Laura Mattioli and Her Young People, Bruno Munari’s Inventions at CIMA

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BY: Luciana Capretti

“Americans are pragmatic, they box everything in, but I think there is room to get out of these boxes, to break them, sowing doubt.” Laura Mattioli is full of doubts, and of certainties.

The first and foremost of these are that modern Italian art is misunderstood in America; that there is a need to work on awareness to restore it to its proper place in the international art scene; and that young scholars need cultural exchange. This is what prompted her to create CIMA, the Center for Italian Modern Art in 2013, at 421 Broome Street, and to support and guide it even during the difficult years of the pandemic, to make it a cornerstone of the New York art world.

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SOURCE: https://lavocedinewyork.com/

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