In memory of Germano Celant, who invented the term Arte Povera (Poor Art) we would like to present you this movement and its artists.
Tara Donovan è un'esponente dell'arte povera e crea stupende installazioni utilizzando semplici oggetti di uso comune di cui rivela l'intrinseca bellezza.
The Fondazione Merz will celebrate its 15th anniversary in circumstances its leadership could hardly have imagined just months ago.
Mais en quoi a-t-il vraiment révolutionné l'art du XXe siècle ? Ceroli fait partie des fondateurs de l'Arte Povera, un mouvement conceptuel baptisé ainsi
In memory of Germano Celant, who invented the term Arte Povera (Poor Art) we would like to present you this movement and its artists.
To mark International Women's Day, 26 art-world women uplift the women who helped inspire them to get where they are today.
More of an "attitude" than an art movement so to speak, arte povera aims to defy the cultural industry by creating artworks with "poor" materials.
Na Veneza do século XVIII, na década de 60, a população carente também desejava cercar-se do belo, mas não tinham condições para adquirir móveis, esculturas e pinturas de artistas, que na maioria e…
State organizzando un Tour della Cambogia, ma non sapete tutto ciò che c'è da visitare? Vi dico io cosa vedere in Cambogia di imperdibile!
Arte Povera, the '60s avant-garde movement that criticized Italy’s rampant industrialization, may look like a pile of garbage, but instead, is a watershed period in the history of contemporary art.
Literally translating to “poor art,” the phrase Arte Povera underscored these artists' use of cheap, industrial and organic materials, in a reaction to the glossy Pop Art of the time.
The artist's sprawling painting show “Painting as a Butterfly" recently opened at Marianne Boesky Gallery in New York.
Adolf Wolfli inadvertently championed so-called "outsider art" with his own auto-biographical artwork. But what is "outsider art" and why wouldn't it qualify as art?
One of the founding fathers of Arte Povera, Michelangelo Pistoletto installs a show at Blenheim Palace, one of England’s wealthiest private stately homes.
La fin des années 1960 est marquée par le mode de vie américain et l’art consumériste (pop art) caractérisé par la surenchère, le spectaculaire et le tout médiatique. Un groupe d’artistes italiens (Alighiero Boetti, Mario Merz, Jannis Kounellis, Luciano Fabro, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Giulio Paolini), originaires de Turin, ville industrielle marquée par les conflits sociaux, vont rejeter le mercantilisme du
Na Veneza do século XVIII, na década de 60, a população carente também desejava cercar-se do belo, mas não tinham condições para adquirir móveis, esculturas e pinturas de artistas, que na maioria e…
Sie erlaubte der Arte Povera etwas Weiches und Poetisches und kämpfte sich in der Männerwelt der italienischen Kunst in die Sichtbarkeit. Jetzt ist Marisa Merz mit 93 Jahren in Turin gestorben
To mark International Women's Day, 26 art-world women uplift the women who helped inspire them to get where they are today.
For the past 30 years Tony Cragg has consistently produced original ideas and a remarkable diversity of forms employing a vast array of materials and techn...
I went to Rome for the weekend after visiting some factories in Italy recently. Although extremely beautiful, being alone in Rome was fairly boring except my time at the Fendi HQ on the outskirts of town. Unbeknownst to me, Fendi actually plays a big role in modern Rome, having paid to restore the T
When I look at the major periods of Western Art History, the one thing that stands out is that artists have been creating art for a long time. Western Artists
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Na Veneza do século XVIII, na década de 60, a população carente também desejava cercar-se do belo, mas não tinham condições para adquirir móveis, esculturas e pinturas de artistas, que na maioria e…
I find myself growing increasingly disturbed by the commercialization of "the alternative." What was once non-conformist has become totally generic. There is now a Williamsburg in every city. Newly 'revived' places considered desirable because they are 'eclectic and liberal' have
I went to Rome for the weekend after visiting some factories in Italy recently. Although extremely beautiful, being alone in Rome was fairly boring except my time at the Fendi HQ on the outskirts of town. Unbeknownst to me, Fendi actually plays a big role in modern Rome, having paid to restore the T
Abandonné par un père alcoolique alors qu’il n’a que sept ans, Adolf Wölfli est placé comme valet de ferme puis, à la mort de sa mère, est ballotté de familles en familles. Sa jeunesse est marquée par des échecs amoureux successifs. Arrêté en 1890 pour attentat à la pudeur, il purge deux ans de prison, […]
While researching information for a completely different blog post subject, I discovered the French artist, Hubert Duprat. I was immediately mesmerized. One of my internal...
