Margherita von Stein

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Margherita von Stein (1921-2003) was an Italian gallerist and an art collector.

Margherita Stein opened the influential in 1966 in Turin, Italy in her apartment at via Teofilo Rossi 3.[1] She used her husband's name (Christian) instead of her own, as a kind of nom de plume, as to avoid any prejudices against her work as a woman.[2] Most well known for her early support for artists associated with Arte Povera, Stein's work fostered the careers of artists like Luciano Fabro, Jannis Kounellis, , Mario Merz, Giulio Paolini, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Giovanni Anselmo, Gilberto Zorio, Piero Gilardi, Pino Pascali, Giuseppe Penone and Marisa Merz and other important post-WWII artists like Piero Manzoni, Lucio Fontana, , and Mimmo Rotella.

Her original Turin gallery closed in 1996. A second location was opened in Milan on Corso Monforte in 1985 (still existent) and then in New York (1898-1992) under the name Stein Gladstone Gallery, partnering with the .[3] These new spaces in Milan and New York showed work by both Italian and other European and North American artists, including Richard Serra, Gilbert & George, Jeff Wall, and Claes Oldenburg among others.[3]

After her death in 2003, a number of major exhibitions have highlighted the importance of her work. In 2010, an exhibition and catalogue titled Collezione Christian Stein: una storia dell'arte italiana = a history of Italian art, by Jean Louis Maubant and Francisco Jarauta Marión was produced.[4] In 2011, a digital exhibition with the same name highlighting the works displayed at her galleries was put on for the Italian newspaper La Repubblica.[5] In 2016, an exhibition highlighting her contribution to the career of Guido Paolini opened at the Gallery bearing her name curated by .[6] In 2017, a large exhibition honoring her work was put on at the new arts organization Magazzino Italian Art in Cold Springs, NY titled Margherita Stein: Rebel With a Cause.[7][1][8][9][10][11][2][12][13] The show was heralded with bringing a deeper knowledge of Arte Povera to the US.[14]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Carrigan, Margaret (2017-06-29). "In Upstate New York, a Former Factory Becomes a Private Museum of Italian Art". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  2. ^ a b "Il Magazzino Italian Art sull'Hudson apre nel nome di Christian Stein". lastampa.it (in Italian). 2017-07-05. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  3. ^ a b "Storia". www.galleriachristianstein.com. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  4. ^ Maubant, J. L., Jarauta, M. F., Institut Valencià d'Art Modern., & Museo cantonale d'arte (Lugano, Switzerland). (2010). Collezione Christian Stein: Una storia dell'arte italiana = a history of Italian art. Milano: Electa.
  5. ^ "Collezione Christian Steinuna storia dell'arte italiana". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2011-03-07. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  6. ^ Press Release: Giulio Paolini at Galleria Christian Stein 10 November 2016 – 29 April 2017https://www.artforum.com/uploads/guide.003/id31069/press_release.pdf
  7. ^ Mannella, Testo Lucia (2017-06-27). "Magazzino Italian Art". Living (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  8. ^ Durón, Maximilíano (2017-06-28). "'Margherita Stein: Rebel With a Cause' at Magazzino, Cold Spring, New York". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  9. ^ "Learning a New Word: Magazzino". Chronogram Magazine. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  10. ^ "When Art is Life: Magazzino Opens in Cold Spring". iItaly.org. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  11. ^ Anonimo (2017-07-30). "A conversation with Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu". Doppiozero. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  12. ^ "Margherita Stein Archives". Olnick Spanu. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  13. ^ ""Margherita Stein: Rebel With A Cause" at Magazzino Italian Art, Cold Spring, New York — Mousse Magazine". www.moussemagazine.it. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  14. ^ Povoledo, Elisabetta (2016-09-15). "You Don't Know What Arte Povera Is? They Can Change That". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
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