“I am a sculptor, not a ceramicist,” Lucio Fontana declared (more than once) in his writings. Though the Argentine-Italian founder of Spatialism is most famous for his provocatively punctured and ...

Many people are unaware of Jackson Pollock’s sculptures, which he created throughout his career, using clay, stone, mosaic tiles, bone, cement, and wire. The same also applies to Richard Pousette-Dart ...

The founder of ‘Spatialism’, Lucio Fontana, is best known for his pierced canvases. But this month, a rare ceramic sculpture, Ballerina (1952), comes to Il Ponte in Milan. We spoke to the Italian ...

Italian painter and sculptor Lucio Fontana at the Galleria del Naviglio, Milan, 1950s. Photo by Mondadori Portfolio by Getty Images Somewhat ironically, Fontana didn’t begin making the slashed ...

Lucio Fontana made abstraction dangerous by breaking through the surface of a painting. His innovations astound at New York museums. At the Met Breuer, a detail of Lucio Fontana’s “Spatial Concept, ...

Art collectors, get egg-cited: An influential work by Argentine-Italian artist Lucio Fontana will soon be up for grabs. A yellow Lucio Fontana canvas could sell for $20 million to $30 million at ...

Punctures forced through the front and the back of acrylic on paper glued to canvas engage the eye in an intoxicating dance, as the bold, heavy, and textured brushstrokes send the viewer on a ...

In 1958, the Argentine-Italian artist Lucio Fontana (1899-1968) made what the Metropolitan Museum of Art calls “one of the most extraordinary, radical gestures in modern art.” He cut a vertical slash ...

At Hauser & Wirth in Los Angeles, watch your step—and your head. The newly opened exhibition Lucio Fontana. Walking the Space: Spatial Environments, 1948 – 1968 leads viewers through a series of rooms ...

In terra cotta, clay, metal and concrete, the Argentine Italian artist overhauled the history of European sculpture. By Martha Schwendener In 1961, the Argentine Italian artist Lucio Fontana, famous ...

Collectors turn to auctions to get their hands on masterpiece-level works before museums grab them first. The question is whether they will still be clamoring for exclusive artwork after a global ...