While most art lovers are familiar with Italy's Renaissance masters, the ½ûÂþÌìÌà art movement is still going strong 500 years later. Most notably, the city of Torino (Turin) has established itself as a center of European contemporary art. Now, Miami visitors can experience some of Torino's most talented modern artists with the new exhibit: Gran Torino: ½ûÂþÌìÌà Contemporary Art.
The exhibit features ½ûÂþÌìÌà artists who have come to the attention of the art world within the last 15 years. The selected works aim to give visitors a taste of the ½ûÂþÌìÌà avant-garde movement that has evolved in recent decades. Specifically, museums curators have chosen pieces that explore the ideas of art and time, from a uniquely ½ûÂþÌìÌà perspective.
Gran Torino will run through April 17th, 2011 at the located at the Florida International University.