May 13 2015 06:00 pm - 08:00 pm
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute
25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor - New York, N.Y. 10036
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti: The Artist and His Politics, 1909-1944 explores the politics of the leader of the Futurist art movement. Emerging in Italy in 1909, Futurism sought to propel Italy into the modern world and is famously known for wanting to destroy museums and libraries in order to speed this transition. Futurism, however, also had an even darker political side. It glorified war and was closely tied to the Fascist Regime. Ernest Ialongo traces the political evolution of this one-time radical to the fervent Fascist he ultimately became.
