paris for the first time since its bequest to the French state in 1957.
His organic forms, reduced to their essence, established him as a pioneer of sculptural abstraction in the early 20th century.
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / David von Becker
The Neue Nationalgalerie is Berlin’s museum for 20th-century art. Its collection is closely shaped by the political division of Germany and Berlin after the Second World War and brings together key works by major European and North American artists such as Francis Bacon, Max Beckmann, Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, Hannah Höch, Rebecca Horn, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Paul Klee, Lotte Laserstein, Barnett Newman, Pablo Picasso, Gerhard Richter, Pipilotti Rist, and Andy Warhol.
Completed in 1968 as architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s final major work, the Neue Nationalgalerie is prominently located besides Berlin’s Philharmonie and in close proximity to Potsdamer Platz. With its steel roof and gracefully austere architectural forms, it stands as a landmark of modernist architecture. The Neue Nationalgalerie was extensively refurbished and modernised from 2015 until 2021.
Recent exhibitions were dedicated to artists like Lygia Clark, Judit Reigl, Monica Bonvicini, Judit Reigl, and Yoko Ono.
