WHAT
A major exhibition devoted to Arte Povera, the exhibition comprises over 250 historic and contemporary works, as well as pieces that have taken their inspiration from this major Italian artistic movement of the 1960s. It features 50 historic, emblematic works from the Pinault Collection which have been placed in relation to pieces from other prestigious public and private collections. The exhibition explains both the Italian birth and the international emanation of this movement through works by the 13 main protagonists of Arte Povera, including Giovanni Anselmo, Alighiero Boetti, and Michelangelo Pistoletto.

WHY
Situated within the unique architecture of the Bourse de Commerce, transformed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando, the exhibition is conceived as a landscape that one traverses. Envisioned by the curator, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, the presentation becomes the terrain in which the poetics of Arte Povera are rooted.