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Mario Merz
| 1925 | Born in Milan, Italy |
| 2003 | Died in Milan, Italy |
| ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS |
| 1954 | Galleria la Bussola, Turin |
| 1962 | Galleria Notizie, Turin |
| 1968 | Gian Enzo Sperone, Turin |
| 1969 | Ilena Sonnabend, Paris |
| Gian Enzo Sperone, Turin |
| Galleria L'attico, Rome |
| 1970 | Konrad Fischer, Dusseldorf |
| Sonnabend Gallery, New York |
| Galleria Francoise Lambert, Milan |
| 1971 | Gian Enzo Sperone, Turin |
| Sonnabend Gallery, New York |
| John Weber Gallery, New York |
| 1972 | Walker Art Center, Minneapolis |
| Jack Wendler Gallery, London |
| 1974 | Haus am Lutzowplatz, Berlin |
| Galeria Area, Florence |
| Jack Wendler Gallery, London |
| Cassino Ova, Tortona |
| 1975 | Kunsthalle Basel, Basel |
| Kunstmuseum Lucerne, Lucerne |
| Galeria Area - Lo Grigat, Munich |
| Stuggart-Bad Cannstadt |
| 1976 | Galleria Pieroni, Pescara |
| Villa Pignatelli, Naples |
| Gian Enzo Sperone, Rome |
| Gian Enzo Sperone, Turin |
| Galleria Tucci Tusso, Turin |
| Galleria Annemarie Verna, Zurich |
| Galleria Forma, Genoa |
| Konrad Fischer, Dusseldorf |
| 1977 | Galleria Ala, Milan |
| Galeria Annemaria Vrena, Zurich |
| 1978 | Galerie Jean et Karen Bernier, Athens |
| Lucio Amelio, Naples |
| Galleria dell'Oca, Rome |
| Galleria Tucci Russo, Turin |
| 1979 | Museum Folkwang, Essen |
| Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven |
| Sperone Westwater Fischer, New York |
| Gallerie Anne Marie Verna, Zurich |
| Galleria Toseli, Milan |
| OOLP, Libreria Internazionale, Turin |
| Galleria Giuliana De Crescenzo, Rome |
| Galerie Durand Dessert, Paris |
| 1980 | Whitechapel Art Gallery, London |
| Albert Baronian, Brussels |
| Ink, Zurich |
| Sperone Westwater Fischer, New York |
| Gian Enzo Sperone, Turin |
| Salvatore Ala, Milan |
| Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven |
| Max Hetzler, Cologne |
| Galerie Christian Stein, Turin |
| 1981 | Konrad Fischer, Dusseldorf |
| "I-80 Series: Mario Merz," Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha |
| Konrad Fischer, Zurich |
| l'Arc, Paris; Kunsthalle Basel, Basel |
| Franco Toselli Gallery, Florence |
| Galleria Tucci Russo, Turin |
| Studio W Kwietnu, Warsaw |
| Ville de Paris, Paris |
| Lucio Amelio, Naples |
| 1982 | Sperone Westwater Fischer, New York |
| "Facets VIII," Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
| Mario Diacono, Rose |
| Galerie Munro, Hamburg |
| Galerie Marilena Bonomo, Bari |
| Salvatore Ala, Milan |
| Musuem Folkwang, Essen |
| Staatsgalerie, Stuggart |
| Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna |
| Kestner Gesselschaft, Hannover |
| 1983 | Anthony d'Offay, London |
| Flow Ace Gallery, Venice, California |
| The Israel Museum, Jerusalem |
| Galleria Pieroni, Rome |
| Neuberger Museum, Purchase, New York |
| Moderna Museet, Stockholm |
| Nachst St. Stephen, Vienna |
| 1983/84 | Palazzo Congressi ed Esposizioni, Repubic of San Marino |
| Galerie Buchmann, Basel |
| 1984 | Konrad Fischer, Dusseldorf |
| The Albright - Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo |
| Hallwalls, Buffalo |
| Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston |
| Galleria Sparta, Chagny |
| Christian Stein, Turin |
| Musee Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi |
| Kunstverein St. Gallen in Katherinen, St. Gallen |
| Sperone Westwater, New York |
| 1985 | Nachst St. Stephen, Vienna |
| Christian Stein, Turin |
| Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich |
| Liliane et Michel Durand Dessert, Paris |
| Galerie Munro, Hamburg |
| Sperone Westwater and Leo Castelli, New York |
| "La casa gira intorno all'albero o l'albero gira intorno alla casa," Musee d'Art et d'Industrie, Geneva |
| Westfalischer Kunstverein, Munster |
| Pietro Sparto, Pascale Petit, Chagny |
| 1986 | Antonio Tucci Russo, Turin |
| 1987 | Musee d'Art Contemporain, Entrepot Laine, Bordeaux, 8 May - September, 1987 |
| Toselli, Milan |
| Chapelle de la Salpetriere, Paris, 15 November - 31 December |
| Konrad Fischer, Dusseldorf |
| Kunstverein, Munich |
| Musee d'Art Contemporain, Montreal, 6 September - 10 October |
| 1988 | Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London, 5 February - 5 March |
| Richard Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh, April |
| "Installations," Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek C., Denmark, 28 May - 3 June |
| 1988/89 | "Mario Merz," Le Nouveau Musee, Villeurbanne, France, 9 June - 10 September |
| 1989 | "Mario Merz: Declaration Des Droits De L'Homme et Du Citoen," Paris, July |
| "Mario Merz: A Retrospective," Guggenheim Museum, New York, 29 September - 26 November (catalogue) |
| "Mario Merz "Tavola"," Annemaria Verna Galerie, Zurich, September-October |
| 1990 | "Mario Merz," Il Centro per l'arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, 26 May - 17 September |
| Castello Di Rivoli, Turin, 16 May - 23 September |
| Fiorella Urbinati Gallery, Los Angeles, |
| Espai Poble Nou, Barcelona, June-November |
| Museo Comunale D'Arte Moderna, Ascona |
| 1990-1991 | SteinGladstone, New York, December, 1990 - January, 1991 |
| 1991 | Konrad Fischer, Dusseldorf, Germany, 7 May - 4 June, 1991 |
| Jean Bernier, Athens, Greece, October 24 - December 21, 1991. |
| 1992 | "Mario Merz - Master Works," Sperone Westwater, New York, 11 January - 22 February |
| "Mario Merz, 74 Gradini Riappaiono in una Crescita di Geometria Concentrica," Galerie Tschudi, Glarus, Germany, 28 July - 31 October |
| 1993 | Anthony d'Offay, London |
| 1994 | Barbara Gladstone, New York, 26 March - 16 April 1994 |
| 1994-95 | "Mario Merz," Vera Van Laer Gallery, Antwerpen, Belgium, December-January |
| 1995 | "Mario Merz; New Installation," Vera Van Laer Gallery, Antwerpen, Belgium, September 21 - November 30 |
| 1999 | "A Casa Fibonacci.' Mario Merz," Fundação Serralves, Porto, Portugal, 6 February-28 March |
| "Mario Merz", galleria Christain Stein, Milan, 1999. |
| 2004 | In Memoriam: Mario Merz, Kewenig Galerie, Cologne, July September 2004. |
| 2006 | Mario Merz: 8-5-3, Gagosian Gallery, London, England, 9 February 18 March 2006. |
| 2007 | Mario Merz, Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, 27 April- 26 May 2007 |
| | Mario Merz: The Magnolia Table, Sperone Westwater, New York, 2 November 22 December 2007 (catalogue) |
