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Article: Futurism and fascism. (in Italy, 1910-1944)(Cover Story)
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- History Today
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- November 1, 1995
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It is particularly appropriate to re-examine the relationship between the rise of Fascism and the literary and artistic movement called Futurism, because in the last decade Futurism has once again been in the news. In 1986 the Italian car manufacturing giant FL4.T together with an American high-tech conglomerate sponsored the largest and most comprehensive exhibition on Futurism ever mounted.
The renovated Palazzo Grassi in Venice groaned under the weight of 300 paintings and 1,200 other works, including a magnificent Bugatti automobile, all purportedly related to Futurism and its `influence'.
So massive was this exhibition that the catalogue was said to weigh ...