A leading figure of Pop Art and Arte Povera, Michelangelo Pistoletto interrogates space and time, trying to capture reality in his works. Pistoletto began his artistic practice at the age of 14, restoring ancient artworks in his father’s workshop in Turin. When he was 20, Pistoletto enrolled in Armando Testa’s advertising school, also in Turin, and discovered modern and contemporary art. The artist, now 90, has paintings and sculptures exhibited in the world’s preeminent museums, including the Centre Pompidou, the Tate Modern, the Museo Reina Sofía, the Guggenheim, the MoMa, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and more.
Now, Galleria Continua is exhibiting several of Pistoletto’s works in San Gimignano, Rome, Paris, Havana, and Les Moulins. “These works are still together since they