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Serge Poliakoff in New York 

Cheim & Read Gallery in New York presents the works of Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, Cumwizard69420, Ron Gorchov, Bill Jensen, Marco Pariani, Jack Pierson, Serge Poliakoff, Kimber Smith and Matthew Wong. The exhibition is on view at 23 East 67th Street from 18 April, and will close on 24 June.

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The exhibition ‘Klimt e l’arte italiana’ presents Klimt’s influence on the great artists of the early 20th century, including Adolfo Wildt. In the centre of the picture: Adolfo Wildt, La Genesi, 1914.

“If in Klimt the preciousness of the material is a sort of ‘ode to joy’, in Wildt, on the other hand, it is a symbol of holiness, just as in the most ancient tradition of Christian art.”
From the exhibition catalogue

From an idea by Vittorio Sgarbi. Curated by Beatrice Avanzi
At Mart in Rovereto, until 27 August 2023

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“The marvelous is always beautiful, indeed, only the marvelous is beautiful”.
(from the Manifeste du surréalisme)

In Milan from 22 March to 30 July 2023, Mudec presents an exhibition of 180 works, including paintings, sculptures, drawings, documents, artefacts, from the collection of the Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum, one of the most important museums in the Netherlands, in dialogue with some works from the Permanent Collection.

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Art galleries “(…) Are disclosers of beauty. (…) creative spaces, meeting points, cultural centres. (…) We mapped all of Italy to find the best addresses: we found the twenty not to be missed galleries (…).”
Francesca Amé

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“One building, eight galleries: for the second time, Palazzo Cicogna, in Corso Monforte 23, becomes the venue for eight exhibitions ranging from ancient to Japanese art, from video art to contemporary art. Studio Gariboldi presents an exhibition dedicated to Enrico Donati between New York, Paris, and Milan. It was precisely at Palazzo Cicogna that Lucio Fontana had his studio, which involved Donati in the spatial movement after his surrealist period (until 9 July, Mon-Fri 11am-1pm and 3pm-7pm).”
Nicola Baroni

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“Studio Gariboldi presents the interesting exhibition “Enrico Donati. New York Paris Milan“, a highly original exponent of the international expansion phase of Surrealism who, born in Milan in 1909, moved to New York in 1939, where he got the attention of André Breton (who dedicated an entire chapter of his book “Le Surréalisme et la peinture”, 1945). In the exhibition are shown all the works from his entire creative period, between New York, Paris (here he was with Marcel Duchamp) and Milan, where he met Lucio Fontana in his studio at Palazzo Cicogna.”
Ada Masoero

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In a 2007 article, Irene Bignardi recounts and interviews Enrico Donati.

<After the third or fourth day of a pneumatic vacuum, a distinguished gentleman came in, with a white goatee and glasses. “Are you the artist?” he asked me. I admitted that I was. “Do you know that you are a surrealist?” he told me. I had no idea what a surrealist was. Not at all scandalized, the gentleman told me I had to go and see André Breton and gave me a note that I still have and will keep forever. The gentleman was Lionello Venturi>.

In the photo Enrico Donati with Yves Tanguy