The apartment, in a mid-20th century building, showcases artwork, murals and furniture designed by Balla (1871-1958), who was a key figure of Italian Futurism, an early 20th-century movement that ...

He and some friends had spent a wild night drinking and arguing about art ... in the 20th century were eyewitnesses to the deadly innovations of war and colonialism. The idea of futurism we ...