(June 8, 2016) Sixty years of Italian twentieth and twenty-first century art history captured in an exhibition in the heart of Central and Eastern Europe. The most significant works of 98 artists of the most important national and international scene such as Sandro Chia, Enzo Cucchi, Mimmo Paladino, Alighiero Boetti, Enrico Baj, Franco Angeli, Mario Schifano, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Mimmo Rotella, Emilio Isgrò, Vincenzo Agnetti, Guglielmo Achille Cavellini, Zoran Mušič, Giuseppe Spagnulo, Franco Vaccari, Roberto Crippa, Nanni Balestrini, Eugenio Miccini and others tell the story. “Viva Italia! Italian art of the twentieth and twenty-first century” will be inaugurated on June 14 to 17 at the Bratislava City Gallery: organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Bratislava and the Carlo Palli Archive of Pratol. The exhibition presents a story through images of the many and varied trends characterizing the Italian art from World war II to date. The exhibition, which will remain open to the public until October 2, is curated by Laura Monaldi and is held under the auspices of the Slovak Minister of Culture Marek Madaric and the Mayor of Bratislava Ivo Nesrovnal, in collaboration with the Italian Embassy in Bratislava and the town gallery. “Viva Italia!” Is part of the ninth edition of the Italian Festival “Dolce vitaj” and will enrich the calendar of cultural events organised on the occasion of the Slovak Presidency’s term in the EU Council (July-December). (Sip)
