Works and artists Mark Rothko Modern Art Twentieth Century
Thinking through pain means demanding that philosophy and writing take on the burden of that which resists all synthesis. In *Negative Dialectics*, Adorno asserts that physical suffering is the criterion of all truth, because it leads to…
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Two new exhibition itineraries offer a deeper exploration of Costantino Nivola’s work and the artistic connections that shaped his career. The Nivola Museum in Orani, in the province of Nuoro, continues “Nivola vis-à-vis,” the…
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In 1875, Giovanni Fattori spent a month in Paris—the only time he ever set foot there. He wrote two long letters to his brothers-in-law, brimming with wonder: streets as wide as squares, steamboats crisscrossing the city, carriages and…
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The monumental painting *Tribute to Rosa Luxemburg*, created in 1992, spans over 40 meters and almost completely envelops a circular hall, where the windows offer a view of the plains of Québec and the St. Lawrence River. It is…
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Travel France Modern Art Twentieth Century
“If only I could be the dust on the road and the feet of the poor could trample me.” I’ve often thought about these lines by Fernando Pessoa lately, but especially while walking across the floor of Alexander…
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The large canvas titled *Il grano della bonifica lucchese* was the work with which Alfredo Catarsini (Viareggio, 1899–1993) entered the 1940 Cremona Prize, the national competition in which he had placed second the previous year…
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In the hands of Edgardo Mannucci (Fabriano, 1904 – Arcevia, 1986), iron, copper, brass, and bronze become tools for giving form to energy. After his figurative beginnings and engagement with the artistic movements of the first half…
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In 1965, Carol Rama (Turin, 1918–2015) exhibited in the Sala Ghibellina of the Palazzo Comunale in Pistoia: it was the first exhibition dedicated to the artist by a public museum. More than sixty years later, the Tuscan city is once…
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