Vincenzo Trione's 'Rifare il mondo' Redefines Avant-Garde at IULM
On March 9, 2026, at Università IULM in Milan, Vincenzo Trione presented his book 'Rifare il mondo. Le età dell’avanguardia' (Einaudi, 2025), part of the 'Leonardo alla IULM' cultural program. The event, titled 'Nessuna parola caratterizza l’arte contemporanea più di avanguardia', featured a talk with Trione and his students Anna Luigia De Simone, Vincenzo Di Rosa, Anna Calise, and Alessia Scaparra Seneca. The book rethinks the concept of avant-garde through a non-linear framework of ages—gold, silver, bronze—inspired by Hesiod's 'Works and Days', but reversed to show transformation rather than decline. Trione draws on figures like Apollinaire, de Chirico, Warhol, and the Bloomsbury Group, arguing that the avant-garde persists in contemporary culture through low-intensity manifestations in fashion, video games, activism, and digital media. The discussion also touched on the tragic destiny of the avant-garde, its relation to war, and the role of digital technology. The event coincided with the exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Atlanticus sheets from the Biblioteca Ambrosiana at IULM (December 2025 – March 2026).
Key facts
- Vincenzo Trione presented 'Rifare il mondo. Le età dell’avanguardia' (Einaudi, 2025) on March 9, 2026 at Università IULM, Milan.
- The talk was titled 'Nessuna parola caratterizza l’arte contemporanea più di avanguardia' and included Trione's students Anna Luigia De Simone, Vincenzo Di Rosa, Anna Calise, and Alessia Scaparra Seneca.
- The event was part of the 'Leonardo alla IULM' program, which featured Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Atlanticus sheets from the Biblioteca Ambrosiana (December 2025 – March 2026).
- The book redefines the avant-garde through ages (gold, silver, bronze) inspired by Hesiod, but reversed to show transformation rather than decline.
- Trione draws on Apollinaire, de Chirico, Warhol, and the Bloomsbury Group, among others.
- The avant-garde is argued to persist in contemporary culture through low-intensity forms in fashion, video games, activism, and digital media.
- The discussion addressed the tragic destiny of the avant-garde, its link to war, and the role of digital technology.
- The book's cover features William Kentridge's 'To What End' (2019).
Entities
Artists
- Vincenzo Trione
- Anna Luigia De Simone
- Vincenzo Di Rosa
- Anna Calise
- Alessia Scaparra Seneca
- Guillaume Apollinaire
- Giorgio de Chirico
- Andy Warhol
- Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
- William Kentridge
- Roger Fry
- Virginia Woolf
- Vanessa Bell
- Clive Bell
- John Maynard Keynes
- Leonard Woolf
- Jonathan Lethem
- Aby Warburg
- Francesco Arcangeli
- Giuliano Briganti
- Massimo Bontempelli
- Hesiod
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Kurt Schwitters
- David Hockney
Institutions
- Università IULM
- Einaudi
- Biblioteca Ambrosiana
- Bloomsbury Group
- Omega Workshops
- Palazzo Reale di Milano
- Artribune
Locations
- Milan
- Italy