1960s – 1970s
Arte Povera
Representative work: Standing Man by Michelangelo Pistoletto
Emerging in Italy, Arte Povera embraced humble, 'poor' materials — earth, rope, wood, rags — to resist the commodification of art and reconnect with elemental time and labor.
19 artists in the WattsOS database
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Associated Artists
Exhibitions
Key Exhibitions
Exhibitions featuring Arte Povera artists.
Borderline
Paula Cooper Gallery
Jul 2025 – Aug 2025
1 artist from this movement
By Way Of: Material and Motion in the Guggenheim Collection
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Mar 2024
1 artist from this movement
Luciano Fabro
Paula Cooper Gallery
May 2023 – Jul 2023
1 artist from this movement
Contemporary Print Acquisitions, 1986�1988
Museum of Modern Art · New York
Mar 1988 – Jul 1988
1 artist from this movement
Contemporary Works from the Collection
Museum of Modern Art · New York
Nov 1986 – Mar 1987
1 artist from this movement
Contemporary Works from the Collection
Museum of Modern Art · New York
Apr 1986 – Oct 1986
1 artist from this movement
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Related Movements
Movements that share artists with Arte Povera.
Movement
- Name
- Arte Povera
- Period
- 1960s – 1970s
- Artists
- 19
- Wikidata
- Q546078
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