Artiscope Gallery

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Artiscope Gallery
Company typeContemporary Art Gallery
Industry Art Gallery
Founded1977
Headquarters
Brussels
,
Belgium

Artiscope is a Brussels art gallery specialized in contemporary American and European artists. Artiscope Gallery has organized exhibitions in collaboration with many museums in Belgium and Germany.

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History

Created in 1972 by Zaira Mis, Artiscope introduced many of the frontrunners of the Italian art scene to Belgium, including Arte Povera proponents Alighiero Boetti, Giuseppe Penone, Michelangelo Pistoletto, and Giulio Paolini, as well as members of the Transavanguardia movement, such as Sandro Chia, Francesco Clemente, Enzo Cucchi and Mimmo Paladino.

Artists

Sandro Chia, Enzo Cucchi, Man Ray, Enrico De Paris, Mimmo Paladino, Mauro Staccioli, Gérard Titus-Carmel, Guillaume Bottazzi.

Collaboration with Museums

Publications

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References

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