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Michelangelo Pistoletto
In front of Fondazione Pistoletto - Cittadellarte, Biella
Photo © Andrea Oitana
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1933
born in Biella, Italy
1955
starts exhibiting his works
1960
first solo show at Galleria Galatea in Turin
1962
first Mirror Paintings
1965/1966
a set of works makes him the founder and protagonist of Arte Povera
1967
starts to work outside traditional exhibition spaces, with the first instances of that “creative collaboration” he developed over the following decades by bringing together artists from different disciplines and diverse sectors of society
1991-2000
Professor of Sculpture at the Vienna Fine Arts Academy
Lives and works since 1990 in Biella, Piemonte
1958
San Fedele Prize, Milan
1967
Belgian critics’ prize and Prize of the São Paulo Biennale
1978
Scholarship of DAAD Berlin
2002
Diploma di Benemerito della Cultura e dell’Arte, Italy
2003
Venice Biennale’s Golden Lion for Lifelong Achievement
2004
Laurea honoris causa in Political Science at Turin University
2007
Wolf Foundation Prize in the Arts, Jerusalem
2012
Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
2013
Praemium Imperiale for painting, Tokyo
2015
Laurea honoris causa from the Universidad de las Artes of Havana in Cuba
2016
Honorary Degree in Communication and Art Education of Brera Academy of Fine Arts
1966
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
1967
Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels
1969
Boymans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam
1973
Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover
1974
Matildenhöhe, Darmstadt
1976
Palazzo Grassi, Venedig
1978
Nationalgalerie, Berlin
1979
Rice Demenil Museum, Houston
1983
Palacio de Cristal, Madrid
1984
Forte di Belvedere, Firenze
1988
P.S.1, New York; Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden Baden
1989
Kunsthalle, Bern; Secession, Vienna
1990
Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome
1991
Museet for Samditkunst, Oslo
1993
Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
1994
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
1995
Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienna
1996
Lenbachhaus, Munich
1997
Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato
1999
MMAO, Oxford; Henry Moore Foundation, Halifax; Galerie Taxispalais, Innsbruck
2000
GAM, Turin; MACBA, Barcelona
2001
Musée d'Art Contemporain, Lyon; Contemporary Museum of Bosnia, Sarajevo; Ludwig Museum, Budapest
2003
MuHKA, Antwerp
2005
Galleria Civica, Modena
2007
MAMAC, Nice; NCCA, Mosca
2010
MARCA, Catanzaro; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
2011
MAXXI, Roma
2012
Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz
2013
Musée du Louvre, Paris
2016
GAMeC, Bergamo; Blenheim Palace, Woodstock; Museo National de Bellas Artes, La Habana
2017
San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice (Venice Biennale)
2018
Palazzo Ducale, Mantova; YARAT, Baku
He has participated 13 times in the Venice Biennale (1966, 1968, 1976, 1978, 1984, 1986, 1993, 1995, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2017) and four times in Documenta, Kassel (1968, 1982, 1992 and 1997). |