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Studio la Città
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From 07.01 to 10.09.2022, the Mart Museum of Rovereto presents the exhibition: Eros and Hypnos, in collaboration with Associazione BelleArti from an idea by Vittorio Sgarbi and Massimo Minini, curated by Denis Isaia. The exhibition builds on an important collection of drawings by Pierre Klossowski put in dialogue with the work of Pierre Molinier, Carol Rama and Hans Bellmer. On display it will also be possible to admire a selection of works by Carol Rama recently exhibited in Verona during her solo show at Studio la Città (ended up on May 28th).
From 24 to 26 June 2022 Studio la Città is in Palermo to participate in a new exhibition format: Hit! SUPER-MICRO ART-FAIR – nomadic, shared, exotic, sustainable and super-micro art fair. The first edition of Hit! will be hosted in the spaces of the RizzutoGallery whose owners, Giovanni Rizzuto and Eva Oliveri, are also the creators of the project. Participating galleries: GallleriaPiù – Bologna, Lunetta11 – Mombarcaro (CN), Studio la Città – Verona, RizzutoGallery – Palermo.
Studio la Città inaugurates the exhibition Art Attack/Unfolded on Saturday, June 11, 2022, presenting a series of new works by Stuart Arends, realized for this exhibition. Until October 16, 2022. Arends returns to that original form and imbues it with a renewed energy. He opens the boxe’s edges in a new way and gives a fresh twist to the boxes, now dotted with fingerprints and with glimpses of words appearing under the paint. The same words that bestow the works of a title.
Studio la Città dedicates a very comprehensive exhibition-tribute to the German artist Herbert Hamak with works from the 90s to today, never exhibited before. The title, Kobalt Grün, Permanent Rot, Ultramarinblau Dunkel, Permanent Gelb, suggests the German names of the pigments that Hamak uses the most to create his works. These, masterfully proportioned, layered and mixed with resin, result in a study of colour that can hardly be enclosed in a specific category. In the gallery from 11 June to October 16, 2022.
From Saturday, June 11, 2022, Jacob Hashimoto’s colourful realm returns to Verona on occasion of a summer exhibition presenting new wall pieces: not only works featuring the iconic “kites” that have established the artist on the international scene, but also a new series of detailed woodcuts, realised in collaboration with Durham Press. On display at Studio la Città until October 16, 2022.
ЯƎ is the title of the current exhibition running until October 31, 2022 at the Palazzo Reale of Palermo (Duca di Montalto rooms). Sixteen great contemporary artists symbolize sixteen paths to open reflection on reality: Alberto Burri, Saint Clair Cemin, Tony Cragg, Zhang Hong Mei, Anselm Kiefer, Jeff Koons, Sol LeWitt, Emil Lukas, Mimmo Paladino, Claudio Parmiggiani, Giuseppe Penone, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Tania Pistone, Andres Serrano, Ai Wewei and Gilberto Zorio.
Studio la Città is pleased to announce that from April 23rd to November 27th 2022, Lucio Fontana’s work Vittoria Alata will be displayed in the historic Negozio Olivetti in Piazza San Marco, Venice, within the exhibition Lucio Fontana and Antony Gormley. The show, part of the collateral events of the 59th Venice Biennale, is conceived and curated by Luca Massimo Barbero and realized by Associazione Arte Continua APS, B17 and Galleria Continua, in collaboration with Fondazione Lucio Fontana – Milano and FAI – Fondo Ambiente Italiano.
Light Cycles by Arthur Duff is the work hosted at the MAXXI Museum in Rome on the occasion of the 105th Giro D’Italia. The new Maglia Rosa of this edition was in fact presented on April 7, 2022 in the Roman museum where Duff paid homage to the sporting event with a luminous laser projections during a journey in stages: from Catania to Naples, up to Parma, Turin and…in the end Verona.
PLOT HUNTERS is the exhibition that, starting from 26 March 2022, will show works by Maurizio Donzelli, Arthur Duff and Antonio Marchetti Lamera on display at the Fondazione l’Arsenale of Iseo. Curated by Ilaria Bignotti in collaboration with Camilla Remondina and with the patronage of the Municipality of Iseo. Until Sunday 22 May 2022.
