FMR No. 17

HORS D’ŒUVRE

“Ephemera” – The Alchemists of Eve
by Gloria Fossi

“Ephemera” – One Trump After Another
by Martina Mazzotta

“Auctions” – Divisible Assets
by Simone Facchinetti

“Infatuations” – A Sea-Queen’s Mercy
by Rosita Copioli

TALES OF THE ROOF BEAM
by Licia Buttà
photography by Licia Buttà
The ceiling of the Sala dei Baroni in the Palazzo Chiaromonte “Steri” in Palermo, with its repertoire of stories, is a masterpiece of figurative medieval art.

MEXICAN DAEDALUS
by Giorgio Antei
The works of contemporary sculptor Javier Marín preserve the painful memory of the violent history that gave rise to modern Mexican civilisation.

STYLE IS EVERYTHING
by Valerio Terraroli
with a tribute to Erté by F.M. Ricci
The highly refined works of the great interpreter of French and American Art Deco, the Russian Romain de Tirtoff, known as Erté.

KOELLIKER’S WUNDER-PALAZZO
by Gabriele Reina
photography by Massimo Listri
Discovering Luigi Koelliker’s eclectic and immense contemporary Wunderkammer, which is just as amazing as those of the Baroque era.

DULCE ET DECORUM EST
by Giorgio Villani
photography by Massimo Listri
The Casa Madre dell’Associazione Nazionale fra Invalidi e Mutilati di Guerra, designed by Piacentini, houses works by Wildt and Sironi, among others.