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JORRIT TORNQUIST — THE IDEA OF COLOUR

ABC-ARTE is pleased to announce The Idea of Colour, a new exhibition dedicated to Jorrit Tornquist, curated by Flaminio Gualdoni and developed in collaboration with Archivio Jorrit Tornquist.

Bringing together works from the 1960s to recent years, the exhibition traces more than six decades of Tornquist’s investigation into colour as a physical, perceptual and spatial phenomenon.

Following Colour is Space in Itself in Genoa, the Milan exhibition unfolds as an autonomous yet complementary chapter in ABC-ARTE’s ongoing project dedicated to the artist.

Opening
September 16, 2026 · 6:30 PM

ABC-ARTE ONE OF
Via Santa Croce 21, Milan

On view through October 31, 2026.

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Selected works

Untitled, 1969
Acrylic on canvas
20 × 20 cm
7 7/8 × 7 7/8 in

Opus 418 A, 1971
Acrylic on canvas on board
30 × 60 cm
11 3/4 × 23 5/8 in

XY diagonal, 2013
Enamel on aluminum, stainless steel base
200 × 140 × 140 cm
78 3/4 × 55 1/8 × 55 1/8 in

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Gastone Biggi: from rhythm to space.

From the dense seriality of Continuo 121 (1965), through the radical structure of Variabile BH (1969), to the atmospheric field of New York evening (1990), Biggi’s work traces a sustained investigation into rhythm, repetition, color and spatial perception.

On view in “Tempo Continuo”, curated by Flaminio Gualdoni, at ABC-ARTE Milan through September 12, 2026.

Continuo 121, 1965
Morgan’s paint on canvas
60 × 60 cm
23 5/8 × 23 5/8 in

Variabile BH, 1969
Plaka-Bocour tempera on canvas
80 × 80 cm
31 1/2 × 31 1/2 in

New York evening, 1990
Vinyl paint and wax pastel on canvas
70 × 70 cm
27 1/2 × 27 1/2 in

From September 1, ABC-ARTE Milan returns to its regular opening hours.

Art does not represent the world.
It reveals the invisible forces that shape it.
Across generations and artistic languages, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Giorgio Griffa, Alan Bee and Filippo Moroni invite us to move beyond the visible.
Pomodoro opens matter to reveal its hidden structures and tensions. Griffa frees painting from representation, allowing gesture, rhythm and time to become the work itself. Alan Bee explores the relationships between colour, nature and perception, while Moroni questions the stability of the image, where memory, absence and reality converge.
Different generations. Different materials. Different languages. Yet a shared question: what can art reveal that the eye alone cannot see?
Four distinct practices that approach art as a form of knowledge — a means of understanding reality rather than simply describing it.

At ABC-ARTE, we believe the most compelling dialogues emerge from shared questions rather than shared styles. Because the history of contemporary art is not simply a succession of movements.

It is a continuous conversation:
Arnaldo Pomodoro
Lettera a K., 1965
Bronze, 56 × 37 × 9.5 cm

Giorgio Griffa
Sei segni, 1979
Acrylic on jute, 103 × 85 cm

Alan Bee
Freewomen Live Free and Strong Berlin, 1999
Mixed media on canvas, 130 × 200 cm

Filippo Moroni
Schiacciato 2, 2024
Polyurethane foam, chenille velvet and steel, 185 × 70 × 27 cm

📍Some installation views of Nanni Valentini: Interspaces at the Everson Museum of Art.

On view in Syracuse, New York, through September 6, 2026, Interspaces marks a major museum exhibition dedicated to one of the most influential figures in postwar Italian ceramics.

First introduced to American audiences through the Everson Museum’s landmark Ceramic International exhibition in 1958, Valentini went on to redefine the language of ceramics, moving beyond its functional dimension and establishing it as a powerful artistic medium. His innovative research also attracted the attention of Lucio Fontana, confirming the significance of his contribution to postwar art.

These installation views offer a glimpse into an exhibition that celebrates the depth, materiality, and poetic vision of his work.

