THE FIRST CONTEMPORARY ARTIST TO CREATE AND DEBUT A WORK ON-SITE The event launched the archeological site as a magnificent new spot for contemporary art, the latest addition to Italy’s growing landscape of cultural heritage institutions commissioning and exhibiting. Pompeii Commitment is a one-of-a-kind program that commits to presenting new ways of contextualizing the ruins of Pompeii, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. “I wanted to take out the acting,” Wael Shawky said when asked about his use of puppets and elaborate ceramic masks in the new production (I am Hymns of the New Temples). Italy’s Newest Site for Contemporary Art Is Not a Swanky Architect-Designed Museum—It’s the Charred Ruins of Pompeii | Artnet
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