What: Futurism: Celebrating Marinetti’s Manifesto
When: Thursday May 7, 2009 – Thursday July 30, 2009
(Mon – Fri: 9-1, 2-5pm)
Where: Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago, 500 N Michigan Ave, #1450

And we hunted, like young lions, death with its black fur dappled with pale crosses, who ran before us in the vast violet sky, palpable and living.

To celebrate one hundred years of the Futurist Manifesto (which you can read here in all its heart-swelly glory), the Italian Cultural Center is showing a top notch selection of documents, paintings, photographs, and sculpture – all curated by critic and historian Enrico Crispolti. His show includes original materials lent by the official Marinetti Archive in Milan, as well as works by folks like Umberto Boccioni, Ivo Pannaggi, Carlo Erba, Gerardo Dottori, and Giacomo Balla.

The chance to see these pieces in person, nose-close, is kind of a big and not-to-be-fudged deal. If you’re really on the ball, you’ll stop by at 6pm on opening night – May 7th – to hear Crispolti’s lecture too.