An exhibition dedicated to Corrado Cagli (Ancona, 1910 – Rome, 1976), one of the most original and internationally renowned artists of 20th-century Italian art, who had deep ties to the Sicilian city: from September 10 to October 20…
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A heated debate has erupted in Viterbo over the relationship between heritage preservation, public memory, and symbols of fascism—all sparked by an inscription on the facade of a building constructed during the fascist regime. At the…
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Travel Fascism The ways of silence Twentieth Century
It has been a few years since Costanzo Ciano's mausoleum in Livorno was last in the national news. It was 2015, to be precise. At the time, Daniele Caluri, the brilliant cartoonist who invented Don Zauker, had proposed painting it in the…
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An exhibition tracing the crucial years of World War II in the city opens in Verona at the site that was the scene of one of fascism's most dramatic moments. From March 14 to July 27, 2025, the Sala Boggian of the Castelvecchio Museum will…
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That of Margherita Sarfatti (Margherita Grassini; Venice, 1880 - Cavallasca, 1961) is not a name frequently encountered in school textbooks, yet her influence spanned decades of Italian history, intertwining with the artistic and political…
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From September 28, 2024 to April 2, 2025, the Museo Novecento in Florence is hosting the exhibition Retroscena - Stories of Resistance and Dissidence in the Della Ragione Collection. Curated by Sergio Risaliti, Eva Francioli and Chiara…
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Books Fascism Margherita Sarfatti Twentieth Century
The heavy damnatio memoriae to which Margherita Sarfatti (Venice, 1880 - Cavallasca, 1961) was forced because of her known ties with the Fascist regime did not allow a serene, full and correct evaluation of her dimension as an art critic…
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