IMAGINE: Italian Art 1960-1969 at Guggenheim Venice

Curator Luca Massimo Barbero presents a reinterpretation of Italian art from 1960 to 1969 at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice. The exhibition, titled IMAGINE. Nuove immagini nell’arte italiana 1960-1969, explores the expressive solutions developed by artists during Italy's economic boom, emphasizing cross-movement contamination and stylistic proteanism. The show is organized into thematic spaces, starting with Rome's artistic vitality and sections on 'cancellation and screening of reality' featuring monochromes by Schifano, Mauri, and Lo Savio, followed by Schifano's 'metaphysics of the everyday.' The relationship between image and photography is highlighted, with Rotella as a key figure. The exhibition also marks the beginnings of conceptual experimentation that would define later avant-gardes. On May 11-12, the film series 'If Arte Povera was Pop' will be presented at the Teatrino di Palazzo Grassi, free admission, curated by Tate Film in collaboration with Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia/Cineteca Nazionale, previously shown at Tate Modern in October 2015.