The gallery has held a number of critically acclaimed Old Master exhibitions, of which the most significant include displays of works by the Caravaggisti,[1] Bartolomeo Manfredi, Caspar van Wittel, Giacomo Ceruti, and Antonio Joli.

[2] Its most significant sales include an Artemisia Gentileschi self-portrait sold to the National Gallery in London[3] and a work by Baron Gérard acquired by the Frick Collection in New York.

[4] Robilant+Voena was founded by the art dealer Edmondo di Robilant and the Milan-based art dealer Marco Voena,[2][5] who jointly presented the 1999 exhibition Bologna and Ferrara, Two Centuries of Emilian painting in New York.

Further gallery spaces were opened in Milan in 2009, St Moritz, Switzerland, in 2014,[6] and in Paris and New York in 2020.

[2] Notable recent sales include: Partnerships with brands such as Bottega Veneta, Kiton, Moncler, and Tod's have produced exhibitions exploring the interdisciplinary nature of artistic language, especially with regard to fashion.