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Sirante, Graffiti on the Giro d’Italia (2018)
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Sirante, Graffiti on the Giro d’Italia (2018)

This piece by Sirante is in protest of the Giro d’Italia beginning in Israel. Note Dante and Virgil in the poster, watching today’s Inferno. The image is modeled on Gustave Doré’s illustration of the violent against God in Inferno 14.

Contributed by Virginia Jewiss 

Sighting Citation:

“Sirante, Graffiti on the Giro d’Italia (2018).” Dante Today: Citings and Sightings of Dante’s Works in Contemporary Culture. Elizabeth Coggeshall and Arielle Saiber, eds. May 28, 2018. https://www.dantetoday.org/sightings/sirante-graffiti-on-the-giro-ditalia-2018/.