I am LEONOR FINI @ Palazzo Reale, the artist with the fabulous nature.

Self-portrait with scorpion, Leonor Fini, 1938, private collection.

Leonor by Beatrice Brandini

“Then comes Leonor. The windows become light, the cobwebs become precious curtains of clouds and stars, the dry branches become lit candles, and the evening is a great evening; because Leonor (as I have told her a thousand times and as I will never tire of telling her) unites in herself two graces: childhood and majesty.” In Elsa Morante’s Torre San Lorenzo.

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“Time for Women! Empowering Vision in 20 Years of the Max Mara Art Prize for Women”

Women is the full circle A by Beatrice Brandini

A glimpse of the exhibition “Time for Women!” Photo Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio. Courtesy Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Florence. Work by Emma Talbot

Collezione Maramotti and Whitechapel Gallery present the exhibition “Time for Women! Empowering Visions in 20 Years of the Max Mara Arte Prize for Women” which celebrates the twentieth anniversary of the prestigious prize that supports and fosters emerging female artists. Read more

FLORA, an exhibition in Parma tells us about the enchantment of FLOWERS

Fortunato Depero, Flora Magica. Scenography of Le Chant du Rossignol, 1917, reconstruction 1981. Mart, Trento and Rovereto

Flora in the Wind by Beatrice Brandini

Flora. The enchantment of flowers in Italian art from the twentieth century to today is a wonderful exhibition scheduled until June 29 at the Villa dei Capolavori, home of the Fondazione Magnai Rocca in Mamiano di Traversetolo (twenty minutes from Parma). Immersed in the splendid Romantic Park, the perfect setting for a timeless floral subject. Read more