Massimo Vitali
Born 1944 in Como, Italy
Lives and works in Lucca, Italy, and Berlin, Germany
Solo Exhibitions
2011
Brancolini Grimaldi, London, UK
Barò Galeria, Sao Paolo, Brazil
LOOK3, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
2010
Galerie Du Jour, Paris, France
M+B, Los Angeles, USA
Galerie Ernst Hilger at Brot Kunsthalle, Wien
Centro de Arte Santa Monica, In/Out, Barcelona, Spain
2009
Bonnie Benrubi, New York
Dogenhaus Galerie, Leipzig, Germany
Hilger Contemporary, Disturbances of Reality, Wien
Foam, Amsterdam
2008
Crown Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Galeria Senda, Barcelona, Spain
Bonnie Benrubi, New York
M+B, Los Angeles, USA
Galerie Hafenrichter & Flugel, Nuremberg, Germany
2007
Artcore Gallery, Fabrice Marcolini, Toronto
Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Old Concept, New Works, The Columns, Seoul, South Korea
2006
Old Concept, New Works, Hilger Contemporary, Wien
M+B, Los Angeles, USA
Brancolini Grimaldi Arte Contemporanea, Rome
Galeria Senda, Barcelona
Crown Gallery, Bruxelles
Galleria Fabjbasaglia, Rimini, Italy
2005
Bonni Benrubi Gallery,New York, USA
Museum-Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz, Austria
La Fabrica Galeria, Madrid
2004
Guidi&Schoen Arte Contemporanea, Genova, Italy
Museum- Fundacion DBK, Bilbao, Spain
Ernst Hilger Gallery, Wien
Museum- PMMK, Oostende, Belgium
Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy
Nextdoor. Artgalleria, Rome
Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York, USA
Crown Gallery, Bruxelles
2003
Isabella Brancolini Arte Contemporanea, Firenze
Cons-Arc, Chiasso, Switzerland
La Cour d'Ecole, Cinemateque de Corse, Porto Vecchio, France
La Cour d'Ecole, Cité Pietramarina, Ville di Pietrabugno, France
2002
The Photographers' Gallery Print Room, UK
2001
Serieuze Zaken galerie, Amsterdam
Crown Gallery, Bruxelles, Belgium
Arndt & Partner, Berlin, Germany
La Cour d'ecole, Centre Culturel Una Volta, Bastia, Corsica, France
La Biennale di Venezia, June, Italy
Serieuse Zaken, Amsterdam
Arndt & Partner, Berlin
Gallery Hotel Art, Firenze, Italy
2000
Arte e Personae, Firenze
Crown Gallery, Bruxelles
Hotel Des Arts, Toulon, Commission, France
Fotohof, Salzburg, Austria
Espace Malraux, Chambery, Commission, France
1999
Le Quartz, Brest France
Galerie du Jour Agnes b., Paris
1998
Rencontres Internationales de la Photo, Arles, France
Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
Atheneum, Universitè de la Bourgogne, Dijon
1997
Photographer's Gallery, London, UK
Studio Guenzani, Milan, Italy
1995
Galleria ConsArc, Chiasso, Switzerland
1994
Historisches Archiv der Stadt, Koeln, Germany
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011
Una Prospettiva Italiana, Studio La Città, Verona, Italy
Panorama sur les 20 ans d'Une Collection, Centre Mediterraneen de la Photographie, Corsica, France
2010
Detour, The Moleskine Notebook Experience, Bund 18, Shanghai, China
Il Paesaggio Italiano in Fotografia, 1950-2000, CRAF, Pordenone, Italy
Rites, Bass Museum, Miami, USA
PastPresentFuture - Highlights from the UniCredit Group Collection, Yapi Kredi Cultural Center, Istanbul, Turkey
2009
Mi Vida. From Heaven to Hell. Life experiences in art from MUSAC Collection, Mcsarnok Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
Kalidoscope d'Italie, Centre National de l'Audiovisuel, Dudelange, Luxembourg
Dopo la Sicilia, Galleria del Credito Valtellinese, Milan, Italy
PastPresentFuture - Highlights from the UniCredit Group Collection, Bank Austria Kunstforum, Wien, Austria
Parrworld: The Collection of Martin Parr, Jeu de Paume, Paris, France
BAM, Photography Portfolio III, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, USA
Nature Nation, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, Israel
