Chanellina by Beatrice Brandini
Chanel Film Projector, 2016
On May 8, Jeff Pryor, musician and CEO of Pryor Products, a leading medical device manufacturer, will auction off a stunning and extraordinary collection of Chanel bags at the American auction house Heritage Auctions.
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
Pandora by Beatrice Brandini
An image of Corto Maltese in the courtyard of the Palazzo delle Papesse in Siena
In view of the centenary of his birth and thirty years after his death, Siena celebrates the father of Corto Maltese, the extraordinary Hugo Pratt. Read more
Mood FUR by Beatrice Brandini
I continue my journey through the recently concluded Fall/Winter 2026-27 fashion shows
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
Juliet by Beatrice Brandini
A spectacular fabric from the Milano Unica A/W 2026-27 proposal
The body as anatomy and strength and it is from this harmony that Milano Unica Performing draws inspiration for the Fall-Winter 2026/27 collections.
Mood KNITWEAR by Beatrice Brandini
The London, Milan and Parisian fashion shows for Fall – Winter 2025/26 showed us a fashion that was above all “bourgeois”. No brand or designer took too many risks, the complicated period from a geopolitical point of view certainly does not help creativity. However, some trends emerged that I will summarize in this post.
From the Velvet mi Amor exhibition by Stefano and Corinna Chiassai
La Vellutina by Beatrice Brandini
Until June 8, 2025, the Museo del Tessuto in Prato celebrates velvet, one of the oldest and most precious fabrics over the centuries, in the Velvet mi Amor exhibition curated by the creative imagination and research of the studio of designers Stefano Chiassai and Corinna Chiassai.
Glimpse of the work I wanted You To Fuck Me So Much I couldn’t Paint Anymore, 2020
Camera obscura by Beatrice Brandini
Palazzo Strozzi presents Tracey Emin. Sex and Solitude, the first institutional exhibition in Italy dedicated to one of the most important and influential contemporary artists, at an international level. Read more
Iris, young forever by Beatrice Brandini
A cast-resin figurine of Apfel made by Window France, 2021. Up for auction at Christie’s
Iris Apfel’s memorabilia fetched $1 million at Christie’s, demonstrating how creativity and talent can become iconic and irresistible objects.
