Art Forum Würth Capena Celebrates 20 Years with Body-Focused Exhibition
Art Forum Würth Capena marks its 20th anniversary with 'Dalla testa ai piedi. Il corpo nella Collezione Würth', a group exhibition running until September 11, 2027. The show features over 50 works from 1888 to 2020 by international artists including Hans Arp, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Georg Baselitz, Fernando Botero, Giorgio de Chirico, Louise Bourgeois, Andy Warhol, Antony Gormley, and Francesco Clemente. The exhibition explores the human body across themes of origin, symbol, gesture, memory, and identity, reflecting cultural, political, and social transformations of modernity. Highlights include Botero's 'Adam and Eve' as the emblematic image, and works by Kazuo Shiraga and Arnulf Rainer emphasizing performative gesture. Admission is free.
Key facts
- Exhibition runs until September 11, 2027
- Over 50 works from 1888 to 2020
- Features artists including Hans Arp, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Georg Baselitz, Fernando Botero, Giorgio de Chirico, Louise Bourgeois, Andy Warhol, Antony Gormley, Francesco Clemente
- Botero's 'Adam and Eve' is the emblematic image
- Themes include body as origin, symbol, gesture, memory, identity
- Free admission
- Open Monday-Friday 10:00-17:00
- Weekends open for events and creative workshops
Entities
Artists
- Hans (Jean) Arp
- Magdalena Abakanowicz
- Georg Baselitz
- Fernando Botero
- Giorgio de Chirico
- Louise Bourgeois
- Andy Warhol
- Antony Gormley
- Francesco Clemente
- Peter Pongratz
- Marc Quinn
- Wilhelm Thöny
- Wilhelm Trübner
- Edita Kadirić
- Ugo Dossi
- Albert Oehlen
- Horst Antes
- Alberto Magnelli
- Katsura Funakoshi
- Lun Tuchnowski
- Antoni Tàpies
- A. R. Penck
- Sabine Hoffmann
- Kazuo Shiraga
- Arnulf Rainer
- Sandro Chia
- Alex Katz
- Walter Wörn
- Alfred Hrdlicka
Institutions
- Art Forum Würth Capena
- Collezione Würth
Locations
- Capena
- Italy