Which traditional cultural institutions did Marinetti’s 1909 Futurist manifesto attack?

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Umberto Boccioni: Unique Forms of Continuity in Space — Futurism *Unique Forms of Continuity in Space*, bronze sculpture by Umberto Boccioni, 1913; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.

In his 1909 Futurist manifesto, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti called for the destruction of traditional cultural institutions, specifically naming museums and libraries.12

This demand was part of a broader, aggressive program to repudiate traditional values and discard the art of the past in favor of celebrating the speed, energy, and innovation of modern life and technology.12