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Durban Segnini Gallery Durban Segnini Gallery was founded in 1970 in Venezuela. In 1994 it opened its doors in Miami.

For nearly six decades, the Gallery has promoted Latin American art and culture, specializing in Modern and Contemporary Latin American art.

We celebrate 100 years of Mateo Manaure (Uracoa, 1926 – Caracas, 2018), one of the great architects of Venezuelan geomet...
10/19/2026

We celebrate 100 years of Mateo Manaure (Uracoa, 1926 – Caracas, 2018), one of the great architects of Venezuelan geometric abstraction. From his early expressionist studies in Caracas to the radical manifesto No with Los Disidentes in Paris, Manaure pushed art toward a new visual language of color, structure, and optical rhythm. His Bimural for the Plaza Cubierta at the Ciudad Universitaria, his lyrical Pinturas Sobremontaje, and the vibrant Cuvisiones reveal an artist who moved between abstraction, figuration, informalism with the same restless curiosity.

A century later, his legacy endures in the collections of the MoMA, the Galería de Arte Nacional, and the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Mateo Manaure in Maturín, and in the exhibitions we were honored to present at Durban Segnini Gallery: Saludo al tercer milenio (1996), Columnas Policromadas (2013), and Anthology (2021). Happy 100th, maestro.

Exhibition Mateo Manaure: Columnas Policromadas, 2013

Exhibition Mateo Manaure: Anthology, 2021

From the Archive:Past Exhibition | Jeff Koons at Galería Durban, Caracas, 1980Art for the Eighties was a group show that...
09/23/2026

From the Archive:
Past Exhibition | Jeff Koons at Galería Durban, Caracas, 1980

Art for the Eighties was a group show that brought together 14 unaffiliated artists at Galertia Durban, caracas in 1980, and the catalogue makes a point of offering “no specific program or theme.” Figurative and abstract work, painting and sculpture, and things in between shared the room. What united them was that they all made objects, and that the objects stood on their own.

Among them was a young Jeff Koons, showing work from his series The New: fluorescent tubes and plexiglass enclosures displaying brand-new household appliances. The catalogue describes the enclosures as existing to show off the appliance’s newness. It is an early glimpse of the logic that would define his career.

The show also had a lasting consequence. Artist Meyer Vaisman saw it in Caracas, and years later, after moving to New York and opening the gallery International With Monument, he remembered Koons’s work and helped bring him into the downtown scene. Koons later recalled the show as an important link in that chain.

Participating artists: Nancy Arlen, Donald Baechler, Tom Butter, Jean Feinberg, Cynthia Gallagher, Joseph Hilton, Jeff Koons, Tom Rankin, Takao Saito, F.L. Schröder, Jeffrey Plate, Taro Suzuki, Robin Tewes, Harvey Tulcensky

Sources:
Exhibition catalogue, Art for the Eighties, Galería Durban, Caracas, 1980.
Katy Siegel, “Jeff Koons,” interview, Artforum, March 2003.

09/16/2026

Trained as an architect, Ines Silva constructs each of her works with great precision, drawing on mathematical schemes in which the golden ratio, the
Fibonacci spiral, and Le Corbusier’s Modulor play a structuring role. Far from serving as a theoretical demonstration, these principles ensure a balance of form and establish a perceptible harmony between the work, its surrounding space, and the viewer’s body.

The artist’s preference for the constructive form of the column reveals a desire to deploy her work at an architectural scale. The verticality of works such as Column TNAB, poised on the frontier between architecture and sculpture, reveals—as they rotate or as we move—configurations that are forever renewed.

Text: A living geometry by Domitille d’Orgeval, 2026

Artworks:
1. Column TNAB, 2019
Acrylic and paint
37 × 11 × 11 in. (93 × 29 × 29 cm.)

2. Dorico EANB, 2026
Acrylic and paint
10 Ø × 26 in. (25 Ø × 67 cm.)

3. Dorico SANB, 2022
Acrylic and paint
6 Ø × 14.5 in. (16 Ø × 37 cm.)

4. Cube ANB, 2022
Acrylic and paint
8 × 6 × 6 in. (20 × 16 × 16 cm.)

09/08/2026

Explore the exhibition: Ines Silva Rhythms of Geometry.

Conceived with the aim of inhabiting a space with rhythm and dynamism, these works are open, visual propositions that actively engage the viewer, inviting them to move around and, at times, even intervene at the heart of their creative process.

The suspended works, float more freely in space (Jardín Colgante NE). As for the works of the Spiral Quadrata series, adorned with small mirroring surfaces, they fleetingly return the visitor’s image, integrating the viewer into the perceptual process. Ines Silva’s works never give themselves up at a single glance; each emerges in space and in time, to the rhythm of movement and interaction. The use of open forms and of transparent elements introduces a continuum between the inside and the outside of her works, between the perceived and the lived.

Installation:
- Jardín Colgante series
- Spiral Quadrata series

Text: Domitille d’Orgeval

Ines Silva Rhythms of Geometry
On view through October 30, 2026

This year, Cesar Paternosto received the Doctor Honoris Causa from the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, including “Inve...
08/27/2026

This year, Cesar Paternosto received the Doctor Honoris Causa from the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, including “Investigaciones tectónicas,” a new site-specific installation. In Buenos Aires this August, the MACBA opened “César Paternosto. La imaginación geométrica” curated by Natalia Giglietti. Paternosto’s continued recognizion with his work Duino (1966) included in MoMA’s exhibition Hard Edges, Expanded Fields. Collection 1950s–1970s.

