Monday an online meeting on fake art news with the director of Finestre Sull'Arte

On Monday, Feb. 22, at 6 p.m., the Diocesan Museum “Carlo Maria Martini” in Milan, as part of the series of meetings L’ospite inatteso (The Unexpected Guest ), which features art personalities (art historians, museum directors, critics and specialized journalists) taking turns each week, will hold a meeting with Federico Giannini, director of Finestre sull’Arte, entitled Arte, fake news and disinformation over the centuries. From the Case of Simonino da Trento to Marina Abramović.

The meeting will focus on some cases from art history in which art has been exploited to spread “fake news” or... vice versa. Today we are used to associating art with uplifting content, but this was not always the case: art, in fact, has often been used for propaganda purposes and even today it has found itself, in spite of itself, being exploited to fuel disinformation and to construct “fake news.” Through some cases far back in time we will see how art is closer to disinformation than we think and what risks it runs.

The appointment is free and to attend simply log on to Zoom by clicking on https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84378765616?pwd=b2plb0YxTGxtSXpGY3A4UEQyNVpRUT09 (Meeting ID: 843 7876 5616 / Passcode: 260708).

The series The Unexpected Guest has so far featured Teresa Monestiroli (Repubblica), Marco Carminati (Il Sole 24 Ore), James Bradburne (director of the Pinacoteca di Brera), Sylvain Bellenger (director of the Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte), Francesca Bonazzoli (Corriere della Sera), Marco Pierini (director of the Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria), Cristiana Collu (director of the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Roma), and Giuseppe Frangi (president of the Associazione Testori). After the meeting with Federico Giannini there will be appointments with Micol Forti (director of the Contemporary Art Collection of the Vatican Museums), Karole P.B. Vail (director of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice), Luca Fiore (Il Foglio), Luca Frigerio (journalist and writer). For the full program, you can visit the website of the Diocesan Museum of Milan.

Monday an online meeting on fake art news with the director of Finestre Sull'Arte

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