FuturLiberty: Milan Exhibition Unites Avant-Garde Art and Liberty Textiles

In celebration of its 150th anniversary, Liberty, a textile and wallpaper company based in London and established in 1875, has introduced the FuturLiberty collection, which features prints inspired by Futurist and Vorticist designs. An exhibition is currently taking place in Milan across two venues: Museo del Novecento and Palazzo Morando. Curated by Ester Coen and Federico Forquet, it comprises eight rooms that delve into the works of Futurist artists and British Vorticists. The showcase starts with Boccioni's 'Le Officine a Porta Romana' and concludes with Nevinson's Cubist interpretation of the Old Port, highlighting European art from the Belle Époque to the 1920s. The exhibition includes both archival patterns from Liberty and new creations by William Morris, Bernard Nevill, and Forquet. The term 'Liberty' is derived from the Italian 'Stile Liberty,' associated with Arthur Liberty's involvement in the Arts and Crafts movement.