Umberto Boccioni
Collector removes Boccioni sculpture from major Futurism exhibition citing misleading texts and safety concerns
Roberto Bilotti has removed the piece from Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea in Rome, claiming it was being exhibited in “a dark corner” and was “not valued at all”
First Botticelli, now Boccioni: eco activists glue themselves to Futurist sculpture in Milan
More protest actions will follow, says Ultima Generazione group
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'The complicated history of Boccioni sculpture is no barrier to record price at Christie's in New York'
Futurist bronze sculpture cast from another bronze in the 1970s sells for $16.2m—four times its estimate
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Futurist masterpiece by Umberto Boccioni could sell at Christie's for up to $4.5m
A different version of the sculpture Unique Forms of Continuity in Space sold at the auction house in 1975 for $41,000