Pitti Uomo turns 108, masculine elegance in every detail and nuance

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Pitti Uomo 108 setup, PITTI BIKES

STAY WEIRD by Beatrice Brandini

The theme of the Pitti Immagine summer shows is PITTI BIKES, and this is the greatest wish I make to the professionals in the sector, that is, to “pedal” well, as only Italian creativity and craftsmanship can do. Fashion and bikes, both performing and unifying, but also competitive and dynamic, progressive and conservative…, fashion that here at Pitti always looks forward, maintaining its strength in the history and awareness of its Made in Italy.

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

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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”

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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 →