miart 2024 pushes the temporal and geographical boundaries of the art fair.
Pauline Loeb in front of Lia Rumma Gallery at miart 2024 © Pauline Loeb
MATTA’s booth featuring a solo show of Maximilian Arnold at miart 2024 © MATTA
A little further on, it was hard to miss the stand of Lia Rumma, a gallery based in Milan and Naples, whose walls were painted in fuchsia pink. The eye was immediately drawn to three ceramic masks by Egyptian artist Wael Shawky, created in 2023, which were not without humor. Shawky has, in fact, been chosen to represent the Egyptian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. The rest of the stand was an ode to variety, for instance, featuring a large sculpture in concrete and steel by Luca Monterastelli, a digital C-print by Vanessa Beecroft depicting a female nude whose pale skin and pose could have belonged to a Roman marble. A large iron plate inlaid with gold leaf by Gian Maria Tosatti gave the stand a beautiful raw look, which contrasted with a large steel star by Gilberto Zorio.
Wael Shawky, “I am Hymns of The New Temples: Pompeii Ceramic masks”, 2023. Lia Rumma at miart 2024 © Pauline Loeb
Gian Enzo Sperone’s booth at miart 2024, featuring Wim Delvoye, Julian Schnabel, Luigi Ontani, etc. © Pauline Loeb
Galleria d’Arte Maggiore’s booth at miart 2024 featuring Luigi Ontani, Allen Jones, Roberto Sebastian Matta, Giorgio Morandini, etc. © Pauline Loeb
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Greta Schödl, Piccole opere (Little works).Mixed media on canvas (60 works). Each: 16.5 x 17.5 ccm. Richard Saltoun at miart 2024 © Pauline Loeb
Art Dealers Interviews
I focused on local galleries with four “1 minute in the booth” from galleries that have a space in Milan. The co-founder of Kaufmann Repetto gallery, Chiara Repetto, introduced me to a canvas full of flowers and colors, ‘Beautiful,’ by Lily van der Stokker. Pietro Rossi, one of the founders of the very young gallery MATTA, chose a small collage at their solo show dedicated to Maximilian Arnold. Wizard Gallery presented several large formats by Raúl Cordero, and Federico Luger showed me one particularly colorful piece. Finally, at Primo Marella Gallery, it was a surprising little box containing an entire miniature library with an ingenious mirror system, by Japanese artist Kenji Sugiyama, which particularly amused me and was presented by Daniele Marella.
How Much Does It Cost?
Sum it up, I'm in a rush!
- When? | April 12-14, 2024
- Where? | Milan
- Atmosphere | Chic & sharp
- Curator’s pick | Lia Rumma
- Featured Gallery Gem | Gian Enze Sperone, Galleria d’Arte Maggiore
- Spotlighted Artists | Wael Shawky, Greta Schödl, Luigi Ontani
- For Whom? | European collectors
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