contemporary art

June 25, 2016
Painter, sculptor, and performance artist Michelangelo Pistoletto was born on June 25, 1933, in Biella.

March 31, 2016
The Italian contemporary artist Pippa Bacca – officially Giuseppina Pasqualino di Marineo – tragically died on this day, March 31, 2008.

February 3, 2016
The Drexel University Washington DC Center will host a reception for the exhibition La Scomparsa : The Disappearance of Italy by Blaise Tobia , Professor of Art in the College of Media Arts & Design at Drexel University.

October 21, 2015
After widespread protests, including a flash-mob exhibition in Piazza San Marco, photographer Gianni Berengo Gardin will show his Mostri a Venezia (Monsters in Venice) at the former Olivetti typewriter showroom now owned by Fondo Ambiente Italiano (FAI).

September 25, 2015
In a fantastic instance of artistic conversation between the contemporary and the cinquecento, Jeff Koons’ monumental sculptural piece, Pluto and Proserpina (2010-2013) was unveiled today in the heart of Florence, adjacent to the replica of Michelangelo’s David (1501-1504) in front of the Palazzo Vecchio .

March 23, 2015
Happy Birthday Francesco Clemente !

February 6, 2015
christiesauctions : Claes Oldenburg (b.

July 1, 2014
Scheduled for sale on 2 July.

March 24, 2014
gettypubs : Lucio Fontana is widely regarded as one of the most influential and innovative post-World War II Italian artists.

December 3, 2013
Francesco Vezzoli’s “The Church of Vezzoli,“ meant to be shown at MoMA’s PS1, has run up against cultural patrimony laws in Italy .