.:. art / no longer Mafia 

salvArti
December 3, 2024 through January 26, 2025

more pictures .:. Nearly one hundred artworks by leading international artists of the 20th century like Massimo Campigli, Christo, Salvador Dalí, Giorgio de Chirico, Lucio Fontana, Mario Schifano, Mario Sironi, Robert Rauschenberg (pictured), and Andy Warhol are currently on show free of charge in Milan. How it comes? Why these artworks? And where do they come from?
.:. They are not on loan, nor are the property of leading international museums. Instead, they used to be private investment properties of Italian criminal organisations – like Mafia, Camorra, or ‘Ndrangheta – before being confiscated by the Italian State and returned to the public. They are Commons again, fortunately.
.:. This peculiar temporary exhibition is traveling around the country: Rome first, then Milan, and finally Reggio di Calabria, all its artworks to be later distributed among other public museums across the Peninsula respecting their geographical – if the word fits – origin, and their language. The relevant State representatives have introduced the initiative as a show of strength by the Italian State against Mafia, Camorra, and ‘Ndrangheta. This is certainly true. Decent people hope it’s going to be enough.

 Palazzo Reale
Piazzetta Reale 
Duomo
Duomo district

  10-19.30, giovedì fino alle 22.30, chiuso lunedì (ultimo ingresso un’ora prima)
   entrance free

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