The Identity Politics Of Modigliani

A new exhibit is centered on the artist's decision to center his Sephardic Jewish identity-
a choice, because "Modigliani, a half-Italian, half-French Jew growing up in a nation equated with Roman Catholicism (Vatican City wouldn’t become its own state until nine years after Modigliani’s death), was a cultural mixed bag from the get-go."

Article source here:Arts Journal