| 2008 | Mario Merz, The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 7 February 11 April 2008 (catalogue) |
| | Mario Merz, Sprovieri Progetti, London, England, 13 June 2 August 2008 |
| | Mario Merz, Gladstone Gallery, New York, 18 September 2008 October 2008 |
| 2010 | Mario Merz. Pageantry of painting. Corteo della pittura, Fondazione Merz, Torino, Italy, 12 May 26 September 2010 |
| 2010-2011 | Mario Merz: Che Cosè una Casa? Fondazione Merz, Turin, Italy, 4 December 2010 6 March 2011. |
| 2012 | “What Is to Be,” Girogio Persano, Turin, Italy, 20 June – 30 September. |
| “Mario Merz: Major Works from the 1980s,” Sperone Westwater, New York, NY, 1 November – 22 December |
| GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
| 1967 | "Contemplazione," Gallerie Sperone, Gallerie Stein |
| | Gallerie Il Punto, Turin |
| 1967-69 | "Despositio d'Arte Presente," Turin, December, 1967-June, 1969 |
| 1968 | "Contemplazione," Galleria De Fosherari, Lugano |
| | "Arte Povera + azioni povera," Arsenaux de l'Ancienne Repubique, Amalfi, October |
| | "Il Percorso," Galleria d'Arco d'Alibert, Rome |
| | "Prospect '68," Stadtische Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf, September |
| | Galerie Del Deposito, Turin |
| | "Arte Povera," Centro Arte Viva, Trieste |
| | "When attitudes become form," Institute of Contemporary Art, London,August |
| | "Op Losse Schroeven - situaties en cryptostructuren," Stedelijk Museum,Amsterdam, March |
| | "Verborgene Strukturen," Musuem Folkwang, Essen, May |
| | "Disegni e progetti," Galleria Sperone, Turin |
| | "Arte Povera," Galleria La Bertesca, Genoa |
| | Galleria Gian Enzo Sperone, Turin |
| 1970 | "3 Biennale della giovane pittura," Museo Civico, Bologna, January |
| | "Tokyo Biennial," Tokyo |
| | "Amore Mio," Palazzo Ricci, Montepulciano |
| | "Processi di pensiero visualizzati," Kunstmusuem, Lucerne |
| | "Arte Povera-Land Art-Conceptual Art," Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Turin |
| 1970-71 | "Vitalitata del negativo," Palazzo delle Esposizione, Rome |
| 1971 | "Second Nurenberg Biennial," Kunsthalle, Nerenberg |
| | "Arte Povera," Kunstverein Munich, Munich |
| | "Arte de Sistemas," Museuo di Arte Moderno do al Ciudad de Buenos Aires |
| | "Projects: Pier 18," Museum of Modern Art, New York |
| | "Guggenheim International exhibition," The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York |
| | "Prospect '71/Projection," Stadtische Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf |
| | "Sonsbiik '71," Arnheim |
| 1972 | "De Europa," John Weber Gallery, New York, April |
| | "Documenta 5," Musee Fridericianum, Kassel, June |
| 1973/74 | "Contemporanea," Parcheggio di Villa Borghese, Rome, November |
| 1974 | "Projekt '74 - Aspect Internationaler Kunst am |
| | "Anfang der 70er Jahre," Kunsthalle Koln, Cologne |
| | "Kunst bleibt Kunst," Kunsthalle, Cologne, July |
| 1975 | "Spiralen und Progresssionen," Kunstmuseum, Lucerne |
| 1976 | "Ambiente/Arte," Biennale de Venezia, XXXVII, Venice, July |
| | "Prospect Retrospect," Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf, October |
| 1977 | "Arte in Italia 1960-1977," Galerie Civique d'Art Modern, Turin, May |
| | "Documenta 6," Kassel, June, "Handzeichnungen" |
| 1977-79 | "Europe in the Seventies, Aspects of Recent Art," The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, October; The Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC; The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, June, 1978; The Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, December, 1978 |
| 1978 | "Marisa Merz: Nicola de Maria, Mario Merz," Franco Toselli, Milan |
| | "Dalla natura all'arte, Dall arte all natura," Venice Biennale |
| 1979 | Sperone Westwater Fischer, New York |
| | Konrad Fischer, New York |
| | Biennale of Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
| | "Kunst der 70er Jahre," Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich |
| | "Boetti/Icaro/Merz/Paolini/ZaZa," Hal Bromm, New York |
| 1980 | Gian Enzo Sperone, Turin |
| | "Forum Design," Linz, Austria |
| | "Fabro, Kournellis, Merz, Paolini, Materialien zu einer Austerllung, Kunsthalle, Bern |
| | Salvatore Ala, Milan |
| | "Pier and Ocean," Hayward Gallery, London; Rijksmuseum Kroller- |
| | Muller, Otterloo |
| | L'isola della frutta," Ink, Zurich |
| | "Kunst seit 1960," Kunstverein Sammlung Crex, Karlsruhe |
| | "Kunst na68...in Europa," Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, July |
| | "Europe 80," Lyon |
| | "Rosc '80," Gusiness Hop Store, Dublin |
| | "L'arte degli anni settanta," Biennial of Venice, June - September |
| | "Le Stanze," Castello Colana, Genazzano |
| 1981 | "A New Spirit in Painting," Royal Academy of Arts, London, January |
| | Sperone Westwater Fischer, New York |
| | "Identite italienne: Art en Italie depuis 1959," Musee d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, June |
| | "Acireale," Palazzo di Citta, Rome |
| | "Kournellis, Merz, Nauman, Serra," Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld |
| | "Westkunst," Rheinhalen der Kolner Messe, Cologne, May, 1981 |
| | "No Title," The Collection of Sol Lewitt," Wesleyan University, |
| | Middletown; Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford |
| | Linee della Ricerca Artistica in Italia 1960-1980," Palais des Exposition Rome, February, 1981 |
| 1982 | "New Work on Paper 2: Borofsy, Clemente, Merz, Penck, Penone," The Museum of Modern Art, New York |
| | "Italian Art Now: An American Perspective 1982," Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, April |
| | "Avanguardia - Transavanguardia," Muro Aureliano, Rome, April |
| | Giuliana de Crescenzo, Rome |
| | Christian Stein, Turin |
| | "Zeitgeist." Internationale Kunstaustellung, Berlin, October |
| | "Beast: Animal Imagery in Recent Painting," The Institute for Art and Urban Resources PS1, New York |
| | "Correspondencias: 5 Arquitectos, 5 Escultores," Palacios de las |
| | Alhajas, Madrid |
| | Durand - Dessert, Paris |
| | "Merz, Pisani, Spalletti," Museum Folkwang, Essen |
| | "Vergangenheit-Gegenwart-Zukunft," Wurtemburgerischer Kunstverein, Stuggart |
| | "Documenta 7," Kassel, June |
| | "68-80 Attitudes/Concepts/Images," Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, April |
| | "Arte Italiana 1960-1982," Hayward Gallery, London, October |
| 1983 | "Expresiver Pathos," Galerie Hummel, Vienna |
| | "Documenta 7," Kassel |
| | Massimo Minini, Milan |