ABC-ARTE is proud to support the international recognition of Nanni Valentini’s legacy.

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Gastone Biggi belongs to that rare group of artists whose research has become part of the permanent collection of the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea in Rome.

Standing before these works is a reminder that some artistic journeys never truly end. They continue to resonate, opening new dialogues between the past and the present.

Some conversations with history are about to continue…

What if transparency wasn’t about seeing through, but seeing differently?

In Trasparenza (1974–75), Nanni Valentini transforms one of the most fragile materials—gauze—into a place where light, matter and space quietly converge.

The pigment doesn’t simply cover the surface; it becomes part of its structure. The threads remain visible, the void becomes as important as the material itself, and the work seems to exist in a delicate balance between presence and absence.

More than fifty years later, Trasparenza still feels remarkably contemporary. It reminds us that an artwork doesn’t always need to occupy space—it can reveal it.

Nanni Valentini
Trasparenza, 1974–75
Pigmented gauze and mixed media
90 × 90 cm

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A dialogue across generations.
A monochrome painting.
A sculptural threshold shaped in stoneware.
A hyperrealistic ceramic sculpture.
A contemporary painting where reality and imagination converge.

Different generations.
Different materials.
Different artistic languages.
Yet they all begin with the same question: how can art transform the way we perceive the world?

Since 2006, ABC-ARTE has built its programme around artists whose practices resist easy categorisation. Rather than following styles or movements, we seek to create meaningful dialogues across time, medium and geography.

For us, every exhibition is more than a presentation of artworks. It is an opportunity to connect distinct artistic voices, revealing unexpected affinities and opening new perspectives on contemporary art.

Every exhibition is a new chapter in the same conversation.

In conversation :

Tomas Rajlich
Untitled, 1972
Acrylic on hardboard
75 × 75 cm

Nanni Valentini
Soglia, 1978–79
Signed and dated
Stoneware and mixed media (14 elements)
210 × 140 cm

Bertozzi & Casoni
Pausa, 2023
Polychrome ceramic
46 × 37 × 35 cm

Antonio Kuschnir
The Earth Breathes and Horses Run, 2025
Oil on canvas
195 × 131 cm

What’s the Most Incredible Thing You’ve Done?
Sometimes, the most extraordinary moments begin in silence.

A flamingo pauses.
A bird watches from its small house.
A bouquet slowly fades.
Ordinary objects become witnesses to stories that seem both familiar and impossible.

In the universe of Bertozzi & Casoni, nothing is ever just what it appears to be. Through astonishing technical mastery and poetic imagination, every sculpture invites us to look beyond appearances and rediscover wonder in the everyday.
Perhaps the most incredible thing is not what we see.
Perhaps it is learning to see differently.

Bertozzi & Casoni
What’s the Most Incredible Thing You’ve Done?
Curated by Alberto Mattia Martini

📍 ABC-ARTE, Genoa
June 11 – September 10, 2026

We look forward to welcoming you.

ABC ARTE : Galleria d'arte Contemporanea Mostre , libri d'arte e opere di Giorgio Griffa , Tomas Rajlich , Jerry Zeniuk, Yang Maoyuan , Georges Mathieu , Nanni Valentini , Hermann Nitsch , Pino Pinelli , Shozo Shimamoto , Yasuo Sumi , Nanda Vigo , Matteo Negri , Paolo Iacchetti , Carlo Nangeroni , Isabella Nazzarri...

A wish, suspended between celebration and impermanence.

In Auguri (2026), Bertozzi & Casoni transform a familiar word into a meditation on the passing of time. The polished golden script is gradually reclaimed by honeycomb and bees, where nature becomes both creator and witness of change.

Beauty here is never static. It is fragile, evolving, and inseparable from the cycles of life.

On view in “What’s the Most Incredible Thing?”
Curated by Alberto Mattia Martini

ABC-ARTE, Genoa
Until 10 September 2026

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Bertozzi & Casoni
Auguri, 2026
Polychrome ceramic
20 × 104 × 12 cm

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