Waterland, Galerie Alexandre Cadain, Paris, France
Italian Genius Now, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Roma - Macro Future, Rome, Italy
TemperaturaEsterna, Palazzo della Provincia, Pordenone, Italy
Mi Vida. From Heaven to Hell. Muecsarnok Budapest, Hungary
2008
Dopo la Sicilia, Galleria del Credito Siciliano, Acireale, Sicily, Italy
Lichtspuren - Fotografie aus der Sammlung, Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz, Austria
Guess who is coming...MK Galerie, Rotterdam
In the Photographic Image, the Columns, Seoul, South Korea
Human/Nature: Recent European Landscape Photography, Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO
Las Vegas Collects Contemporary, The Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada
The Allure of Italy, The Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
Lucca Digital Photo Festival, Lucca, Italy
2007
La Vida Privada. Coleccion Joseph Ma Civit, Centro de Arte y Naturaleza, Huesca, Spain
La Photographie Construite, Hotel des Arts, Centre Sebastien, Saint Cyr sur Mer, France
Jano - La doble cara de la fotografia, Fondos de la Coleccion Permanente, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
Note Urbane, Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato
Anatomia dell'Irrequietezza: Il mito del viaggio dal Grand Tour all'Era Virtuale, Palazzo della Penna, Perugia, Italy
Souvenir della Collezione, Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato
Personal Structures, Galeria Hafenrichter & Fluegel, Nuremberg, Germany
Seestuecke, von Max Beckmann bis Gerhard Richter, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Italian Genius Now, Museum of Fine Arts, Hanoi, Vietnam
Existencias, Musac, Leon, Spain
Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
Italies - Doubles visions, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris
Detour - The Moleskine City Notebook Experience, Art Directors Club NYC, New York
Local. The End of Globalization, Photo España, Sala Canal Isabel II, Madrid Ereditare il Paesaggio, Festival Internazionale della Fotografia di Roma, Arapacis, Roma
Le Vif et le Furtif, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire Ville Saint Denis, France
Monumenti e paesaggi - Viaggi verso l'Italia, Il Filatoio Caraglio, Cuneo, Italy
Linee all'orizzonte, Polo Museale di Nervi, Genova, Italy
2006
Pre/View, Jarach Gallery, Venezia
20/30 Vision, Bonni Benrubi, New York
Peintres de la vie moderne Modern-life painters - Donation - Caisse des Depots photograph collection, France
Centre Pompidou - Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, France
Travelling without moving, Gate 24 Contemporary, Falconara Marittima, Ancona, Italy
New Landscapes - Italienische Fotokunst, Sammlung der Unicredit Group, HVB Kunst Palais, München, Germany
Arterritory, Centrale Montemartini, Roma
Hereford Photography Festival 2006, UK
So Now Then, Talk, Hay Festival, Hereford Photography Festival, Hay on Wye, UK
Photomeetings Luxemburg, Neumunster Abbeye , Luxembourg
UBS Collection, Tate modern, London
Mediterranea, Pinacoteca Comunale di Bari, Italy
The Age of Metamorphosis European Art Highlights from the Centro Pecci Collection, MoCA Shanghai, China
Images d'un Territoire , Centre Culturel Francais des Damas, Syria
Ballermann, Die Austellung - The Exhibition Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Germany
Beyond Delirious CIFO Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami
See into liquid, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver
Different Realities? Crown Gallery, Bruxelles
Images d'un Territoire, Les Chateau d'Eau Toulose, France
Photo meetings Luxembourg 2006, Gallerie Claire Fontaine, Luxembourg
Images d'un Territoire, Galerie le Lieu, Lorient, France