Three years after his passing away, the Madre Museum in Naples devotes the first major museum retrospective to Lawrence Carroll. The exhibition – curated by Gianfranco Maraniello – investigates the history and figure of this protagonist of the North American and international art scene, not comparable to the history of the avant-gardes and neo-avant-gardes. From 25 March until 5 September 2022, Madre – Donnaregina contemporary art museum, Naples.
Courtesy Studio la Città – Verona, Ph. Credits Amedeo Benestante
From 19 March until April 24, 2022 the Kunst Museum in Solingen – Germany, hosts the exhibition by Hiroyuki Masuyama: ZEITREISE 1817 – 2022, a real journey through time that touches the various series of the Japanese artist, from lightboxes inspired by the great masters from Romanticism, to those on nature and its changes, up to the most recent interactive installations that refer to the relationship between man and time through the study of constellations.
Starting from February 15, 2022, the works of Kevork Mourad will be exhibited by the Tanit Gallery in its Munich headquarters, in a beautiful show titled IMAGINARY CITIES: CHAPTER IV, the last chapter of a project divided into 4 different appointments to explore and reinvent the city. In collaboration with Anna Garano, Reisingerstrasse 6 – Munich.
On March 12, Studio la Città opens a solo exhibition by Marino Marini with a selection of lithographs and etchings, dated between 1972 and 1978: a tribute to the graphic imagination of the Tuscan artist. The exhibition is a special occasion to present the work of this great artist, particularly appreciated by Studio la Città even if it is unusual compared to the gallery’s exhibition line. Until May 28, 2022.
Starting on April 2nd 2022 the Piero Atchugarry Gallery Miami will host the exhibition 50 Years, a Day. Studio la Città, a Story. An open dedication from gallerist to gallerist, a tribute to 50 years of an institution, that of Studio la Città, which has contributed to defining the history of contemporary art in Italy. The result is a retrospective exhibition curated by Marco Meneguzzo including emblematic pieces by Stuart Arends, Gabriele Basilico, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Lawrence Carroll, Vincenzo Castella, Lynn Davis, Lucio Fontana, Alberto Garutti, Herbert Hamak, Jacob Hashimoto, Igino Legnaghi, David Leverett, Emil Lukas, Giulio Paolini, Michelangelo Pistoletto, David Simpson and Ettore Spalletti.
Studio la Città opens the spring season with: Seduzioni e Sortilegi, a large retrospective exhibition starting from March 12, 2022 and dedicated to the artist Carol Rama (1918-2015). With this exhibition, Studio la Città brings Carol Rama’s restless world to Verona for the first time and, for the occasion, chooses to reconfigure its large open space with an ad hoc installation to recreate the intimacy of the house. The exhibition, running until June 4, 2022, is curated by Marco Meneguzzo and organized in collaboration with the Sardi per l’Arte Foundation.
Silvana Editoriale published the new volume titled Il libro di Padova, dedicated to the works by Vincenzo Castella.
The book contains 77 color images, featuring a text by Salvatore Lacagnina (Italian-French).
On the occasion of the finissage of the two exhibitions THE TIES THAT BIND US by Kevork Mourad and OUT OF THE FRAME – in collaboration with Officina Dario Pegoretti –, Studio la Città organizes a live performance by KEVORK MOURAD, Saturday 5th February 2022 at 11 am. Event by reservation only – subject to availability. In compliance with current regulations, access will be allowed with the Full Vaccination Certificate (Green Pass) and FFP2 mask.
Until 27 March 2022 it will be possible to admire the works of Ettore Spalletti at the Center d’art Hôtel de Caumont in Aix-en-Provence, where 90 masterpieces from the collection of the Cini Foundation – Venice will be on display. The exhibition, titled Trésors de Venise. The Cini collection is curated by Luca Massimo Barbero, in collaboration with the architect Daniela Ferretti.
