Coffee and Art: Maurizio Cattelan

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Coffee, conversation, and great artworks . . . what better way to start a Saturday morning? Experience it for yourself as you look carefully at works on view in the MCA’s galleries. Then make connections to other artworks, histories, and ideas as you take part in a relaxed, facilitated discussion that helps you think through the art of our time. Led by experts from Chicago’s art community. No previous knowledge necessary.

Paola Morgavi leads a discussion about the work of Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan whose work is featured in the Italics: Italian Art between Tradition and Revolution 1968–2008 exhibition. Morgavi, a native of Genoa, Italy, is a senior lecturer in the Department of French and Italian at Northwestern University. Her primary interests include modern and contemporary Italian culture, art and architecture, and language pedagogy. She received her MA in art education from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she collaborates with the education department as an independent researcher.