Artist Carla Accardi died Feb. 23at age 89 in Rome. Known for her involvement in Italy's postwar art scene, Accardi trained at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, moving to Rome in 1946.
Three imposing diptychs completed in 2004 presided over Sperone Westwater's selective five-decade survey of paintings by Carla Accardi. Each measures 86 1⁄2 by 126 inches, a scale used only rarely by…