In the aftermath of WWII, the American view of Italians was related to contrasting associations: crime, war, and poverty on the one hand, or the Renaissance and the Grand Tour on the other. Expositions played a key role in reverting the narrative on Italy and framing a new discourse on the newly established republic. In 1951, the Museum of Modern Art of New York included Pinin Farina’s Cisitalia 202 GT (1947) in its Eight Automobiles exhibit, adding the car to its permanent c