“Olga” by Beatrice Brandini
Kazimir Malevič: “Girls in the field”, 1928 – 1929
Until April 5, the Palazzo Reale in Milano hosts a beautiful exhibition entitled “Divine and Avant-garde: Women in Russian Art”, an exhibition that explores the image and imagery of the female figure throughout Russian history. From subject and inspirational muse of works of art, to protagonist and interpreter of the same. Read more
“Beautiful” by Beatrice Brandini
The 14th edition of Immagine Italia & C, the reference fair for the underwear and lingerie sector, in which important Italian and foreign producers take part, has just ended. Read more
Jerry Hall in a Halston dress
“Halter dress” by Beatrice Brandini
Those who lived in the seventies cannot forget the covers of Cosmopolitan USA in which the beautiful and healthy American girls became very refined Halstonettes (so baptized his faithful models). Read more
“The fortune teller” by Beatrice Brandini
The fortune teller was a young woman who predicted the future by reading cards under a tent, inside an amusement park. Her place was in a secluded, silent, almost magical corner. Read more
Magdalena Frackowiak with a creation by Viktor & Rolf, photo by Josh Olins for Danzed & Confused
“Birgit” by Beatrice Brandini
Surrealists, visionaries, desecrators, ironic and self-ironic, but above all fantastic conceptual artists. Read more
Dinner dress, ca. 1895 (The metropolitan Museum of Art)
“Virginia” by Beatrice Brandini
About time: Fashion and Duration is a magnificent exhibition at the Met that traces a century and a half of fashion, suffering from 1870 and reaching the present day. Read more
“The monster” by Beatrice Brandini
A rather ugly girl, with crooked teeth, very thick glasses, was mistreated and offended by everyone, teased daily. When she was lucky she was only snubbed, ignored, as if she did not exist, otherwise, more often than not, derided by the usual bullies (idiots) at school and outside, as if she were a plague. Read more
“Smudged Lipstick” ( “Rouge à lèvres taché”) by Beatrice Brandini
Tamara de Lempicka photographed by Madame d’Ora (Dora Philippine Kallmus)
Dora Philippine Kallmus, aka Madame d’Ora, was the first woman admitted to the Vienna Applied School of Graphics in 1905, another immensely talented female figure who helped make women creative and independent. Read more
“Margherita” by Beatrice Brandini
Margherita was a girl who worked for the Tennis Federation and was madly in love with a young tennis player. Read more
Antonella, the curator of the exhibition, by Beatrice Brandini
Carla Accardi: Untitled, 1954
Carla Accardi was the pioneer of abstract art (a magnificent forerunner), but above all one of the few women in a world dominated by men. Feminist, innovator, creative, free. Read more
