ASTRATTE: Women and Abstraction in Italy 1930-2000 at Villa Olmo, Como

Curator Elena Di Raddo introduces 'ASTRATTE. Donne e astrazione in Italia 1930-2000' at Villa Olmo in Como, an exhibition spanning seven decades of Italian women abstract artists from 1930 to 2000. The show is divided into seven sections: Pioniere, Segno/Scrittura, Geometrie, Materia, Meditazione/Concetto, Corpo/Azione/Re-Azione, and Spazio/Luce, covering painting, sculpture, installation, kinetic art, and dance. Di Raddo states the selection is not feminist but acknowledges historical marginalization of women artists, often relegated to roles as wives or daughters of male artists. The exhibition builds on recent international surveys such as 'Elles font l’abstraction' at Centre Pompidou in Paris and 'Women in Abstraction' at Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in 2021. The show aims to restore value to artists overlooked by patriarchal art history and market forces, tracing abstraction through different generations beyond traditional chronological divisions.