Giotto's 20th-century influence explored in MART exhibition

The MART in Rovereto presents 'Giotto e l'arte del Novecento', a show curated by Alessandra Tiddia that examines Giotto's impact on 20th-century art. The exhibition opens with a digital reconstruction of the Scrovegni Chapel and ends with a James Turrell installation. It is organized in phases: first historiographic and iconographic, then thematic and social historical, and finally focused on color. The starting point is Carlo Carrà, a leader of the early 20th-century Giotto revival tied to the Return to Order. The first section features works by Carrà, Martini, de Chirico, Severini, and Oppi, emphasizing order, harmony, and formal simplification. The second phase adopts moral values, idealizing rural life and femininity, with both major and lesser-known artists. The final section uses Giotto's blue as a thread, including works by Klein, Griffa, Fontana, Tacita Dean, and Turrell. The show also includes Matisse, Nonas, and Albers, with unexpected encounters like the Anachronism of Bonechi. A noted flaw is overcrowding in the galleries.