"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."
You don’t read me writing about the masters of architecture much, and those who’ve known me for a while will remember how critical I am of some of their contributions to the built environment, but I’ve always been partial to Piero Portaluppi, possibly because he...
Ignazio Gardella: who was this guy? Ignazio Gardella (born Mario in 1905 – 1999) was one of the most incisive and restless figures of Italian modernism, a man who managed to embody both rigour and a certain dose of rebellion (though never enough to convince him...
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...
On Friday I wrote a piece concerning an exhibition you can see at Milan's Archeological Museum and, in passing, I mentioned the museum's collection amouns to...
As my followers know, especially those on Instagram, I'm partial to water bodies: give me a river, a lake, a channel or the sea, and I'm a happy girl. As such, I couldn't turn down to go and see the recent exhibition on Milan and...
Settimana scorsa ci ha lasciato Philippe Daverio, splendido e vulcanico personaggio della scena italiana, storico dell'arte e "penna impertinente" della divulgazione sull'arte, il costume, il territorio. Era impossibile per me non rendergli omaggio sostituendo una sua opera al libro programmato per questo lunedì, mentre ancora...
