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Tornabuoni Art

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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.

14/06/2025

LAST DAYS of in PARIS!

The exhibition ‘The Book. Object between memory and symbol’ is entering its final week at Tornabuoni Art Paris.

Bringing together works by both Italian and international artists, this exhibition explores the book as a visual, material, and symbolic object. Through sculpture and installation, the works reflect on how books preserve memory, knowledge, and shape identity - even when their content is hidden, erased, or transformed.

Pages become fragile volumes of glass, covers are pierced or burned, bindings give way to pure form. In each case, the book reveals its potential to tell stories beyond words, as a trace, a container, or a metaphor for time and change.

The exhibition has been warmly received by visitors, offering a renewed perspective on one of the most enduring and universal objects in human culture.

Don’t miss the final days to discover the exhibition!

Tornabuoni Art Paris
Until June 22, 2025

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Exhibition views, ‘The Book: Object Between Memory and Symbol’, Tornabuoni Art Paris, April - June 2025.
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13/06/2025

in PARIS!

“Plessi’s machines have this evocative power that is able to refer back to nature and its movements not with nostalgia, but in the only feasible way for the time of its reproducibility, with the paradoxical advantage of an eternity that comes with the perennity of the machine, which removes all transience and degradation.” (Achille Bonito Oliva, 1990)

“In the artist’s videos, water transcends the tangible barriers of the work, it imposes itself as a force in the making, constantly growing and developing, until it depletes any state of emptiness; an emptiness that is only allowed to exist, in some works, when it appears to contain the transparent fluid, a memory of the matter that we are made of. With its shapeless flow, water represents continuous existence, deeply carving new pathways in the ground
that welcomes it.” (Sonia Zampini, 2022)

‘Fabrizio Plessi. Une Histoire d’Eau’ is coming soon to Tornabuoni Art Paris.

Plessi has consistently placed water at the core of his artistic vision as a metaphor for existence and instability. Since the late 1960s, his work has explored the relationship between natural elements and contemporary media, using screens, steel and sound to shape immersive and poetic installations.

Over the years, this research has been featured in major exhibitions. In 2015, during the 56th Venice Biennale, Plessi presented ‘Plessi. Liquid Life’ at the Giorgio Franchetti Gallery at Ca’ d’Oro, where video installations depicted flowing water as a metaphor for the passage of time. More recently, in 2023, the exhibition ‘Plessi sposa Brixia’ at the Santa Giulia Museum in Brescia showcased his continued engagement with water, transforming it into golden streams to comment on its preciousness.

This exploration continues in the upcoming exhibition in Paris. In ‘Une Histoire d’Eau’, the motif of water - fluid, vital, unstable - becomes a key to understanding Plessi’s vision of continuity and transformation.

Save the date and stay tuned for more!

Tornabuoni Art Paris
Opening on June 26, 2025

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12/06/2025

in LONDON

“I had exhibited completely empty, bare rooms, where the only presence was absence, the imprint on the walls of everything that had been there, shadows of the things that these places had contained. The materials used to create these environments – dust, soot and smoke – helped to generate the atmosphere of a place that had been abandoned, as if after a fire: the atmosphere of a dead city. Only the shadows of things remained, almost like ectoplasmic renderings of forms that had vanished or no longer existed, like the shadows of vaporised human bodies on the walls of Hiroshima.” (From ‘Delocazione: polvere e fumo’ in Claudio Parmiggiani, Stella Sangue Spirito, Arles: Actes Sud, 2003, p. 232.)

Among the works on display in the exhibition ‘Claudio Parmiggiani’, organised by the Estorick Collection in collaboration with Tornabuoni Art and the Artist’s Archive, ‘Untitled’ (2015) presents one of Parmiggiani’s most emblematic techniques: the ‘Delocazione’ (Displacement), in which fire, soot and smoke are used to fix ghostly imprints on surfaces.

Here, torn paper-like shapes emerge from the board with photographic precision, evoking absence as both memory and trace. A silent residue, it speaks of what once was — and is no longer.

By contrast, ‘Untitled’ (2019) offers a sculptural presence. A small boat — worn, suspended, and lit by a single bulb — seems to hover in time. Its materials, humble and weathered, suggest a journey left unfinished or a passage still unfolding. At once object and symbol, it captures the tension between fragility and persistence that runs throughout Parmiggiani’s work.

Come visit the exhibition in London to explore the full selection of works!

Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art,
39a Canonbury Square, London, N1 2AN
Until August 31, 2025
Tickets available on www.estorickcollection.com

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Exhibition views, Claudio Parmiggiani, Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, London, 2025.
Courtesy Estorick Collection

12/06/2025

open in

“What I don't like too much about conceptual art is that it seems to me to know the work already before it's finished; instead, I like that a finished work surprises me.” (Aldo Mondino)

Tornabuoni Art Rome is thrilled to announce that its new exhibition ‘ITALIAN WAVE’ is now open!

‘ITALIAN WAVE’ celebrates the vibrant plurality of Italian artistic practices from the late 70's and 80's — a moment marked by radical experimentation, irony, and the revival of traditional techniques through new lenses. The exhibition brings together artists who worked across media, engaging with materials both classical and unconventional.

Two figures had already anticipated the experimental energy in the 1970s, with some early signs as far back as the late 1960s: Aldo Mondino and Mario Schifano. Both defy rigid categorization, embracing cross-disciplinary trajectories that move beyond painting in the strict sense, opening up to diverse media, cultural references, and imaginative dimensions.

In the exhibition, Mondino stands out for his ironic yet sophisticated reinvention of the mosaic and the faux collage. These works embody a postmodern taste for playfulness and pastiche, in a constant cross-contamination between high and popular culture — from ‘Arlecchino storico e il suo strumento’ (1971) to ‘Calpestare le uova’ (2003).

His early interest in mosaic was sparked during his studies in Paris in 1959, where he attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, the Ecole du Louvre, and took courses in mosaic with Gino Severini. From traditional stone tesserae, Mondino transitioned to sugar cubes, chocolate wrappers, and colorful packaging — transforming everyday objects into refined, allusive compositions. His mosaics often recall the grandeur of Ravenna, the mystique of Istanbul, and the decorative richness of Islamic art, all filtered through a lens of irony and conceptual depth.

ITALIAN WAVE
Tornabuoni Art, Rome
Open now through September 2025
Tue–Sat, 10 am–1 pm / 2–7 pm

11/06/2025

in Basel 2025

Tornabuoni Art is thrilled to announce its participation in the 2025 edition of .

This year, the gallery presents a selection focused on Italian post-war masterpieces, with a focus on material experimentation, spatial research, and the evolution of the pictorial surface.

Highlights include works by Alberto Burri and Paolo Scheggi, exhibited alongside leading figures such as Alighiero Boetti and Lucio Fontana.

Other featured works showcase the radical creativity of a generation that reshaped the artistic language after WW2.

Save the date and come visit booth F12 to learn more.

June 19 - 22, 2025
Basel, Switzerland
Booth F12

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Courtesy Tornabuoni Art
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07/06/2025

in MILAN!

“Silence and solitude are truly a gift of things and a way of existing. To embrace life now means giving this mode of being its own framework [...]. It also means finding the point of balance, the model of a purified, simplified language, in order to lend concreteness—by way of the simplest schema—to what Casorati still romantically calls the artist’s ‘dreams.’” (Luigi Carluccio, 1964)

Currently on view at Tornabuoni Art Milan, ‘Casorati. Silences and Resonances’ highlights the refined formal language of Felice Casorati and his dialogue with other Italian artists of the 20th century.

Among the themes explored is silence: not merely the absence of sound but a compositional force that shapes the atmosphere of the works on display.

In ‘Studio per giovinetta’ (1922), Casorati creates a theatrical space filled with stillness. The young woman, frozen in a timeless pose, inhabits a balanced setting of geometric lines. The silence here becomes contemplative, evoking a modern sense of suspension and order.

By contrast, Mario Sironi’s ‘Figure in rosso’ (c.1957) presents a more dramatic silence. Two figures, marked by heavy contours, emerge from a compressed space. The atmosphere is somber, almost tragic, with the weight of history looming over the composition.

Though different in tone, both works place the human figure at the center, using silence and spatial structure to convey meaning. Casorati’s intellectual elegance meets Sironi’s emotional gravity, but both share a rigorous, almost theatrical approach that turns the canvas into a stage where modern life and classical forms intersect.

Come discover these works and learn more about the exhibition!

Casorati. Silenzi e Assonanze
Until June 29
Tornabuoni Art Milan
Via Fatebenefratelli 24/36

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Exhibition views, Casorati. Silenzi e Assonanze, Tornabuoni Art Milan, June 2025.
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07/06/2025

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“Arte Povera was one of the avant-garde movements in Italy at the time. It is important to underscore the effervescence driving Italy politically and culturally in the 1960s, the 1970s, and beyond. Jannis Kounellis put it beautifully: The Italian identity is not literary, it is pictorial: the country is very rigorous in ordering this art, a fundamentally counter-reformist land. And it is very rigorous too in its determination not to lose touch with the past, in integrating it into the future. It is impossible to abandon this heritage that gives the measure of all things, it would be an enormous loss of power.” (Delot, 2024)

‘Arte Povera. The Beauty of Essence’ is currently on view at Tornabuoni Art Florence.

