Anacronismi e discronie: 40 Years of Italian Art at Mart Trento

The Mart museum in Trento, at Palazzo delle Albere, presents 'Anacronismi e discronie. Arte italiana dagli anni Ottanta ad oggi', a survey of Italian art from the 1980s to the present, curated by Margherita De Pilati and Ivan Quaroni. The exhibition focuses on painting and figuration, highlighting 'non-synchronized' approaches that deviate from prevailing styles and linear innovation. It opens with the Transavanguardia, featuring works like Francesco Clemente's 'Io e lei a tavola' (1980), and includes artists such as D'Arcevia, Di Stasio, Mariani, Omar Galliani, Arduino Cantafora, Salvo, Mondino, and Ontani, as well as movements like Nuovi nuovi and Nuovi futuristi. The second half of the show shifts from chronological progression to thematic analysis, featuring artists like Vezzoli, Samorì, Andrea Di Marco, and Guglielmo Castelli, whose 2016 works mark a career transition. The exhibition argues that the absence of a predetermined canon has become the norm, with conceptual innovation and painterly quality as key differentiators. The show runs until September 6, 2026, at Via Roberto da Sanseverino 43. The article references philosopher Giorgio Agamben's idea that being contemporary requires a distance from one's time, framing the exhibition's curatorial premise.