Arte Povera and the Baroque: The Evolution of National Identity

Magazzino Italian Art presented a four-part lecture series 'Arte Povera: Artistic Tradition and Transatlantic Dialogue' curated by 2022-23 Magazzino Scholar-in-Residence Dr. Roberta Minnucci.

In the third lecture, 'Arte Povera and the Baroque: The Evolution of National Identity,' Dr. Laura Petican, Independent Scholar, explored the evolving concept of Italian national identity as it relates to the persistence of the past in post-war Italian art; specifically, as concerned with the radical artistic experiments of Arte Povera in the 1960s and 1970s.