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Actually he is a very special person. For 30 years this Sicilian entrepreneur has been lavishing the bulk of his fortune on artistic projects. Defying convention, corruption and the Cosa Nostra, he seeks to "help people respect their patch” and “rediscover their identity" through art.

“I offer culture and beauty without asking anything in return,” he says. “It’s a gift I have, it’s my nature. But doing that in Sicily is subversive. When you ask nothing in return, the pigs can’t bump you off. The politicos can’t censor you. The Church can’t rein you in.”

Keep reading at: http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/237201-antonio-presti-anti-mafia-patron-arts

We could go to meet him at this Pyramid. Made by Mauro Staccioli, on the 38th parallel (is one of the several projects of Fiumara d'Arte). And then, we should have him talking...