Extract
from the second edition press release
of
The MILANO International MODERN ART SHOW®
MIMAS: the Maximum. Oriented
towards the historic in art, this second
edition is confirmation that we are in
the time of “secure” classics.
The word among the gallery owners on the
stands was unanimous: not so many people
attending, but a very high ratio of the
visitors are collectors, lightening the
work of the exhibitors and generating
a higher financial return.
Ada Masoero, IL GIORNALE
DELL’ARTE
The 20th century doc has
made its way to MIMAS. A particularly
“informal” second “edition”…here
we see the trends of the moment in small
“blocks”…Boldini’s
“sophisticated ladies”, who
monopolised the first event, have been
set aside. This MIFAS looks more varied
and mature…and freer to combine
the never-to-be-forgotten works of Sironi
and Morandi with the episodes of Italian
experimentation in the aftermath of the
Second World War.
Chiara Gatti, LA REPUBLICA
From the old to the modern
– always carefully selected and
guaranteed by the approval of the major
Gallery owners, offering the Milanese
public the best of the 20th century in
terms of art and reproducing the visual
split of the ideas, atmospheres and feelings
of a complex and fascinating era through
selected works of art in a spectacular
format.
Domenico Montalto,
AVVENIRE
Twentieth century masters
are paraded in the “MIMAS”
salon …the very high quality of
the works on sale has called for painstaking
screening by the scientific committee…the
small scale of the location where the
exhibition is held and the refined taste
of its décor…(the flower
arrangements have been created by Giorgio
Armani) mean that MIMAS feels more like
a drawing room than a market fair…a
striking feature is a very fine bronze
by Marino Marini…the sole example
(in private hands: editor’s note)
of the six existing in the world, which
are housed in famous museums, including
Montreal, Ottawa and Tokyo…
Carlotta Lombardo,
IL CORRIERE DELLA SERA
The avant garde and the
experimental will not be found here, except
of course the historic. The stress is
on solid, recognised artists, the artists
for which the collector or, more prosaically,
the investor, can opt without risk…
IL GIORNO
…works by the most
famous Italian artists of the 20th century…the
signature of the greats on fine view…a
high standard of quality representing
all the most significant trends and movements
of the 20th century, with pride of place
given to historic masters and established
contemporaries, who can count on their
market…opportunities for a no-risk
purchase… the avant-garde and experimenters
are left in the shadows… rigorous
vetting …strict selection…
Laura Torretta, IL
SOLE 24 ORE
MIMAS: the past is reassurance
of the future. At the Permanent exhibition
is the “Salon” dedicated to
modern “classics”. It is a
fresh encounter with a small select group
of exhibitors, all of them specialists
in modern art. Among the new arrivals
are the Galeria Barbié, of Barcelona
and Madrid, two of its works being an
oil painting on wood by Ives Tanguy, and
“Femmes dans les maisons”,
a work by Albert Gleizes. Another new
entry, is the Milanese Studio Guastalla,
represented by its 1945 bronze “Horse”
by Marino Marini…two portraits by
Modigliani…an early Gentilini painting…two
works by Sironi…
Ada Masoero, IL GIORNALE
DELL’ARTE
The Milan International
Modern Arts Show is a window on the art
of today.
LEGGO
On 6 May 2004, at the palazzo
of the Società per le Belle Arti
ed Esposizione Permanente in Milan, the
second edition of the Milan International
Modern Arts Show – MIMAS –
will open. This will bring together a
group of many selected galleries of modern
and contemporary art from both inside
and outside Italy, creating an event entirely
dedicated to what has been created by
the great masters of the 20th century
in the fields of Painting, Sculpture and
the Decorative Arts. The philosophy of
MIMAS and its choices is rigorously directed
towards the quality and authenticity of
the works exhibited, which are guaranteed
by painstaking selection on the part of
an expert vetting committee and the impeccable
nature of the services offered both to
exhibitors and to visitors.
CLUB ART
At MIMAS, a selection of
international galleries is exhibiting
works of the great masters of the Twentieth
Century…the leading interpreters
of the figurative and abstract streams
of 20th century art…
CITY
…a special moment
to enjoy the eternal works of art of the
masters of the century that has only recently
come to an end and those of the most established
contemporary artists…the MIMAS…the
most eminent gallery owners and international
art publishers, all brought together in
a single exhibition context…
LIBERO
From MIMAS to Miart. No,
these are not secret codes; they are the
names of two modern and contemporary art
shows following one after another …over
the present few days. In short, there
is no peace for the collector….
Alberto Fiz, MILANO
FINANZA
…it is a prestigious
stage setting that reflects the liveliness
of a constantly changing market ... the
prestige of the exhibitors, the value
and fascination of the works and the acknowledge
importance of the artists present: all
these make the event the most interesting
market place on the Milanese scene, the
best possible combination of the cultural
and economic power of Milan with the high
quality of the art on offer…MIMAS
is the last in the series under the distinctive
title of “The Milano Spring Art
Exhibitions”.
L’INFORMATORE
EUROPEO
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