Italy

Jean-Marie Appriou A Dream that Escapes
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Three standing mirrors with layers of organic aquatic lushness instead of glass and silver reflect Jean-Marie Appriou’s high-ceilinged studio in Paris. Not far away, a crescent shaped river boat with a cyclopic figurehead has found a safe refuge near a...
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Francesco Vezzoli Icons
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In Brescia’s busy train station, the giant poster of a faceless winged figure lures me to the heart of Brixia, the ancient city. There in front of the Capitolium (73 AD) I find the pictured sculpture atop a pink and...
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Christian Louboutin Wildflowers
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In 1873 Impressionist painter Claude Monet in Coquelicots painted a vibrant splash of red poppies across the lush green fields of the French countryside. French shoe designer Christian Louboutin has created a similar effect in today’s fashion landscape. Did the...
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Nina Yashar Celestial Map
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Enter Nina Yashar’s home and you enter Nina Yashar’s eclectic universe where Italian Grazia Toderi’s aerial photo of the myriad twinkling lights of London’s night sky is the centrepiece of her collection. In the photograph, the brightest city lights trace...
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Laudomia Pucci Used to Colors
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The Villa Granaiolo in Castelfiorentino, once a 13th-century fortress, is where the Marchese di Barsento Emilio Pucci and his wife, Cristina, used to host glamorous parties in the 1960s. Visible from the green steps of the villa is the former...
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