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…
Christie’s finished out its contemporary-art auctions in New York with a morning sale and an afternoon sale Wednesday that offered about 400 lots and raked in $88.8 million in total
In contrast to Massimiliano Gioni's intentionally overwhelming "Encyclopedic Palace," the main exhibition at the Venice Biennale, it is something of a relief to turn to the more modest show "vice ve…