Robilant+Voena Explained

Robilant+Voena
Pushpin Map:Central London
Map Type:central London
Coordinates:51.5085°N -0.1424°W
Location:Mayfair
London, W1S
United Kingdom
Founder:Edmondo di Robilant; Marco Voena

Robilant+Voena is a commercial art gallery specializing in European Old Masters and 20th-century Italian and American art, with gallery spaces in London, Milan, Paris, and New York. The gallery has held a number of critically acclaimed Old Master exhibitions, of which the most significant include displays of works by the Caravaggisti,[1] Bartolomeo Manfredi, Caspar van Wittel, Giacomo Ceruti, and Antonio Joli.

Its most significant sales include an Artemisia Gentileschi self-portrait sold to the National Gallery in London[2] and a work by Baron Gérard acquired by the Frick Collection in New York.[3]

Foundation

Robilant+Voena was founded by the art dealer Edmondo di Robilant and the Milan-based art dealer Marco Voena,[4] [5] who jointly presented the 1999 exhibition Bologna and Ferrara, Two Centuries of Emilian painting in New York. They launched Robilant+Voena in 2004 with the opening of a gallery on Dover Street, London. Further gallery spaces were opened in Milan in 2009, St Moritz, Switzerland, in 2014,[6] and in Paris and New York in 2020.

Major acquisitions and sales

The gallery has sold paintings and works of art to private and royal collectors and museums including the National Gallery in London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Frick Collection, New York, the Brooklyn Museum, the Louvre Abu Dhabi, the Gallerie dell'Accademia Venice, the Scottish National Gallery, the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, the National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo, the National Gallery of Victoria, and the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan.

Notable recent sales include:

Exhibitions

Partnerships with brands such as Bottega Veneta, Kiton, Moncler, and Tod's have produced exhibitions exploring the interdisciplinary nature of artistic language, especially with regard to fashion.[14] [15]

Notes and References

  1. Gleadell, Colin. "Beyond Caravaggio: Robilant + Voena's exhibition celebrates those inspired by the Italian master". The Telegraph, 22 November 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2022
  2. Pes, Javier. "The National Gallery’s New Artemisia Gentileschi Should Be a Triumph—But Clouds Are Forming Over Its Ownership During WWII". Artnet, 12 December 2018Retrieved 13 August 2022
  3. Web site: Italy to Frick Collection: Give Our Painting Back. Libbey. Peter. The New York Times. 23 August 2018. 22 August 2022.
  4. "Edmondo di Robilant". Sotheby's, 12 June 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2022
  5. "Marco Voena". Sotheby's, 12 June 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2022
  6. Web site: Robilant + Voena . 2022-05-20 . Art Basel.
  7. News: Libbey . Peter . 2018-08-23 . Italy to Frick Collection: Give Our Painting Back . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-05-20 . 0362-4331.
  8. Web site: Frick Makes its Most Significant Painting Purchase in Nearly 30 Years .
  9. Web site: Rea . Naomi . Brown . Kate . 2017-12-28 . See the 10 Biggest Museum Acquisitions of 2017 . 2022-05-20 . Artnet News . en-US.
  10. "David". Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Retrieved 13 August 2022
  11. Web site: 2018-07-06 . National Gallery buys Artemisia Gentileschi masterpiece for £3.6m . 2022-05-20 . the Guardian . en.
  12. Web site: Dex . Robert . 2018-07-06 . The National Gallery has spent £3.6m to boost women's art . 2022-05-20 . Evening Standard . en.
  13. Web site: Hill . Eli . 2018-07-09 . National Gallery Buys Record-breaking Artemisia Gentileschi Self Portrait . 2022-05-20 . Artsy . en.
  14. Web site: 2018-04-17 . Da Kiton l'eleganza maschile nell'arte . 2022-05-20 . Style . it-IT.
  15. Web site: 2018-03-17 . Inside Bottega Veneta's 15,000-Square-Foot Manhattan Maison . 2022-05-20 . Architectural Digest . en-US.