Giorgio Griffa’s 1990s Paintings Possess a Nervous Energy—Much Like the Decade Itself
Griffa's 1990s paintings hint at something not necessarily good that is yet to come.
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5 Essential Exhibitions by Germano Celant, Late Curator Who Coined Arte Povera
The curator died this week of coronavirus-related causes.
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Germano Celant, Passionate Defender of Italian Contemporary Art, Is Dead at 80 of Coronavirus-Related Causes
He is credited with having identified the Arte Povera movement in the 1960s.
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Marisa Merz, Key Arte Povera Figure and Relentlessly Inventive Sculptor, Is Dead at 93
The lone woman in a movement dominated by men, she made sculptures and paintings that are tough, precarious, and unflaggingly original. Her career blossomed late in life.
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Mario Merz
"Igloos" assembles thirty sculptures that Arte Povera stalwart Mario Merz produced between 1968 and the year he died, 2003.
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Arte Povera
Named in 1967 by the critic Germano Celant, Arte Povera constituted less a strict movement than a loose fraternity of artists working in Italy with "poor," everyday materials—over and against the…
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Everyday Alchemy
The poetics of materials Marisa Merz explores in her art emerge from encounters with the textures of daily life.
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Fausto Melotti
This museum-quality overview of works by Italian artist Fausto Melotti (1901–1986) contained thirty-eight major sculptures, installations, and drawings, representing most phases of the artist’s long c…
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Velvet Ropes and Mirrors Set the Tone at Elegant ADAA Opening
Some of the worst weather of the winter didn't keep collectors away from the Seventh Regiment Armory building on Manhattan's Upper East Side last night for the opening of the ADAA's annual fair, The…
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