Contemporary Art
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Giorgio Morandi (1890-1964), “Still Life”, 1956.
This “Still Life” (recto) by Giorgio Morandi, created in 1956, is a pencil drawing on paper that fully belongs to the artist’s mature period. On the recto, the work presents…
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Sergio Romiti (1928-2000), “Composition”, 1967.
“Composition” by Sergio Romiti, created in 1967, is a precise example of one of the most mature phases of the Bolognese artist’s research. The work belongs to the period in…
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Giorgio Morandi (1890-1964), “Veduta della Montagnola di Bologna”, 1932.
“Veduta della Montagnola di Bologna” by Giorgio Morandi, dated 1932, is an etching on paper belonging to the first state, documenting an important aspect of the artist’s graphic production during…
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Yayoi Kusama (1929), “Untitled”, 1953.
The work “Untitled” by Yayoi Kusama represents an early and significant testimony to the artist’s formative period, preceding her move to the United States. Visually, the composition unfolds against a uniform dark…
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Andy Warhol (1928-1987), “Marilyn Monroe”.
The screenprint “Marilyn Monroe” by Andy Warhol is one of the most iconic images of international Pop Art. Executed as a colour screenprint on paper, the work belongs to the…
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Maurizio Cattelan (1960), “Heart, Spare Part”, 1998.
“Heart, Spare Part” is a work created in 1998 by Maurizio Cattelan, consisting of an original Alfa Romeo cardboard element cut into the shape of a heart and secured with…
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Hermann Nitsch (1938-2022), “Untitled”, 1981.
“Untitled” fully belongs to the artistic research of Hermann Nitsch, a central figure of Viennese Actionism and one of the key protagonists in the radical redefinition of artistic language during the…
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Pino Pascali (1935-1968), “Whale Project”, 1966.
“Whale Project” by Pino Pascali is a significant testimony to the most mature and conceptual phase of the artist’s research. Executed in mixed media on cyanotype paper, the work is…
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Maurizio Cattelan (1960), “Tarzan & Jane”, 1993.
“Tarzan & Jane” by Maurizio Cattelan is among the most emblematic photographic works from the early phase of the artist’s career. Executed as a colour photographic print mounted on aluminium, the work…
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Angelo Savelli (1911-1995), “Untitled”, 1970.
“Untitled” by Angelo Savelli is a coherent and mature example of the artist’s investigation into monochrome abstraction. At first glance, the composition is based on a reduced chromatic range dominated by white,…
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Sandro Chia (1946), “Ricordo di mia madre”, 1974.
“Ricordo di mia madre” (“Memory of My Mother”) by Sandro Chia, created in 1974, belongs to an early phase of the artist’s career, preceding his full emergence as one of…
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Luigi Ontani (1943), “ErmEstEtica HarlemHarlequin”, 1996.
The work “ErmEstEtica HarlemHarlequin” (1996) by Luigi Ontani represents one of the most monumental and complex achievements of his sculptural production. The figure, in fact, takes the form of a contemporary herm, in which the…
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Luciano Minguzzi (1911-2004), “Two Figures”, 1950.
The sculpture “Two Figures” (1950) by Luciano Minguzzi constitutes one of the most significant works of the artist’s mature phase, in which his sculptural research focuses on the relationship between bodies, space and expressive tension.…
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Roberto Crippa (1921-1972), “The Spaceship of My Dreams”, 1970.
Created in 1970, The Spaceship of My Dreams represents a significant phase in the mature research of Roberto Crippa, a central artist in Italian art of the second half of the twentieth century. Compositionally,…
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Victor Vasarely (1906-1997), “Omega”, 1956.
Created in 1956, “Omega” by Victor Vasarely belongs to a crucial phase of his research, when the artist increasingly defined the visual principles that would lead to the birth of Op Art. From a…
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Giulio Turcato (1912-1995), “Broken Forms”, 1971.
Created in 1971, “Broken Forms” fully testifies to the abstract research of Giulio Turcato, a central figure in Italian art of the second post-war period and among the founders of the Forma…
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Piero Gilardi (1942-2023), “Irises and Ranunculi”, 2005.
The sculpture “Irises and Ranunculi” (2005) by Piero Gilardi represents a fully coherent example of the artist’s celebrated research on artificial nature. Since the 1960s, in fact, the Turin-born artist has been known for his…
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Cleto Tomba (1898-1987), “The Tailor”.
The sculpture “The Tailor” by Cleto Tomba is a significant polychrome terracotta that immediately conveys one of the central themes of the artist’s production: popular everyday life observed with participation and measure. From a compositional point of…