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Oct 27, 20213 min read

Season-less collections and made-to-order garments: this is how the fashion industry is slowing down

By Claudia Schergna “Fast, adjective: able to move or happen quickly”. ‘Fast’ is a word that is associated with velocity, dynamically,...

claudia schergna

Oct 27, 20215 min read

Not just a bad euphemism: fighting period stigma has never been that serious

By Claudia Schergna Menstrual blood is the only blood that is not a symptom of an illness or is generated by violence, yet it is the one...

claudia schergna

Mar 26, 20212 min read

Fuori - the eccentric new edition of the Quadriennale d’Arte in Rome

Fuori means out or outside. The show is out of any scheme, outside of classical anthologies of Italian art. All the 43 artists on show...

claudia schergna

Mar 26, 20212 min read

Abandoning a Cat: Murakami and Ponzi, the masters of grey memories

“Of course I have a lot of memories of my father.” The first person, the subjectivity: this is not a common opening for a book by Haruki...

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Mar 3, 20214 min read

Visual art and social media: is Instagram the gallery of the future?

The Instagram-shaped society we live in forces us to re-think the idea of exhibition space as well as the role of the artist. By Claudia...

claudia schergna

Mar 3, 20213 min read

Spreading butter with the fork

“People with Alzheimer’s are not rational, but, God, they are so creative, they think in such a different way,” says Anne who lost her...

claudia schergna

Jan 21, 20214 min read

“We don’t want to be dead women artists, we want to be known now!” The rediscovery of Hilma af Klint

The documentary Beyond the Visible directed by Halina Dyrschka, brought a pioneer artists’ works back to light. By Claudia Schergna When...

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May 9, 202010 min read

Domestic abuse: the other silent killer of this pandemic

The inside-story of a social issue that is now more dramatic than ever. How are women responding to this emergency in the Italian...