Italian contemporary art

The Bernier/Eliades contemporary art gallery in the downtown Athens neighborhood of Thiseio is hosting an exhibition of watercolors by Athens-based Italian artist Paolo Colombo. Colombo worked with some of the pioneers of the Arte Povera movement in Torino during his youth.

The Bernier/Eliades Gallery presents an exhibition of works by Italian Arte Povera pioneer Μarisa Merz, the movement's only female proponent, comprising paintings and sculptures that transform everyday materials like copper wire, clay and wax. Among the displays are many that featured in a retrospective on Merz at the Metropolitan Museum of New York last year.