For the 2024 season, the Gallerie dell’Accademia announce the exhibition Willem de Kooning and Italy, dedicated to one of the most influential artists of the 20th century and one of those who contributed significantly to the historic shift of the artistic avant-garde from Paris to New York in the post-war period. The exhibition will primarily highlight the impact that the artist’s stays in Italy had on his art, periods during which – in the words of the curators Gary Garrels and Mario Codognato – de Kooning enriched his language and reworked a new modus operandi. The opening is scheduled for April 16, 2024, in conjunction with the 60th International Art Exhibition of the Biennale.
