“Malandrina” by Beatrice Brandini

Poster of the exhibition “Fino all’estremo” (Up to the extreme)

More than twenty years after the last exhibition, the genius of Andrea Pazienza returns to Bologna. Read more →

“Cindy” by Beatrice Brandini

Cindy Sherman Untitled #410,  Christies 

Cindy Sherman has made photography an expressive medium of contemporary art more effectively than any other. Read more →

“Mafalda years 2000” by Beatrice Brandini

Mafalda by Quino

When I was little I had three favorite comics (I already talked about Snoopy), the other two were Zoe (by Arturo and Zoe) and Mafalda. Two sui generis girls, irreverent and funny, very politically incorrect. And it’s kind of weird because I’m actually different, much more conciliatory and I think sweet. Read more →

“Giada” by Beatrice Brandini

This is the story of a transformation, of a change, the one perpetuated by Giada. Read more →

Milano Unica Trends F/W 2022 – 23

“Beauty” Mood board by Beatrice Brandini

Milano Unica for the season Autumn/Winter 2022 – 2023 investigates the relationship between the individual, society and the planet, embracing universal themes of humanity. Read more →

Poster of the Coco + Marilyn exhibition. Beautiful in the center of MI-TO

“Coco and Marilyn” by Beatrice Brandini

From 22 May, the Cassa di Risparmio di Biella Foundation reopens the spaces of Palazzo Gromo Losa with the exhibition Coco + Marilyn. Biella at the center of MI-TO, over a hundred shots that portray these two extraordinary women through the eyes of Canadian Douglas Kirkland. Read more →

“Elisa” by Beatrice Brandini

Watercolor drawing by Marcello Dudovich

A few years ago, in Milan, I had an interview at a very important luxury house, it did not go through (I did not plan to move to Piedmont, an area where the entire supply chain was located). However, I remember that  one of the two owners of the brand, welcomed me in a room where there were some beautiful pencil drawings by Marcello Dudovich. I thought that that could be a valid reason to go to that place every day. Read more →

“Vittoria” by Beatrice Brandini

Shalom Harlow photographed by Giovanni Gastel in 1990

I had wanted to dedicate a post to this great photographer for months, especially after his recent and important monograph exhibition at the MAXXI in Rome. This little story, about this great master, is unfortunately posthumous, since Giovanni Gastel has just left us, this cursed pandemic has taken him too … leaving all those who loved his photos and his poems, astonished and immensely sad. Read more →

“Elsa” by Beatrice Brandini

Elsa Peretti photographed by Francesco Scavullo

Elsa Peretti died a few days ago, Florentine by birth, but a citizen of the world, she was many things, a model (for Newton, Horst, Avedon), a muse (for Dalì, Halston), and an extraordinary jewelry maker. Read more →

“The street artist” by Beatrice Brandini

A work by JR in London

From March 19, JR, one of the most famous and influential contemporary artists in the world, will change face at Palazzo Strozzi. Read more →