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Italian | 1919 - 2013

Maria Lai was an Italian Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1919. Her work is currently being shown at EMMA, Espoo Museum of Modern Art. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Es Baluard, Museum of Modern & Contemporary Art have featured Maria Lai's work in the past.Maria Lai's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 48 USD to 195,230 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2014 the record price for this artist at auction is 195,230 USD for Lenzuolo (Bed Sheet), sold at Christie's London in 2018. In the past 12 months, her artworks have averaged 5,831 USD.Maria Lai has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for Galerie Magazine in July 2025. The artist died in 2013.

Featured for Sale

Senza Titolo ,1978

By Maria Lai

Studio d'Arte Borromeo

Presepe Presepe ,1960

By Maria Lai

Wright

Ave ,2003

By Maria Lai

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Notable Lots

Untitled ,1971

By Maria Lai

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Untitled. ,1979

By Maria Lai

Fifteen works: Untitled (15) - Maria Lai

Fifteen works: Untitled (15) ,1979

By Maria Lai

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Senza Titolo ,1978

By Maria Lai

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Music-making angels ,2003

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Ave ,2003

By Maria Lai

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Senza titolo

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Untitled ,1979

By Maria Lai

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Untitled ,1979

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Current Exhibitions

Arte Povera 鈥� A New Chapter

EMMA, Espoo Museum of Modern Art

Espoo | Finland

09 Apr, 2025 - 01 Feb, 2026

Past Exhibitions

Re-Materialized: The Stuff That Matters

Kaufmann Repetto, New York

Tribeca | New York | USA

13 Jan, 2023 - 18 Feb, 2023

Jukhee Kwon & Maria Lai: The Phantom Thread

Ierimonti Gallery

New York | USA

28 Sep, 2018 - 04 Nov, 2018

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Articles

The shattered world and the witnesses who tell its story: Lodi Ethical Photography Festival

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Coverage

鈥� ..Carried on for 70 years, Maria Lai鈥檚 artistic research is rooted in her homeland, Sardinia, though confronting itself with the most contemporary languages: innovation and tradition intertwine to give life... 鈥�
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Uffizi Galleries, Palazzo Pitti

鈥� ..since 1956, and provides an intimate portrait of the late artist through one of the most enduring themes from her illustrious sixty-year practice... 鈥�
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Boesky West (100 South Spring)

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