At a Rare Giorgio Morandi Exhibition in New York, 60 Quiet Masterpieces Illuminate His Legacy

Oct 06, 2024 358

BY: Dian Parker

Celebrating 60 years since Giorgio Morandi’s death, Galleria Mattia De Luca has brought to New York a stunning exhibition of 60 works by the Italian painter and printmaker. Morandi has not had a major show in the city since 2008 when the Met held a retrospective of his work. More lauded in Europe than in the US, his oeuvre is now given the right venue, in a 19th century townhouse on East 63rd Street off Fifth Avenue. 

Newly renovated by curator and dealer Mattia De Luca, the wooden floors and panels, white walls, and brick fireplaces, with large inviting windows, make for the perfect setting for Morandi’s small paintings. Here you can feel what it would be like to have a Morandi hanging on your own walls, which is where his work belongs. 

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SOURCE: https://news.artnet.com

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