A Luta Continua: The Sylvio Perlstein Collection

A glimpse inside the incredibly personal art collection built by Sylvio Perlstein over more than half a century, spanning Dada and Surrealism to Arte Povera and Nouveau Réalisme.

Over the course of more than five decades, Sylvio Perlstein has assembled an intensely personal collection rooted in a passion for the work of groundbreaking artists; a commitment to self-education; and an affinity for a wide range of mediums. Remarkably diverse, the Collection traces the course of twentieth-century art, from Dada and Surrealism to Abstraction, Land Art, Conceptual Art, Minimal Art, Pop Art, Op Art, Arte Povera, Nouveau Realisme, and Contemporary Art.