futurism

October 9, 2016
3 + 3: Umberto Boccioni’s Stati d’animo In 1911 Umberto Boccioni made two versions of the same work, Stati d’animo : Gli addii , Quelli che vanno, and Quelli che restano .

September 30, 2016
30: the number of “stones” in Alberto Magnelli’s first solo exhibition, Thirty Stones at the Pierre Loeb Gallery, Paris, 1934 Born in Florence on July 1, 1888, Alberto Magnelli taught himself to paint by studying the great works of the Florentine Renaissance: Masaccio, Paolo Uccello , Andrea del Castagno and Piero della Francesca.

September 21, 2016
Abstract sculptor Umberto Mastroianni was born 21 September 1910 in the province of Frosinone.

September 13, 2016
Italian modernist Mario Sironi died on 13 August 1961 in Milan.

July 31, 2016
Renovation Begins for Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art The Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art , the London home of major works of Italian Futurism and Modernism, closes 31 July for architectural repairs and an updating of its gardens and entrance area.

July 29, 2016
The Futurist poet and painter Francesco Cangiullo died on this day, 29 July 1977.

May 12, 2016
Happy Birthday to Italian Modernist artist Mario Sironi , who was born on this day, May 12 1885 in Sassari , Sardinia.

April 13, 2016
Carlo Carrà died 13 April 1966 in Milan.

March 30, 2016
Futurist artist, sculptor, graphic designer, and advertiser Fortunato Depero was born 30 March 1892 (d. 1960) near Rovereto.

March 24, 2016
A hundred years after the death of Umberto Boccioni (1882-1916) Milan celebrates the famous Futurist artist with at least two new events: An exhibition of the artist’s oeuvre titled “ Umberto Boccioni: Genio e memoria ,” just opened yesterday, March 23, at the Museo del Novecento – Palazzo Reale .