Lucio Fontana — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

Concetto spaziale, Il cielo di Venezia , 1961

May 2026

Sotheby's

Concetto spaziale, 1955

May 2026

Sotheby's

Concetto Spaziale, Attese, 1968

Sotheby's

[Concetto spaziale], 1956

Christie's

€444,500 ($489k USD)

Concetto spaziale, I muri, 1957

Christie's

€254,000 ($279k USD)

Concetto spaziale, Attese, 1964

Christie's

£3,466,000 ($4.6M USD)

Mar 2026

Sotheby's

Concetto spaziale, Teatrino, 1964

£444,344 ($444k USD)

Mar 2026

Sotheby's

Concetto spaziale, Attese, 1961

€1,262,558 ($1.3M USD)

Nov 2025

Sotheby's

Concetto spaziale, Attesa, 1959

Sotheby's

Sotheby's

Concetto Spaziale, 1957

€339,338 ($339k USD)

Concetto Spaziale, Attesa, 1964

Christie's

€431,800 ($475k USD)

Concetto Spaziale, Attese, 1962

Christie's

€1,168,400 ($1.3M USD)

Concetto Spaziale, Attese, 1960

Christie's

€787,400 ($866k USD)

Concetto spaziale, 1962

Sotheby's

€647,941 ($648k USD)

Concetto spaziale, [Teatrino], 1966

Sotheby's

€503,954 ($504k USD)

Concetto spaziale, 1956

Christie's

€1,008,000 ($1.1M USD)

Concetto spaziale, La fine di Dio, 1963

Sotheby's

$14,485,000

Concetto spaziale, Teatrino, 1965

Sotheby's

$635,000

Concetto spaziale , 1954

Sotheby's

$558,800

Concetto spaziale, Teatrino, 1965

Sotheby's

$696,231

Apr 2025

Sotheby's

Concetto spaziale, Attese, 1959

$543,061

Apr 2025

Upcoming Auctions 2

Aguttes

Concetto Spaziale, 1966 - 1968

Est. €22,000–€28,000

Jun 24, 2026

Peter Karbstein - Kunst und Auktionshaus

Fontana, Lucio: Teatrino

Est. €2,000–€4,000

Jul 4, 2026

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Market5,486 auction results

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$900 – $29M

363 of 391 paintings lots with prices

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$1.5M

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$782K

363 priced paintings lots

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Apr 2026 · $489K

Latest tracked sale in this object type

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Paintings: $782K medianWorks on paper: $12.3K medianSculpture/objects: $212K medianUnclassified lots: $67.4K medianEditioned prints: $5.8K medianBooks/portfolios: $8.1K medianEditioned objects: $32.8K medianPosters/ephemera: $626 median

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Education1

Cranbrook Academy of Art

Bloomfield Hills, MI, USA

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Publications12

Monograph 4

Lucio Fontana Author

Skira · 2019

Lucio Fontana

MIT Press · 2014

Lucio Fontana

MIT Press · 2011

Lucio Fontana Retrospektive

Hatje Cantz · 1996

Exhibition Catalog 6

Lucio Fontana Author

Skira · 2022

Kunst & Textil: Stoff als Idee und Material in der Moderne von Klimt bis heute

Hatje Cantz · 2013

Fontana Author

Skira · 2008

Declaring Space

Prestel · 2007

The Expanded Eye: Sehen - entgrenzt und verflüssigt

Hatje Cantz · 2006

Der unbekannte Fontana

Hatje Cantz · 2003

Survey 2

ZERO-Kunst und Mode

Hatje Cantz · 2025

Textildesign aus Italien: Farben, Muster, Mode

Hatje Cantz · 2023

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Current Exhibitions2

Galerie Karsten Greve

Lucio Fontana

5 Rue Debelleyme, 75003 Paris, France

Apr 24, 2026

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LUCIO FONTANA, THE FINAL CUT

Lucio Fontana

15, Old, Bond St, London W1S 4AX, United Kingdom

May 20, 2026

Details Website

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marketJun 12, 2026

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marketJun 2, 2026

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marketJun 2, 2026

Julio Le Parc (1928-2026)

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Lucio Fontana: I Tagli

Lucio Fontana

May 31, 2022 — Jul 28, 2022

Lucio Fontana in Procida – PANORAMA

#332 Tornabuoni Art

Lucio Fontana

26, rue Boissy d'Anglas

Sep 2, 2021 — Sep 5, 2021

Lucio Fontana: On the Threshold

Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Lucio Fontana

Abandoibarra Etorb., 2, Abando, 48009 Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain

May 17, 2019 — Sep 29, 2019

Lucio Fontana: On the Threshold May 17, 2019 – September 29, 2019

Col·lecció MACBA. Sota la superfície

Ignasi Aballí, Pep Agut, Art & Language, Karla Black, James Lee Byars, Jordi Colomer, Ángela de la Cruz, Jean Dubuffet, Latifa Echakhch, Lucio Fontana, Dora García, Felix Gonzalez-Torres

Plaça dels Àngels, 1, Ciutat Vella, 08001 Barcelona, Spain

Jan 1, 2017

Col·lecció MACBA. Sota la superfície Horari: 11 Oct. 2017 - Nov. 2018 Espai: Afegeix al Recorregut Cal iniciar sessió o registrar-se per afegir a Recorreguts...

MACBA Collection. Beneath the Surface

Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art

Ignasi Aballí, Pep Agut, Art & Language, Karla Black, James Lee Byars, Jordi Colomer, Ángela de la Cruz, Jean Dubuffet, Latifa Echakhch, Lucio Fontana, Dora García, Felix Gonzalez-Torres

Plaça dels Àngels, 1, Ciutat Vella, 08001 Barcelona, Spain

Jan 1, 2017

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