The COVID-19 pandemic has turned our reality upside down, in a way that was impossible to predict just a few months ago; everyone attention is therefore focused on small and new daily challenges and less on art.
We are at a time that resembles the dark Medieval period, says the director of blackart projects Andrea Candiani, hoping a new Renaissance will arrive soon.
But what will we leave for posterity of this particular historical period? How can art and imagination come to our aid?
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