There are episodes in the history of art that have also been news, or in any case worthy of being remembered not only for the work concerning, but also for everything that in that specific (and often unimaginable) moment has made almost incredible (or at least extravagant) what happened. Ten of these “true fairy tales”, sometimes dramatic, are the protagonists of a very particular initiative, at all sound, available for everyone on the Artribune website. “Welcome to” Stories of art ” – so begins every episode -. Facts, misdeeds, crimes and mysteries of art history. I am Moses Previti and I am the author of this podcast. Unpublished research, unusual perspectives, original comments and music are the ingredients of this content created to tell art through history and history through art “. Yes, Previti, Messinese, art historian residing in Lombardy, once again relaunches the relationship with his subject in an original way. If some time ago he had begun to paint, hiding behind a non -existent Japanese painter, this time (after three years of research) he ventures (in the best sense of the term) to tell ten stories, defined as “artcrime”, a little collateral and little known, which concern famous works of different centuries.
If the best known episode is that of the theft of the Mona Lisa, however told by a different perspective than the usual, which also involves Picasso and Apollinaire, others dig between mysteries and less investigated or in a little crazy accidents such as the assault on the “marriage of the Virgin” of Raffaello in the Pinacoteca di Brera (it was 1958) by the Messina Nunzio Guglielmo, who was also missing, Discovered in Dublin of the “capture of Christ” of Caravaggio, or the clash between the inquisition and the painter Paolo Veronese or the story of a mural of the Mexican Diego Rivera (husband of Frida Kalho). There is also the accusation of plagiarism that opposed the artist of the cancellations Emilio Isgrò, Sicilian from Barcelona, to the leader of Pink Floyd, Roger Waters.
Previti launches into the sound adventure with an actor look and with an accurate assembly of tones and volumes, perfect for maintaining the rhythm of the stories. He does not forget his past as a musician: the original soundtrack is made through the reinterpretation of the synthesizer of a vast repertoire of great classic compositions more unpublished songs.
