Reunited. Piero della Francesca and the Augustinian Polyptych at the Poldi Pezzoli

Piero della Francesca’s polyptych for the high altar of the old Augustinian…

Reunited. Piero della Francesca and the Augustinian Polyptych at the Poldi Pezzoli

Piero della Francesca’s polyptych for the high altar of the old Augustinian…

Reunited. Piero della Francesca and the Augustinian Polyptych at the Poldi Pezzoli

Interview by Luca Violo with Alessandra Quarto, Director of the Poldi Pezzoli Museum in Milan
Piero della Francesca’s polyptych for the high altar of the old Augustinian church in Borgo Sansepolcro, completed in 1469 and probably dismantled in the mid-16th century, has never regained its narrative unity. Many of the panels that made up the different sections of the polyptych are still missing, or perhaps lost forever, including the central panel and a large part of the predella.

Jewellery to love

When she was at the height of her fame in the 1930s, the voluptuous and uninhibited Hollywood star May West loved to say maliciously that “I’ve always had the feeling that a piece of jewellery given as a gift shines much brighter than one you bought yourself”. After almost a century, now as then, a jewel can be a sparkling promise of love that is perpetuated in time. In the moment it is received, it eternalises the happy amazement, the uncontrollable frenzy, the childish enthusiasm to wear it. A feeling that is always perpetuated, as well as the feeling of the donor.

Wannenes & Phygital Art. Between physical and digital

Wannenes, an international Italian auction house, is about to launch a new initiative: the first web live auction in Italy entirely dedicated to Phygital Art, scheduled for 30 May 2024 at 4pm. Living in a time of change and innovation, Wannenes wants to introduce its collectors to a new artistic trend capable of bridging the gap between the tangibility of traditional art and the technological potential of NFT.

Lollo. The most beautiful woman in the world

A star and sex symbol of international cinema, Lollo was, along with Sophia Loren, the image of Italian beauty in the 1950s and 1960s. Between sumptuous dresses and suits, jewellery and stiletto heels, hats and scarves, elbow-length gloves and plunging necklines, Gina Lollobrigida became the diva everyone wanted to court.

Andrea Brustolon. When sculpture becomes furniture

Andrea Brustolon (Belluno, 1662 – 1732) was one of the great protagonists of late Baroque sculpture in the Veneto region between the 17th and 18th centuries. He was a pupil of Filippo Parodi in Venice, who gave him a liveliness and elegance of composition that has always remained in his style, and a memory in his mature phase of the Gothic memories and the presence of other artists, such as the painter and friend Gaspare Diziani.

Paola Mattioli. To see beyond

Paola Mattioli’s photography sees reality in brief imaginative epiphanies, where representation is…

Paola Mattioli. To see beyond

Paola Mattioli’s photography sees reality in brief imaginative epiphanies, where representation is…

Paola Mattioli. To see beyond

Paola Mattioli’s photography sees reality in brief imaginative epiphanies, where representation is…