THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE STORY: MY FATHER’S POSTCARD SENT FROM THE HELL OF KEFALONIA (GREECE) FOUND AFTER 80 YEARS!

This is an incredible story. It begins with a postcard that arrives from the hell of Kefalonia, eighty years later. A small rectangle of paper which, suddenly, after eight decades, comes to pierce the veil on the dramas, horrors and residual hopes of a young Italian soldier, my father, who – as an artilleryman of… Read More THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE STORY: MY FATHER’S POSTCARD SENT FROM THE HELL OF KEFALONIA (GREECE) FOUND AFTER 80 YEARS!

agosto 13, 2024 Roberto Alborghetti5 commenti

ACS GALLERY CELEBRATES ART BASEL MIAMI WEEK PRESENTING “KEFALONIA 1943”

© ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI, LACER-ACTIONS, CANVAS ACS Gallery is celebrating Art Basel Miami week online at Artsy (www.artsy.net/acs-gallery/artists) Presenting “KEFALONIA 1943, VICTIMS & MARTYRS” by Roberto Alborghetti; Abstract Photo on Canvas + Raisin; 21 3/10 × 33 1/2 in $1,500 #acsgallery #artsy #artbaselmiami #context #artmiami #untitledartfair #artbaselweek2018 #spectrum #aquamiami ACS Gallery https://www.artsy.net/artwork/roberto-alborghetti-kefalonia-1943-victims-and-martyrs So honored and moved for this! And so grateful too. This artwork… Read More ACS GALLERY CELEBRATES ART BASEL MIAMI WEEK PRESENTING “KEFALONIA 1943”

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FAREWELL TO MY FATHER, HERO OF KEFALONIA MASSACRE…

Last night my father passed away. He was one of the few survivors of Kefalonia slaughter in 1943. A terrible event happened during the Second World War. Thousands of young Italian soldiers were killed by nazis on the Greek island. My dad Battista survived to massacre and he dedicated his life to tell and remember… Read More FAREWELL TO MY FATHER, HERO OF KEFALONIA MASSACRE…

giugno 8, 2014giugno 22, 2018 Roberto Alborghetti26 commenti

VERONA : THE “STATELY SADNESS” OF THE MONUMENT DEVOTED TO KEFALONIA MASSACRE

Created by Mario Salazzari – tortured by nazis after being arrested and imprisoned – this monument can be considered one of the masterpieces of Twentieth century Italian sculpture. Yes, dr. Srini Pillay is right when he says that art “encouraging us not to lose ourselves in remembering the tragedy but also seeing the beauty… Read More VERONA : THE “STATELY SADNESS” OF THE MONUMENT DEVOTED TO KEFALONIA MASSACRE

settembre 26, 2011febbraio 18, 2016 Roberto Alborghetti4 commenti