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Italian Futurism was an immensely popular art movement. It represented the unstoppable force of modernity, and celebrated machines, speed, and technology. It connected artists like Luigi Russolo, Carlo Carrà, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Umberto Boccioni, and Gino Severini. Because of its ties to Italian Fascism, the movement is also quite controvers...

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Futurism was a multidisciplinary artistic and social movement. Futurists wanted to reinvent all art forms: painting, sculpture, literature, photography, architecture, book production, dance, even cuisine… Futurist ideals were very radical, both artistically and politically.  Italian futurists, led by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, had a huge impact on...

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Two pairs of XX appear on the poster: the first pair falls into the background in black color while the second moves into the foreground bearing two orange palettes to accentuate their shadow and width. Above them, the words SECOLO XX dangle over, cut in half where the upper portion swerves to the left as if forced to dance by an invisible wind. Lo...

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Futurismo is an Italian avant-garde artistic movement that can be considered as influential as Cubism or Expressionism. It involves not only figurative art, but also literature, dance, design and cinema. The movement's founder, poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti published his Manifesto in 1909. Marinetti famously wrote: “We intend to exalt aggressive a...

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Futurism began as a literary movement, established by poet and propagandist, Filippo Tomaso Marinetti in 1908. Marinetti’s manifestos called for the destruction of public establishments, such as libraries, museums, academies, and the cities themselves. Young intellectuals flocked to the heels of his radical ideologies. Enamored by his desire to bri...

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