Mario Diacono to Begin Exhibitions at Ars Libri

Ars Libri Ltd. is pleased to announce that the Mario Diacono Gallery will now hold its exhibitions at Ars Libri's new premises at 500 Harrison Avenue, in Boston's South End. Exhibitions will change on a regular basis, opening at Ars Libri on the first Friday night of each month, to coordinate with the widespread receptions held by the galleries of the the SoWa district on those nights.

The first exhibition, which opens on October 4th, will be devoted to the work of New York artist Kevin Zucker. The second exhibition, to open on November 1st, will show the work of James Siena.

Mario Diacono is internationally respected as one of the most astute critics and dealers of contemporary art, particularly for his ability to recognize important new artists at the start of their careers (Ellen Gallagher, for example). Over the past thirty years, his galleries in Bologna, Rome, New York and Boston, have shown some of the most sophisticated and advanced work being made. Noted for his serious and sensitive writings on contemporary art, as well as books of poetry and conceptual art of his own, Diacono is also a bibliophile, whose collection of rare books of the modern avant-garde was offered by Ars Libri in a special catalogue last year. While holding his exhibitions now at Ars Libri, Diacono continues to operate by appointment at 119 Braintree Street.

Ars Libri, the specialist rare bookdealers in the field of art, architecture, and photography, continues to show changing selections from its stock in its display cases at 500 Harrison Avenue. These include rare illustrated books, photographs, posters, and documents of Dada, Surrealism, and other modern art movements, as well as Renaissance and Baroque architectural treatises, Islamic manuscripts, nineteenth-century photographs, and classic livres d'artiste by Picasso and Matisse. Ars Libri also maintains the largest stock in America of out-of-print reference books on art and art history. These are accessible for browsing, both at the Harrison Avenue store, and at its branch, Ars Libri at the MFA (in the shop of the Museum of Fine Arts).

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Current exhibition: April 4 to April 30, 2003

Richmond Burton: Melankolia

Previous Exhibitions

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