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Specialising in Post-War Italian art, the gallery presents the work of artists such as Fontana, Burri, Castellani, Bonalumi, Boetti, Scheggi and Manzoni. Tornabuoni Art also has a permanent collection of significant works by major Italian artists of the Novecento, such as de Chirico, Morandi, Balla and Severini, as well as International 20th-century avant-garde masters, such as Picasso, Mirò, Kandinsky, Hartung, Poliakoff, Dubuffet, Lam, Matta, Christo, Wesselmann, Warhol and Basquiat.

in Florence and MilanTornabuoni Art is delighted to invite visitors to experience ‘Arte Moderna e Contemporanea. Antol...
31/01/2025

in Florence and Milan

Tornabuoni Art is delighted to invite visitors to experience ‘Arte Moderna e Contemporanea. Antologia Scelta 2025’, the gallery's annual exhibition, that showcases a selection of masterpieces put together over the past year.

“The figures in my paintings, the animals, the masks, the theme of death – I do not want to explain or analyse them. They are the roots out of which the picture develops, but not its content.” (Mimmo Paladino)

Mimmo Paladino places the human figure at the core of his work, incorporating elements from classical mythology, Christianity, Egyptian, and tribal art. This focus is evident in this piece, where the figure bows toward the star, emphasizing its role as the focal point of the sculpture—an element that symbolizes the divine or the celestial realm.

Joan Miró often depicted birds in his works as symbols of dreams and the subconscious, blending abstraction with organic forms. His fascination with movement and lightness is reflected in his dynamic, fluid lines and vibrant colors. The interaction between the absorbent yet resilient nature of Japanese paper and the density of his pigments enhances the expressive power of his compositions.

Visitors will be able to find in Tornabuoni Art's galleries the accompanying exhibition catalogue ‘Arte Moderna e Contemporanea. Antologia Scelta 2025’ , which provides a comprehensive overview of the gallery’s selection as well as insights about the artworks and artists featured.

Get ready to discover these works and many more!

Tornabuoni Art Florence
Tornabuoni Art Milan
Until November 21, 2025



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Mimmo Paladino, Figura con stella, 2000-02, bronze and steel, 1/2 AP, 95 x 65 x 132 cm
Joan Mirò, Oiseau, 1972, oil, watercolour, gouache and pastel on Japanese paper on cardboard, 59 x 80 cm
All Images by SIAE 2025

Tornabuoni Art is delighted to announce that Art Genève 2025 is officially to the public!The gallery is presenting a ...
30/01/2025



Tornabuoni Art is delighted to announce that Art Genève 2025 is officially to the public!

The gallery is presenting a selection of works by key figures from the leading Italian schools and movements of the second half of the 20th century, alongside representatives of international Art Informel and, in particular, the CoBrA group.

Among the featured artists, visitors will find:
Carla Accardi, Karel Appel, Alberto Biasi, Alighiero Boetti, Guillaume Corneille, Giuseppe Capogrossi, Piero Dorazio, Jean Fautrier, Lucio Fontana, Asger Jorn, Claudio Parmiggiani, Emilio Vedova, Tom Wesselmann.

Visitors are invited to explore these artworks at Booth A21, where the Tornabuoni Art team will be pleased to welcome and assist you with any possible inquiries.

Until Sunday, February 2, 2025
Palexpo, Geneva
Booth A21


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Installation views, Art Genève 2025, Palexpo, Geneva
Courtesy of Tornabuoni Art
All by SIAE 2025

NOW in Paris!“Painting today is telling a story: communicating our daily lives, from the things we see with our own ey...
29/01/2025

NOW in Paris!

“Painting today is telling a story: communicating our daily lives, from the things we see with our own eyes around us, to those that are told to us.” (Valerio Adami)

Tornabuoni Art Paris is pleased to welcome visitors to the gallery’s retrospective dedicated to Adami with the support of the artist’s Archive.

Through a carefully curated and cross-sectional display, visitors can immerse themselves in the artist’s visual universe.

Adami’s use of colour is the first of his features to catch the eye through the gallery’s door.

“Valerio Adami, a born draughtsman, has always felt an unconquerable attraction to color. In his painting, space does not appear as an abstract extension, but as a chromatic vibration.”(Octavio Paz, 1994)

The artist states that each color brings along different feelings and states of mind. At times, however, they have other consequences on Adami’s compositions.

