Sebastiano Barassi

By the early 1960s a remarkable group of artists had settled in the Ticino area of Italy. Hans Arp and Hans Richter returned, having first visited in the 1910s. Julius Bissier, Italo Valenti, Ben Nicholson and Felicitas Vogler arrived in search of better living conditions and new inspiration. The American painter Mark Tobey, based in Basel and a friend of many of these artists, regularly visited. The Locarnese, as it is known locally, became a thriving intellectual hotspot, with a strong sense of community. These artists shared ideas and swapped works and the period produced rich results.

The Roundhouse of International Spirits

Sergio Risaliti

The book, dedicated to Henry Moore (1898-1986) - one of the most renowned artists of the twentieth century - has been published fifty years after the great Florentine exhibition in Forte Belvedere. The graphics and sculptures of the British master, reproduced in color, are accompanied by critical texts that reconstruct his life and artistic path. "Drawing keeps one fit, like physical exercises - perhaps acts like water to a plant - and it lessens the danger of repeating oneself and getting into a formula. It enlarges one's form repertoire, one's form experience." - Henry Moore

Sebastiano Barassi

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