After marrying Ruth Guggenheim, a Jewish woman of German nationality, in August 1938, the sculptor Costantino Nivola settled in Paris. Subsequently, he moved to the United States of America without setting foot in Italy again both to avoid the application of the racial laws against his young wife and because upon his entry into the Bel Paese he would have been arrested as he was declared an "anti-fascist" for having frequented circles in Paris hostile to the Mussolini regime and, above all, for having collaborated with the anti-fascist magazine "Giustizia e Libertà".

To keep attention alive and not forget, on Saturday 27 January the National Art Gallery of Sassari, on the occasion of Remembrance Day, is organizing a themed tour entitled "Escaping from Nazifascism. Costantino Nivola - Ruth Guggenheim”.

Starting from the biography of the two artists, the visit will focus on the events that led to the couple's dramatic escape to Paris and then to the United States, after the enactment of the racial laws and the arrest warrant against them. This was a destiny shared with numerous other intellectuals of the time. From the mid-1930s, Costantino Nivola frequented members of the anti-fascist "Justice and Freedom" movement in Paris, among whom there was also the other Sardinian Emilio Lussu.

This dramatic story will be illustrated in front of his magnificent works of art present in the collections of the Pinacoteca. Guided tours will take place at 11.30am and 5pm.