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In them, love coincided with art. It was an art brought to life through symbolic and unrepeatable actions, in their uniqueness of the moment. Marina and Ulay are, in fact, the best known names in Performance Art, and in particular Body Art. Born in the 60s, Body Art is an art form that involves the…
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Capa and Taro took thousands of photographs but we only have one that portrays them together. It is a picture taken of the couple in Paris, the lively cultural centre that at the time welcomed many young exiles like them. Endre Friedmann, who would later change his name to Robert Capa, was born in 1913…
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Multilingual doctor (she knew five languages!), editor and journalist, 360-degree feminist, political activist… it is difficult to summarise the multifaceted personality of Anna Kuliscioff. What is certain is that she was a revolutionary woman for her time and left her mark in history. She had a stormy life, devoted to her ideals, hindered from every…
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2020 is the year that sees the centenary of the birth of the “master”, and so one cannot but retrace the stages of his history. His was intertwined with that of his wife’s Giulietta, so much so in fact, that the director declared it to be the main source of inspiration for his films and…
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Claude Monet and Camille met for the first time in March 1865, in a Paris bookshop. Camille- Léonie Doncieux was 18 years old at the time and a young and beautiful girl with strong features similar to those of a Greek statue. The two fell in love at first sight and Camille started to date…
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Inspired by the many Italians who have recently taken to singing from their balconies, Joan Baez, a few weeks ago dedicated a video (filmed from her house of course) in which she sings “A world of love” by Morandi: a small gesture of many, to give voice to those who do not have one and…
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Nowadays Frida Kahlo is everywhere: on earrings, bag prints, mobile phone covers, even tattooed on skin! The same goes for all the gadgets that refer to her style too, inspired by ancient South American civilisations. All of a sudden her troubled life story became known to everyone, with thanks going also to the exhibitions that…
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Do you love to lose yourself in a book? Try to think of a “healing bookshop”. A place for the soul, friendly and welcoming, where you are sure to find the exact book responding to your current state of mind and within it, the ideas, words, and solutions that you were looking for. Let me…
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The love story between Elsa Morante and Aberto Moravia: one of the most exciting literary loves of Italy. “Literary couples are a plague” wrote Elsa to a friend, condensing in these few words the tumultuous, complex and tormented relationship that had united her and Alberto. A difficult bond made up of two cumbersome and different…