As Paris celebrates Arte Povera this fall, Tornabuoni Art joins the tribute with an exhibition of masterpieces by some of the key protagonists of the movement, including Alighiero Boetti, Luciano Fabro, Jannis Kounellis, Mario Merz, Giulio Paolini, Pino Pascali, and Michelangelo Pistoletto. Historical works and large-scale installations will be displayed in the gallery space on avenue Matignon and at the gallery’s booth during Art Basel Paris.

In 1967, Flash Art published “Arte Povera. Notes on a guerrilla war” a provocative text by the Italian art critic Germano Celant, which brought together the works of Turin-based artists who were pushing the boundaries of art and its institutions. Although they never signed a manifesto, many of the artists mentioned in the article continued to exhibit together under the banner of the movement theorized by Celant. And although some distanced themselves from the Poverist aesthetic over time, their practice continued to bear the influence of those formative years.

Rather than offering a synthesis of the movement, Arte Povera. Charting a Revolution aims to evoke the radical spirit of its participants through a carefully curated selection of significant works by some of its key exponents. Starting from the experiences that preceded the theorization of Arte Povera and continuing beyond its last official exhibition, Tornabuoni Art seeks to evoke the revolutionary spirit that infused the movement and profoundly changed the nature of art.