| | "Antiform et Arte Povera Sculptures 1966-69," Centre d'arts Plastiques |
| | Contemporains des Entrepots Laine, Bordeaux |
| | "Postminimalism," The Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut |
| | "New Italian Art," The New Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cleveland |
| | "Opere su Carta," Centro d'Arte Contemporanea, Gibellina |
| | "Artists from Sperone Westwater Fischer," SVC Fine Arts Gallery, University of South Florida, Tampa |
| | "Concetto-Imago: Generationswechsel in Italien," Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn |
| | Christian Stein, Turin |
| | "Il Cielo," Centro d'Arte Contemporanea, Siracusa, Italy |
| | "Recent European Painting," The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York |
| | Galerie Munro, Hamburg |
| | "New Art," The Tate Gallery, London, September, 1983 |
| | "Una storia d'arte a Torino 1965-1983," Kolnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, October |
| | "Ars 83 Helsinki," Ateneum, Helsinki |
| 1984 | Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston |
| | Konrad Fischer, Dusseldorf |
| | "Arte Porvera," Karsten Greve, Cologne |
| | "Tutti Frutti," Galerie Maier-Hahn, Dusseldorf |
| | "Italien C 1968/Das Soziale und das Pathos," Karsten Greve,Cologne |
| | "Terrae Motus," Villa Campolieto, Naples |
| | "Il Modo Italiano," University of California, Irvine; Newport Harbor Museum; University of Southern California, February |
| | Tucci Russo, Turin |
| | Centro d'Arte Contemporanea, Siracusa |
| | Christian Stein, Turin |
| | Sperone Westwater, New York |
| | "Contemporary Italian Masters," Cultural Center of the Chicago |
| | Public Library, Chicago |
| | "Content: A Contemporary Focus, 1974-1984," Hirshhorn Museum and |
| | Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC |
| | "I disegno in dialogo con la terra," Albert Baronian, Brussels |
| 1984-1985 | "Arte Povera," La Mole Antonelliana, Turin; Palacio de Cristal and Palacio, Velazquez, Madrid |
| | "Galeria Artra, Milan |
| | "Ouverture," Castello di Rivoli, Turin |
| | "The European Iceberg," Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, February |
| | XIII Biennale de Paris, Grand Halle du Parc de la Villette, Paris |
| | "The Sculpture as Draughtsman," Visual Arts Musuem, New York |
| | Galerie Munro, Hamburg |
| | Franco Toselli |
| | Musee St. Pierre, Marseilles |
| | Sperone Westwater, New York |
| | Annemarie Verna, Zurich |
| | Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld |
| | "Promenades," Parc Lullin Genthod, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva |
| | "Dialog," Gulbenikian Foundation, Lisbon |
| | Fondation Cartier, Jouy en-Jouas-Paris |
| | "7000 Eichen," Kunsthalle Tubingen, Tubingen |
| | "The Knot Arte Povera at P.S. 1," P.S.1 Institute for Art and Urban Resources, New York, October 6 - December 15 |
| | "Transformations in Sculpture," The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York |
| | Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich |
| | "De l'Arte Povera," Palacio Velazquez, Palacio de Cristal, Parque del Retiro, Madrid, January |
| 1986 | Anthony d'Offay, London |
| | Konrad Fischer, Dusseldorf |
| | Barbara Gladstone, New York |
| | Sol Lewitt - Mario Merz, Galleria Pieroni |
| | Eugene Binder Gallery, Dallas |
| | "Spuren, Skulpturen und Monumente ihrer prazissen Reise," Kunsthaus, Zurich |
| | "De Sculptura," Wiener Fest Wochen, U-Halle des Messepalaste, Vienne |
| | Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt |
| | Rhona Hoffman, Chicago |
| | "Chambres d'amis," Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gand, June |
| | "Qu'est-ce que la sculpture moderne?," Musee national d'Art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, July, 1986 |
| | "Hommage a Beuys," Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich |
| | "Sonsbeek '86," Arnhem, The Netherlands |
| | Galeria Comicos, Lisbon |
| | "Falls the Shadow," The Hayward Gallery, London |
| | "Insiemi," Ippolito Simonis, Turin |
| | Marilena Bonomo, Bari |
| | "Fra Usikkerht til Samiet Kraft," Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo |
| | Quadriennale di Roma, Rome |
| | "Sein und Sehnsucht," Galerie Tanit, Munich |
| | "Mater Dulcissima," Chiesa dei |
| | "Philadelphia Collects Art Since 1940," Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia |
| | Galerie Roger Pailhus, Marseille |
| | "Steirischer Herbst," Stadmuseum, Graz |
| 1986-87 | "The Spiritual in Art," Los Angeles Country Museum of Art, Los Angeles, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Haags Gemeente Museum; The Hague |
| 1987 | "About Sculpture," Anthony d'Offay, London |
| | Barbara Gladstone, New York |
| | "Light," Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico |
| | Christian Stein, Turin |
| | "Lightworks, 1965-1986," Rhona Hoffman, Chicago |
| | "Ritrattare," Eva Menzio, Turin |
| | Galleria Pieroni, Roma |
| | "Drawing," Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London, 1-29 May |
| | Galerie Buchmann, Basel, May |
| | "Turin 1965-1987; Arte Povera, L'Art Pauvre dans les collections publiques francaises," May, 1987; Musee d'Art et d'Histoire, |
| | Chambery; 13 June - 30 August; Musee de l'Hospice Comtesse, Lille |
| | "Skulptur Projektein Munster," Landesmuseum, Munster, 14 June - 4 October |
| | "Sol Lewitt/Mario Merz," Musee Saint Pierre Contemporain, Lyon, 9 October - 23 November |
| | "Italie hors d'Italie," Musee des Beaux-Arts, Nimes, July |
| 1988 | Sperone Westwater, New York, September 6-27 |
| | Barbara Gladstone, New York, 12 March - 2 April |
| | "Contemporary Print Acquisitions 1986-1988," Tatyana Grosman Gallery, |
| | Museum of Modern Art, New York, May - June |
| | "Positionen heutiger Kunst - Position of Present-Day Art," National-galerie, Berlin, 24 June - 18 September |
| | "Europa Oggi - Europe Now," Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Prato, 25 June - 20 October |
| 1988-89 | "L'Overvatoire," Faideh Cadot Gallery, New York, November 30, 1988 -January 14, 1989 (catalogue) |
| 1989 | "Italian Art in the Twentieth Century," Royal Academy of Arts, London, 14 January - 4 April |
| | "Collections du Fonds Regional d'Art Contemporain Nord Pas-de-Calas," |
| | Santa Scolastica, Bari, 15 March - 26 April |
| | "Group Exhibtion," Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York, Summer |
| | "Verso l'Arte Povera," Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan, January; Espace Lyonnais d'Art Contemporain, Lyon, June |