As Jean-François Lyotard observed in 1996 “Adami’s works always hardened what they showed so as to cause regret for lost, holy softness (...). Adami … subjects (his compositions) to new arrangements by means of acrylics. Cold monsters that burn with the desire to be consumed emerge from this analysis and catalysis.”

Surely, the artist himself wrote that his colors are always shadowless, “the tone is age, life; experiences, its extremes.”

Each painting on view is characterised by a set use of colors and the exhibition offers a chance to appreciate this rich body of work as a whole.

Come visit to learn more about the artist and the exhibition!

Tornabuoni Art Paris
Until March 22, 2025.


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Exhibition view, Valerio Adami, Tornabuoni Art Paris, 2025
All by SIAE 2025

in Rome!“At the inauguration of the exhibition, in front of the 11 sheets of the ‘Cimento dell’armonia edell’invenzio...
26/01/2025


in Rome!

“At the inauguration of the exhibition, in front of the 11 sheets of the ‘Cimento dell’armonia e
dell’invenzione’, Alighiero told me to carefully observe one of the sheets on display. To my surprise, I saw my name emerging among the squares meticulously redrawn over those of the graph paper. I felt a rush of emotion, marking the beginning of a great admiration and friendship. A few days later, I was given the ‘Dama’, which, to my enormous surprise, was four times larger than I had expected. Alighiero did not want money and instead proposed a trade: his work for mine.” (Giorgio Colombo)

Step into the life and creative world of Alighiero Boetti at the gallery’s Roman location. Through the lens of Giorgio Colombo, this exhibition unveils intimate moments shared with friends, family, and collaborators, as well as glimpses of Boetti’s work and research in his Trastevere and Pantheon studios.

From their first meeting in the 1960s to 1994, Colombo captured the essence of these shared experiences. Over 200 of these photographs have been collected in a precious catalog, ‘Vita di Alighiero Boetti’, published by Forma Edizioni and presented during the exhibition at the MAXXI Museum in Rome.

Don’t miss this extraordinary journey into Boetti’s memory and artistry.

Alighiero Boetti. Cabinet de Curiosités
Tornabuoni Art Rome
Until February 22, 2025


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Images:
Alighiero Boetti. Cabinet de Curiosités, 2024, installation views, Tornabuoni Art Rome. Ph Giorgio Benni
31-01-1975 Riccardo Camoni, Mimie, Gino De Dominicis, Alighiero Boetti, Luigi Ontani Galleria L'Attico, via del Paradiso. Photo © Giorgio Colombo, Milan
21-05-1970 Alighiero Boetti while installing the work EMME I ELLE E.. Galleria Toselli, via Borgonuovo 9, Milan. Photo © Giorgio Colombo, Milan
13-09-1970 Alighiero Boetti clean-shaven on his return from Morocco Olivetti Corporate Image offices, via Borgonuovo 9, Milan. Photo © Giorgio Colombo, Milan
Courtesy of Tornabuoni Art
All images © SIAE 2025

Visit now !“As Karel Appel wrote: “my colour tube is like a rocket which traces its own orbit. I try to make the imp...
24/01/2025

Visit now !

“As Karel Appel wrote: “my colour tube is like a rocket which traces its own orbit. I try to make the impossible possible. I cannot predict what is about to happen; it is a surprise. Painting, like passion, is an emotion charged with truth, which bursts forth like a live sound, like the roar coming from a lion’s chest”. The tiger behind the bars had by then become a lion, unguarded, free to roam and to “roar from its ample chest”... “His art bears witness to a direct contact with his motifs, which he treats with violence and vigour. Its contentment expresses the joy of living. He explores his motifs with audacious brushstrokes, concentrating on the structural elements of the objects, which are often merely a pretext to express his force and temperament...” “ (from “Karel Appel”, edited by Peter Bellew, Fratelli Fabbri Editori, Milan, 1968)

This winter season, visitors of Tornabuoni Art’s gallery in Crans-Montana will find Appel’s ‘Paysage avec visages’ (1971) among other works part of the exhibition ‘Masters of the 20th Century’ !

