Find the biggest stories from across the soccer world by visiting our Top Soccer News section and subscribing to push notifications AC Milan were held to a spectacular 3-3 draw at struggling Sassuolo on Sunday to leave Inter Milan within touching distance of the Serie A title Noah Okafor salvaged a hard-fought point for Milan in the 84th minute on a hot spring day in Reggio Emilia but second-placed Milan still risk conceding the Scudetto to Inter in a hotly-anticipated derby despite coming back from two goals down who also netted through a sublime individual goal from Rafael Leao and Luka Jovic's close-range finish are 14 points behind their local rivals with six fixtures left in their season who drew Cagliari 2-2 at the San Siro later on Sunday need to beat Milan in their next game in order to secure their 20th league crown That would be a bitter pill to swallow for Milan who have never been in the title race this season as Inter have charged off into the distance since the turn of the year Coach Stefano Pioli made a raft of changes in the wake of a first-leg defeat to Roma in the Europa League quarter-finals and were two goals behind with less than 10 minutes on the clock following early strikes from Andrea Pinamonti and Armand Lauriente Frenchman Lauriente's second seven minutes after the break -- which re-established Sassuolo's two-goal lead -- enabled second-from-bottom Sassuolo to move to within one point of safety Now Milan's return leg in Rome on Thursday takes on even more significance as failing to overturn a single-goal deficit in that tie would be a huge blow ahead of the Milan derby While Los Angeles and Philadelphia will mourn the one-year anniversary of the death of native son Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna on Tuesday another one of Bryant's hometowns halfway across the globe will be doing the same located about an hour's drive west from Bologna in northern Italy will unveil the "Largo Kobe and Gianna Bryant," a plaza dedicated to the man who spent several years of his youth living in the small city while his father "The city of Reggio Emilia and its citizens loved always remembered Reggio with love," Emanuele Maccaferri the vice president of the Sport Foundation of Reggio Emilia "On this sad day we want to remember that happy child who left wonderful memories in so many people of Reggio Emilia." will be commemorated with a plaque and a newly planted Ginkgo biloba tree in the Bryants' honor and is a pedestrian thoroughfare commonly used by fans coming and going to the city's basketball arena lived with us and will always remain one of us." Riviviamo insieme la cerimonia di intitolazione di largo Kobe e Gianna Bryant.#ReggianiPerSempre 💜💛#kobeandgigi pic.twitter.com/BdVjZG4CWc Come nightfall, parts of the city will be lit up in the Los Angeles Lakers' purple and gold and a streaming event, "Reggiano Forever -- Reggio Emilia remembers Kobe Bryant," will be held in accordance with COVID-19 protocols. New Orleans Pelicans forward Nicolò Melli who grew up in Reggio Emilia a decade after Bryant left -- two NBA players from a town with a population under 200,000 -- will be a featured guest "The fact that we had the same gym teacher because we went to the same middle school The fact that we started our youth path in the same gym These are aspects that always make me smile," Melli said in a statement "They make me in some way even a little more proud of how my career started." first got to know him in the late 1980s and they played on Reggio's youth basketball team together before Bryant and his family moved back to the United States in the early 1990s 90% of our time was basketball oriented," Ward told ESPN in an interview this week it either was playing in the backyard or the gym or playing the Nintendo basketball games or watching every day tapes -- VHS Michael Jordan's 'Come Fly With Me,' that tape was like 24/7 on the TV It was all about basketball in any kind of expression." Despite the burgeoning basketball obsession Bryant used to claim that when he went back to Philadelphia and played in the Sonny Hill Future League as a 12-year-old "I could believe that because there was a time when he left Italy and he came to America the first couple of years were hard for him because everything was so different there," Ward said when asked about Bryant's memory "He almost couldn't speak slang and be the real American cool guy you need to have that [city] approach in the States in the '90s." So much so that MC Hammer picked him out of a crowd when Bryant attended a concert of the baggy-pantsed performer in Milan with his mother and sisters "We found out -- Pamela [Bryant] and the girls told us -- that MC Hammer called him on the stage to dance with him," Ward said "I guess they had front-row seats or whatever and he was called on the stage to dance with MC Hammer because he was really The coordination showed up on the basketball court too He knew what he had to do with his body," Ward said So he just had some problems with strength Nearly 30 years after first meeting Bryant Ward was reunited with the grown-up NBA star in the Lakers' home locker room when we were kids