Building an Art Audience from Scratch: Palermo's Grassroots Cultural Renaissance
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Mariacarla Molè
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Mariacarla Molè reflects on her residency in Palermo, drawing parallels between the city's post-war history and its contemporary art scene. She describes how Palermo, historically orphaned by the absence of a strong local bourgeoisie and institutional support, is now building an audience for contemporary art from the ground up. The piece explores the city's unique cultural landscape, where grassroots efforts and external capital are reshaping its artistic identity, while also touching on the moral and social complexities inherited from its past.
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· 3 pulledThe first Italian city to be liberated by the Americans, Naples is portrayed as a place infected by a kind of moral plague, where everything is for sale – even the virginity of a child, who, at one point in the book, is tested one finger at a time by soldiers queueing outside her door.
In Palermo, Mariacarla Molè finds a city building an audience for art from the ground up
Today, in Palermo, external capital is in
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