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How Christie’s Recruited Nicole Kidman to Sell S.I. Newhouse’s $100 Million Brancusi

Christie's has released a promotional video featuring actress Nicole Kidman to advertise the upcoming auction of Constantin Brancusi's bronze sculpture *Danaïde* (1913), estimated at $100 million. The sculpture comes from the collection of the late media mogul S.I. Newhouse, who purchased it for $18.2 million in 2002. The nearly two-minute film, shot at Christie's Rockefeller Center headquarters, shows Kidman interacting with the work and was conceived by former Sotheby's auctioneer and Newhouse estate advisor Tobias Meyer. The sale is scheduled for May 18 in New York.

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The Centre Pompidou in Paris will close on September 22 for five years of renovation work, leaving the Paris art scene without one of its major institutions. Before closing, visitors have three more days to see the photography exhibition “Wolfgang Tillmans: Nothing could have prepared us – Everything could have prepared us,” which occupies 65,580 square feet in the Bibliothèque Publique d’Information. During the closure, the Pompidou will continue its “Constellation” program, dispersing collection holdings to partner institutions including Centre Pompidou-Metz, West Bund Museum in Shanghai, H’ART Museum in Amsterdam, the Grand Palais, and the future Centre Pompidou Francilien.

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Brancusi

The Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, in cooperation with the Centre Pompidou in Paris, has opened the first major exhibition of sculptor Constantin Brancusi in Germany in over 50 years. Featuring more than 150 works—including sculptures, photographs, drawings, films, and archival materials—the show presents key pieces such as "The Kiss," "Bird in Space," "Sleeping Muse," and "Endless Column," alongside a partial reconstruction of Brancusi's legendary studio, shown outside Paris for the first time since its bequest to the French state in 1957.

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Brâncuși exhibition to open at H’ART Museum in Amsterdam this fall

An exhibition titled "Brâncuși - The Birth of Modern Sculpture" will open at the H’ART Museum in Amsterdam on September 20, 2025, running through January 18, 2026. Organized in collaboration with the Centre Pompidou, it is the first solo show of Constantin Brâncuși's work in the Dutch capital and the second in the Netherlands since 1970. The exhibition features over 30 sculptures, original pedestals, photographs, and films by the artist, with loans made possible by the Centre Pompidou's renovation and the institutions' partnership. The collection originates from Brâncuși's studio, bequeathed to the French state in 1957.

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