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 second lecture, Casting the Past: Arte Povera and Classical Sculpture, Dr. Roberta Minnucci, Magazzino Italian Art 2022-23 Scholar-in-Residence, examined a number of Arte Povera artists who produced experimental reinterpretations of classical statuary during the 1960s and 1970s.
About Dr. Roberta Minnucci
Dr. Roberta Minnucci is an art historian and curator specializing in postwar Italian art. She has obtained her PhD from the University of Nottingham with a thesis which examined Arte Povera’s engagement with cultural memory. Prior to joining Magazzino Italian Art as the current Scholar-in-Residence, Dr. Minnucci was a Rome Award holder at the British School at Rome and the recipient of the first edition of the “Researching and Rewriting Contemporary Art History" Scholarship promoted by Fondazione Baruchello. Her research has been supported by the Getty Foundation, the Association for Art History, the Association for the Study of Modern Italy, and the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Her articles and essays have been published in peer-reviewed academic journals and exhibition catalogues. She has gained curatorial and research experience at different institutions including: Tate Modern, Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, Christie’s, Southampton City Art Gallery, Castello di Rivoli and Museo Fondazione Pino Pascali.
