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Pasolini commemorations and reopened murder inquiry

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Cultural Pasolini commemorations and new reopened murder investigation of Pasٍ inquiry

Cultural initiatives honoring the legacy of Italian intellectual Pier Paolo Pasolini continue through visual arts, literary publications, and theatrical events. In Serre di Rapolano, the Museo dell’Antica Grancia is hosting the exhibition ‘Pasolini. Pitture, Paesaggi, Persone’. Curated by Daniela Ferrari and Riccardo Maria Balzarotti, the showcase Persone’, which focuses on Pasolini’s artistic engagement with painting, drawing, and photography, emphasizing his connection to landscapes and human figures. The exhibition seeks to highlight his view of painting as a vital link to the land and the peasant world, and it will remain open until January 10, 2027. world. Simultaneously, the 60th issue of CulturaIdentità has been dedicated to Pasolini’s life and impact as a poet, director, and writer. The publication explores his role as an intellectual who captured the contradictions of Italy during the economic boom, featuring personal reflections from his long-time collaborator Ninetto Davoli. In Rome, the second edition of a poet and director, while the ‘Pasolini Art Visual Territorio’ festival at Teatro Porta Portese, held from October 26 to November 2, 2026, in Rome commemorates the 51st anniversary of Pasolini’s death. The program includes his death through film screenings, such as the ‘Trilogy of Life’, theatrical performances, and the photographic exhibition ‘I luoghi pasoliniani’. The festival concludes with a collective Requiem. New theater. Further events organized by the Centro Studi Pier Paolo Pasolini are scheduled from for November 4 to 7 in Casarsa della Delizia and Udine. These include the Academiuta Pasolini, Udine, focusing on his role work as a polemical journalist, journalist and an international conference in Udine exploring his ideological connections with to other 20th-century authors. A commemoration ceremony is also set for November 2 at the Casarsa cemetery. In a significant judicial development, the Rome Prosecutor’s Office has opened a new investigation into the 1975 murder of Pasolini at the Ostia Idroscalo. Assigned to substitute prosecutor Silvia Santucci, the inquiry follows a formal complaint by attorney Stefano Maccioni. Maccioni, representing Pasolini’s cousin, claims that new evidence and a previously unheard witness could challenge the long-standing conclusion that Giuseppe Pelosi acted alone. The investigation aims to explore potential accomplices and investigate theories regarding political motives, including possible links to far-right or neo-fascist organizations, arguing that scientific evidence gathered over the last 18 years contradicts the original verdict.

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  1. 2026-11-02 16:12 UTC Pasolini commemorations and reopened murder inquiry
  2. 2026-11-02 15:06 UTC Cultural commemorations and new murder investigation of Pasٍ
  3. 2026-11-01 23:11 UTC Cultural commemorations of Pier Paolo Pasolini
  4. 2026-10-25 00:02 UTC Cultural commemorations of Pier Paolo Pasolini
  5. 2026-10-24 05:25 UTC Cultural commemorations of Pier Paolo Pasolini
  6. 2026-10-23 06:07 UTC Cultural commemorations of Pier Paolo Pasolini
  7. 2026-10-12 16:40 UTC Cultural commemorations of Pier Paolo Pasolini
  8. 2026-10-11 11:41 UTC Cultural commemorations of Pier Paolo Pasolini

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