modernism

August 13, 2017
Secession Retrospective Highlights Giovanni Segantini The work of Giovanni Segantini receives a prominent showcase in a rare Italian exhibition devoted to Modernist Secession movements.

August 6, 2017
Sculptor and member of the art Informel movement Francesco Somaini was born on 6 August 1926.

August 6, 2017
Sculptor, painter, draughtsman, and printmaker Marino Marini died on 6 August 1980 in Viareggio.

March 12, 2017
Painter, collagist, and designer Alberto Burri was born 12 March 1915 in Città di Castello, Umbria.

February 27, 2017
Sculptor, painter, draughtsman and printmaker Marino Marini was born on 27 February in 1901 in Pistoia.

February 11, 2017
Carlo Carrà was born on 11 February in 1881 in Quarguento, Piedmont.

January 23, 2017
Giacometti’s Plaster Models To Be Grouped for First Time in 60 Years Leading up the massive retrospective of the artists work to open at London’s Tate Modern this spring, it was announced that one of the feature installations of the exhibition will be the assembly of six plaster sculptures rendered by the artist for the 1956 Venice Biennale.

January 9, 2017
Architect Pier Luigi Nervi Died on 9 January 1979 in Rome.

December 30, 2016
Modernist Aroldo Bonzagni Died on 30 December 1918 in Milan.

November 29, 2016
On View in Venice: “My Weapon Against the Atom Bomb is a Blade of Grass” (12 November 2016 – 13 March 2017) A retrospective exhibition of the career of Italian modernist Tancredi Parmeggiani (1927-1964) is currently on view at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice .

On View in Venice: “My Weapon Against the Atom Bomb is a Blade of Grass” (12 November 2016 – 13 March 2017) A retrospective exhibition of the career of Italian modernist Tancredi Parmeggiani (1927-1964) is currently on view at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice .