Recently a significant event happened that may threaten the freedom of expression in contemporary art in Italy. A young Italian artist, Luca Lo Coco, was condemned the seizure of furniture in his house, following a legal dispute with Giancarlo Politi, director of Flash Art, one of the most important art magazines in Italy.
It all started in 2006, when the 26 years old Luca Lo Coco, living in Palermo (Sicily), created the net.art work www.ashartonline.com, which parodised Politi’s website www.flashartonline.com. In his website, Lo Coco expressed a severe criticism of the contemporary art system in Italy, of which Flash Art was the fullest expression.
After a court case lasting four years, Luca Lo Coco in 2010 was ordered to pay legal fees. Since the young artist was not able to meet the payment, in May 2011, Luca, visibly shaken, had the distraint of goods, as a reimburse for the court battle. The net.art website www.ashartonline.com was seized as well, by order of the Court of Palermo. In case of the website had not been obscured, Luca would be fined 1,500 euro per day.
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