futurism

July 22, 2015
The Futurist poet and painter Francesco Cangiullo died on this day in 1977.

July 16, 2015
On 16 July 1903, Italian modernist Adalberto Libera was born in the northern town of Villa Lagarina.

June 25, 2015
The Futurist painter Pippo Oriani was born on 25 June 1909 in Turin.

March 1, 2015
Giacomo Balla died 1 March 1958 in Rome.

October 10, 2014
Architect Antonio Sant’Elia died on 10 October 1916 while fighting for Italian forces at Monte Ermada near Gorizia on the Italo-Slovene border.

February 22, 2014
The Center for Italian Modern Art (CIMA) opens today in New York.

February 21, 2014
Italian Futurism, 1909–1944: Reconstructing the Universe opens today at the Guggenheim Museum and will remain on view through 1 September.

January 29, 2014
Among the works that will be on view at the Guggenheim’s Italian Futurism retrospective are murals by Benedetta (d. 1977, née Cappa, wife of fellow futurist Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (d. 1944).

December 29, 2013
The Center for Italian Modern Art will open in New York in February 2014 at 421 Broome Street.

December 24, 2013
philamuseum : This effervescent painting by Italian Futurist Gino Severini conveys a sense of whirling motion through a combination of shifting planes of color.