Venue:
Arca, ex Chiesa di San Marco, Vercelli.

Curator:
Luca Massimo Barbero.

Artists:
Afro, Giacomo Balla, Umberto Boccioni, Alberto Burri, Giuseppe Capogrossi, Carlo Carrà, Giorgio de Chirico, Pietro Consagra, Lucio Fontana, Achille Funi, Mirko, Amedeo Modigliani, Giorgio Morandi, Filippo de Pisis, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Gaetano Previati, Medardo Rosso, Mario Sironi, Arturo Tosi, Emilio Vedova, and Adolfo Wildt.

Exhibition description:
The exhibition pays tribute to 20th century Italian art with a selection of works traversing the genesis, growth and evolution of the Italian avant-garde from 1900 to 1961. 2011 is the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy. It is a symbolic gesture that the exhibition opens with a masterpiece by Giuseppe Capogrossi, of the early 1960s, to acknowledge the centenary of Italy’s unification. The exhibition then moves backwards in time, with works by internationally famous Italians. Special focus, with eight works on show in the Arca, is given to Mario Sironi, one of the best-represented Italians in the Venice collections. The closing section of the exhibition is dedicated to Futurism, a movement that, early on, captured the attention of private and public collecting in the USA.

Partnerships:
Organized by the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in partnership with the Regione Piemonte and the Comune di Vercelli.

Catalogue:
Barbero, Luca Massimo. 1900-1961. Arte Italiana nelle Collezioni Guggenheim. Milan: Giunti Arte Mostre Musei s. r. l., 2011.

Catalogue in Italian, with prefaces by Richard Armstrong (Director, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Museum) and Philip Rylands (Director, Peggy Guggenheim Collection), Roberto Cota (President, Regione Piemonte), Michele Coppola (Regional Culture Councillor), Andrea Corsaro (Mayor of Vercelli), Pier Giorgio Fossale (Town Councillor of Culture) and Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Vercelli, essays by Luca Massimo Barbero and Sileno Salvagnini. Catalogue contains a checklist, images of works exhibited and artists’ biographies.

Library location: GUGG PGC 2011.03, UFFICIO 2011.