Art Happens: The Divine Mess of Art History

Movement in about Ten Minutes: Futurism - Speed, Machines, Violence, and Very Bad Decisions

August 3, 2026·12 min
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Futurism wanted art to move at the speed of modern life—and it wasn’t interested in asking permission. In this episode, James follows Filippo Tommaso Marinetti and the Italian Futurists as they transform speeding cars, factories, electric lights, experimental typography, and industrial noise into a new artistic language. Along the way, paintings learn to move, words escape their sentences, orchestras become factories, and performances erupt into confrontations. But Futurism’s obsession with y...

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