Zagreb Calling: Ivan Picelj, Vjenceslav Richter and Julije Knifer
Cortesi Gallery is pleased to present Zagreb Calling, an exhibition dedicated to three main artists of the Sixties and Seventies: Ivan Picelj, Vjenceslav Richter and Julije Knifer. Founders of the new-constructivist and the conceptual languages, they have actively operated, leaving the former Yugoslavia, at an International level, elaborating a deep linguistic revolution that still keeps […]
Serena Maisto: Beyond Borders
Artists tell me that their artistic researches often result from unexpected revelations: a shadow on the canvas, a technical mistake, an accidental forgetting, a sudden tear. Events and surprises on a road that is paved with rules, study, and daily work in the atelier. Not only is the work of art an image of […]
Jorge Eielson: matter, sign, space
The Peruvian artist Jorge Eielson (Lima, 1924 – Milan, 2006) is a pivotal figure in the twentieth-century art, whose importance is gradually garnering international attention. This exhibition at Cortesi Gallery, curated by Francesca Pola, is Eielson’s first solo show ever presented in London and in the United Kingdom. The exhibition, realised in collaboration with the […]
Jan Henderikse: MINT
Dutch artist Jan Henderikse (1937) is a pivotal figure in twentieth-century European art, whose importance is gradually garnering international attention. This exhibition at Cortesi Gallery, curated by Francesca Pola, is his first solo show ever presented in London: it brings together a series of highly significant examples of his work, to retrace the key stages […]
herman de vries: all all all
After the artist’s solo show inaugurated in London in 2017, Cortesi Gallery is pleased to present in Milan the work of dutch artist herman de vries (Alkmaar, Netherlands, 1931): a leading figure in twentieth-century European art whose importance is gradually garnering international attention. The exhibition brings together a series of highly significant examples of his […]
Gianfranco Pardi: Autoarchitecture
Fondazione Marconi and Studio Marconi ’65, together with the Cortesi Gallery in Milan, are dedicating a large retrospective exhibition to Gianfranco Pardi, 85 years after the artist’s birth. Promoted by the Gianfranco Pardi Archive and curated by Bruno Corà, the project will fully represent the artistic career of the Milanese artist, which centred on the […]
Angela Lyn: floating gardens
Cortesi Gallery is pleased to announce its first solo exhibition in London dedicated to Angela Lyn. The title “floating gardens” refers to the deeper inner meaning of the project. As the artist says, “I see floating gardens not only reflecting my observations of nature but also as a metaphor for our human existence within the […]
Chiara Dynys: Broken views
An important step in the complex path of the artist, which in this exhibition reaffirms the idea of the difficulty of “looking” and at the same time of the need to do it, as a metaphor of the interpretation of the world. Through three cycles of visually very different works, is recomposed the sense of […]
Serena Maisto: Basquiat & I: into the present
After Serena Maisto’s brilliant and successful debut in Lugano with the exhibition “Time Line, My Walk with Basquiat”, Cortesi Gallery is delighted to present her first solo show in London, entitled “Basquiat and I: into the present”. The project on show is the development of the Lugano exhibition, born from the artist’s encounter with the […]
Ne ho solo 80… Grazia Varisco
At its recently opened Milan venue, Cortesi Gallery is pleased to present “ne ho solo 80… (“I’m only 80”)”, an exhibition dedicated to Grazia Varisco on her 80th birthday. Intended as an homage to the artist’s long career, it features works and studies—some shown here for the first time—from very different periods, highlighting the investigation […]