Jannis Kounellis

Greek | 1936 - 2017

Jannis Kounellis was a Greek Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1936. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Palazzo Esposizioni Roma in Rome. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum have featured Jannis Kounellis's work in the past.Jannis Kounellis's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 26 USD to 2,072,419 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 2,072,419 USD for Untitled, sold at Christie's London in 2014. In the past 12 months, his prints & graphic art have averaged 1,590 USD.Jannis Kounellis has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for ArtDaily in May 2025. The artist died in 2017.

Artist's alternative names: Yannis Kounellis

Featured for Sale

Opera in ricordo di Mauro Rostagno - 04/11/16

By Jannis Kounellis

Stefanini Arte

Portrait

By Jannis Kounellis

Gallery Har-El

Untitled, 2006 ,2006

By Jannis Kounellis

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Notable Lots

Untitled ,1960

By Jannis Kounellis

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Untitled ,1971

By Jannis Kounellis

+70%

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THE BLACK ROSE ,1967

By Jannis Kounellis

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La Perdita del punto di vista - Jannis Kounellis

La Perdita del punto di vista ,2008

By Jannis Kounellis

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Mod 1 ,1999

By Jannis Kounellis

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Untitled, 2006 ,2006

By Jannis Kounellis

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Recent Auction Results

Untitled (triptych)

By Jannis Kounellis

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SHEET FROM 'FRAMMENTI DE DANZA (FRAGMENTS OF DANCE)' - Jannis Kounellis

SHEET FROM 'FRAMMENTI DE DANZA (FRAGMENTS OF DANCE)' ,1982

By Jannis Kounellis

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Senza titolo ,2007

By Jannis Kounellis

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Current Exhibitions

Arte Povera: The beauty of essence

Tornabuoni Art, Florence

Florence | Italy

Apr 17,2025 - Jun 27,2025

The Collection Herbert

Herbert Foundation

Gent | Belgium

Oct 01,2023 - Jul 27,2025

Mario Giacomelli. The photographer and the artist

Palazzo Esposizioni Roma

Rome | Italy

May 20,2025 - Aug 03,2025

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Articles

ArtDaily 15/05/2025

The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF) presented the 11th edition of its signature New York fair at the Park Avenue Armory, May 9-13, 2025, with an invite-only preview on May 8.

Observer 12/05/2025

With early six- and seven-figure sales, the classic fine art fair reasserted its strength in a jittery market.

ArtDaily 17/04/2025

On Thursday, April 17, 2025, Tornabuoni Arte will open the exhibition Arte Povera: The Beauty of Essence. The project brings together historical masterpieces by its leading figures

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Coverage

鈥� ..Kounellis, who has already proved himself to be an impassioned decomposer in earlier works, divides up boats, pieces of meat, tables and ancient sculptures according to instructions from boat-builders,... 鈥�
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Kewenig Galerie, Cologne

鈥� ..Kounellis is a painter, performance artist and sculptor... 鈥�
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Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art

鈥� ..Already in 1960, Kounellis began chanting his letters on canvas, and in 1970 the artist included the presence of a musician or a dancer... 鈥�
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Fondazione Prada, Venice

鈥� ..After an initial series of paintings with numbers and letters, today Kounellis works with materials not generally used in art - gas, wool, or coffee, for instance - which he combines into mysterious installations... 鈥�
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The Berggruen Collection (Sammlung Berggruen)

鈥� ..Kounellis confronts the various materials of his art in a dialectical manner... 鈥�
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Galerie Lelong, Zürich