and dreaming of being there [in the NBA] Bryant welcomed a bit of Italy back into his life Now Bryant's old Italian stomping grounds will welcome his spirit forever more "I know that it was just six or seven years that Kobe lived in Italy very important for what Kobe became," Ward said I think was very important for him in a sense of culture and approach to things This was a sensibility that Kobe had that many others do not have." Shouldn't the architecture of educational institutions foster and support exploration and curiosity Does that not make buildings of erudition effective helping younglings to cultivate personalities of understanding and empathy Foregoing homogenisation and unified standards, the didactic design of the Reggio School in Madrid, Spain by the Office for Political Innovation (OFFPOLINN) bases itself on the idea that 'architectural environments can arouse in children a desire for exploration and inquiry.' The school and pale-yellow blocks interrupted by triangular glass panes and googly-eyed polycarbonate windows eschews conventional aesthetic congruence and is designed on the principles of the 'Reggio Emilia Approach,' an educational model developed by Italian educator Loris Malaguzzi that pursues to empower children compared to other traditional learning environments According to Andrés Jaque, the studio’s founder and principal architect, an author, and the current Dean and Professor of Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, the design, construction, and function of the offbeat and rather naked school "is meant to exceed the paradigm of sustainability to engage with ecology as an approach where environmental impact collective governance and pedagogies intersect through architecture.” The playfully irreverent architectural approach of the Reggio School carries the objective to become a 'multiverse' where the layered complexity of the environment becomes readable and experiential, as a priority, where its diverse stacking becomes an environment for self-education, with the age of pupils increasing as one moves up the educational building Articulated in a basic materiality of lightweight cork the erudite institution operates as a bricolage of myriad ecosystems where classrooms and learning spaces reverently intermingle with indoor gardens and sun-drenched squares as a ‘vertical city.’ Classrooms for older students are organised around this inner garden "This distribution of uses implies an ongoing maturity process that is translated into the growing capacity of students to explore the school ecosystem on their own and with their peers,” Jaque explains Formalised as a substantial void opening itself via landscape-scale arches to the surrounding ecosystems, the second floor of the Spanish architecture is conceived as the school's main social plaza, the heart of the school's design the building and its programme encourage teachers and students to participate in school governance and interact with their context the architecture was meant to prompt the imagination inspiring students to ask questions about the world with the school’s physical environment essaying the role of the 'third teacher,' after teachers and the kids' parents This 464 sqm central space is over eight metres high and is conceived as a “cosmopolitical agora; a semi-enclosed space crisscrossed by the air tempered by the holm oak trees from the neighbouring countryside A network of ecologists and edaphologists designed small gardens specifically made to host and nurture communities of insects mundane activities like exercising coexist with discussions about how the school is run as a community and what is the way to relate to the neighbouring streams and fields this floor operates as a more-than-human summiting chamber where students and teachers can sense and attune to the ecosystems who has also been a visiting professor at Princeton University and the Cooper Union The Reggio School also incorporates low-budget strategies to reduce its environmental footprint, foregoing high-tech sustainable solutions. To begin with, the building’s compact verticality helps reduce land occupation, instead of opting for a more horizontally expanded construction which would take up substantially more area, as is the case with most examples of school architecture the world over It also optimises the overall need for foundations and radically reduces its facade rate by simply replacing a big portion of the construction with simpler strategies thermal insulation or mechanical systems distribution “The result presents a naked building where the non-edited visibility of its operating components defines its aesthetics,” explains the design team Eighty per cent of the building’s external envelope is dressed in 14.2 cm of projected 9,700 Kg/m3 dense cork essaying purposes of isolation and support specifically developed by the Office for Political Innovation for this project is used both in vertical and pitch parts of the building’s external volume to provide a thermal isolation of R-23.52 double that of what Madrid’s regulations require This adds to the passive 50 per cent reduction of consumed energy when heating the