In the 1908 ‘Foundation and Manifesto of Futurism’, F.T. Marinetti wrote: “It is in Italy that we hurl this overthrowing and inflammatory declaration, with which we found Futurism, for we will free Italy from her numberless museums which cover her with countless cemeteries.”
The translation (by Joshua C.Taylor) may be a bit dodgy but the analogy between public art spaces and mausoleums is pretty plain. This makes it ironic that a plush new gallery in Forlì (in Emilia Romagna) should open its doors to the public with an exhibition of the works of two minor Futurist artists Fortunato Depero and Roberto Marcelli Baldessari. Continue reading