In the early 1970s, Karel Appel, cofounder of the CoBrA group in 1948, was in a transitioning phase and experimenting with abstraction. The painting (above) currently on display is a perfect example of that time, characterised by thick layers of overlapping bright colors arranged in large, shapeless patches. Clearly visible is a four-limbed ghost-like presence in the middle of the canvas, but the title (avec visages = with faces) hints at the inclusion of other beings as well, potentially in the right side of the painting. 

Learn more about this work and many others in Crans-Montana!

Tornabuoni Art Crans-Montana (Rue Centrale 5, 3963)
Check the gallery’s website for more information on the openings and the daily schedule. 


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Karel Appel in his atelier in New York, 1966, Beeld Maria Austria Instituut
All images by SIAE 2025.

NOW in Paris!"Everything is movement - in every painting there is the beginning of the next one - this departure is a ...
23/01/2025

NOW in Paris!

"Everything is movement - in every painting there is the beginning of the next one - this departure is a beginning, not an end." (Valerio Adami)

Tornabuoni Art’s exhibition dedicated to Valerio Adami in Paris is opening tonight!

The exhibition takes the form of a retrospective from the early 1960s till today. The presentation allows for a deeper understanding of the various themes that have shaped Adami's art over the past six decades.

Passionate about music, literature, theatre, poetry, philosophy and travelling, among other things, the works on view reflect the depth of his interests.

This exhibition continues the gallery’s tradition of showcasing major monographic exhibitions dedicated to the masters of post-war Italian art. With Adami’s works held in public collections worldwide, including the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and following the major retrospective at Palazzo Reale in Milan in 2024 that Tornabuoni Art supported through the loan of historic works, this presentation tells the tale of an artist who devoted his life to drawing first and foremost as a means to analyze his experience, transcending mere visual exploration.

The works on display, from '"The Bar (la lutte des sexes) n°2' (2007), to 'Complet' (1970), represent different stages in the artist's research.

Come visit the gallery to learn more about the artist and the exhibition!

Tornabuoni Art Paris
From January 23 until March 22, 2025.


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All by SIAE 2025

is coming SOON!Next week, come visit the gallery’s booth (A21) .Tornabuoni Art’s presentation will include a wide vari...
22/01/2025

is coming SOON!

Next week, come visit the gallery’s booth (A21) .

Tornabuoni Art’s presentation will include a wide variety of artworks for all types of collectors and art enthusiasts, from the figuration of the first half of the 20th century, to the abstraction of the Sixties and the most recent works by well-established artists, both Italian and international.

Among the artworks on view, do not miss Emilio Vedova’s large, iconic, black and white canvas ‘Paura’ (1962). As its title which means ‘Fear’ prefigurates, the painting enthralls for its numerous, violent and nervous, slashing brushstrokes. Vedova’s somber two-tones colour scheme stresses the intensity of the action.

On the booth, visitors will also find different examples of abstraction, such as that of Asger Jorn, ‘Interesse esteriorisato’ (1969), which is characterised by a colorful pattern that is deeply allusive, and results of a layering of painting techniques, including the Tachism, that Jorn developed in the previous years.

Come to the fair to discover the full Tornabuoni Art’s selection.

Featured artists: Carla Accardi, Alberto Biasi, Alighiero Boetti, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Enrico Castellani, Guillaume Corneille, Giorgio de Chirico, Nicola De Maria, Piero Dorazio, Lucio Fontana, Asger Jorn, Mimmo Paladino, Claudio Parmiggiani, Francesca Pasquali, Jean Paul Riopelle, Antoni Tàpies, Günther Uecker, Victor Vasarely, Emilio Vedova, Tom Wesselmann

Palexpo, Booth A21
January 29 - February 2, 2025


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is coming SOON!Next week, come visit the gallery’s booth (A21) .Tornabuoni Art’s presentation will include a wide vari...
22/01/2025

is coming SOON!

Next week, come visit the gallery’s booth (A21) .

Tornabuoni Art’s presentation will include a wide variety of artworks for all types of collectors and art enthusiasts, from the figuration of the first half of the 20th century, to the abstraction of the Sixties and the most recent works by well-established artists, both Italian and international.

Among the artworks on view, do not miss Emilio Vedova’s large, iconic, black and white canvas ‘Paura’ (1962). As its title which means ‘Fear’ prefigurates, the painting enthralls for its numerous, violent and nervous, slashing brushstrokes. Vedova’s somber two-tones colour scheme stresses the intensity of the action.