school’s interiors,” they elaborate The irregular surface of the projected cork is also designed to permit organic material to accumulate the building’s skin will become host to various forms of microbiological fungi As rainwater is designed to run down the facades it will nourish the lifeforms inhabiting the cork surfaces Led by researcher and structural engineer Iago González Quelle analysed and dimensioned the building’s structure in a way that the thickness of the loading walls could be reduced by an average of more than 150 mm compared to conventional reinforced concrete structures an implied 33 per cent reduction in the embedded energy of the building’s structure was achieved while the impressive series of structural arches reduced the need for steel reinforcement accumulated design and visual language of the school garnered by many architectural traditions allow children to acknowledge and gain first-hand experience of being part of larger ecosystems and societies as an ongoing experiment of human-centric spaces The Reggio School is a sturdy example of the building’s users gaining education and life lessons dabbling with collective self-experimentation and unabashed exploration and co-existing with the structure and its natural context in expanded capacities this educational institution encourages social harmony and makes visible efforts to develop pupils’ personal capacities and identities preparing them to take the agency to confidently cull out their place in the larger society In more than half a decade of dedicated writing and research fueled by her education and experience in architecture ideating as well as aligning and editing content for STIR’s design and architecture verticals She also edits and oversees the day-to-day editorial operations for its launch platform Her keen interest in what demands design and creative plurality at large drives her professional pursuits She often tunes into a variety of media centred especially on maligned women true crime and what we get wrong about history From vernacular knowledge to modern sustainability Middle Eastern pavilions serve as living archives of architectural thought offering fresh frameworks for global adoption STIR engages with the curators of the Togo Oman and Qatar pavilions—debuting at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025—on representation the book presents a fictional story depicting algorithms exercising control over humans and how this affects the built environment Tipnis shares how the toolbox democratises the practice of restoration via DIY resources to repair tangible urban heritage made of common building materials Exclusive preview for subscribers. 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you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page and you discover somewhere charming and fascinating So it was with my recent stay in Reggio Emilia you wouldn’t ever think that the oldest hotel in Italy could be here was originally a 13th century building known as the Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo but it has been a hotel for over 500 years and owned and run by the Sidoli `Terrachini family for the past century The only time it has closed in its 500-year history as a hotel was twice during Covid lockdowns Originally the Palazzo was the most important administrative building of the town and parts of the hotel now retain the frescoes rafters and ancient hand-made windows from the 13th and 14th centuries including an impressive baronial hall used for weddings have all modern conveniences while still retaining the character charm and antique furniture of a bygone age is an enthusiast who enjoys talking about his wonderful property We spent an entertaining hour in the hotel’s quirky bar with the quasi rococo fittings from the Pasticceria Nazzani and which was owned by his great-grandfather together with another strange machine perhaps for some kind of lotto The Este family relinquished the original building in 1516 when it became a hostelry known as the ‘Tavern of the Hat’ and stables and shops were added to the ground floor Among the many documents which give glimpses into the early life of the hotel is a 1684 decree to control disorder by punishing drunkenness and prostitution or staying without a pass Offenders were fined 25 gold coins and three lashes in public I don’t know whether that law is still in force The Posta has flourished over its 500 plus years currently with around 65 percent Italian guests and many foreign tourists now coming for the whole package which includes trips into the country to visit the family’s farmhouse where they make balsamic vinegar and serve meals using their own produce Reggio Emilia is also the world center for the Malagussi Education Method Ten thousand visitors a year arrive to study this approach for teaching young children Signor Sidoli is optimistic about the hotel’s future (in August) the hotel was almost full again after fewer bookings following Covid He talks about changes needed to attract more tourists like abolishing the traditional half day closing (Thursdays) which is an anachronism in the days of mass travel They’re adapting to many more last-minute bookings The sleepy little town needs to publicise its assets like the fabulous Antica Salumerio Pancaldi an atmospheric delicatessen which also serves local specialities at lunchtime The Municipal Museum may not sound very exciting but it is a quirky delight with its 18th century natural history collection and stuffed lions attack stuffed zebras round every corner but approachable – shown by bald patches of fur where countless children have dared to stroke them A huge bear menaces as you round the corner pointing down the hall to displays of thousands of animals birds and insects.            