Arts - 19 Novembre 2020 Attilio Teruzzi: “The Perfect Fascist”. Today This Could Be a Trumpist or a Putinist Mostly neglected by history, Teruzzi was always close to Mussolini, physically and ideologically. The enforcer of discipline among the Fascist Blackshirt militia, he played a pivotal role in the march on Rome in 1922 which brought Mussolini to power. In his private life Teruzzi would emerge as an ineffectual man in many ways, clinging to large female figures whenever he could and then cheating on them. A man created by a bella figura obsessed, parvenus petit bourgeois mammista culture.
News - 24 Giugno 2020 Public Monuments and Indro Montanelli: A Case of Misdirected Reverence? Although the issue of public monuments has been thoroughly examined in the wake of the recent anti-racism protests, the case of Indro Montanelli--and specifically of the defense of his statue in a park in Milan--bears a closer look. The unmitigated arrogance, hubris, and smugness with which Montanelli himself addressed the issue, once in 1969 and again in 2000, must lead us to question the limits of acceptable human behavior.
Arts - 11 Febbraio 2020 “Future. Il domani narrato dalle voci di oggi”: Stories of Everyday Resistance and Hope "Future. Il domani narrato dalle voci di oggi", the first literary anthology by black Italian women, is a contemporary “j’accuse” that denounces the racism and anti-immigrant attitudes that have become widespread in Italian society and politics. Contributors to the landmark book, Candice Whitney, Camilla Hawthorne, Marie Moise and Angela Pesarini, recounted their experiences and spoke about growing resistance to racial injustice during an event at the Calandra Italian American Institute of the City University of New York.
Arts - 30 Agosto 2019 Rubin Museum Exhibit: “Clapping with Stones: Art and Acts of Resistance” Ten artists confront identity, history and heritage in a multi-media exhibit, and try to deliver ways of understanding the world when truth is censored, borders are closed, mobility is obstructed, and civil liberties are being upturned daily.