Last June in Europe many protests erupted in the streets after George Floyd’s death. Almost every week people gathered in different cities, with the commitment to express solidarity to the African-Americans. Despite this noble purpose, the BLM movement in Europe has not heavily impacted politics or society. Mainly it has only obtained some statements by few governments and not in […]
Author: Dario Pio Muccilli
Milan’s ancient book depository is a testament to the future, by Dario Pio Muccilli
The Brera Library, as known as Braidense, is the Italian national library, founded in Milan in 1770 by the Hapsburg empress Mary Therese when Italy was not united and Lombardy was under Austrian control. Today it is one of the main book depositories in Italy as it collects all the publications printed in Milan, where the majority of Italians books […]
Artists improvise in Italy
During the first phase of the shutdown, art galleries were forced to close everywhere. Private galleries have long functioned within the art market as a crucial link between artists and their audience: critics, collectors, and the general public. But today, the “art market is in apnea,” said Pietro Gagliardi, owner of the Gagliardi Domke, one of the biggest contemporary galleries […]