Piero Manzoni

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Italian | 1933 - 1963

Piero Manzoni was an Italian Postwar & Contemporary painter who was born in 1933. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Centre Pompidou Malaga and will be on exhibit at MAZZOLENI, London on October 14, 2025. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Gagosian, Paris (rue de Ponthieu) have featured Piero Manzoni's work in the past.Piero Manzoni's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 4 USD to 14,123,750 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 14,123,750 USD for Achrome, sold at Christie's New York in 2013. In the past 12 months, his paintings have averaged 543,810 USD, while his sculptures have sold for an average of 27,652 USD.Piero Manzoni has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for e-flux in October 2025. The artist died in 1963.

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Achrome

By Piero Manzoni

Sotheby's New York

Untitled (Composition ,1957

By Piero Manzoni

Dorotheum, Vienna

Manzoni ,1970

By Piero Manzoni

Christian Hesse Auction

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Achrome ,1958

By Piero Manzoni

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Achrome

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ACHROME ,1958

By Piero Manzoni

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Manzoni ,1970

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Untitled (Composition ,1957

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Achrome

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Achrome

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Linea ,1959

By Piero Manzoni

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Merda d'Artista ,2013

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Current Exhibitions

Beyond Time: Threads of unexpected affinities

Galleria d'Arte Maggiore, Bologna

Bologna | Italy

30 Oct, 2025 - 15 Dec, 2025

The Artists of Albisola

MAZZOLENI, London

London | UK

14 Oct, 2025 - 19 Dec, 2025

Fire

Fondation Boghossian

Brussels | Belgium

25 Sep, 2025 - 01 Mar, 2026

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Articles

Fondazione Lucio Fontana publishes the first two volumes in the Pesci rossi series

ArtDaily 06 Nov, 2025

The Fondazione Lucio Fontana announced the beginning of a collaboration with Electa Publisher and the release of the first two titles in the Pesci rossi series of critical essays (available in bookstores from November 11, texts in Italian and English): Lucio Fontana.

7 Essential Museum Exhibitions to Visit in Paris

Galerie Magazine 21 Oct, 2025

7 Essential Museum Exhibitions to Visit in Paris.

Modern Masters Explore the Infinite Light of White at Bruton + Co in Mayfair

WHITEWALL 14 Oct, 2025

A luminous dialogue between generations, 鈥淶ERO and Beyond鈥� at Bruton + Co traces the radical evolution of white鈥攆rom the postwar purity of the ZERO movement to the conceptual depth of contemporary abstraction鈥攔evealing how light.

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鈥� ..Lines鈥� unfold over two floors and focus on Manzoni鈥檚 most significant bodies of work: his Achromes (paintings without color) and Linee (Lines) series... 鈥�
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Hauser & Wirth, New York, 22nd Street

鈥� ..Developed in parallel with his production of Achromes, Manzoni began his Linee series in 1959... 鈥�
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Hauser & Wirth, New York, 22nd Street

鈥� ..Ranging from short, simple bands traversing rectangular sheets of paper to increasingly long traces created with a roller on strips of paper, the artist produced a total of 90 Linee works of varying meters,... 鈥�
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Hauser & Wirth, New York, 22nd Street

鈥� ..Manzoni鈥檚 thumbprint on a small piece of paper became for her a self-portrait of the artist... 鈥�
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