The second Futurism of the 1920's and 30's was different to it's original political view. Unlike the Futurism of Boccioni and Carr´ this second wave was largely apolitical. However it's new artists were mostly against Fascist policies, especially the artist polices that were felt to be crippling art.

Furthermore as much of the initial precedents of Futurism had been accomplished, through the art of the original artists, new avenues of expression had to be explored. This led to the development of the 1920's Futurist 'Mechanical Art'. New artists such as Prampolini and Depero created works, such as "Parallelepipedi" by Prampolini and Depero's "Radio Fire up", that typified this new style.

Still publicised and pushed by Marinetti, Futurism evolved theatre combining it with art. The Futurist Synthetic theatre and Futurist Pantomime theatre lead to a truly avant-garde theatre unlike the polemic Futurist evenings of the pre-war period.

However it was the new direction Futurism took in the late 1920's that lasted much longer. Aeropittura or Aeropainting was initially an off shoot of mechanical art, which can be seen in the early work of Crali, Thayaht and Tullio. However it gradually became an extension of Prampolini's cosmic idealism. Artists such as Fillia also show this in his works entitled "Aeropainting" and "Heavier than air". The 1929 Manifesto of Aeropittura was signed not only by Prampolini, Depero and others but also Balla. Balla however did not paint much in a Futurist style after World War One and had returned to his previous realist style.

The celebration of aerial fantasy can be seen in works by Benedetta Marinetti (Marinetti's wife) and Dottori. Later works by Crali, such as "Dogfight", create a realism in the capturing of flight and the machine without losing the whirling dynamism and movement of Futurism.

The official end of Futurism came with the death of Marinetti in 1944. However in 1950 his widow attempted to revive the movement with the aid of the remaining Futurist artists in Milan. The plans came to nothing however a few Futurists continued to paint in a Futurist style, notably Crali who did so well into the 1980's.