Lecture Series
Metaphysical Painting in Context: 1916–1920

CIMA presents a landmark five-part lecture series held in conjunction with the 2018–19 exhibition Metaphysical Masterpieces 1916-1920: Morandi, Sironi, and Carrà. Join leading scholars as they illuminate, year-by-year, the cultural and socio-political contexts in which Metaphysical painting was born and developed, broadening our understanding of this provocative yet short-lived style.

Tuesday, November 13, 6-8PM
Franco Baldasso, Director of Italian Studies at Bard College, on the tumultuous year of 1916.

Tuesday, December 11, 6-8PM
David Forgacs, Chair of Italian Studies at NYU, on the battle of Caporetto and the cultural landscape of 1917.

Tuesday, January 22, 6-8PM
Selena Daly, Lecturer in Modern European History, Royal Holloway University of London, on the end of the Great War and the post-war hopes of 1918.
Thursday, February 28, 6-8PM
Ara Merjian, Associate Professor of Italian and Art History, NYU, on 1919, between the Impresa di Fiume (Fiume Endeavour) and artists' return to art in post-war Italy.

April (date TBC)
Adrian Lyttelton, Professor of History at the Johns Hopkins University Center in Bologna, on the cultural and artistic scene of 1920, the culminating year of the Biennio Rosso (Red Biennium).