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From the 29th of September to the 4th of November, the exhibition of the Regione Piemonte Prize, dedicated to emerging international contemporary art and promoted by the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Foundation, will be held at Guarene d’Alba, near Cuneo in Northern Italy. Gabriuszine interviewed the creator and president of the foundation, Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo.
(Celso Fioravante)
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| Muntean/Rosenblum,
Untitled (the only hope now is to deny…), 2001 |
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Though not as famous as the likes of Andy Warhol or Roy Lichenstein, Italian Pop artists increasingly feature in auction and can today count on the attention of collectors both in Italy and across the world.
(Federico Ruberti)
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| Mimmo Rotella,
Cleopatra, 1963 |
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Futurismo 1909-1944 currently showing at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome is an exhibition covering the movement’s entire history, from its early beginnings, through to its establishment as a recognised art historical grouping. The exhibition, which is an extended version of the recent show The noise of the street: Italian Futurism 1909-1918 which took place in the Sprengel museum in Hannover, consists of 400 works including paintings, drawings, architectural projects and sketches.
(Annalisa Rossi)
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| Prampolini Enrico,
Cassandra al mare, 1947 |
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The current retrospective of Michael Andrews (1928-1995) which runs at the Tate Britain, London until the 7th October, 2001 provides an unprecedented opportunity to explore the career of this artist with works from private collections and museums. Investment opportunities are healthy, though his works are rare on the market.
(Emma Saunders)
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| Michael Andrews,
Melanie and Me Swimming |
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The work of Luigi Ontani has rarely being offered at auction. However a notable sale was seen in June 1990 when Finarte, Milan sold a watercolour by the artist, Rest on the flight into Egypt which made $ 25,960. During March and April 2001, a few of his watercolours appeared at sale in Italy with hammer prices close to their estimated values.
(Francesca Brambilla)
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| Luigi Ontani,
Cleopatria, 1998 |
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Does a record obtained at auction help or hinder the career of an artist? What are the factors that determine the price of a work of art? The Brazilian artist Vik Muniz, whose photographs have increased by 300% in six years, answers all.
(Celso Fioravante)
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| Vik Muniz,
Fossil (from Pictures of soil), 1998 |
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The 2nd of September saw the closing of the exhibition, Oggi per Domani which has been held in Lugano since May 2001. The exhibition featured 80 works of art from five contemporary artists: Daniel Buren, John Chamberlain, Tony Cragg, Mario Merz and Giulio Paolini, which have come from the collection of the BSI Art Collection (Banca della Svizzera Italiana) and presented at the Museo Cantonale d'Arte Moderna, Lugano.
(Andrew Moore)
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| John Chamberlain,
Idle Worship |
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The 1950’s are regarded as Ennio Morlotti’s
best period, a fact confirmed by recent hammer prices. Landscape, an oil
on canvas from 1957 (50 x 60 cm), was presented on the 13th June 2001
by Finarte, Milan with an estimate of $ 37,500-46,950 (€ 41,300-51,670) and then
sold for $ 54,000 (€ 59,400).
(Francesca Brambilla)
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The Royal Academy of Arts, London will from September the 14th to December the 12th, launch "Frank Auerbach: Paintings and Drawings: 1954–2001", the first major retrospective of the artist’s work since 1978, including over 100 paintings and large-scale drawings. With over 30 one-man exhibitions under his belt, Auerbach also represented the UK at the Venice Biennale in 1986 and his painting, E.O.W nude, broke the million dollar mark at auction in 1998.
(Andrew Moore)
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| Hammer prices of works by Frank Auerbach |
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Although Filippo De Pisis is well known all over the world, and considered among the most important artists of the Italian XX Century, his works rarely appear in the catalogues of auctions held abroad. It is therefore in Italy that the highest hammer prices are achieved.
(Federico Ruberti)
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| Filippo De Pisis,
Natura morta con uva e fichi, 1928 |
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