On the booth, visitors will also find different examples of abstraction, such as that of Asger Jorn, ‘Interesse esteriorisato’ (1969), which is characterised by a colorful pattern that is deeply allusive, and results of a layering of painting techniques, including the Tachism, that Jorn developed in the previous years.

Come to the fair to discover the full Tornabuoni Art’s selection.

Featured artists: Carla Accardi, Alberto Biasi, Alighiero Boetti, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Enrico Castellani, Guillaume Corneille, Giorgio de Chirico, Nicola De Maria, Piero Dorazio, Lucio Fontana, Asger Jorn, Mimmo Paladino, Claudio Parmiggiani, Francesca Pasquali, Jean Paul Riopelle, Antoni Tàpies, Günther Uecker, Victor Vasarely, Emilio Vedova, Tom Wesselmann

Palexpo, Booth A21
January 29 - February 2, 2025


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All by SIAE 2025

in Paris!Valerio Adami’s works are held in public collections worldwide, including the Centre Pompidou in Paris and ...
16/01/2025

in Paris!

Valerio Adami’s works are held in public collections worldwide, including the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Most recently, a major retrospective at Palazzo Reale in Milan in 2024 was also supported by Tornabuoni Art through the loan of historic works. Following this important exhibition, the gallery’s presentation aims to offer the Parisian audience a fresh perspective on the defining themes of the artist’s career.

Paris holds a special place in Adami’s career, being home to two of his most iconic public projects: the striking murals at Gare d’Austerlitz, commissioned in 1987, which transformed the station’s walls into a poetic dialogue between past and future, and the vibrant polyptych for Théâtre du Châtelet in 1989, a monumental work that captures the theatrical energy of the city’s cultural heartbeat.

“Sinopia for the Châtelet: [...] just as at night, standing under a starry sky, we feel both annihilated and part of a whole, so I will confront the viewer in the foyer with figures so immense, painted in gigantic proportions, that they will make them feel, before the universe of the theater, as part of that whole.” (Valerio Adami)

Stay tuned for more details about this special project at Tornabuoni Art Paris and discover the locations of Valerio Adami’s works in Paris!

Tornabuoni Art Paris
From January 23, 2025


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Valerio Adami, ‘Voyage de Persée, le Matin’, Gare d’Austerlitz.
Valerio Adami working in the Atelier Boussois (Ateliers Loire in Lèves).
Valerio Adami, ‘Voyage de Persée, le Soir’, Gare d’Austerlitz.
Preparation of 15mm thick wooden panels, glued and coated with Gesso at the Atelier Boussois (Atelier Loire in Lèves).
Valerio Adami, detail of one the works in its location in the Valerio Adami Gallery, Théâtre du Châtelet
Preparation of the canvases at the Ateliers Loire (Atelier Boussois).
All ©️ Ateliers Loire 
View of the Valerio Adami Gallery, former Joséphine Baker Gallery, Théâtre du Châtelet, ©️ Emilie Chaix / Ville de Paris 
All by SIAE 2025

in Tornabuoni Art is delighted to announce the loan of Felice Carena’s masterpiece N**o di schiena (1930) to the rema...
15/01/2025

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Tornabuoni Art is delighted to announce the loan of Felice Carena’s masterpiece N**o di schiena (1930) to the remarkable setting of Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence.

Curated by Luigi Cavallo and Elena Pontiggia and promoted by the Metropolitan City of Florence in collaboration with MUS.E, this exhibition presents a rare opportunity to discover over 50 works by a key figure of 20th-century Italian art. Felice Carena was a masterful interpreter of the vibrant cultural context that thrived in Italy during the first half of the 20th century.

The exhibition highlights Carena’s Florentine years, a transformative period in his career during which he achieved international acclaim. This includes his solo exhibition at the Venice Biennale (1926), the Grand Prize for Painting at the Venice Biennale (1940), and his participation in the first Rome Quadriennale (1931). These years saw the creation of masterpieces like N**o di schiena (1930) and marked crucial milestones in his artistic and personal journey.

Don’t miss this exceptional chance to immerse yourself in the timeless elegance of Carena’s art.

Felice Carena. Vivere nella pittura
Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence
17 October 2024 – 16 February 2025

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