Germano Celant's 15 Most Unforgettable Exhibitions
A career retrospective of Germano Celant showcases 15 exhibitions he organized from the 1960s onwards. It opens with 'Arte Povera Im-Spazio' at Galleria La Bertesca in Genoa (1967), which marked the inception of the Arte Povera movement, followed by 'Arte Povera più Azioni Povere' in Amalfi (1968). The exhibition 'Identité Italienne' at Centre Pompidou (1981) examined Italian art, while 'The Knot. Arte Povera' at MoMA PS1 (1985) brought the movement to the United States. In 1997, he curated the 47th Venice Biennale, where Golden Lions were awarded to Marina Abramović and Gerhard Richter. Other significant exhibitions include 'Arti e Architettura' (2004), 'Arts&Foods' for Expo 2015, and retrospectives for Jannis Kounellis and Richard Artschwager, both in 2019.
Key facts
- Germano Celant curated 15 landmark exhibitions from the 1960s to 2019.
- Arte Povera Im-Spazio at Galleria La Bertesca, Genoa, opened September 27, 1967, marking the birth of Arte Povera.
- Arte Povera più Azioni Povere in Amalfi (1968) was the movement's first public exhibition.
- Identité Italienne at Centre Pompidou, Paris, in 1981 surveyed Italian art from Post-Informal to Arte Povera.
- The Knot. Arte Povera at MoMA PS1, New York (1985) was the first US exhibition of Arte Povera.
- The Italian Metamorphosis 1943-1968 at Guggenheim New York (1994) covered 25 years of Italian culture.
- Celant curated the 47th Venice Biennale in 1997, titled Futuro, Presente, Passato.
- Golden Lions at the 1997 Biennale were awarded to Marina Abramović and Gerhard Richter.
- Arti e Architettura in Genoa (2004) was part of Genoa European Capital of Culture.
- When Attitudes Become Form: Bern 1969/Venice 2013 at Fondazione Prada Venice reconstructed Harald Szeemann's 1969 exhibition.
- Arts&Foods for Expo 2015 Milan at Triennale sparked controversy over Celant's €750,000 fee.
- Christo's The Floating Piers on Lake Iseo (2016) attracted 1.5 million visitors.
- Post Zang Tumb Tuuum at Fondazione Prada Milan (2018) covered Italian art 1918-1943.
- Mimmo Rotella Manifesto at Galleria Nazionale di Roma (2018) featured 170 works for the artist's centenary.
- Jannis Kounellis retrospective at Fondazione Prada Venice (2019) included over 60 works from 1959 to 2015.
- Richard Artschwager retrospective at MART Rovereto (2019) was the first in Italy, with about 80 works.
- Emilio Vedova centenary exhibition at Palazzo Reale Milan (2019) featured works from the 1940s to 1990s.
Entities
Artists
- Germano Celant
- Alighiero Boetti
- Luciano Fabro
- Jannis Kounellis
- Giulio Paolini
- Pino Pascali
- Emilio Prini
- Umberto Bignardi
- Mario Ceroli
- Paolo Icaro
- Renato Mambor
- Eliseo Mattiacci
- Cesare Tacchi
- Giovanni Anselmo
- Mario Merz
- Marisa Merz
- Michelangelo Pistoletto
- Gilberto Zorio
- Ableo
- Pietro Lista
- Gino Marotta
- Gianni Piacentino
- Richard Long
- Jan Dibbets
- Ger van Elk
- Pier Paolo Calzolari
- Giuseppe Penone
- Marina Abramović
- Gerhard Richter
- Roy Lichtenstein
- Jim Dine
- Claes Oldenburg
- Agnes Martin
- Brice Marden
- Michael Heizer
- Thomas Demand
- Rem Koolhaas
- Harald Szeemann
- Christo
- Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
- Mimmo Rotella
- Richard Artschwager
- Emilio Vedova
- Achille Bonito Oliva
- Gillo Dorfles
- Piero Gilardi
- Filiberto Menna
- Angelo Trimarco
- Tommaso Trini
- Marcello Rumma
- Lia Rumma
- Antonella Soldaini
- Italo Rota
- Irma Boom
- Vera Agosti
- Ludovico Pratresi
- Bruno Manconi
Institutions
- Galleria La Bertesca
- Galleria Toselli
- Flash Art
- Antichi Arsenali della Repubblica di Amalfi
- Musée national d'art moderne Centre Pompidou
- MoMA PS1
- Guggenheim New York
- Fondazione Prada
- Kunsthalle Bern
- Triennale Milano
- Palazzo Ducale
- Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea
- Mimmo Rotella Institute
- MART
- Guggenheim Bilbao
- Palazzo Reale Milano
- Alvisi Kirimoto
- Artribune
- Repubblica
Locations
- Genoa
- Italy
- Amalfi
- Paris
- France
- New York
- United States
- Venice
- Milan
- Rome
- Rovereto
- Trento
- Lake Iseo
- Bilbao
- Spain
- Bern
- Switzerland
- London
- United Kingdom
- Adrianople