| | "Mario Merz," La Nouveau Musee, Villeurbanne, 9 June - 10 September |
| 1990 | "Mario Merz: Terre Elevata O La Storia Del Disegno," Castello Di Rivoli, Turin, 16 May - 23 September (catalogue) |
| | "Lo Zingaro Blu," Galleria Pieroni, Roma, June - July, 1990 |
| | "Die Endlichkeit Der Freiheit Berlin 1990," Brigitte Hammer, Berlin, 1 September - 7 October |
| | "High Season I: A Multiple Print Show," Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna |
| | "Neons," Sprengel Musuem, Hanover, September-October, 1990 |
| | "Poiesis," Graeme Murray Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, 11 August - 30 September |
| | "Mario Merz," Espai Poble Nou, Barcelona, November |
| 1991 | "20th Centuary Collage," Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, California,12 January - 16 February |
| | "Arte Povera," Studio Oggetto, Milan, Italy, 10 January - 20 February |
| | "Luciano Fabro, Dan Flavin, Jannis Kounellis, Sol LeWitt, Richard Long, |
| | Mario Merz, Bruce Nauman," Steingladstone, New York in conjunction with Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, 2 February - 2 March |
| | "Inaugural Exhibition," Museum fur Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, opening June. |
| | "Artisti dell'Arte Povera," Galerie Karin Schorm, Wein, Austria, Sept/Oct |
| | "Group Exhibtion," Galerie Pietro Sparta, Chagny, France, opens 22 Oct. |
| | "Artisti Dell'Arte Povera," Galerie Schorm, Vienna, 3 Oct. - 14 Dec. |
| | "Nature creation du Peintre," Musee Cantonal Des Beau-Arts, Lausanne, 6 April - 26 May (catalogue) |
| 1992 | Documenta IX, Kassel, Germany |
| | "15th Anniversary Exhibition," Rhona Hoffman Gallery," Chicago, 8 May - 13 June |
| | "Charlton, Flavin, Long, Merz, Ruckreim, Zorio," Sala Gaspar, Barcelona |
| | "Terrae Motus alla Reggia di Caserta," Fondazione Amelio, Naples, November (catalogue) |
| | "Arte Povera," Kodama Gallery, Osaka, Japan, Ocotber 19 - December 12, 1992 |
| 1993 | "Out of Sight Out of Mind," Lisson Gallery, London, 15 February - 3 April 1993, Sammlung Goetz, Munich |
| | "La collection Mme Christian Stein," Centre Regional d'Art Contemporain Midi-Pyrenees, Labege-Innopole, France, 19 January - 28 March |
| | "Gravity & Grace, The Changing Condintion of Sculpture 1965 - 1975," Hayward Gallery, London, 21 January - 14 March |
| | "A la decouverte...de collections romandes I," FAE Musee d'art contemporain, Pully/Lausanne, Switzerland, 19 February - 27 June (catalogue) |
| | "Drawing the Line Against AIDS," Biennale di Venezia and AmFar |
| | International, Venice, June 8 - 13, curated by John Cheim, Diego Cortez, Carmen Gimenez, Klaus Kertess (catalogue) |
| | "Utopia - Arte Italiana 1950 - 1993," Salzburger Festspiele, Salzburg; in cooperation with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York and Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, 24 July - 31 August (catalogue) |
| | "De Verzameling, The Collection," Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, opening September 5 |
| | "Schwerpunkt Skultur" (Center of Gravity), Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld, September -October 1993 |
| 1994 | "some kind of fact some kind of fiction," Sperone Westwater, New York, 8 January - 12 February |
| 1995 | "The Italian Metamorphosis, 1943-1968," Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, October 6- January 22 (catalogue) |
| | "Sculpture," Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London, 7 December - 26 January (catalogue) |
| | "Terrae Motus Terrae Motus," Palazzo reale, Caserta, Italy, December (catalogue) |
| | "Itinere camino e caminantes," Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela, Portugal, January - February |
| | Sperone Westwater, New York, September - October |
| | Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, 16 September - 28 October |
| | John Weber Gallery, September 16 - October 14 |
| 1996 | "L'Escultura. Creacions Paral-Leles Metafores del Real," Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, November 30, 1995 - February 18, 1996 (catalogue) |
| | "Portrait of the Artist," Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London, April - June |
| 1997 | "Arte Italiana, Ultimi Quarant'anni: Materiali Anomali," Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Bologna, Italy, 28 February - 4 May, 1997 |
| | "Objects of Desire: The Modern Still Life," The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 25 May - 26 August; Hayward Gallery, London, 9 October - 4 January 1998 (catalogue) |
| | "La Biennale di Venezia. XLVII Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte," Venice, Italy, June 15 -November 9, 1997 (catalogue) |
| | "Anselmo, Boetti, Laib, Merz, Nauman, Paolini, Pistoletto, Vital, Zorio," Sperone Westwater, New York, 13 September-18 October |
| | "Ausgestellt-Vorgestellt III. Mario Merz für Peter Wüthrich," Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl, Germany (catalogue) |
| 1997-98 | "Arte Italiana, 1945-1995: il visibile e l'invisibile," Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya, 14 November-15 January; Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 1 February-22 March; Yonago City Museum of Art, Tottori, 23 April-26 May; Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, 15 June-26 July |
| | Christian Stein, Milan, December-January |
| 1997-00 | "Arte Povera: Arbeiten und Dokumente aus der Sammlung Goetz, 1958 bis heute," Neue Museum Weserburg Bremen, June-September; Kunsthalle Nürnberg, October-December; Kölnischer Kunstverein, 13 February-26 April; Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Palais Lichtenstein, Vienna, 19 June-30 August; Konsthalle Göteborg, Sweden, September-October; Sammlung Goetz, Munich (catalogue) |
| 1998-99 | "50 espèce d'espaces," MAC, galeries contemporaines des musées de Marseille, 28 November-30 May |
| 1999 | "Group Exhibition," Sperone Westwater, New York, June 18 - 30 July |
| | "Opening Exhibition", MASS MoCA, Mass |
| | "Island of Scultures," Xacobeo, Pontevedra, Spain, July. |
| 1999-2000 | "the collection of the 'Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain'," Palazzo delle papesse, centro Arte Contemporanea, 1999 - 2000 |
| 2000 | "different strokes; selections from the permanent collection," University Gallery, Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 29 January - 17 March 2000 |
