wisdom of the earth

On Brancusi Day celebrated today, as February 19 marks Constantin Brancusi's birth date, his famous sculpture "Wisdom of the Earth", for which the state launched a national fundraising campaign to collect money to buy the sculpture back…

A week ago, the owners of the „Wisdom of the Earth” sculpture made by famous Constantin Brancusi decided to withdraw the work that has been on display at the Romania’s National Art Museum (MNAR), as the museum cannot pay the insurance, the…

Romanian Culture minister, Lucian Romascanu has announced on Thursday that negotiations for the purchase of Brancusi’s ‘Wisdom of the Earth’ sculpture would be resumed and that a new evaluation on the work would be done. “We resumed…

Citizens who donated for Brancusi’s “Wisdom of the Earth” sculpture will get their money back by the end of next year. The Culture ministry sent Parliament a list of amendments to the emergency ordinance on the famous sculpture. More…

Social-democrat leader Liviu Dragnea said on Sunday, during a TV show, that if the Social Democrats win the elections the USL slogan will be carried out, i.e. ‘justice to the very end’ and those he holds responsible for the mistakes of the…

MPs Sebastian Ghita and Bogdan Diaconu on Friday filed a complaint against PM Dacian Ciolos and several former and current ministers accusing them crimes related to the purchase of Brancusi’s sculpture “Wisdom of the Earth”. Bogdan…

The Romanian Government on Wednesday passed the emergency ordinance to complete the sum of EUR 11 M to purchase Constantin Brancusi’s “Wisdom of the Earth”. The regulatory document also sets up a special fund to buy other works of art in…

Government has prepared an emergency ordinance draft stipulating that the state should add up money from budgetary funds to complete the sum up to EUR 11 M to buy Brancusi’s “Wisdom of the Earth" sculpture. The draft also eyes the extension…

The row over the Russian Embassy’s donation for Brancusi’s national fundraising campaign is not over. After several Romanian citizens returned the EUR 100 donation made by the embassy for the “Wisdom of the Earth” sculpture, the Russian…

President, Senate Speaker react. Romanians have been invited on Facebook to stage a protest in front of the Russian Embassy in Bucharest to donate one cent each, as a retort to “the modest donation” worth EUR 100 made by the embassy for…