Reggio Emilia was the birthplace of the Italian flag in 1797 and there’s a small museum to commemorate it in the town hall There’s another extraordinary museum in Reggio which I didn’t get to see this time Housed in a former lunatic asylum is the Museum of Psychiatry there’s a reason why the oldest hotel in Italy is here in Reggio the Roman road which crosses the north of Italy and runs right through the middle of the town Going for a stroll after breakfast in the hotel’s elegant art nouveau dining room I turned the corner from the Hotel Posta and found myself on this very road Even more amazing was what I encountered next A little way along the street I saw a curious assemblage of vans A trendy young woman with a clipboard warned me that I could go no further “Perche non?” I protested that the footpath was a public right of way She informed me that they were making a film about the life of Enzo Ferrari on this very street and that one apartment had been chosen because his original address in Modena wasn’t suitable and this looked exactly the same.  “that the film stars Penelope Cruz and Adam Driver and is directed by Michael Mann Javier Bardem have just spent their summer holiday here with the whole family.” Well You never know what’s round the corner in Italy The chosen restaurant of the stars is Arte e Mestieri in the delightful courtyard behind the Max Mara shop on the Via Emilia I was disappointed that I didn’t see the film stars try as I might to peer through the windows of Apartment 22 where strong lights from the street were creating artificial daylight in the 19th century building You now have insider knowledge about the location that the credits won’t tell you Discover all our subscription plans and become a member by /// August 22 passed away in 2001 and left a rich collection of puppets to the Reggio Emilia community from which in 2019 The Puppets House of Otello Sarzi is born in Corte Tegge (about 8 km from the center of Reggio Emilia) and can be visited by reservation The WWF Marmirolo Oasis is located about 5,6 miles from the center of Reggio Emilia and is a protected area in which a very large number of birds nest and reproduce The oasis is open every weekend and holidays from March to June and from September to November and the visit lasts about an hour along a ring path around the two ponds with stops inside the three huts for sighting The luckiest ones will be able to observe live through binoculars and telescopes (available to visitors and school groups) numerous species also suitable for those with motor disabilities At dawn in Emilia there’s a small but important magic that is repeated every morning: in the dairies the milk turns into Parmigiano Reggiano which begins its maturation process to become the “King of Cheeses” The entire production process is very fascinating for all ages but for the little ones it can be a perfect moment not only of learning about the local agricultural tradition but also for their education towards food culture in general For more info, visit the dedicated page on the official Municipality of Reggio Emilia website Social Media Manager for @inEmiliaRomagna and full-time mom by /// February 12 by /// March 22 by /// April 6 an email (in Italian) with selected contents and upcoming events by /// September 14 by /// July 19 by /// October 24 For information, contact us: inemiliaromagna@aptservizi.com 1);-webkit-animation:animation-f981je 250ms 0.15000000000000002s forwards step-end,animation-1ncn112 250ms 0.65s forwards step-end;animation:animation-f981je 250ms 0.15000000000000002s forwards step-end,animation-1ncn112 250ms 0.65s forwards step-end;}@-webkit-keyframes animation-1ncn112{0%{-webkit-transform:scale3d(0.75 1);transform-origin:top right;}44.4%{-webkit-transform:scale3d(0.25 1);transform-origin:top right;}100%{-webkit-transform:scale3d(0 1);transform-origin:top right;}}@keyframes 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from the ground in high relief enclosing a figure caught within a grid from which it struggles to break free of graffiti etched into a structure intentionally made to resemble a piece of rubble or a ruin hinting at a surface whose form may be linked to some past use a material that the artist began experimenting with in 2014: harder than plaster making it well-suited to the concept of transformation that underlies David’s works The mise-en-scène for the Collezione Maramotti exhibition has no explicit narrative but the way in which the objects exist in relation to each other – and interact