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Leonor Fini was, in her own way, one feminist: in his canvases he brings an enchanted imagery, at times Gothic at times childish, which fascinates Francesco Vezzoli. In her they coexist strength, resourcefulness, seduction and childishness, sweetness, weakness. A key piece of the exhibition is this, painted by her husband: Stanislao Lepri, Chambre de Leonor, […]
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Ferdinando Scianna, the exhibition of exhibitions
Meet two emerging designers at the time, Dolce and Gabbanaand photograph Marpessa, magnetic top model (pictured below), in “her” Sicily: it is the consecration and marks the change of pace for fashion photography. It is the first of many new experiences that Scianna elaborates, allergic to genres and labels: anthropologist of the realtouches the world […]
Marlene Dumas, the specter of our emotions
“It is an exhibition on love stories and their different types of couples, young and old, oneroticismbetrayal, alienation, the beginning and the end, mourning, tensions between spirit and body, words (titles and texts) and images ». It is the words that Marlene Dumas chooses to present this one of his exhibition-monstre just set up in […]
Three exhibitions to see in Paris now (in spring)
Born in ’42 and still with a camera around his neck to capture the most hidden sides of life, Iturbide is the most famous living Mexican photographer. Famous for portraits of Yucatan women and native populations of the Sonoran Desert, Graciela Iturbide he has a gaze capable of revealing “the color of the world” even […]
In Florence to admire Donatello, “master of masters”
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Go to Florence if you want to see one for yourself “Impossible show”. Impossible because they are at stake ancient sculptures (that they weigh, which are fragile, delicate, often immovable). Impossible because we talk about Donatello – in the registry office Donato di Niccolò di Betto, born in Florence in about 1386 and died in […]
The exhibition on Chagall, who was a citizen of the world, opens in Milan
Be warned: the first room of the exhibition Marc Chagall. A story of two worlds will leave you breathless: on the first floor of the Mudec of Milan – past the sinuous central vault designed by the star architect David Chipperfield – you enter in the magical world of Chagall accompanied by music played during […]
Spring exhibitions: events not to be missed
There are portraits of Titian that can be found in Milan, but also in Parma, the sublime ones of Antoon van Dyck who flew from Genoa to the States and now arrive in Rome; contemporary art of Vatican (a surprise for many) exhibited in Milan, the very classic Canova in Treviso and the very modern […]
Pier Paolo Pasolini, one hundred years of extraordinary shocks
Do you know what i tableaux vivant? They are also called living pictures and they are a genre that cyclically returns to fashion. Every now and then some museums also launch a competition on Instagram to see who can best reproduce a famous painting by impersonating this or that other character. Pier Paolo Pasolini on […]
On March 8, women enter Italian museums for free
How to celebrate March 8? With beauty, all over Italy. The Ministry of Culture has just announced that for the International Women’s Day all state-owned Italian museums and places of culture will be free for women. One more reason to organize a visit, for those who manage to coordinate working hours, also because this year […]
Kandinskij, the artist who brings everyone together
There is an artist who makes everyone agree, or at least all art lovers: it is called Vasily Kandinsky. Each of his paintings is an iconhis abstraction a trademark. His painting – let’s face it – an enigma (and there is no agreement on the transliteration of the surname from Cyrillic …). Let’s say that […]