Among the artists featured in the exhibition is Jannis Kounellis (1936-2017), a central figure in the history of Arte Povera. Kounellis began his research in the early 1960s with works marked by bold black letters and typographic signs. In these early ‘Untitled’ paintings, language is reduced to a pure visual rhythm: a graphic alphabet open to all, stripped of narrative and interpretation.

Soon after, Kounellis started moving beyond painting. His focus shifted to the physicality of objects and space, opening the way to works that blurred the lines between installations, performance, and sculpture. One of these later assemblages, created in 2010-2011, brings together iron plates, wire coils, and a violin, evoking silent tensions between memory, gesture and music.

Throughout this evolution, Kounellis never ceased to define himself as a painter: not in the conventional sense, but as someone who “draws life”. While challenging its limits and meanings, his art remains deeply anchored in a visual tradition where images are not representations, but vessels of presence and traces of humanity.

Come discover Kounellis’s works and the full exhibition!

Tornabuoni Arte Florence
Florence, Lungarno Benvenuto Cellini, 3
Extended until September 12, 2025

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Exhibition views, Arte Povera. The Beauty of Essence, Tornabuoni Art Florence, 2025
Courtesy Tornabuoni Art
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06/06/2025

in La Spezia!

Tornabuoni Art is pleased to announce the loan of two of Lucio Fontana’s ‘Concetto spaziale’ to the exhibition ‘Morandi and Fontana. Invisible and Infinite’ at the CAMeC in La Spezia.

Curated by Maria Cristina Bandera and Sergio Risaliti, this exhibition brings together over 60 works by Giorgio Morandi and Lucio Fontana, creating a dialogue between the contemplative stillness of Morandi’s still lifes and the radical spatial gestures of Fontana.

Visit La Spezia and the CAMeC to learn more!

Morandi e Fontana. Invisibile e infinito
CAMeC, LaSpezia1a
Until September 14, 2025

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Images:
Lucio Fontana, Concetto spaziale, Attese, 1967, waterpaint on canvas, 60 x 60 cm
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Exhibition views, Morandi e Fontana. Invisibile e infinito, CAMeC, La Spezia, April - September 2025. Courtesy CAMeC, La Spezia
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04/06/2025

next Tuesday in !

“As we see- and hear - Ontani destroying his shadow today, it is as if he wants to make the shadow in Plato's cave disappear. Then the world would no longer be a reflection of ideas: the ideas themselves would be an embodied mythology which mankind carries within itself, generating wishes and desires. Luigi Ontani has definitively transformed himself into a mythical being.” (Jean-Christophe Ammann)

Tornabuoni Art Rome is looking forward to the opening of the exhibition ‘ITALIAN WAVE’ !

‘ITALIAN WAVE’ will highlight not only the stylistic diversity of this vibrant moment — with each artist developing a distinctive visual language — but also the multidisciplinary nature of their practice. Many experimented with unconventional materials and media, blending traditional techniques with new forms of expression.

The exhibition will open with the video ‘Ombrofago’ by Luigi Ontani. Ontani, known as the “shadow devourer,” was among the artists invited to the landmark 1980 exhibition in New York curated by Francesca Alinovi. He constructs a baroque and theatrical universe in which myth, mask, fable, and eroticism merge into a sophisticated, ambiguous and metamorphic visual narrative.

Stay tuned for more!

ITALIAN WAVE
Tornabuoni Art, Rome
Opening June 10, 2025
5-8 pm

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Luigi Ontani, Ombrofago, 2008
Video, color, sound – 2’
Photography: Graziano Paiella
Video graphics: Marcantonio Romani, Paola Deborah Ghillia
Edition of 12 copies
Produced by: Matteo Boetti

03/06/2025

in PARIS!

“When the artwork appears before you, blocking your path with all its magnetic energy, you are already on the ground, struck by a powerful blow — already knocked out. [...] The artwork stands there before you, upright in all its brilliance and light, while you, on the ground, can barely hear the referee counting the seconds.” (Fabrizio Plessi, 2001)

Tornabuoni Art is looking forward to its upcoming exhibition, ‘Fabrizio Plessi. Une Histoire d’Eau’, opening this June in its Parisian location.

