In Genoa, an exhibition dedicated to Giovanni Korompay, the Futurist who loved Pink Floyd

A major retrospective exhibition dedicated to Giovanni Korompay, a Venetian painter, sculptor, and illustrator associated with the second wave of Futurism, has opened at the Wolfsoniana in Genoa Nervi. Titled "Korompay, un’antologica," the show runs until November 1st and features around sixty works, including paintings, sculptures, graphic works, photographs, and documents. It explores Korompay's evolution from traditional training under Ettore Tito to his embrace of Futurist aeropainting, exemplified by works such as "Alta velocità" (High Speed), which celebrates a 1934 world speed record set by a Macchi-Castoldi MC 72 seaplane. The exhibition is curated by Alex Casagrande, Matteo Fochessati, Franco Tagliapietra, and Anna Vyazemtseva, with loans from public museums (Mart, Mambo), private collections, and the Fondazione Korompay.

This retrospective matters because it resurrects the legacy of a once-famous but now largely forgotten figure of Italian Futurism, offering a deeper understanding of the movement's aeropainting branch and its intersection with Fascist-era propaganda. By presenting Korompay's full career—from his early traditional works to his later abstract experiments—the show challenges simplistic narratives about Futurism and highlights the complex relationship between avant-garde art and political power in early 20th-century Italy. The exhibition also underscores the Wolfsoniana's role as a unique repository of decorative and propaganda art from 1880 to 1950, donated by the eccentric American collector Micky Wolfson.