| | "Arte Povera Torinese; Boetti, Merz, Paolini, Penone, Pistoletto, Zorio" Galerie Nathalie Pariente, Paris, 15 April - 20 May 2000 |
| | "In Process, Photographs from the 60s and 70s," Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, 20 October - 25 November 2000 |
| 2000-2001 | "Many Colored Objects Placed Side by Side to Form a Row of Many Colored Objects," Collection of Annick and Anton Herbert, Casino Luxembourg, Forum d'Art Contemporain, 29 October 2000 - 21 January 2001 |
| | "Art Light," Galerie Ernst Beyeler, Basel, 25 November 2000 - March 2001 |
| 2001 | "Multipli 1967 - 2001," Esso Gallery, New York, 16 January - 3 March 2001 |
| | "Zero to Infinity: Arte Povera," Tate Modern, 31 May - 19 August 2001 (brochure) |
| | "Art Unlimited," Art 32 Basel, 13 - 18 June (catalogue) |
| | "Arte Povera: Selections from the Sonnabend Collection," curated by Claire Gilman, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York, 3 October - 8 December 2001 (catalogue) |
| 2003 | Sculpture, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, February 14-March |
| | Thinking about Sculpture, The Rachofsky House, Dallas, Texas, 2003 2004. |
| 2005 | Drawings from the Modern, 1945-1975, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 30 March
29 August 2005. |
| | Art and its Materials, Galleria Cardi & co., Milan, Italy, 24 November 2005 21 January 2006. |
| 2006 | Public Space / Two Audiences, works from the Herbert Collection, Museu dArt Contemporani De Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 7 February 1 May 2006 |
| | Kounellis, Long, Merz, Turrell, Galleria Cardi & Co., Milan, Italy, 2 March 7 April 2006 |
| | Mario Merz Wolfgang Laib, Accademia Tedesca Rome, 21 September 27 October 2006 |
| 2006-2007 | Inaugural Exhibition: Wrestle, Curated by Tom Eccles and Trevor Smith, CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, 12 November 2006 27 May 2007 |
| 2007 | Fast Forward: Contemporary Collections for the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Museum of Art, 11 February 20 May 2007 (catalogue) |
| 2007-2008 | VentAnni con Gli Amici: 1987-2007. Galleria in Arco, Torino, 10 November 2007 12 January 2008 (catalogue) |
| 2008 | Red Sky, Luhring Augustine, New York, 21 January 16 February |
| | Selections from the Collection of Helga and Walther Lauffs, New York, David Zwirner and Zwirner & Wirth, May 2008 |
| | Minimal and Conceptual Art in Europe: The Helga and Walther Lauffs Collection, New York, David Zwirner and Zwirer & Wirth, 5 November 23 December 2008 |
| 2008-2009 | Italics: Italian Art between Tradition and Revolution 1968-2008, Palazzo Grassi, Venice, 27 September 2008 22 March 2009; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 18 July 25 October 2009. (catalogue) |
| 2009 | 15 Years of Collecting Against the Grain, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany, 15 May 13 September 2009 (brochure) |
| 2009-2010 | Orientamento, Galleria Cardi, Milan, Italy, 1 December 2009 27 February 2010. |
| 2010-2011 | Basico: Moto Perpetuo, (35th Anniversary: October 1975 October 2010), Tucci Russo Studio per lArte Contemporanea, Torre Pellice (Torino), Italy, 10 October 2010 27 February 2011 |
| 2011 | Group Show. Galleria Christian Stein, Milan, Italy, 24 February 30 April 2011. |
| 2011-2013 | Sympathy for the Devil, Vanhaerents Art Collection, Brussels, Belgium, 30 April 2011 30 November 2013 |
| 2012 | AN ACCUMULATION OF INFORMATION TAKEN FROM HERE TO THERE, Sperone Westwater, New York,
4 May 16 June. |
| “Collezione Giancarlo e Danna Olgiati,” Lugano Arte e Cultura, Lugano, Switzerland
23 June – 5 August 2012 |
| “Arte Povera”, Galleria Cardi Pietrasanta, Lucca, Italy, April-May 2012 |
| 2013 | “Che Fare?”, Galerie Lelong, New York, NY, 22 February – 30 March 2013. |
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| Mario Merz Pittore in Africa, (New York: Sperone Westwater, 1984) |
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| Mario Merz, Los Spazio Umano, no. 9, October-December, 1984 |
| Mario Merz, (Buffalo, NY: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1984) essays by Susan Krane and a statement by the artist |
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| Rogozinski, Luciana, "La Position Crepusclaire, notes sure l'art Italien d'aujourd'hui," Parachute, March/April/May, p. 4-18 |
| Contemporary Italian Masters, (Chicago: Chicago Council on Fine Arts and the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, 1984) essays by Henry Geldzahler and Judith Russi Kirshner |
| Castello, Michaelangelo, "Il numero ela collina," Tema Celeste, March, vol. 2, no. 2, p. 9-13 |
| Diacono, Mario, Verso una nuova icongrafia, Reggio Emilia, 1984 |
| Freeman, Phyllis, Eric Himmel, Edith Pavese, Anne Yarowsky, editors, New Art, New York, 1984 |
| Content: A Contemporary Focus, 1974-1984, (Washington D.C.: The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 1984) with essays by Miranda McClintic, Howard Fox, and Phyllis Rosenzweig |
| Merz, Beatrice, "L'arte povera alla mole Antonelliana," Lo Spazio Umano, no. 12, July-September, p. 81-2 |
| Oliva, Achille Bonito, Dialoghi d'artista, Milan, 1984 |
| Ferrari, Corinna, review, Domus, no. 648, March, p. 69-7 |
| 1985 | Newhall, Edith, New York Magazine, vol. 18, no. 36, September 16, p. 56 |
| Burckhardt, Jacqueline, "Citta Ireale," Parkett, issue 5, p. 75-85 |
| Merz, Beatrice, "Der Grosse Topf," Parkett, issue 5, p. 75-85 |
| Comi, Enrico R., "Lights on Arte Povera," Lo Spazio Umano, October/December 1985. (Italian and English) |
| Merz, Mario, Lo Spazio Umano, no. 2, April-June, p. 66-77 |
| Wolff, Theodore, "New York art galleries that sizzle in summer," The Christian Science Monitor, Monday, June 24, p. 23 |
| Itoh, Junji, Art in Front, Parco Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, p. 108 |
| Nouvelle Biennale de Paris, essay by Georges Boudaille, Jean-Pierre Faye, Alanne Heiss, Gerard Gassiot-Talabot, Achille Bonito Oliva, Marie Luise Syring, and Pierre Courcelles, Paris, 1985 |
| Bordaz, Jean-Pierre, "Entretien avec Harald Szeemann et Mario Merz," Neue Kunst in Europa, Munich, no. 9, July/August/September, p. 13-14 |
| Zacharopulus, Denys, "Nouvelle Biennale de Paris," Artforum, vol. XXIV, no. 1, September, p. 133-4 |
| Waldman, Diane, Transformation in Sculpture, (New York: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1985) |
| Levin, Kim, The Village Voice, October 16, 1985 |
