| by Susanna Cati | Walter Albini. The Talent, The Designer is the result of an extensive investigation and enhancement project led by the Museo del Tessuto in Prato, which sheds new light on Albini’s central role in the Italian fashion scene from the late 1960s to the early 1980s.
The project took shape following a significant donation received by the Museum between 2014 and 2016: a rich and previously unseen collection of materials that belonged to the designer — jewelry, sketches, drawings, photographs, documents, and books — offering a clear and extraordinary view of his creative journey, from his early beginnings in 1959 until his untimely death in 1983.
These materials, never…

| by Susanna Cati | The Museum of Civilizations, located in the EUR district of Rome in two symmetrical buildings—Il Palazzo delle Scienze and Il Museo delle Civiltà e delle Tradizioni—is a complex institution. The museum itinerary of the Palazzo delle Arti e Tradizioni Popolari Italiane is currently divided into three interconnected thematic sections. The first section describes various religious ceremonies and includes scale models of shoulder-borne processional structures or their original monumental versions. Next are the rooms dedicated to transport, festivals, games, and open-air performances. The second section displays everything related to domestic living, while the third explores various trades, from craftsmanship to maritime, agricultural, and pastoral work. Visiting…