Robilant+Voena
{{short description|Art gallery in Mayfair, London}}
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{{Use British English|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox museum
| name = Robilant+Voena
| pushpin_map = Central London
| map_type = central London
| coordinates = {{coord|51.50845|-0.14235|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}}
| established = {{Start date and age|2004|df=y}}
| location = Mayfair
London, W1S
United Kingdom
| publictransit = {{rint|london|underground}} {{lus|Green Park}}
| website = {{url|https://www.robilantvoena.com}}
| founder = Edmondo di Robilant; Marco Voena
}}
Robilant+Voena is a commercial art gallery specializing in European Old Masters and 20th-century Italian and American art, with gallery spaces in London, Milan, Paris, and New York. The gallery has held a number of critically acclaimed Old Master exhibitions, of which the most significant include displays of works by the Caravaggisti,Gleadell, Colin. "[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/art/beyond-caravaggio-robilant-voenas-exhibition-celebrates-inspired/ Beyond Caravaggio: Robilant + Voena's exhibition celebrates those inspired by the Italian master]". The Telegraph, 22 November 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2022 Bartolomeo Manfredi, Caspar van Wittel, Giacomo Ceruti, and Antonio Joli.
Its most significant sales include an Artemisia Gentileschi self-portrait sold to the National Gallery in LondonPes, Javier. "[https://news.artnet.com/art-world/national-gallery-artemisia-gentileschi-provenance-1417675 The National Gallery’s New Artemisia Gentileschi Should Be a Triumph—But Clouds Are Forming Over Its Ownership During WWII]". Artnet, 12 December 2018Retrieved 13 August 2022 and a work by Baron Gérard acquired by the Frick Collection in New York.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/23/arts/italy-to-frick-collection-give-our-painting-back.html|title=Italy to Frick Collection: Give Our Painting Back|last=Libbey|first=Peter|website=The New York Times|date=23 August 2018|access-date=22 August 2022}}
Foundation
Robilant+Voena was founded by the art dealer Edmondo di Robilant and the Milan-based art dealer Marco Voena,"[https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/edmondo-di-robilant Edmondo di Robilant]". Sotheby's, 12 June 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2022"[https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/marco-voena Marco Voena]". Sotheby's, 12 June 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2022 who jointly presented the 1999 exhibition Bologna and Ferrara, Two Centuries of Emilian painting in New York. They launched Robilant+Voena in 2004 with the opening of a gallery on Dover Street, London. Further gallery spaces were opened in Milan in 2009, St Moritz, Switzerland, in 2014,{{Cite web |title=Robilant + Voena |url=https://www.artbasel.com/catalog/gallery/1867/Robilant-Voena |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=Art Basel}} and in Paris and New York in 2020.
Major acquisitions and sales
The gallery has sold paintings and works of art to private and royal collectors and museums including the National Gallery in London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Frick Collection, New York, the Brooklyn Museum, the Louvre Abu Dhabi, the Gallerie dell'Accademia Venice, the Scottish National Gallery, the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, the National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo, the National Gallery of Victoria, and the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan.
Notable recent sales include:
- 2017: François-Pascal-Simon Gérard, Prince Camillo Borghese, c. 1810. Frick Collection, New York{{Cite news |last=Libbey |first=Peter |date=2018-08-23 |title=Italy to Frick Collection: Give Our Painting Back |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/23/arts/italy-to-frick-collection-give-our-painting-back.html |access-date=2022-05-20 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |title=Frick Makes its Most Significant Painting Purchase in Nearly 30 Years |url=https://www.frick.org/press/frick_makes_its_most_significant_painting_purchase_nearly_30_years }}{{Cite web |last1=Rea |first1=Naomi |last2=Brown |first2=Kate |date=2017-12-28 |title=See the 10 Biggest Museum Acquisitions of 2017 |url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/the-10-biggest-museum-acquisitions-in-2017-1184732 |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=Artnet News |language=en-US}}
- 2017: Claude Vignon, David, c. 1623-1625. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston"[https://collections.mfa.org/objects/651651/david;jsessionid=2103B91832F535AF1ED7EF18BE1203CF David]". Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Retrieved 13 August 2022
- 2018: Artemisia Gentileschi, Self-Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria, c. 1615–1617. National Gallery, London{{Cite web |date=2018-07-06 |title=National Gallery buys Artemisia Gentileschi masterpiece for £3.6m |url=http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/jul/06/national-gallery-buys-artemisia-gentileschi-masterpiece-for-36m |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Dex |first=Robert |date=2018-07-06 |title=The National Gallery has spent £3.6m to boost women's art |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/national-gallery-spends-ps3-6m-on-rare-painting-to-boost-women-s-art-a3880901.html |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Hill |first=Eli |date=2018-07-09 |title=National Gallery Buys Record-breaking Artemisia Gentileschi Self Portrait |url=https://www.artsy.net/news/artsy-editorial-national-gallery-acquired-artwork-made-female-artist-first-time-27-years |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=Artsy |language=en}}
Exhibitions
Partnerships with brands such as Bottega Veneta, Kiton, Moncler, and Tod's have produced exhibitions exploring the interdisciplinary nature of artistic language, especially with regard to fashion.{{Cite web |date=2018-04-17 |title=Da Kiton l'eleganza maschile nell'arte |url=https://style.corriere.it/mostre-e-arte/da-kiton-con-van-dick-e-boldini-per-raccontare-i-trend-maschili/ |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=Style |language=it-IT}}{{Cite web |date=2018-03-17 |title=Inside Bottega Veneta's 15,000-Square-Foot Manhattan Maison |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/inside-bottega-venetas-15000-square-foot-manhattan-maison |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=Architectural Digest |language=en-US}}
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