In Mantua, a new museum opens, called Sonnabend Collection, and as the name suggests, it hosts the prestigious collection of the gallerist Ileana Sonnabend. It will be inaugurated on November 29, 2025, inside the Palazzo della Ragione.
As many as 11 environments with the crème de la crème of American contemporary art.
Among the works, Figure 8 by Jasper Johns (1958), Little Aloha by Roy Lichtenstein (1962), Campbell’s Soup by Andy Warhol (1962), Kite by Robert Rauschenberg. There is no shortage of blue chip artists from recent decades such as Anselm Kiefer and Jeff Koons, then a selection of photographic works and documents of the most significant performances of the twentieth century.
Every movement is present from Minimalism to Pop Art represented by artists like Jim Dine, James Rosenquist, and Tom Wesselmann. On the other hand, the contemporary research in Italy by Michelangelo Pistoletto and Mario Schifano is not overlooked.
Ileana SonnabendCollection
The Romanian-born art dealer Ileana Sonnabend needs no introduction. Born in Bucharest in a delicate year, 1914, and passed away in Manhattan in 2007, she made her mark on the history of art.
The first gallery was opened in Paris in 1962 and acts as a bridge with the artistic novelties of the United States, a few years later a branch follows in New York in 1970 on Madison Avenue.
In 1971, he moves to 420 West Broadway and helps make SoHo a nerve center for the contemporary art market.
Jeff Koons – Wild Boy and Puppy (1988). Anselm Kiefer Wege der Weltweisheit: Die Hermannsschlacht
She has collaborated for many years with art magazines such as Artribune, XIBT Contemporary, ArtApp, Insideart and Espoarte, preferring contemporary art in its many facets and media drifts.
