The Louise Nevelson Foundation presents a landmark exhibition curated by Dr. Julia Bryan-Wilson in the historic rooms of the Procuratie Vecchie. Marking the 60th anniversary of Nevelson’s representation of the United States in Venice, this Official Collateral Event celebrates the artist’s pioneering career.

Nevelson created her first assemblages in the mid- 1950s, and quickly made an impact in the New York art scene with her pioneering approach to sculpture. Inspired by Cubism, Nevelson took scraps of wood and other materials found on the street near her studio and assembled them into free-standing and wall-mounted sculpture that she would paint a solid colour – most famously, black or white.