Massimo Minini opened his gallery in Brescia, in 1973. During his early years of activity he was involved mainly with Conceptual Art, Arte Povera and Minimal Art.
He decided in the late seventies and early eighties to continue along these lines with works from some young Italian and foreign artists, including Ettore Spalletti, Jan Fabre, Didier Vermeiren, Bertrand Lavier, Anish Kapoor, Alberto Garutti, Icaro and Gerwald Rockenschaub. The gallery, however, also displayed works by figurative artists such as Salvo, Luigi Ontani, Ger Van Elk, Jiri Georg Dokoupil and Ryan Mendoza.
The Massimo Minini Gallery has stands at major international fairs, including Art Basel in Basel, Fiac in Paris, Artissima in Turin, Arte Fiera in Bologna, Frieze in London and New York, and Miart in Milano. It has always publicised its activities in such international magazines as Frieze, Flash Art, Artforum, Artreview, Mousse and Il Giornale dell’Arte .
In recent years the gallery has collaborated with a series of museums in Italy and abroad, one of its main achievements being a collection of Italian photographs entitled United Artists of Italy, which Massimo Minini put together and is currently touring several European museums. The collection comprises portraits of Italian artists by famous photographers such as Mulas, Giacomelli, Catalano, Gorgoni, Mussat Sartor and Cresci. He loaned long-term to the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venezia, a large sculpture by Anish Kapoor and a pavilion by Dan Graham, and to MADRE, Napoli, several works by Ettore Spalletti.
Increasing focus on its relations with the city of Brescia has led the gallery to organise a series of exhibitions here: Capolavori in corso, Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo, 2008-2009; Quattro collezionisti a confronto, Accademia Tadini, Lovere (Bergamo), 2009; Massimo Minini: una storia contemporanea, Spazio Contemporanea, 2011.
Artists : Paolo Gioli & Yamamoto Masao
Galleria Massimo Minini
Via Apollonio 68, 25128 Brescia
tel. 030 383034 – fax 030 392446
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