Tate Opens Galleries Dedicated to the Arte Povera Movement for the First Time- ArtDaily.org

Robert Morris, Bodyspacemotionthings 1971/2009. Tate © Robert Morris. Photo: Tate

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LONDON.- On 18 May 2009 a new wing of UBS Openings: Tate Modern Collection Displays will open exploring the radical art of the 1960s associated with Arte Povera and its legacy. The Energy and Process wing will feature 11 galleries showing the precedents to the movement and echoes of Arte Povera on recent contemporary practice. As part of the 2009 rehang, major new acquisitions to the Tate Collection will be unveiled by artists including Giovanni Anselmo, Lynda Benglis, Anselm Kiefer, Susumu Koshimizu, Ana Mendieta, Marisa Merz, Robert Morris and Michelangelo Pistoletto. ...
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