FLORENCE - The work The Warrior with Shield by Henry Moore will be placed on the terrace of Saturn of Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, thanks to the financial support of the Ministry of Tourism with the UNESCO Sites and Creative Cities Fund: the new location of the work, owned of the British Institute of Florence and subjected to a restoration followed by the Opificio delle Pietre Dure of Florence, was presented on 27 February, over 50 years after Moore's great exhibition at the Forte di Belvedere "Moore's mutilated warrior finally returns to the Palazzo Old, in the location favored by its author - declared the mayor Dario Nardella -, and seems to warn us in the face of new contemporary wars. 50 years after the retrospective that the city dedicated to the great English artist at the Forte di Belvedere, Moore continues to surprise us and we continue to pay homage to him and find new ways to show his works."
Henry Moore's sculpture "was a 'sweet shock' - said Sergio Risaliti, director of the Museo Novecento - because it overturned many resistances and perplexities with its absolutely avant-garde yet classic, I would even say neo-humanistic, language. Furthermore, to the most astute, it made them understand the strong link of twentieth-century art with the archaic and primordial world. Finally, its refined forms are not empty of meaning because they always tend to represent the mystery of nature and the dramatic grandeur of history and human existence. We have finally managed to fulfill Moore's dream thanks to the perfect collaboration between many institutions."
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