| Glueck, Grace, "Conceptual Art, Italian Style, Makes a Statement at P.S.1," The New York Times, Sunday, October 13, section 2, p. 29 |
| Alessandri, Giulio, "Lucio Amelio," FlashArt, International, no. 124, October/November, p. 74-5 |
| Bastian, Heiner, 7000 Eichen, Tubingen, 1985 |
| Wilken, Karen, "Toronto: The Iceberg Show," Artnews, vol. 84, no. 5, May, p. 112-113 |
| Wechsler, Max, "Mario Merz, Kunsthaus," Artforum, vol. XXIV, no. 1, September, p. 134-5 |
| Raynor, Vivien, The New York Times, Friday, October 18, p. C26 |
| Petit, Pietro Sparta-Pascale, Mario Merz, Chagny, 1985 |
| Larson, Kay, "Hard Hats, Soft Heads," New York Magazine, November 11, p. 122-4 |
| Raynor, Vivien, "Art: Mario Merz," The New York Times, Friday, November 29, p. C29 |
| Bourdon, David, "Italian Alchemy," Vogue, December, 1985 |
| "Harald Szeeman Progetti," Domus, no. 666, November, p. 68-9 |
| Celant, Germano, Arte Povera, The Knot, New York, 1985 |
| Fuchs, Rudi, Ouverture, Castello di Rivoli, Turin, 1985 |
| Indiana, Gary, "Now Voyager," The Village Voice, October 29, 1985 |
| Baker, Kenneth, San Francisco Chronicle, Tuesday, October 29, 1985 |
| Merz, Mario, Voglio Fare Subito un Libro, (Zurich: Kunsthaus Zurich, 1985), collected writings of the artist, one of three books published to accompany the artist's exhibition at the Kunsthaus Zurich, the others being: |
| Mario Merz, (Zurich: Kunsthaus Zurich, 1985) essays by Mario Merz, Marisa Merz and Harald Szeeman. |
| Mario Merz, (Zurich: Kunsthaus Zurich, 1985) |
| Uber Mario Merz, (Vienna: Galerie Nachst St. Stephen, 1985) organized by Rosemarie Schwarzwaelder |
| Celant, Germano, Del Arte Povera A 1985, Madrid, 1985 |
| Zacharopoulos, Denys, "Mario Merz, Au fond de la cour a droite," Artforum, vol. XXIII, no. 8, April, p. 103 |
| Mays, John Bentley, ""The European Iceberg," Art Gallery of Ontario," Artforum, vol. XXIII, no. 9, May, p. 119 |
| Celant, Germano, The European Iceberg, Toronto, 1985 |
| Nabakowski, Gislind, "In der Traumstadt des Zweiflers Mario Merz," art, October 1985, pp. 68 - 76. |
| Nickas, Robert, "The Knot - Arte Povera at P.S.1," East Village Eye, November 1985. |
| 1986 | Silverthorne, Jeanne, Artforum, vol. XXIV, no. 5, January, p. 90-1 |
| Merz, Mario, "Project for Artforum," Artforum, vol. XXIV, no. 5, January, p. 65 |
| Vath-Hinz, Henriette, Wolken Kratze, no. 10, Winter, 1985/86, p. 69-71 |
| Cone, Michael, FlashArt, no. 125, December, 1985-January, 1986 |
| Bell, Jane, Artnews, January, 1985, p. 131 |
| Groot, Paul, "Alchemy and the Rediscovery of the Human Figure in Recent Art," FlashArt, no. 126, February/March, p. 42-3 |
| McEvilley, Thomas, ""Spuren, Skulpturen und Monumente ihrer prazisen Reise"," Artforum, vol. XXIV, no. 8, April, p. 120-121 |
| Westfall, Stephen, "Anything, Anytime, Anywhere: Arte Povera at P.S.1," Art in America, vol. 74, no. 5, May, p. 132 - 137, 169. |
| Tazzi, Pier Luigi, "Sol LeWitt and Mario Merz," Artforum, vol. XXIV, no. 10, Summer, p. 134 |
| Festwochen, Werner, De Sculptura, Vienna, 1986 |
| Cooke, Lynne, "Falls the Shadow: Recent British and European Art," FlashArt, no. 129, Summer, p. 73 |
| Falls the Shadow, (London: The Hayward Gallery, 1986) |
| Merz, Mario, Fra Usikkerhet til Samlet Kraft, catalogue, Kunstnernes Hus Oslo, 1986 |
| Roberto, Maria Teresa, Mario Merz, Tucci Russo," FlashArt, no. 134, Summer, p. 62 |
| Pohlen, Annelie, Artforum, vol. XXV, no. 1, Summer, p. 152 |
| Brenson, Michael, "A Show in Paris Asks What Makes Modern Sculpture Distinct," The New York Times, Sunday, July 20, Section 2, p. 29-30 |
| Mater Dulcissima, (Siracusa: Edizione Tema Celeste, 1986) |
| Fischl, Eric and Jerry Salz, Sketchbook with Voices, New York, 1986 |
| Rosenthal, Mark, Philadelphia Collects Art Since 1940, Philadelphia, 1986 |
| Trini, Tommaso, "Lewitt (Abitare l'Abisso) Merz," Tema Celeste, no. 8, May 1986, p. 22-28 (English pp. 54 - 56) |
| Castello, Michelangelo, "Critica d'arte racconto dall'arte," Tema Celeste, No. 8, May 1986, p. 8-17, (english pp. 52 - 53) |
| Paparoni, Demetrio, "Sentiero per qui. Mario Merz," Tema Celeste, no. 8, May, 1986, p. 18-21. (English pp. 53 - 54) |
| Ben-Haim, Tsipi, "The knot-Art Povera," International Sculpture, (New York: The International Sculpture Center, March/April 1986) |
| Schwabsky, Barry, ""The Knot Arte Povera" at PS1," Artscribe, Feb-Mar. 1986 |
| Oliva, Achille Bonito, "Figurabila," Tema Celeste, no. 8, May, 1986, pp. 33 - 42. |
| Pakesch, Peter, Ed., Die Wahlverwandschaften Zitate, Graz, 1986. |
| 1987 | Tuchman, Maurice, The Spiritual in Art, Los Angeles, 1987 |
| Reghini di Pontremoli, Lidia, "Die Wahlverwandtschaften - Zitate -Stadtmuseum, Graz," Tema Celeste, no. 10, January-March, p. 67-78 |
| Albertazzi, Liliana, interview with Catherine David, Bernard Blistene, and Alfred Pacquement, "L'Epoque, la mode, la morale, la passion," Galeries, no. 18, April-May, 1987, p. 48-53, p. 118-120 |
| Salvioni, Daniel, "Arte Povera - Barbara Gladstone," FlashArt, International, Summer, no. 135, p. 106 |
| Turin 1965-1987: Arte Povera, L'art pauvre dans les collections publiques francaises, (Chambery: Musee d'Art et d'Histoire and Lille: Musee Comtesse, 1987) |
| "Mario Merz au CAPC de Bordeaux," New Art International, no. 3-4, May 1987, pp. 48 - 50 (followed by an open letter to Mario Merz from Felix Buchman) |
| Perretta, Gabriele, "Mario Merz - Museo di Capodimonte," FlashArt, May-June, p. 64 |
| Hunt, Axel, "Trading Passion for Boredom at the Pomidou," Artnews, vol. 86, no. 8, p. 199 |
| Kuspit, Donald, Max Wechsler et al., "The Critics Way," ArtForum, vol. 27, no. 1, September, p. 109-120 |
| Chritov-Bakargiev, Carolyn, "Arte Povera 1967-1987," FlashArt, International, November-December, no. 137, p. 52-69 |
| "The Galleries Talk," FlashArt, International Ed., no. 137, November/December 1987, Flash Art News, p. 1. |
| Hefting, Paul, "Building on the Past," Stroll Magazine, October, p. 29-33 |
| 1988 | Magnani, Gregorio, and Barry Schwabsky, "Octobre des Arts, Lyon," FlashArt, International, no. 138, January-February, p. 126-7 |
| Smith, Roberta, "An Array of Artists, Styles and Trends in Downtown Galleries," The New York Times, Friday, February 26, p. C28 |
| Filler, Martin, "L.A. Angles," House and Garden, April, p. 158-163 |
| Hall, James, "Mario Merz - Anthony d'Offay," Artscribe, May, p. 72-75 |
| Silverthorne, Jeanne, "Mario Merz's Future of an Illusion," Parkett, no. 15, p. 58-63 |
| Merz, Mario, "Did I Say It or Didn't I?," Parkett, no. 15, p. 79-83 |
