"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."
The Infinite Art of Practical Effects, at the museum venue called Fabbrica del Vapore, is an invitation to embark on a nostalgic journey through how movies used to be made, and it’s closing this week-end, on May 18. This unique showcase pays homage to a movie...
After seeing the splendid exhibition dedicated to Casorati here in Milan, I was reminded by an old-time friend that once upon a time I used to organise themed visits around Milan and bring them about. It was nice, so here I am. Have you been...
Andrea Solario (ca. 1465–1524) was an Italian Renaissance painter from Milan, and his work reflects the confluence of what’s called “Lombard realism”, the naturalistic tradition of Leonardo da Vinci and the refined elegance of the High Renaissance with the rich colourism of Venetian art. The...
Il 13 e il 14 maggio 2025, il polo fieristico di Fiera Milano Rho ospita la sesta edizione di AI Week, un evento dedicato all’intelligenza artificiale applicata al mondo del lavoro, dell’impresa e della trasformazione digitale. Organizzata con un format ibrido, che integra sessioni in...
Last week, I pursued the general hype and went to our local theatre to see a contemporary Opera inspired by Umberto Eco’s Name of the Rose, one of my favourite books of all time. And though it was mostly inspired by the 1986 movie, it...
In the rich tapestry of 20th-century Italian art, Felice Casorati is a figure of striking elegance and introspection at the crossroads of symbolism, metaphysical painting, and the classic Italian tradition. Casorati did not simply paint; he composed visual odes to silence, to structure, and to...
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