La rovesciata

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“La rovesciata” (The bicycle kick) by Wainer Vaccari, 2018
Corso Duomo
Modena, May 2024

“Inaugurated in September 2018, the sculpture by the Modena artist Wainer Vaccari is intended as a tribute to the Panini family, famous in the world of international publishing for the stickers in the Calciatori album, adhesive cards that have accompanied and raised an entire generation of children and young people. But, before the stickers, the Panini family and, in particular, Olga Cuoghi Panini, sold newspapers in a kiosk located exactly where the sculpture was placed. The accompanying plaque reads: ‘In this place, on 6 January 1945, Olga Cuoghi Panini and her eight children opened the doors of their newspaper kiosk, the first step in an unforgettable adventure that would bring the name of the family and of Modena to the top of world publishing with the legendary Figurine Panini’.” (A statue of the bicycle kick, Modena Today)