The Museum of Castelvecchio, in collaboration with Studio la Città, presents the exhibition Lapilli by Giorgio Vigna, open to the public from 12 December 2021 to 16 January 2022. This show is part of the program of the seventeenth Contemporary Art Day promoted by AMACI and it is held on the occasion of the donation of the work Acquaria, as part of the centenary of the birth of Licisco Magagnato (1921-2021)
Corso Castelvecchio, 2 – Verona. For information and tickets click HERE
Piero Atchugarry Gallery presents a group exhibition of contemporary sculpture exploring the parameters of what is natural, and the ecological repercussions of transgressing them. A group show of contemporary sculpture by Henrique Oliveira, Pablo Atchugarry, Roberto Pugliese, Artur Lescher, Arcangelo Sassolino and Yuken Teruya, Natural Successor investigates the geological and ideological shifts which characterize the Anthropocone era.
Dal 28 novembre 2021 al 5 febbraio 2022 – 5520 NE 4th Avenue, Miami, FL
Following the success of Tower (a site-specific installation) and Floating Worlds (a solo show held on the occasion of the 16th edition of ArtVerona), Syrian artist Kevork Mourad returns to Studio la Città with an exhibition that fully presents his artistic production: from large-scale scenographic works to smaller three-dimensional fabric works. THE TIES THAT BIND US, opening December 11, 2021 at 11 A.M. (rsvp and Green Pass required). Until February 5, 2022.
Uniqueness, quality and craftsmanship are the elements that blend with as many artistic specificities in the exhibition OUT OF THE FRAME. An exhibition created by Studio la Città and Officina Dario Pegoretti that opens on Saturday 11 December and will involve four international artists: Arthur Duff, Muriel Gallardo Weinstein, Jacob Hashimoto and Emil Lukas.
The works by Arthur Duff and Daniel Gonzàlez have been included by Valentina Ciarallo in the exhibition entitled Carta Bianca, una nuova storia: a special projects organized as part of Roma Arte in Nuvola, the great international fair of modern and contemporary art, which will take place from 18 to 21 November in the Cloud designed by Fuksas.
GAMeC presents Nothing is Lost. Art and Matter in Transformation, curated by Anna Daneri and Lorenzo Giusti. Among the works on display also the piece Untitled – Gesti, 1969 by Pierpaolo Calzolari, loaned by Studio la Città. Until February 13, 2022
Mara Isolani interviews Arthur Duff for L’Altro Giornale Channel: the artist talks about the two exhibitions that see him involved in Valeggio sul Mincio – as curator – and at Studio la Città with the solo show of his new works. Watch the video
This year Studio la Città is once again renewing its presence “at home” with La Città Projects. The booth will be divided in two sections entitled Facing Nature and Floating Worlds. The force of Nature and its difficult coexistence with Humanity are the themes addressed in Facing Nature. Floating Worlds, on the other hand, is an in-depth study of the highly scenographic work of internationally renowned Syrian artist Kevork Mourad. Veronafiere | Pav. 12 Booth G4, 15-17 October 2021.
As part of the program dedicated to the dialogue between the city and contemporary art, the Department of Culture of the Municipality of Pavia organizes the exhibition Fons vitae by Antonio Ievolella in the courtyard of the Visconteo Castle from 9 October 2021 to 6 January 2022.
As part of a 12-month collaboration, the MAXXI – Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo – opens its doors to Swatch Art Peace Hotel, the Swatch artists residency project. Among the participants also the artist Tracey Snelling with a recent work of the 2020 Lost Year Motel + sign. 01 October > 24 October 2021, MAXXI – National Museum of XXI Century Arts – Rome.
Una Porta sul Fiume is the title of a project that will be presented on Thursday October 14 at 5.30 p.m. on the occasion of the program of events related to ArtVerona 16 and Vinitaly Special Edition. This year, the two fairs will share the same day for the first time: Sunday October 17. The opening exhibition will feature installations by Costas Varotsos and Herbert Hamak and is organized in collaboration with the Musei Civici di Verona – Museo di Castelvecchio, Galleria Giorgio Persano in Turin and the Canoa Club Verona. EXTENDED UNTIL OCTOBER 27, 2021