For over five decades, Fabrizio Plessi has explored the tension between tradition and innovation, investigating how the symbolic forces of water, fire and light can be reimagined through contemporary media. His works reflect on the emotional charge of natural elements and their transformation through technology.

Recognised as one of italy’s foremost video installation artists, Plessi has presented his work at major international institutions, including the Venice biennale, documenta in Kassel, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Guggenheim in New York and Bilbao, and the Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin. Alongside this international trajectory, his practice has evolved across a wide variety of formats - from early experiments to large-scale scenographic environments.

‘Une Histoire d’Eau’ offers an insight into this multifaceted research, through a selection of works that resonate with contrast and sensory intensity.

Stay tuned for more!

Tornabuoni Art Paris
Opening on June 26, 2025

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01/06/2025

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Tornabuoni Art is pleased to remind visitors that 'Casorati. Silences and Resonances' is currently on view at our Milan gallery.

Conceived as a reflection on Felice Casorati’s artistic legacy, the exhibition unfolds through a series of dialogues between his work and that of key figures in 20th-century Italian painting.

Among the most striking of these is the conversation around the female nude—a recurring theme in Casorati’s oeuvre—here explored in relation to works by Felice Carena and a rare 1920s painting by Giorgio de Chirico.

Carena’s intimate, spiritual sensitivity, de Chirico’s elegant, French-influenced classicism, and Casorati’s poised, enigmatic stillness offer three distinct yet interconnected visions of the female form.

Through these and other thematic pairings, the exhibition sheds light on the ways in which Casorati’s art resonates with—and diverges from—his contemporaries, revealing the richness of Italian modernism through new perspectives.

Casorati. Silences and Resonances
Tornabuoni Art Milan
Via Fatebenefratelli 24/36
Until June 29, 2025

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Echibition view, Casorati. Silenzi e Assonanze, Tornabuoni Art Milan, 2025.
Felice Carena, N**o di schiena, 1930, oil on canvas, 100,5 x 38 cm
Giorgio de Chirico, N**o femminile, 1923 ca., oil tempera on canvas, 84 x 60 cm
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30/05/2025

in Florence

“And here are Mambor’s images. A patient and meticulous sterilizer of forms and creative gestures. His white canvases are pages on which to write, or to effigiate, the moments and tools of Ceroli, Tacchi, Mattiacci, Remotti, Pascali, ... or again the simple shapes of everyday objects (...). A great notebook, a true diary, indeed, on which Mambor notes down, from time to time, every gesture, every color, every artist who happens to fall under his gaze. (...), his canvas records, annotates, sterilizes, to place before us, as a spatial-visual catalogue, all the instruments and particulars of the world.” (Germano Celant, September 1967)

On the occasion of ‘Arte Povera: the Beauty of Essence’, Tornabuoni Art Florence is pleased to present a significant historical work on loan from Archivio Mambor: ‘Diario’ (Diary), 1967.

Mambor (1936 - 2014) was one of the key figures of the Roman scene in the 1960s, alongside artists such as Pino Pascali and Jannis Kounellis. His work ‘Diario’ was first shown in 1967 at ‘Arte Povera - ImSpazio’, curated by Germano Celant at Galleria La Bertesca in Genoa. The exhibition was divided into two sections: one introduced the emerging language of Arte Povera, the other gathered artists - like Mambor - whose research addressed the image and its spatial context.

Celant’s curatorial vision emphasized a broader shift in artistic paradigms: away from traditional forms and stable objects, towards processual, mimetic and spatial expressions. By juxtaposing Arte Povera and Im Spazio, Celant highlighted a shared commitment to redefine art’s expressive possibilities and its connection to everyday life.

In the current exhibition, ‘Arte Povera: the beauty of Essence’, this dialogue is revisited. Mambor’s ‘Diario’ once again enters into conversation with the artists of Arte Povera, recalling the historic encounter.

Come learn more about the exhibition!

Arte Povera. The Beauty of Essence
Tornabuoni Arte Florence
Extended until September 12, 2025

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Portrait of Mambor, 1961
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Indirizzo

Lungarno Benvenuto Cellini 3
Florence
50125

Orario di apertura

Lunedì	09:00 - 13:00
	15:00 - 19:00
Martedì	09:00 - 13:00
	15:00 - 19:00
Mercoledì	09:00 - 13:00
	15:00 - 19:00
Giovedì	09:00 - 13:00
	15:00 - 19:00
Venerdì	09:00 - 13:00
	15:00 - 19:00

Telefono

+390556812697

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http://www.tornabuoniart.com/

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