museums

renzo piano's reconstruction of atelier brancusi

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All my life I have been drawn to the work of the sculptor Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957). His original studio near Montparnasse, Paris was torn down soon after his death, but Renzo Piano recreated it in this building, situated in Centre Pompidou,

to showcase the sculptor’s works in as close to their original light as

when they were created, complete with the all-important north-facing

window walls/sky lights…

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moma prefab exhibit slideshow at nyt

Oskar Leo Kaufmann and Albert Ruf’s “System 3.”

Slideshow of exhibit houses under assembly is posted at the New York Times.

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