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.[2]
  Location within Central London | |
| Established | 2004 |
|---|---|
| Location | Mayfair London, W1S United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°30′30″N 0°08′32″W / 51.50845°N 0.14235°W |
| Founder | Edmondo di Robilant; Marco Voena |
| Public transit access |  Green Park |
| Website | www |
Its most significant sales include an Artemisia Gentileschi self-portrait sold to the National Gallery in London[3] and a work by Baron Gérard acquired by the Frick Collection in New York.[4]
Foundation
editRobilant+Voena was founded by the art dealer Edmondo di Robilant and the Milan-based art dealer Marco Voena,[2][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.[2]
Major acquisitions and sales
editThe 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.[2]
Notable recent sales include:
- 2017: François-Pascal-Simon Gérard, Prince Camillo Borghese, c. 1810. Frick Collection, New York[7][8][9]
- 2017: Claude Vignon, David, c. 1623-1625. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston[10]
- 2018: Artemisia Gentileschi, Self-Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria, c. 1615–1617. National Gallery, London[11][12][13]
Exhibitions
editPartnerships 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]
References
edit- ^ Gleadell, Colin. "Beyond Caravaggio: Robilant + Voena's exhibition celebrates those inspired by the Italian master". The Telegraph, 22 November 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2022
- ^ a b c d "Edmondo di Robilant". Sotheby's, 12 June 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2022
- ^ 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
- ^ Libbey, Peter (23 August 2018). "Italy to Frick Collection: Give Our Painting Back". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ "Marco Voena". Sotheby's, 12 June 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2022
- ^ "Robilant + Voena". Art Basel. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ Libbey, Peter (23 August 2018). "Italy to Frick Collection: Give Our Painting Back". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ "Frick Makes its Most Significant Painting Purchase in Nearly 30 Years".
- ^ Rea, Naomi; Brown, Kate (28 December 2017). "See the 10 Biggest Museum Acquisitions of 2017". Artnet News. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ "David". Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Retrieved 13 August 2022
- ^ "National Gallery buys Artemisia Gentileschi masterpiece for £3.6m". the Guardian. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ Dex, Robert (6 July 2018). "The National Gallery has spent £3.6m to boost women's art". Evening Standard. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ Hill, Eli (9 July 2018). "National Gallery Buys Record-breaking Artemisia Gentileschi Self Portrait". Artsy. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ "Da Kiton l'eleganza maschile nell'arte". Style (in Italian). 17 April 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ "Inside Bottega Veneta's 15,000-Square-Foot Manhattan Maison". Architectural Digest. 17 March 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
