Osart Gallery at TEFAF 2026

For its second participation in TEFAF Maastricht, Osart Gallery is glad to present an exhibition project that explores the deep and often unexpected connections between the minimalist and conceptual art movements that developed in Europe and the United States from the 1960s onward. Through a carefully curated selection of works by Vincenzo Agnetti, Barry x Ball, Mirella Bentivoglio, Max Cole, Dadamaino, Jan Dibbets, Dan Flavin, Joseph Kosuth, Sol LeWitt, Gino Severini, David Simpson, Ettore Spalletti, the show aims to trace a path that reveals the interplay between distinct artistic approaches—rooted in different cultural contexts—yet united by shared structural and philosophical affinities.

The works on view come from the renowned Panza di Biumo Collection, a cornerstone in fostering transatlantic dialogue between American and Italian artists, as well as from other important Italian collections. This remarkable provenance allows for a narrative that transcends geographic categories, capturing the complexity of an artistic era that redefined the very notions of form, material, and meaning.

In LeWitt and Kosuth, conceptual rigor becomes a tool for linguistic inquiry; in Severini and Dadamaino, the gesture is stripped down to pure intent. Agnetti, Spalletti and Cole each develop a unique language that blends silence, rhythm, and memory. Across all these practices, we witness a tension toward the essential—a desire to move beyond the visible surface and question the very architecture of thought. Bentivoglio investigates the visual and material nature of language, fusing word and image in a poetic, essential form. Dibbets reframes photographic space, aligning perception and geometry with conceptual precision.

This curatorial proposal is not simply an exhibition of works; it is an invitation to adopt a perspective—a way of seeing shaped by a generation of artists who rewrote the rules of visual language, and by visionary collectors who, from the outset, recognized the revolutionary potential of their practice.

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