History in English
Il Chiostro arte contemporanea opened in 1988 with an exhibition of Filippo De Pisis titled "The events of the minute", curated by Elena Pontiggia.
In the following years the exhibition activity has seen an alternation between 20th century Masters as Marino Marini, Francesco De Rocchi, Carlo Carrà, Mario Sironi, Lucio Fontana., Fausto Melotti and contemporary artists with individual exhibitions of Jorge Eielson, Folon, Franco Marrocco, Joaquin Roca-Rey, Ugo La Pietra.
Il Chiostro arte contemporanea opened in 1988 with an exhibition of Filippo De Pisis titled "The events of the minute", curated by Elena Pontiggia.
In the following years the exhibition activity has seen an alternation between 20th century Masters as Marino Marini, Francesco De Rocchi, Carlo Carrà, Mario Sironi, Lucio Fontana., Fausto Melotti and contemporary artists with individual exhibitions of Jorge Eielson, Folon, Franco Marrocco, Joaquin Roca-Rey, Ugo La Pietra.
In May 2005 the art gallery opened its new location: the exhibition "Comunicare con l'Arte" with works by Folon, Saul Steinberg and Pino Pascali starts a new deal of the space; it is now located in Viale Santuario, a few meters from the splendid church decorated with frescoes by Bernardino Luini and Gaudenzio Ferrari. The new building from the early 20th century also hosts the Chiostro Art Cafè, that organizes cultural events of various kinds. A glocal approach is a characteristic that makes il Chiostro un unconventional space, not simply dedicated to market, with his library open to public, the educational program, the literary café and the curatorship of the archives of Jorge Eielson, Giannetto Bravi and the museum of the historical art movement named Chiarismo.
The gallery premises, visited by various visitors, also thanks to the collateral events, have hosted solo shows of Marco Di Giovanni (November- December 2005), Andy Warhol (April-May 2006), Maria Mulas (October-November 2006), Jorge Eielson (March –April 2007) and the collective exhibition Ordire trame curated by Angela Madesani, in collaboration with StudioG7 of Bologna. After the individual exhibition of Piero Gilardi (October 2007) the gallery has presented the collective show Atelier with works by international 20th century masters (from Morandi to Sironi, from Giacometti to Varlin).
The gallery directors Duilio and Marina Affanni have an important experience in 20th century art. But in the last ten years they have also focused on contemporary art. Even if 20th century art is part of a different historical, cultural and social context, their deep knowledge of this genre has oriented the choice towards artists who combine a contemporary approach with old-style commitment.
Among the contemporary artist who are promoted by the art gallery we find Arcangelo, Marco Di Giovanni, Andrea Facco, Iaia Filiberti, Debora Hirsch, Ferdinando Greco, Jorunn Monrad, Elisabeth Scherffig. A particular attention is dedicated to Masters of photography as Gabriele Basilico, Lelli & Masotti, Luigi Ghirri, Paola Mattioli and Uliano Lucas. All exhibitions presented have been documented by catalogues or books, to explain and provide a good analysis of the visual selection.
The gallery premises, visited by various visitors, also thanks to the collateral events, have hosted solo shows of Marco Di Giovanni (November- December 2005), Andy Warhol (April-May 2006), Maria Mulas (October-November 2006), Jorge Eielson (March –April 2007) and the collective exhibition Ordire trame curated by Angela Madesani, in collaboration with StudioG7 of Bologna. After the individual exhibition of Piero Gilardi (October 2007) the gallery has presented the collective show Atelier with works by international 20th century masters (from Morandi to Sironi, from Giacometti to Varlin).
The gallery directors Duilio and Marina Affanni have an important experience in 20th century art. But in the last ten years they have also focused on contemporary art. Even if 20th century art is part of a different historical, cultural and social context, their deep knowledge of this genre has oriented the choice towards artists who combine a contemporary approach with old-style commitment.
Among the contemporary artist who are promoted by the art gallery we find Arcangelo, Marco Di Giovanni, Andrea Facco, Iaia Filiberti, Debora Hirsch, Ferdinando Greco, Jorunn Monrad, Elisabeth Scherffig. A particular attention is dedicated to Masters of photography as Gabriele Basilico, Lelli & Masotti, Luigi Ghirri, Paola Mattioli and Uliano Lucas. All exhibitions presented have been documented by catalogues or books, to explain and provide a good analysis of the visual selection.