| Gruterich, Marlis, "Paths for Here and Now in Impenetrable Places -Mario Merz's Travel Pictures 1987," Parkett, no. 15, p. 48-57 |
| Zacharopoulos, Denys, "The Present of a Work," Parkett, no. 15, p. 95-7 |
| Mertz, Albert, "Mertz om Merz," Louisiana Revy, vol. 28, no. 3, May, p. 4-9. |
| Davvetas, Demosthenes, "Planeten Merz," Louisiana Revy, vol. 28, no. 3, May, p. 10-12. |
| Celant, Germano, "To tekster af Mario Merz," Louisiana Revy, Vol. 28, no. 3, May 1988. pp. 13 - 19. |
| Mario Merz (Nagoya: Institute of Contemporary Art, 1988) |
| Mario Merz - Opere su carta, (Turin: Galleria in Arco, 1988) |
| Wulffen, Thomas, "Kulturstadt Europa Berlin 1988," Artscribe, International, Summer, p. 12-14 |
| Europa Oggi - Europe Now, (Prato: Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, 1988) edited by Amnon Barzel with the collaboration of Giorgio Maragliano, p. 142-45, 235 |
| Paoletti, John T., "Letter from Germany," Arts Magazine, October, p. 106-109 |
| Godfrey, Tony, excerpt from "Report from Germany - A Tale of Four Cities," Art in America, vol. 76, no. 11, November, p. 29-41 |
| Groot, Paul, "Zeitlos, Positionen Heutiger Kunst," FlashArt, International, October, p. 117-118 |
| L'Observatoire (New York: Farideh Cadot Gallery, 1988), p. 27 |
| Tazzi, Pier Luigi, "Dear Harry...," Artforum, International Ed., Vol. XVIII, no. 1, September 1988. pp. 132 - 134. |
| Beck, Ernest, "Schaffhausen: Mental Spaces," Artnews, October, 1988. pp. 71 - 72. |
| James, Warren, "Educated Eclectics," Progressive Architecture, no. 9, September 1988. pp. 84 - 91. |
| 1989 | de Sanna, Jole, "Mario Merz, Galleria Christian Stein," Artforum, February, p. 143 |
| Vetrocq, Marcia E., "Utopias, Nomads, Critics," Arts Magazine, April, p. 49-54 |
| Feaver, William, "Italian Art in the 20th Century: Chauvinism and Chic," Artnews, May, p. 137-145 |
| Porges, Maria, "Interview: Mary Jane Jacob," Contemporanea, May, p. 65-6 |
| "Exhibitions: Los Angeles," The Journal of Art, May, p. 9 |
| Baker, Kenneth, "Mario Merz: Museum of Contemporary Art," Artforum, Summer, p. 150-51 |
| Celant, Germano, Mario Merz: A Retrospective, (New York: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1989) |
| Parent, Beatrice, "Mario Merz: le souffle de la liberte," Artstudio, Summer, p. 52-63 |
| "Mario Merz in the Guggenheim," Lapiz, no. 61, October, p. 84 |
| Conte, Giuseppe, "The Garden of Myth," Tema Celeste, no. 20, April-June, p. 48-53 |
| Larson, Kay, "Fall Previews: Museums," New York Magazine, September 11, p. 66 |
| Tosi, Barbara, "Sonnabend Collection," Contemporanea, vol. II, no. 5, July/August, p. 94 |
| Turner, Jonathan, "Italy: Trash and Treasure: The Essence of Alchemy," Artnews, September, p. 143-147 |
| Cueff, Alain, "Mario Merz: Nouveau Musee," Artscribe, International, November-December, p. 90-91 |
| Smith, Roberta, "Mario Merz Works Complement the Guggenheim," The New York Times, Friday, September 29, p. C25 |
| "Los Angeles: Igloos, alligators, neon, and numbers," The Journal of Art, May, p. 9 |
| Mitchell, Clio, and Thomas West, "Paris: Preparing for 1992," Art International 9, Winter, p. 20-21 |
| 1990 | Vetrocq, Marcia E., "Mario Merz," Arts Magazine, January, p. 84 |
| Mantegna, Gianfranco, "Interview: Germano Celant," Contemporanea, February, p. 68-73 |
| Gomez, Edward M., "Fumio Nanjo: Man In The Middle," Artnews, March, p. 107-8 |
| Mahoney, Robert, "Mario Merz: The Cannibalim of Arte Povera," Flash Art, no. 150, January/February, p. 123 |
| Johnson, Ken, "Mario Merz at the Guggenheim," Art in America, February, p. 171 |
| Ruhe, Barnaby, "Merz' Igloos," Art World, Fall, November -December, p. 3 |
| Blanchard, Paul, "Mario Merz," Tema Celeste, January-March, p. 62 |
| Poli, Francesco, "Private Collection: Warhol, But More," Contemporanea, April, p. 58-63 |
| Mahoney, Robert, "Mario Merz: Museum Guggenheim," FlashArt, no. 155, April/May, Edizione Italiana, p. 144 (in Italian) |
| MacAdam, Barbara A., "Kournellis, Fabro, Merz, Paolini: Salvatore Ala," Artnews, May, p. 220 |
| Galloway, David, "Report from Germany: Happening in Hamburg," Art in America, May, p. 77-89 |
| Baum, Stella, "Konrad Fischer," Galeries Magazine, April/May, p. 142-149 |
| Bandini, Mirella, "Olreluce," Contemporanea, Vol. III, no. 6, Summer, p. 112 |
| Bourel, Michel, "La Collection Herbert," Galeries Magazine, April/May, p. 3, 150-169 |
| Mario Merz: Terra Elevata O La Storia Del Disegno (Turin: Castello Di Rivoli, 1990) |
| Dagen, Philippe, "Bordeaux Warehouse Musuem Reopens," The Journal of Art, October, p. 24 |
| Verzotti, Gergio, "Doppel Jeopardy," Artforum, November, p. 124-130 |
| Pasini, Francesca, "Mario Merz: Museo Comunale D'Arte Moderna," Artforum, December, p. 151-152 |
| "Ponton Temse: Citiwide Exhibtion Curated by Jan Hoet," FlashArt, International Edition, Flash Art News, November - December, p. 171 |
| Mercuri, Bernardo, "Mario Merz," Tema Celeste, November - December, No. 27-28, p. 61 (Edizione Italiana) |
| "Goings on About Town," The New Yorker, 24 December, p. 16 |
| "Mario Merz," Spanzio Umano/Human Space, (Milam, Italy: Editoriale Spanzio Umano/Human Space, June, 1990) pp. 106 - 107. |
| "Mario Merz," Spanzio Umano/Human Space, (Milan, Italy: Editoriale Spanzio Umano/Human Space, November, 1990) pp. 100 - 101. |
| Von Drateln, Doris, "Eineuchten," Contemporanea, March. pp. 84 - 85 |
| 1991 | Goodman, Al, "Madrid's ARCO Joins the Big League Art Fairs," The Journal of Art, February, 1991. p. 83. |
| Christov-Bakargiev, Carolyn, "Mario Merz: Castello Di Rivoli, Centro Per L'Arte, Contemporanea Luigi Pecci," FlashArt, January - February 1991. p. 144. |
| Decter, Joshua, "Mario Merz," Arts Magazine, March, 1991. pp. 97 - 98. |
| "Munich: Arte Povera Revisited," Flash Art News, FlashArt, International Edition, Summer, 1991. p. 148. |
| Ammann, Jean-Christophe, Mario Merz, (Frankfurt am Main: Museum fur Moderne Kunst, June 1991) (brochure) |
| Wheeler, Daniel, ART Since MID-CENTURY 1945 to the Present, (New York: The Vendome Press, 1991) p. 260 - 261. |
| Bandini, Mirella, "Turin in the 1970s: Fiat, Arte Povera, and Other Heroes," FlashArt, International Edition, October. pp. 104 - 109. |
| Gruterich, Marlis, "The Art of Coexistence," FlashArt, International Ed., November-December. pp. 82 - 85. (image only) |
| Moure, Gloria, "Cumulus Aus Eurpopa - Reflections on a Space for Creation," Parkett, No. 30, 1991. pp. 169 - 175. |
| Nature creation du Peintre, (Lausanne: Musee cantonal des Beau-Arts,1991) |
