Italy Ramps Up Its Campaign Against Modernism
Elsewhere in Europe, following Silvio Berlusconi‘s war against Daniel Libeskind, Italy’s culture minister, Sandro Bondi, has gotten behind the party line and announced his distaste for all things modern architecture:
Sandro Bondi told the magazine Grazia: “I struggle to find evidence of beauty in contemporary art. If I go to an exhibition I pretend to understand, like many others. But, honestly, I don’t understand.”
The comments follow a number of attacks on modern architecture by ministers including Bondi and the prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, that has left the arts world aghast.
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