Alighiero Boetti (1940–94) is one of the most important figures in post-war contemporary art and in the history of Italian art more generally. Rising to prominence in the 1960s and originally tied to the Arte Povera movement, Boetti later sought to distance himself from his compatriots and by the start of the 1970s was undertaking investigations into a string of dualities, from order and disorder, to indeterminacy and logic, and classification and boundlessness. Through drawing, painting, sculpture, embroidery, weaving, mail art and conceptual practices, Boetti engaged himself with an unpredictable and expanding global perspective.
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Alighiero Boetti, Mappa, 1979
© Alighiero Boetti. Courtesy Ben Brown Fine Arts, London
© Alighiero Boetti. Courtesy Ben Brown Fine Arts, London
Alighiero Boetti
SMAC, Venice
Through November 22, 2026
SMAC Venice is presenting Alighiero Boetti, a major exhibition dedicated to Italian post-war master Alighiero Boetti (1940–94). Curated by Elena Geuna and supported by Ben Brown Fine Arts, the exhibition will coincide with the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. Bringing together approximately one hundred works across eight galleries, the exhibition offers an expansive survey of one of the most influential artists of the post-war period. Spanning more than twenty-five years, from the late 1960s to the early 1990s, it traces the full arc of Boetti’s artistic trajectory and highlights the breadth and complexity of his practice.
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