In a significant event for the UK art scene, Serpentine is set to present "Thoughts in the Roots," the most comprehensive ...

the critic and curator Germano Celant coined the term Arte Povera, or “poor art”, to describe an experimental Italian movement rooted in humble materials and ephemeral performances.

In this, we see the core of Arte Povera’s inquiry into the raw essence of life and matter—a movement that emerged as both a reaction to the postwar industrialization that uprooted Italy’s ...

Giuseppe Penone is an Italian Conceptual artist. Noted for his associations with the Arte Povera movement, Penone's work primarily focuses on the relationship between humankind and nature. He uses a ...

from Arte Povera to pop art, is celebrated in style. Turin has long embraced art: from the futurist movement to Arte Povera that flourished in the 1960s, the city's industrialists have always ...