Louise Nevelson. Assemblages and Collages 1960 – 1980
Cortesi Gallery, Lugano, is pleased to present the exhibition Louise Nevelson. Assemblages and Collages, a remarkable selection of 29 works realised by the artist between 1960 and 1980. Louise Nevelson (Kiev, 1899 – New York, 1988) was born in the Ukraine but emigrated to the United States in her early years. She is one of […]
Bildung: Contemporary Art, between Experience and Knowledge
In partnership with Cortesi Gallery which is pleased to present the group exhibition: Agostino Bonalumi, Alberto Biasi, Enrico Castellani, Dadamaino, Maurizio Donzelli, Walter Leblanc, Heinz Mack, Gianfranco Pardi, Francesca Pasquali, Henk Peeters, Ivan Picelj, Otto Piene, Paolo Scheggi, Grazia Varisco. Bildung is a philosophical concept that took shape in late-eighteenth-century German culture, between the Enlightenment […]
Gianfranco Pardi. Works 1968 – 1988
Cortesi Gallery London is delighted to present a selection of works by Gianfranco Pardi (Milan, 1933–2012), which marks the first-ever solo exhibition in the UK dedicated to this important Italian artist, whose works have been previously displayed in 1982 in a group show at Hayward Gallery, London (Arte italiana, 1960–1982). The exhibition features works from […]
Gianfranco Pardi Works 1968 – 1982 Architectures, Poetically
Cortesi Gallery is pleased to present in Lugano Gianfranco Pardi Works 1968 – 1982 Architectures, Poetically a monographic show that promises to suggest a series of new observations surrounding the artist’s practice. The work of Gianfranco Pardi (Milan 1933-2012) can be summarized as a continuous survey on space and its representation through the integration […]
Maurizio Donzelli: La linea del Tutto
Cortesi Gallery is pleased to announce a solo show of Maurizio Donzelli (Italy, 1958) the first in their Lugano space. For this exhibition, Donzelli has selected works from those he has produced over the past two years – from acrylic drawings, to watercolours and his Mirrors – which are arranged in an articulate display that […]
Checkmate: Games of International Art from the Sixties to Now
Cortesi Gallery is delighted to present Checkmate. Games of International Art from the Sixties to Now, a group exhibition featuring works by Alberto Biasi, Alighiero Boetti, Agostino Bonalumi, Enrico Castellani, Tony Cragg, Piero Dorazio, Tano Festa, Lucio Fontana, Joseph Kosuth, Heinz Mack, Giulio Paolini, Jesús-Rafael Soto, Grazia Varisco. Checkmate proposes a critical journey to discover […]
The Concrete Utopia: Ivan Picelj and New Tendencies 1961-1973
Cortesi Gallery is delighted to present The Concrete Utopia. Ivan Picelj and New Tendencies 1961-1973, an exhibition dedicated to explore the production of the Croatian artist Ivan Picelj (1924-2011). Inaugurated at the gallery’s London space last May, The Concrete Utopia arrives to Lugano after a warm reception from the public and critics, enriched by works […]
Heinz Mack. The Visible Reminder of Invisible Light
Cortesi Gallery è lieta di presentare a Lugano Heinz Mack. The Visible Reminder of Invisible Light, mostra monografica dedicata al noto artista tedesco. Heinz Mack (Lollar, Germania, 1931) è tra i protagonisti di quella stagione di grande sperimentazione e ricerca sui significati e le dinamiche della produzione artistica, sullo sconfinamento verso l’ambiente esterno e circostante, […]
Agostino Bonalumi: I Wish to Meet Architects
Cortesi Gallery is delighted to present its first exhibition in London dedicated to Agostino Bonalumi. The exhibition will feature Bonalumi’s immersive work, Bianco (1969), alongside eleven other signi-ficant works from the sixties and seventies. Vorrei incontrare gli architetti (I Wish to Meet Architects) is the title that Bonalumi (1935–2013) gave to one of his exhibitions […]
Black: An Idea of Light
Cortesi Gallery is pleased to announce Black: An Idea of Light, a fascinating journey through some twenty works of art by artists of different generations, from the post-war period to the present, exploring each one’s motivations for choosing black as the commencement of the creative act, a cognitive point of departure for the renewal of […]
