"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."
Last season, Milan hosted at Palazzo Reale a long-overdue retrospective of what quickly became one of my favourite contemporary artists, alongside Niki de Saint-Phalle: Leonor Fini. I wrote about it here. Saint-Phalle herself had been hosted at MUDEC in the same period (see here). This Autumn,...
The words Terrae Motus — if you know latin — is enough to give you a hint, an echo, a vibration, a tremor that goes beyond the earth. Earthquakes often prompt a movement of conscience as much as of matter, and it is precisely this...
I first discovered the exhibition almost by chance, when a friend suggested we visit the aquarium in Monaco on our way back from a vacation and, as we approached the Musée Océanographique, your eyes might miss the towering poster on its facade: a luminous vision...
I know, I know, it's hot.And if you're still in Milan — maybe marooned here because of a project that just couldn't wait or simply because life sucks or because, on the contrary, you enjoy the empty city just as I do — I've got...
I'm on vacation in Southern France, and yesterday we wandered into L’Océan de Léa, an immersive world crafted entirely from paper at the Centre des Congrès OcéaNice in Nice. The installation is a vast, dreamy seascape sculpted by the master origami-artist Junior Fritz Jacquet, and it’s definitely...
Yesterday, on the eve of his 99th birthday, Arnaldo Pomodoro passed away in Milan, the city he elected as his own to live and work in. I decided to honour his memory and his legacy with one of my urban itineraries. A Life Dedicated to Sculpture Born...
From April 12 to September 15, 2025, Venice’s Peggy Guggenheim Collection hosts the richly evocative solo exhibition Maria Helena Vieira da Silva: Anatomy of Space (Anatomia di uno spazio in Italian), curated by Flavia Frigeri, an art historian from London’s National Portrait Gallery. Featuring around...
From January 30 to September 8, 2025, the Osservatorio Fondazione Prada in Milan hosts "A Kind of Language: Storyboards and Other Renderings for Cinema," an exhibition curated by Melissa Harris. This showcase delves into the intricate pre-production processes of filmmaking, highlighting the pivotal role of...
Do you remember last month, when we took a stroll through Milan in the wake of Casorati's new exhibition at Palazzo Reale? I would be amiss if I didn't follow up with another walk inspired by another, great show, closing this month, so here we...
So, what's in town this month? Let's take a look at a couple of things you need to catch before they leave. Some of the things I highlighted last month are still on: Inequalities, Triennale Milano (till November 9th); the amazing I am Leonor Fini at Palazzo...
