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    Phillips Milan
    Via Lanzone, 2, 20123
    Milano MI, Italy (map)

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    11 April–17 July
    Monday–Friday, 10am–6pm
    Saturday–Sunday (By Appointment)

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    Carolina Lanfranchi
    Regional Director
    clanfranchi@phillips.com

Exhibition Highlights

PhillipsX is pleased to present Louise Nevelson. Beyond the Surface, a selling exhibition celebrating the legacy of acclaimed American Sculptor Louise Nevelson (1899-1988), a trailblazing figure and one of the most influential American sculptors of the 20th century. Nevelson first traveled to Italy in the 1930s, igniting a lasting bond with the country and a special connection with Milan, where she showcased her work for the first time in 1973. This exhibition commemorates 51 years since Nevelson's inaugural show in Milan, and notably follows two years after significant tributes to the artist that occurred at the 2022 Venice Biennale: Cecilia Alemani's inclusion of one of Nevelson's iconic monoliths in The Milk of Dreams, and solo exhibition Louise Nevelson. Persistence, a dedicated exhibition honouring the artist.

LOUISE NEVELSON Untitled, 1980

Born in Kyiv to Jewish parents, Nevelson's family immigrated to the US and eventually the artist settled in New York where she forged her own path to success, defying the odds in the predominantly male-dominated art world of the 20th century. Nevelson crafted her distinctive monochromatic wooden assemblages, collages, and sculptures by using found materials, including wooden discards such as dismantled chairs and table legs salvaged from the streets of New York City. Nevelson’s work has been acquired by prestigious international institutions including Tate Gallery in London, and The Museum of Modern Art in New York.

This exhibition features fifteen significant pieces created by the artist between the 1960s and the 1980s, including her iconic and distinctive monumental black assemblages.

LOUISE NEVELSON Untitled, 1970

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