Missoni & Italian Art

Join Roberta Cremoncini, Director of the Estorick Collection, as she describes the major shifts in 20th century Italian art and their influence on the Missoni fashion house.

This evening event includes a special viewing of the exhibition Missoni Art Colour followed by a talk on some of the most important Italian artists in the first half of the 20th century. The Estorick Collection is the most important gallery of modern Italian art in London. Discover the work of the Italian Futurists – Giacomo Balla, Umberto Boccioni, Carlo Carrà, Luigi Russolo and Gino Severini – who sought to break with Italy’s oppressive cultural heritage and embrace the modernity and speed of the modern age. The influence of these and other 20th century artists on the Missoni approach to colour, texture and form will be discussed