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Italy’s far right weaponises culture; Carnegie International; Maria Bartuszová

The Week in Art

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Is There a Memory of the Nation?

i think that really taps into how a lot of people seem to think brothers of italy work. They sort of allude to to concepts with, i would say, probably quite precisely chosen language. There are other bits of language in there that very clearly evoke the idea of of the nation. And ancient rome is something that keeps on coming back in that programme. It's also alluded to at the top of the culture section of their programme where the idea of celebrating christian rome is mentioned.

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