| 1992 | "existessentialism art and upcoming fashion for a different world,"Interview, January 1992. pp. 60 - 68. (image only) |
| B.P., "Greece: New Forms in Athens," FlashArt, Flash Art News, January/Febraury 1992. p. 155. |
| Funken, Peter, "Artisti Dell'Arte Povera," arte Factum, Vol 9, no 42, February - March 1992. p 47 (german text) |
| Bass, Ruth, "Mario Merz: Sperone Westwater," Artnews, April 1992.p. 116. |
| "Una collezione per tutte le stagioni," Il Giornale Dell'Arte, N. 99, April 1992. n.p. |
| "Da vent'anni Kassel Documenta la nostra inesauribile poverta," Il Giornale Dell'Arte, N. 100, May 1992. pp. 17 - 20. |
| Terrae Motus alla Reggia di Caserta, (Naples: Fondazione Amelio, Electa Napoli e Guida editori, 1992) pp. 108 - 108. |
| 1993 | A la decouverte...de collections romandes I, (Pully/Lausanne, Switzerland: FAE Musee d'art contemporain, 1993) |
| Porges, Maria, "Art of Glass: Looking Through History," Sculpture, January - February 1993. pp. 42 - 47. |
| Drawing the Line Against AIDS, (USA: The American Foundation for AIDS Research, 1993) |
| Utopia - Arte Italiana 1950 - 1993, (Zurich: Eidolon Verlag, 1993) |
| Castleman, Riva, "The Artist and the Book in Twentieth-Century Italy," The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1992/93. |
| 1994 | Brock, Havey, "Mario Merz," Artnews, Volume 93, September 1994, pp. 166-167 |
| Sperone, Gian Enzo, and Achille Bonito Oliva, La Metafora Trovata: 30 years, Galleria Sperone, 30 anni (Rome: Galleria Sperone, 1994) |
| 1995 | Meneguzzo, Marco, "Mario Merz at the Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea," Artforum, Vol. XXXIV, No. 1 (September 1995), p. 98 |
| L'escultura. Creacions Paral-Lele Metafores del Real, (Barcelona, Spain: Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, 1995) |
| "Mario Merz: Selected Works 1967-1982," Sperone Westwater, New York |
| Kohlmeyer, Agnes, "Foreign Artist: Mario Merz: Merz, the Spiral, World-House and the Mountains," Gana Art, no. 46 (November-December 1995), pp. 18, 127-133, and cover |
| 1997 | Objects of Desire: The Modern Still Life, (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1997), exhibition catalogue by Margit Rowell | |
| La Biennale di Venezia. XLVII Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte. Future, Present, Past, (Venice, La Biennale di Venezia, and Milan, Electa, 1997), exhibition catalogue by Germano Celant |
| Lotz, Corinna, "Art & Artists: Still, But Very Real," Socialist (October 1997), p. 10 |
| Hilton, Tim, "Arts: It's Only Art, You Know," Independent on Sunday, 19 October 1997, p. 29 |
| Feaver, William, "Art: Meaning What, Exactly?," Observer, 10 December 1997 |
| Arte Povera: Arbeiten und Dokumente aus der Sammlung Goetz, 1958 bis heute, exhibition catalogue edited by Ingvild Goetz and Christiane Meyer-Stoll, with essays by Mirella Bandini, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Nike Bätzner, Maddalena Disch, Bruno Corà, et al. (Munich: Sammlung Goetz, 1997) [essay on Mario Merz by Marlis Grüterich, pp. 119-131] |
| Ausgestellt-Vorgestellt III. Mario Merz für Peter Wüthrich, exhibition catalogue by Uwe Rüth, and a texts by the artist (Marl: Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl, 1997) |
| 1998 | Mattarella, Lea, "L'oro di Napoli abita qui," Arte, no. 302 (October 1998), pp. |
| Millet, Catherine, "L'Autriche au centre de la nouvelle Europe," Art Press, no. 239 (October 1998), pp. 26-31 |
| 1999 | DeBord, Matthew, "Preview: Mario Merz, 'La Casa Fibonacci,'" Artforum, vol. 37 no. 5 (January 1999), p. 56 |
| "Mario Merz," Art, Das Kunstmagazine, No.4 (April 1999), p.19 |
| Sussman, Elisabeth, "Report from Oporto; Sorting Out the '60s," Art in America, Vol.88, No. 3 (March 2000) pp. 58-59,61, 63 |
| 2000 | Kimmelman, Michael, "A Temple of Modern Art and Spectacle," The New York Times, (10 May 2000) pp. E1,E12 |
| Gian Enzo Sperone; Torino, Roma, New York; 35 Anni di Mostra tra Europa e America, exhibition catalogue, 2000, pp. 118, 134, 139, 186, 270-271, 297, 311, 314, 325, 336, 347, 417 |
| da Warhol al 2000, Palazzo Cavour, Regione Piemonte, exhibition catalogue, 2000, p. 52 |
| 2001 | Vendrame, Simona, "Harald Szeemann," Tema Celeste, (March - April 2001), pp. 48-54 |
| Art Unlimited, 2001, Art 32 Basel, pp. 86-87 |
| 2003\t | Wasserman, Shara, Report from Italy: Roma Renovatio, Art in America, (June 2003), pp.55- 59 |
| 2004 | Celant, Germano, Sphere of Influence, Artforum, January 2004, pp. 25-26. |
| | Povoledo, Elisabetta, Poet of Arte Povera, ARTnews, January 2004, pp. 60 |
| | Fondation Cartier pour lart contemporain, published on the occasion of the 20th anniversary, 2004, p. 148. |
| 2005 | Lumley, Robert, Founding Father, Artforum, Summer 2005, pp. 131-134. |
| | Garrels, Gary. Drawing from the Modern, 1945-1975, Exhibition catalogue 2005, The Museum of Modern Art, 2005 |
| 2006 | Douglas, Kris. Richard Flood, Contemporary 2121, Issue 77, 2006, pp. 54-57. |
| | Rosenberg, David, et al. "The Perlstein Collection: From Dada to Contemporary Art." Gent: Ludion, p. 386-387. |
| 2007 | "Fast Forward: Contemporary Collections for the Dallas Museum of Art," exhibition catalogue, Dallas Museum of Art, pp. 173-175. |
| | Pacquement, Alfred. "Collection Art Contemporain." Paris: Editions du Centre Pompidou, 2007, pp. 300-302. |
| | Tansini, Laura. To Live an Idea: Mario Merz, from Conversations on Sculpture, Ed. Glenn Harper. (New Jersey: ISC Press, 2007). 174-179. |
| | Lewis, David, Critics Picks: Mario Merz, artforum.com, 29 November 2007. |
| | Beatrice, Luca. Galleria in Arco: VentAnni con Gli Amici 1987-2007. Torino: In Arco Books, 2007, p. 148. |
| 2008 | "Drawing: A Contemporary Approach (Sixth Edition)," Betti, Claudia and Teel Sale, 2008.Thomson Wadsworth, Belmont. 26-27, 29. |
| | Cottong, Kathy. Mario Merz: Ethnographer of the Everyday. Chicago: The Art Club of Chicago, 2008. |
| | Ebony, David. Italys Nothern Lights. Art in America February 2008, pp. 49. |
| | Artner, Alan G. Merzs humble art is simply profound, The Chicago Tribune, 27 March 2008: Section 5, p. 3. |
| | Bonami, Francesco. "/Italics/ Italian Art Between Tradition and Revolution 1968-2008." Venice: Palazzo Grassi, 2008, pp. 142, 196. |
| | "Art of our Time." Tokyo: The Ueno Royal Museum, 2008, pp. 84-85. |
| | "XXste Eeuw/ XXth Century," exhibition catalogue. Den Haag: The Netherlands, 2008, p. 74, 344. 356. |
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