Awarded by the public (over 80,000 visitors), The exhibition ‘The time of Futurism’ At the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, promoted and supported by the Ministry of Culture and edited by Gabriele Simongini, It was extended until April 27th. “In spite of all the criticisms that preceded and accompanied it, the exhibition is going very well. He had a huge audience success. We already have over 80 thousand visitors and – with the extension – there is good possibility that doubles “, comments to the Adnkronos Federico Palmarolimember of the scientific committee of the exhibition which also organized some collateral events.
With the extension, the exhibition is renewed, presenting some new masterpieces of fundamental importance that are exceptionally added to the very rich selection of works on display: the study of ‘The city that rises’ by Umberto Boccioni of 1910, ‘rhythms of objects’ by Carlo Carrà of 1911 is the scent of Luigi Russolo ‘of 1910, from the Pinacoteca di Brera and the Mart of Rovereto. In addition, there will also be 3/4 works from deposits including the historical and famous picture of Prampolini ‘dynamic of the action (myths of the action, Mussolini on horseback)’, 1939, exposed in many important exhibitions on Futurism.
“The curator Simongini has done an excellent job,” says Palmaroli. “It is an exhibition that has lived a lot of word of mouth and liked it: on the weekend we have an average of 4 thousand visitors. I dealt with organizing in -depth talks and these also went well. Let’s say, therefore, that the fierce criticisms have been sent back to the sender “.
The exhibition celebrates the eightieth anniversary of the disappearance of the founder of Futurism, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, which took place on December 2, 1944, exhibiting about 350 works of art as well as one hundred and fifty objects, including furnishings, films, books and posters, together with a seaplane , cars, motorcycles and period scientific tools, with particular attention to the literary matrix of the Marinettian movement.