The Ca' Pesaro Museum in Venice is proud to present the Ileana Sonnabend Collection
As of June 1 2013, the
Ca' Pesaro Museum in
Venice will feature works from the
Ileana Sonnabend Collection. These include an extraordinary range of works representing the various movements of the early to mid 20th century, including
NeoDada,
Pop Art,
Minimalism,
Arte Povera,
Conceptualism and
Neo Expressionism, as well as contemporary photographic art.
Ileana Sonnabend was one of the greatest and most influential promoters of the arts of the second half of the 20th century who, with true pioneering spirit, made American art recognised in Europe and European art in America.
At the exhibition you can admire acclaimed masterpieces like Figure 8 by
Jasper Johns (1959), and Interior (Combine painting) (1956), Payload (1962) and Kite (1963) by
Robert Rauschenberg, an artist that Ileana, together with Leo Castelli and Alan Solomon, brought to the Venice Biennale in 1964.
In addition to these masters are the great exponents of the various forms of
Pop Art which
Ileana Sonnabend helped bring to the fore well before the current classifications: the form associated with
Abstract Expressionism – there are two stunning works by Jim Dine, and Roast Beef (1961) by Claes Oldenburg – and the current form associated with the culture of the media, with various works by
Roy Lichtenstein, including Little Aloha (1962), as well as Balcony (1961) by
James Rosenquist, Still life #45 and Seascape #4 by Tom Wesselmann and, above all, an incredible core of eight works by
Andy Warhol, not least Nine Jackies (1964) and Triple
Rauschenberg and Campbell’s Soup Can (Turkey Noodle), both of 1962.
Opening hours: from 10 am to 6 pm (ticket office 10am–5pm). Closed on Monday
TICKETS - Entrance with museum ticket: Full price: 10 euro
