Carlo Carrà's 130-Work Retrospective at Palazzo Reale, Milan

A major retrospective at Palazzo Reale in Milan presents 130 works by Carlo Carrà (1881–1966), tracing his stylistic shifts from anarchic Divisionism and Futurism to Metaphysical painting and a return to order. The exhibition revisits Carrà's own 1962 show curated by Roberto Longhi at the same venue. Carrà described his art as composed of variable elements (theoretical principles, aesthetic ideas) and constant elements (painting construction), claiming to have overcome the antithesis of modernity and tradition that culminated with World War I. The show includes early works like Allegoria del lavoro (1905) and Uscita dal teatro (1909–10), Futurist masterpieces such as Ciò che mi ha detto il tram (1911), and later pieces like Il pino sul mare (1921) and Cavallo sulla spiaggia (1952). The exhibition highlights Carrà's evolution from revolutionary to classicist, with his Metaphysical phase (1917) brief but influential. The catalog is noted for its dark color reproductions; the article recommends reading Carrà's own writings, especially Pittura Metafisica (1919) and La mia vita (1943).