Brâncuși Nocturn – Bucharest Edition

Brâncuși Nocturn is an open-air film festival on Brâncuși and sculpture, organised by the Docuart Association. Its fifth edition marked 150 years since Brâncuși’s birth. For the Bucharest edition, I curated the film selection and moderated the debate Curator vs. artist with Roxana Donaldson.

About Brâncuși Nocturn 2026

The fifth edition opened in Bucharest on 30 June at CINETic, with UNATC I.L. Caragiale, and continued in Târgu Jiu from 6 to 9 August, in the Endless Column Park. It closed in Bucharest from 26 to 29 August 2026 at Random Space, on Popa Petre Street.

The Bucharest programme included the films Brâncuși. Ansamblul sculptural de la Târgu Jiu, On the Wings of Brancusi, Some Like It Fake, King Rodin, Jimmy & the Demons and Isamu Noguchi. One evening was cancelled because of the weather, and two films moved to other nights.

On 29 August at 18:00, the debate Curator vs. artist asked where the freedom of the artist ends and where the responsibility of the curator begins. The guest was Roxana Donaldson, visual artist and researcher. The evening continued with the performance lecture Să vorbim despre Brâncuși.

Read more about Roxana Donaldson in Pathology as an Affective Cartography and in the project Safety First! The Aftermath. Artist and Curator Talk.

Press and links

• Brâncuși Nocturn, Festival programme 2026
• Agerpres, Comunicat de presă, Asociația Docuart, 3 August 2026
• Agerpres, Comunicat de presă, Asociația Docuart, 14 August 2026
• Modernism.ro, Brâncuși intră în domeniul public în 2028. Dezbaterile Brâncuși Nocturn și barometrul INSCOP, acum online
• Radio România Cultural, Brâncuși Nocturn, cine deține creația, cine falsifică memoria, cine mai comandă arta
• Revista Cultura, Brâncuși Nocturn la București și Târgu Jiu
• Clasic Radio, Brâncuși Nocturn, proiecții de film și dezbateri

Guest: Roxana Donaldson
Organiser: Asociația Docuart
Festival director: Daniela Apostol
Edition partners: UNATC I.L. Caragiale, Radio România Cultural, Arhiva Radio România, INSCOP Research, Universitatea Constantin Brâncuși, Liceul de Arte Constantin Brăiloiu
Supported by: Primăria Municipiului Târgu Jiu, Centrul Constantin Brâncuși
Co-financed by: Ministerul Culturii