Suoni e visioni 3, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Villa Croce, Genova
Highlights from Harn Museum of Photography, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville Georgia, USA
Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie Arles 2006, Arles, France
From Rome to New York, Brancolini Grimaldi Arte Contemporanea, New York, USA
2005
Come la Neve al Mare, Guidi & Schoen, Genova, Italy
Collezione Permanente, Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy
6th Premio Cairo, Palazzo della Permanente, Milano
Beyond Delirious: Architecture in Selected Photographs from the Ella Fontanals Cisneros Collection, curated by Christopher Phillips. Miami Art Central
Est-ce ainsi que les hommes vivent, curated by Gabriel Bauret - grilles de Jardin de Luxembourg, France
Mare Nostrum. Pinacoteca Provinciale, Bari, Italy
La Dolce Crisi, curated by Bonami-Cannarutto Villa Manin, Udine, Italy
III Bienal di Valencia - Agua sin ti no soy, Bienal de Valencia, Spain
10 ans de commandes photographiques, Citadelle de Saint Florent, Corse
Il Paesaggio Italiano Contemporaneo, Palazzo Ducale, Gubbio, Italy
Italia. Doppie Visioni, Palazzo Reale, Milano
Europe in art (MNAC) Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest, Romania
Photographic Reality, Crown Gallery, Bruxelles
57 on 57th Street: Holiday Show. Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York Artcore/Fabrice Marcolini, Toronto, Canada
Landschaft als Metapher, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal, Germany
Photo Espana 2005, International Festival of Fotografia and Visual Arts, Madrid, Spain
2004
A holiday group show, Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York
Water Water Everywhere, Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York
Italia. Doppie Visioni, Scuderie del Quirinale, Roma
Sguardi Gardesani. Museo Civico, Riva del Garda, Italy
Collection Agnès B., Les Abattoirs-Frac Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse, France
Nous Remontons de la "Calle" Toutes le Photographies, Galerie du Jour Agnès B., Paris
Italy Space and Places, Robert Mann Gallery, New York
L'idea di Paesaggio nella fotografia italiana dal 1850 ad oggi, Palazzo Santa Margherita, Modena, Italy
2003
L'idea di paesaggio nella fotografia italiana dal 1850, Galleria Civica, Modena, Italy
L'attimo fuggente tra fotografia e cinema, Pinacoteca Agnelli, Torino
Agrupèmonos todos, ARTIUM Centro Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo, Vitoria, Spain
Agrupèmonos todos, MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporánea, Vigo, Spain
Vacant Community, Fondazione Olivetti, Rome
Beaufort 2003, Kunst aan zee Triennale, Oostende, Belgium
Undergang, Kunsthalle, Bergen, The Netherlands
Melting Pop, Palazzo delle Papesse Centro d'Arte Contemporanea, Siena
La montagna disincantata, Tour Fromage, Aosta, Italy
By the Sea, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York
Summer Holiday, Galerie Bernhard Knaus Fine Art, Frankfurt/Main
Temporary Exhibition Space in Chicago recommended Arndt & Partner - Berlin+Zurich, Berlin
CMYK: Contemporary Color Photography, Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York, USA
Summer Holiday, Galerie Bernhard Knaus Fine Art, Mannheim, Germany
Alta Densità. Brancolini Grimaldi Arte contemporanea, Firenze, Italy
2002
Camere con vista, Il Filatoio di Caraglio
Continuità: Arte in Toscana 1968-1989, Palazzo Fabroni, Pistoia, Italy
Cache-Cache, Camouflage, MUDAC Musée de Design et d'Arts appliqués contemporains, Lausanne, Switzerland
Trade, Nederlands Foto Institut, Rotterdam
2001
Mediterraneo um nuovo muro?, Culturgest, Lisboa
Effetto Provos, Colombo Arte Contemporanea, Milano
Kunst und Kur, Kunsthaus Meran, Germany