For Durban Segnini Gallery we feel this is a long due recognition and our support for over three decades of studio visits, exhibitions, conversations, and a conviction we have carried throughout that his redefinition of the canvas as object belongs among the most significant contributions to Latin American abstraction.

Felicidades Maestro. All these years in and the work only grows more essential.
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Artwork:
Fountain ( Paqcha IV), 1993
Mixed media on wood
18 x 15 x 4.5 in. (45.6 x 38.7 x 11.6 cm)

A day like today, César Segnini the visionary founder of Durban Segnini Gallery was born in 1938, establishing the galle...
08/16/2026

A day like today, César Segnini the visionary founder of Durban Segnini Gallery was born in 1938, establishing the gallery in Caracas in 1970. For over five decades, his dedication has fostered a space where modern and contemporary and Latin American art flourish, bridging artists, collectors, and audiences worldwide. Today, we remember and celebrate him on his birthday.
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Un día como hoy, en 1938, nació César Segnini, el visionario fundador de Durban Segnini Gallery, quien estableció la galería en Caracas en 1970. Durante más de cinco décadas, su dedicación ha fomentado un espacio donde el arte moderno y contemporáneo latinoamericano florece, uniendo a artistas, coleccionistas y públicos de todo el mundo. Hoy lo recordamos y celebramos en el día de su cumpleaños.

Save the date!Ines Silva: Rhythms of GeometryInes Silva’s Plexiglas works stand out for their airy, luminous, and profou...
08/07/2026

Save the date!
Ines Silva: Rhythms of Geometry

Ines Silva’s Plexiglas works stand out for their airy, luminous, and profoundly musical character. Reliefs, columns, folding screens, and suspended structures create a universe in which transparency, movement, and color transform geometry into a sensory experience. Trained as an architect, Ines Silva constructs each of her works with great precision, drawing on mathematical schemes in which the golden ratio, the Fibonacci spiral, and Le Corbusier’s Modulor play a structuring role. Far from serving as a theoretical demonstration, these principles ensure a balance of form and establish a perceptible harmony between the work, its surrounding space, and the viewer’s body.
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Text: Domitille d’Orgeval
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Opening Reception: Saturday August 22, 6 - 10 pm
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A belated birthday tribute to Fernando de Szyszlo (July 5, 1925 – 2017). Born in Lima, Szyszlo was a pioneering figure i...
07/06/2026

A belated birthday tribute to Fernando de Szyszlo (July 5, 1925 – 2017). Born in Lima, Szyszlo was a pioneering figure in Latin American abstract art, known for his evocative fusion of surrealism and Andean cultural heritage. His work rich in symbolism, muted palettes, and shifting light drew deeply from Peru’s pre-Columbian past, including the textiles of Chancay and Paracas, as well as the myths, memories, and landscapes of the Americas. Szyszlo believed in art as a way of expressing truths from the unconscious universal emotions and ancestral visions rendered in abstract form.

Photos: Installation view of Fernando de Szyszlo at Durban Segnini Gallery, 2017.

With deep sorrow we bid farewell to Julio Le Parc (1928–2026) one of the defining artists of the twentieth century and a...
06/01/2026

With deep sorrow we bid farewell to Julio Le Parc (1928–2026) one of the defining artists of the twentieth century and a spirit of unrelenting conscience.

A founding member of G.R.A.V. and recipient of the Grand Prize for Painting at the 33rd Venice Biennale (1966), Le Parc dedicated his life to transforming the relationship between art and the viewer

We were honored to present his work in Caracas at Galería Durbán in 1979 — Julio Le Parc / Modulaciones — presenting a constellation of works with a catalogue text by Antonio Bonet Correa. The exhibition traveled to Barquisimeto and Maracaibo, the artist present at both inaugurations. An exhibition that still resonates in our memory and in the history of this gallery.

We extend our most heartfelt condolences to his family, his companions, and all those who had the privilege of knowing him and we carry with us the certainty that his work, luminous and restless, will continue to move through the world long after us.

With deep sorrow we bid farewell to Julio Le Parc (1928–2025) one of the defining artists of the twentieth century and a...
05/30/2026

With deep sorrow we bid farewell to Julio Le Parc (1928–2025) one of the defining artists of the twentieth century and a spirit of unrelenting conscience.

A founding member of G.R.A.V. and recipient of the Grand Prize for Painting at the 33rd Venice Biennale (1966), Le Parc dedicated his life to transforming the relationship between art and the viewer

We were honored to present his work in Caracas at Galería Durbán in 1979 — Julio Le Parc / Modulaciones — presenting a constellation of works under the title Modulaciones, with catalogue text by Antonio Bonet Correa. The exhibition traveled to Barquisimeto and Maracaibo, the artist present at both inaugurations. An exhibition that still resonates in our memory and in the history of this gallery.

We extend our most heartfelt condolences to his family, his companions, and all those who had the privilege of knowing him and we carry with us the certainty that his work, luminous and restless, will continue to move through the world long after us.

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