Museo Madre in Naples Examines Colonialism Past and Present

The Museo Madre in Naples presents 'Bellezza e Terrore', a group exhibition curated by Kathryn Weir that explores colonialism and fascism through contemporary art. The show draws on unexplored archives and features works by DAAR (Sandi Hilal and Alessandro Petti), Giulia Piscitelli, Rossella Biscotti, Binta Diaw, Justin Randolph Thompson, Leone Contini, Theo Eshetu, and Alessandra Cianelli. It references the historical 'Mostra d’Oltremare' in Naples from the 1940s, connecting it to contemporary issues of control, visibility, and oppression. The exhibition is accompanied by a public program of talks and performances. Weir describes her curatorial approach as an open process of being an 'interlocutor and companion' to artists over time.