Dott. Rosa Maria Letts of London writes:

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Critics include Whitney Biennial curator Francesco Bonami who says Italy "deserves Sgarbi" because of its antipathy towards contemporary art.

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27 Aug 10
16:23 CET

Dott. Rosa Maria Letts, London

The appointment of Vittorio Sgarbi both as curator of the Italian Pavilion at the next Venice Biennale and as advisor for acquisitions at the Maxi Museum of modern art in Rome is very good news. Prof Sgarbi is at least one of the most cultured and intelligent man we have on the art scene in Italy. He has organized many important exhibitions and written extensively on Italian Art, Classical and Modern. His opinion is to be valued. He can be controversial but represents many trends and is conscious of our tradition and past supremacy in the sector. Modern Art should be the celebrated art of the 20 century,as opposed to contemporary art still to be proven. Gnoli is an artist he has mentioned - hopefully to enter the Maxi - he is a great artist like indeed De Dominici. But contemporary art should be kept to temporary exhibitions and await to enter the collections until they are accepted as Modern Artists. Much contemporary art is just ephemeral.