For the first time ever, more than 25 key works by Alberto Giacometti and Yves Klein will be exhibited together at Gagosian London in an historical show curated by Joachim Pissarro, the art historian and director of the Hunter College Galleries. The exhibition is titled “Alberto Giacometti: A Retrospective,” and it opens on October 5 with a solo retrospective from the artist that includes his most famous work, “The Thinker,” which was created
For the first time ever, more than 25 key works by Alberto Giacometti and Yves Klein will be exhibited together at Gagosian London in an historical show curated by Joachim Pissarro, the art historian and director of the Hunter College Galleries. Despite being from different generations, the two artists both referenced the Second World War's devastating effect on Europe's people and culture, to create "elegant, lyrical matter".