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Constantin Brancusi, born in Romania in 1876 and naturalized French, is considered one of the most important sculptors of the twentieth century, a pioneer of modern sculpture. The Colosseum Archaeological Park, in collaboration with the Centre Pompidou in Paris, hosts an exhibition dedicated to one of the central themes of his art: birds, a symbol of freedom and the aspiration to fly. The exhibition unfolds in the Farnese Aviary, a historic space rediscovered in the eighteenth century. The first section presents sculptures such as The Rooster, The Little Bird and Leda, created between 1925 and 1935. Here Brancusi reduces the forms to the essential to capture the essence of the animal. Alongside his works, some ancient sculptures show the link between the past and modernity. The second part explores photography and cinema, media that Brancusi used in the 1920s and 1930s to document and transform his works into dynamic images. The exhibition project, curated by Dolores Lettieri, plays on the contrast between the white of the artist’s atelier and the black of the darkroom, evoking her relationship with light and matter.