Arkens Samling, ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst, Ishoj/Denmark Trade, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
Mutamenti+Analogie, Centro Trevi, Bolzano
Biozones, Forum Culturel Blanc-Mesnil, Bobigny, France
Contemporary Artists of the Mediterranean, Culturgest, Lisboa
Collection 3, FRAC Alsace, France
Painterly Photography, Blains Fine Arts, London
2000
Tempo!, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma, Italy
Arte y Tiempo, Centre de Cultura Contemporanea, Barcelona
Toi, Paris, tu m'as pris dans tes bras, Galerie du Jour Agnes b., Paris
PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York
Kuenstler fuer die Natur, WWF, Munich
La Collection de photograhie d'Agnes b., CNP Centre National de la Photographie, Paris
Desirs de Rivages, 1ere Biennale Internationale de la Photographie Maritime, Musee nationale de la Marine, France
NoConfines, Musei di Porta Romana, Milano
Stadt, Land, Mensch, Arndt & Partner, Berlin
Studio Guenzani, Milano
Le Temps Vite, MNAM Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Dormir/Sleep, Coromandel Press, SpainFirenze Fotografia Duemila, Fondazione Studio Marangoni, Polistampa, Firenze
Pique-Nique, Binome, Paris
Art y Temps, Centre de Cultura Contemporanea, Barcelona
Biozones, Forum Culturel de Blanc-Mesnil, France
1999
In Uso, Museo Michetti, Francavilla al Mare, Italy
Paesaggi Italiani del '900, Palazzo dell'Arengario, Milan, Italy
Farniente, Maison de la Culture, Amiens, France
Photography from the Martin z. Margulies Collection, The Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami, USA
The Big Picture: Large Format Photography, Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury, VT, USA
Espana '98, Madrid, Spain
1998
Un nouveau paysage humain, XXIXes Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles, France
Paisagens do quotidiano, Encontros de Fotografia, Coimbra, PortugalItalian Photojournalism around 1968, Triennale, Milan, Italy
Paesaggi Italiani, Gallerie degli Uffizi, Firenze
1997
Un Paese Unico, Museo Alinari, Firenze
Europa, Encontros de fotografia, Coimbra, Portugal
Postwar Italian Photojournalism, Villa Bottini, Lucca, Italy Sguardigardesani, with Gabriele Basilico, Museo Civico, Riva del Garda, Italy
1993
Where Olives Grow, Biennale Internazionale di Fotografia, Torino, Italy
Solo Publications
Natural Habitats, Steidl, 2010
Landscape with Figures, Steidl, 2004
Beach & Disco, Steidl, 2003
Collections
AGO Art Gallery of Ontario, Ontario, Canada
Conservatoire du Littoral, Paris, France
Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato
The Guggenheim, New York
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon, Spain
Belgacom, Brussels, Belgium
Fondazione Sandretto Rebaudengo, Guarene, Torino, Italy
Metropolitan Bank Trust Photo Collection, Chicago, USA
MMK Frankfurt am Main, Sammlung E-On, Dusseldorf, Germany
Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, USA
Agnesb. Paris, France
Fond National d'Art Contemporaine, Paris, France
Arts Plastiques, Belgium
Fondation Cartier, Paris, France
Fortis Bank, Germany
FRAC Alsace, France
ABN Amro, NL
Arken Museum, Denmark
Akzo Nobel
Centre Pompidou - Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, France
Neue Galerie der Stadt, Linz, Austria
UBS - SBV, Switzerland/Italy
Samuel B. Harn Museum of Art , Gainesville, Florida, USA
Unicredit, Germany
Autostadt Wolfsburg - Volkswagen Collection, Germany
Elton John, Atlanta, USA
Vacances Bleues, Paris, France
Ella Fontanals Cisneros Collection, USA
Essl Sammlung, Austria
Deutsche Bank
Rupert Everett, UK
Sacha Cohen, USA
Cameron Diaz, USA
Courteney Cox, USA
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, USA
The Hallmark Collection, Kansas City, USA
AT&T Corporate Collection, USA
