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The New Italian Renaissance (1968-2008)

A controversial show at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art celebrates 40 years of sex, death, and Arte Povera in Italy. VIEW OUR GALLERY.

Published Dec. 9 2009 9:21AM EST

galleries/2009/12/09/the-new-italian-renaissance-1968-2008/italiitalian-art---carlo-mollino-3_x0um5g — Courtesy Museo Casa Mollino, Turin

galleries/2009/12/09/the-new-italian-renaissance-1968-2008/italiitalian-art---carlo-mollino-3_cpaaab — Courtesy Museo Casa Mollino, Turin

galleries/2009/12/09/the-new-italian-renaissance-1968-2008/italiitalian-art---alessandra-ariatti_shxve0 — Pareti Collection

galleries/2009/12/09/the-new-italian-renaissance-1968-2008/italiitalian-art---paola-pivi_olakuf — Collection Ira Statfeld, New York

galleries/2009/12/09/the-new-italian-renaissance-1968-2008/italiitalian-art---michelangelo-pistoletto-1_sk8fub — Installation view from Italics: Italian Art between Tradition and Revolution 1968-2008 at Palazzo Grassi. Courtesy Galeria Continua, Beijing, 2008.
Santi Caleca

galleries/2009/12/09/the-new-italian-renaissance-1968-2008/italiitalian-art---carlo-mollino-2_czc2mq — Courtesy Museo Casa Mollino, Turin

galleries/2009/12/09/the-new-italian-renaissance-1968-2008/italiitalian-art---fabrizio-clerici_edxzw6 — Private Collection
Courtesy Archivio Fabrizio Clerici, Rome

galleries/2009/12/09/the-new-italian-renaissance-1968-2008/italiitalian-art---michelangelo-pistoletto_ektwe7 — Collezione Cittadellarte- Fondazione Pistoletto Collection, Biella.

galleries/2009/12/09/the-new-italian-renaissance-1968-2008/italiitalian-art---installation-view_vmlz17 — Nathan Keay / Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

galleries/2009/12/09/the-new-italian-renaissance-1968-2008/italiitalian-art---carlo-mollino-4_ljgypq — Courtesy Museo Casa Mollino, Turin

galleries/2009/12/09/the-new-italian-renaissance-1968-2008/italiitalian-art---maurizio-cattelan_up5uvn — Courtesy of Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York.
Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria.

galleries/2009/12/09/the-new-italian-renaissance-1968-2008/italiitalian-art---pietro-roccasalva_ycxtpw — Museion-Museo d'arte moderna e contemporanea Bolzano.

galleries/2009/12/09/the-new-italian-renaissance-1968-2008/italiitalian-art---francesco-clemente_z6ph8j — Courtesy of the Artist and Deitch Projects, New York

galleries/2009/12/09/the-new-italian-renaissance-1968-2008/italiitalian-art---rosa-barba_tpichl — Courtesy of the Artist and Baltic Art Center, Visby, Sweden

galleries/2009/12/09/the-new-italian-renaissance-1968-2008/italiitalian-art---gabriele-basilico_fmxwbn — Courtesy Gabriele Basilico e Studio Guenzani, Milano

galleries/2009/12/09/the-new-italian-renaissance-1968-2008/italiitalian-art---roberto-cuoghi_dpfgkc — Courtesy of Massimo De Carlo Gallery, Milan

galleries/2009/12/09/the-new-italian-renaissance-1968-2008/italiitalian-art---carlo-mollino-1_xblooi — Courtesy Museo Casa Mollino, Turin

galleries/2009/12/09/the-new-italian-renaissance-1968-2008/italiitalian-art---carlo-mollino_mdeduz — Courtesy of the Artist and Tucci Russo Studio per l'arte contemporanea, Torre Pellice, Turin.
Paolo Mussat Sartor, Torino

galleries/2009/12/09/the-new-italian-renaissance-1968-2008/italiitalian-art---alessandro-pessoli_zgeeou — Courtesy of Sara Albrecht

galleries/2009/12/09/the-new-italian-renaissance-1968-2008/italiitalian-art---carol-rama_fyek2v — Courtesy Collezione Leo Katz, Bogotà (Colombia).
Pino dell'Acquila

galleries/2009/12/09/the-new-italian-renaissance-1968-2008/italiitalian-art_psuhqj — Collection Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Restricted gift of the Collectors Forum.
Courtesy of Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

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