Poor Art - Finestre sull'Arte

Note on Pino Pascali at the Prada Foundation

One of the most beautiful photographs of Pino Pascali was taken by Andrea Taverna in the artist's Roman studio in 1968: it depicts him as a rural shaman, dressed in raffia costumes and other objects. In fact, however, at its highest points, that shoo...
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The Merz Foundation in Turin pays tribute to Mario Merz and his works related to arte povera

The Merz Foundation in Turin presents, from July 8 to October 6, 2024, the exhibition Qualcosa che togliglie il peso dedicated to Mario Merz (Milan, 1925-2003). The exhibition presents a varied selection works by Mario Merz. The centerpiece of the ex...
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In Milan an anthological exhibition on Valerio Adami for his 65-year career

From July 17 to September 22, 2024 at the Palazzo Reale in Milan, an anthological exhibition of Valerio Adami entitled Valerio Adami. Painter of Ideas celebrates the sixty-five-year career and research of one of Italy's leading postwar artists. The e...
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Triennale Milano presents a fresh look at arte povera, with 250 works by the greatest artists

Until September 3, 2023 Triennale Milano hosts the exhibition Reversing the Eye. Photography, Film and Video in the Years of Arte Povera, curated by Quentin Bajac, Director of Jeu de Paume, Diane Dufour, Director of LE BAL, Giuliano Sergio, independe...
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First Germano Celant Research Center opens at Magazzino Italian Art with a focus on Arte Povera

Magazzino Italian Art in Cold Spring will open the Germano Celant Research Center within the museum. The opening will take place on April 29, marking the third anniversary of Celant's death in 2020. The Germano Celant Research Center, the first in th...
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Rome, the Chiostro del Bramante dedicates an exhibition to Michelangelo Pistoletto

The Chiostro del Bramante in Rome hosts, from March 18 to October 15, 2022, the exhibition Michelangelo Pistoletto. Infinity, dedicated to Michelangelo Pistoletto (Biella, 1933), the great master ofArte Povera and curated by Danilo Eccher. Fifty work...
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Milan, the historic gallery with which Jannis Kounellis collaborated dedicates an exhibition to him

From Oct. 12, 2022, to Jan. 21, 2023, Milan 's Christian Stein Gallery presents the Kounellis exhibition at its headquarters in Corso Monforte 23, which pays tribute to the naturalized Italian-born Greek artist Jannis Kounellis (Piraeus, 1936 - Rome,...
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Lia Rumma donates more than seventy works from her collection to Capodimonte, with a focus on Arte Povera

The Capodimonte Museum and Real Bosco of Capodimonte is enriched by animportant donation. Collector Lia Rumma has in fact donated to the museum a selection of more than seventy works by Italian artists since the 1960s, with a focus on Arte Povera. T...
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