The exhibition “Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture in Italy” at the Galleria nazionale d’arte moderna was an extraordinary event in 2015 that presented works of 64 artists from the post-war period to the present day. Curated by Nino Caruso and Mariastella Margozzi, the first room was dedicated to Leonardo Leoncillo (1915-68) in the centenary of his birth. From the 1930s onwards, Leoncillo’s special relationship with the then director of the GNAM, Palma Bucarelli, resulted in majo