by Rose Minutaglio

2014 looks to be a promising year for the promotion of twentieth-century Italian art in New York City. This weekend the grand opening of two new Italian Futurist exhibitions intend to shed light on this often overlooked and misunderstood movement in Italian art. Both the Center for Italian Modern Art and the Guggenheim will present works from a period that ultimately helped to define and advance modernism and contemporary art.

On Saturday CIMA will open its doors to the public for the first time at 421 Broome Street in Manhattan. CIMA is the first American center dedicated solely to the promotion of twentieth-century modern Italian art, and the launch will feature more than 50 works by Fortunato Depero, a pioneer of the Futurist art movement. 

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Source: http://italianacademyfoundation.org/