Thursday 25 May 2023

Museo Novecento

 A huge contrast to the morning spent at Santa Maria Novella was the afternoon spent at Museo Novecento.

The main exhibition was works of Lucio Fontana - The Origin of the World. His works were very important in the era in which he was working, and I appreciated these works as great examples of him breaking down barriers.




There was an exhibition of works by Y.Z. Kami, a painter from Tehran. The exhibition was called Light, Gaze, Presence, and the theme of impermanence shown in his portraits was interesting.






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