Miart 2021: Top 10 Stands at Milan's Contemporary Art Fair
From September 17 to 19, 2021, miart 2021 took place at Fieramilanocity, marking its return after a year-long break due to the pandemic. The event featured a smaller selection of exhibitors, emphasizing quality over quantity. Italian and Milanese galleries were prominently showcased, with significant contributions from Brescia, Bologna, and Florence. Noteworthy installations included Remo Salvadori's 'Il silenzio delle radici' at BUILDING Milano, a performance by Christian Jankowski at Enrico Astuni, Jan Fabre sculptures from Il Ponte Firenze, contrasting masks by Giovanni Bonelli, works by Adrian Paci at Kaufmann Repetto, a film by Marjolijn Dijkman from Nome Berlin, Marco Tirelli's collage at MARCOROSSI, Leslie Krims photographs from Paci Contemporary, a dialogue at LABS Contemporary Art, and 'La ciudad perdida' from UNNO Gallery.
Key facts
- Miart 2021 took place at Fieramilanocity from September 17 to 19, 2021.
- The fair reopened after a one-year pandemic hiatus with fewer exhibitors.
- Artribune's top 10 stands were dominated by Italian and Milanese galleries.
- BUILDING Milano debuted with Remo Salvadori's installation featuring 15th-16th century textiles.
- Enrico Astuni presented a performance by Christian Jankowski with students from Accademia di Brera.
- Il Ponte Firenze showed Jan Fabre's beetle sculptures and a 1988 cibachrome self-portrait.
- Giovanni Bonelli contrasted Luigi Ontani's masks with Gonçalo Mabunda's weapon-based masks.
- Kaufmann Repetto featured Adrian Paci's works including 'Centro di Permanenza Temporanea' (2007).
- Nome Berlin exhibited Marjolijn Dijkman's 'Reclaiming Vision' film made with Toril Johannessen.
- MARCOROSSI artecontemporanea showed Marco Tirelli's collage from 1980, previously at MART Rovereto.
- Paci Contemporary displayed Leslie Krims's photographs from the late 1960s to early 1970s.
- LABS Contemporary Art presented Giulia Marchi and Greta Schödl's dialogue on time and space.
- UNNO Gallery from Mexico City participated in the Emergent section with 'La ciudad perdida'.
Entities
Artists
- Remo Salvadori
- Christian Jankowski
- Steven Pippin
- Maurizio Nannucci
- Øystein Aasan
- Jan Fabre
- Luigi Ontani
- Gonçalo Mabunda
- Adrian Paci
- Marjolijn Dijkman
- Toril Johannessen
- Marco Tirelli
- Leslie Krims
- Giulia Marchi
- Greta Schödl
- C.S. Nuñez
- Deceres Studio
Institutions
- Artribune
- BUILDING Milano
- Galleria Moshe Tabibnia
- Enrico Astuni
- Accademia di Brera
- Il Ponte Firenze
- Palazzo Vecchio
- Giovanni Bonelli
- Kaufmann Repetto
- Nome Berlin
- MARCOROSSI artecontemporanea
- MART Rovereto
- Paci Contemporary
- LABS Contemporary Art
- UNNO Gallery
- Fieramilanocity
- miart
Locations
- Milan
- Italy
- Fieramilanocity
- Bologna
- Florence
- Brescia
- Cerreto Guidi
- Göttingen
- Germany
- Redhill
- United Kingdom
- Kristiansand
- Norway
- Antwerp
- Belgium
- Grizzana Morandi
- Maputo
- Mozambique
- Shkodër
- Albania
- California
- Rome
- Groningen
- Netherlands
- Rovereto
- New York
- Mexico City
- Indonesia