Now Playing: Politics
By William HOPE.
An overview of contemporary Italian films starring the State.
Italian Composers Now
By Federico CAPITONI
11 innovative contemporary composers and their connections to the rich Italian musical tradition.
Defining Mike Cooper
An interview with the musical artist who calls Rome his home.
By Laura GIACALONE
For the past 45 years Mike Cooper has been an international musical explorer, film and video maker, installation artist and visual artist pushing the boundaries of his work. Initially a folk-blues guitarist, he is as responsible as anyone else – and more so than many – for ushering in the blues boom in the U.K. in the late ‘60s.
Italy’s Rockers
By Diego CARMIGNANI
Ten masters of the land’s most un-native musical genre
Design Destinations
By Domitilla DARDI
Curator of Rome’s MAXXI Museum describes a recent Italian phenomenon and the exhibition it inspired
Designed in IT
by Silvana ANNICCHIARICO
An examination of the trailblazing 2007 Triennale Design Museum exhibition The New Italian Design
Nuova Wave
By Gianluca MARZIANI
A selection of seven contemporary artists out of Italy to note
Mapping Italian Contemporary Literature
By Laura GIACALONE
An exploration of Alessandro Baricco’s book the Barbarians – An Essay on the Mutation of Culture
New Faces in Italian Fashion
By Barbara ZORZOLI
Creativity, innovation, fantasy, style: keys to success for these six emerging designers
Abel Ferrara
By Rose MINUTAGLIO
Often violent and buzzing with sexual energy, the films of Abel Ferrara reflect the bad boy style their author exudes: rogue, provocative, yet alluring