Gold in Italian Art: Exhibition at Galleria Casoli De Luca in Rome
The exhibition 'ORO d'ITALIA' opens April 13 at Galleria Casoli De Luca in Palazzo Albertoni Spinola, Rome, organized with Studio Geuna. It explores the use of gold in 20th-century Italian art through three sections. The first includes a 1913 gold-paper painting by Giacomo Balla and works by Fausto Melotti, Alberto Burri, Lucio Fontana, Carla Accardi, Gastone Novelli, and a rare Achrome by Piero Manzoni. The second section features Arte Povera artists Michelangelo Pistoletto, Alighiero Boetti, Giulio Paolini, Luciano Fabro, Jannis Kounellis, Giuseppe Penone, plus Gino de Dominicis and Luigi Ontani. The final section presents contemporary works by Maurizio Cattelan (including 'La nona ora', its first exhibition in Italy), Lara Favaretto, Chiara Fumai, Giovanni Rizzoli, and an enamel-on-canvas painting by Rudolf Stingel.
Key facts
- Exhibition 'ORO d'ITALIA' opens April 13 at Galleria Casoli De Luca in Rome.
- Venue is Palazzo Albertoni Spinola.
- Organized in collaboration with Studio Geuna.
- Exhibition divided into three sections on gold in Italian art.
- First section includes Giacomo Balla's 1913 gold-paper painting.
- Features works by Melotti, Burri, Fontana, Accardi, Novelli, Manzoni.
- Second section includes Arte Povera artists and others.
- Third section features Cattelan's 'La nona ora' first time in Italy.
Entities
Artists
- Giacomo Balla
- Fausto Melotti
- Alberto Burri
- Lucio Fontana
- Carla Accardi
- Gastone Novelli
- Piero Manzoni
- Michelangelo Pistoletto
- Alighiero Boetti
- Giulio Paolini
- Luciano Fabro
- Jannis Kounellis
- Giuseppe Penone
- Gino de Dominicis
- Luigi Ontani
- Maurizio Cattelan
- Lara Favaretto
- Chiara Fumai
- Giovanni Rizzoli
- Rudolf Stingel
Institutions
- Galleria Casoli De Luca
- Studio Geuna
Locations
- Rome
- Italy
- Palazzo Albertoni Spinola