with space – yields a context that can be narrated to the viewer the impermanence of the image is a state of transition between disappearance and reappearance Corporeality is always present in his work even when it seems to be denied any well-defined form are transformed and multiplied; they are paradigms of fall and rebirth His practice is guided by a constant reflection on the lack of unity sometimes employing traditional artisanal techniques as a point of departure for the creation of works and as a work unto itself The same variety found in his choice of media also applies to the subjects of his works which come from many different sources and express a wide range of complex emotional states folk art and design of the nineteenth century and art history (from Surrealism to Expressionism Art Deco to the Japanese tradition of figure painting) The artist himself explains why: “My work has never followed a uniform method because I think we are all always struggling to some degree trying to come to terms with our fragmented But I find that the encounter between these different elements Italy) divides his time between London and Berlin His most recent solo exhibitions include: Michael Werner Gallery New York (2012); Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa David’s work has also been featured in group shows at prestigious international institutions In 2009 he was shortlisted for the Turner Prize In 2003 and 2013 his works were shown in the editions of the Venice Biennale respectively curated by Francesco Bonami (Dreams and Conflicts) and by Massimiliano Gioni (The Encyclopedic Palace) by /// March 6 Born at the beginning of the ‘80s, Street Art has literally exploded in the streets of many Italian cities at the beginning of the new millennium Beyond the debate on the evolution of the phenomenon from the origins and its hybridization with authorized and legal aspects more and more suburban buildings and walls have been covered with colour and have started bearing different kinds of messages Strolling around the cities of Emilia-Romagna today it is quite easy to bump into street art works that immediately catch our eyes The whole territory features lots of examples – layers of colour that painted walls which were already weathered by time and abandonment Valorization and Repossession of urbam spaces are some of the key concepts at the core of this social phenomenon and is able to blend various visions and perceptions This art form has thus become a tool to re-read urban realities and their surrounding territories – also in Emilia-Romagna – transforming some city spaces in true “open-air” art galleries encouraging many enthusiasts and curious to explore cities through a new point of view Since the great exhibition in 1984 dedicated to street art called “Arte di Frontiera Bologna has always driven a particular attention towards this art form with undefined borders Whether because of popular movements in the city or because of the strong impact of the university graffiti writing and street art have spread like wildfire on the urban landscape more or less spontaneously and many of them – or at least the biggest ones – can be found outside the historical centre Starting from the Navile neighbourhood (Bolognina, Lame, Corticella), we suggest you to stop in via Fioravanti (DAIM), in via Colonna (Eron and DOES) and in via Passarotti (Schuyff) You can then move towards via Yuri Gagarin, to admire works by JOYS, Deco Rabiscando and Rusty or reach the Corticella area and have a look at the Corticella civic centre in via Massimo Gorki (Navile-Gorki 6.16 area) Here, you can find works by very well-known artists, such as Cheko, Solo&Diamond, Bartocci, Guerrilla SPAM, Andrea Casciu and many more Other very interesting areas in Bologna are: Quartiere San Donato particularly via Del Lavoro; Ponte di Stalingrado; via Negrelli; via Henghel Gualdi and the area around the San Vitale railway station We suggest you to move around the city by bike, maybe following the digital map realised by Associazione SenzAncora in collaboration with the Ozono Factory collective biographies and in-depth analysis on artists The small municipality of Molinella, between Bologna and Ferrara, has been hosting a very interesting festival of urban regeneration called ArtU – Festival di Arti Urbane organised by the cultural association Animal Blue House in collaboration with Pro Loco Molinella and the municipal administration but especially many street art works have literally invaded the small municipality and the surrounding centres The case of San Giovanni in Persiceto What you can admire in the small Piazzetta Betlemme is not a real street art action artist and scenographer for many successful films such as “2001: A Space Odissey” “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” and “Mutiny on the Bounty” imagined a homage to cinema right in this place and started to cover the walls of the buildings with beautiful trompe l’oeils murals suspended between reality and imagination This intervention was repeated in 1990 and 1998 Also Imola has started a new process of urban redevelopment of some neighbourhoods in the last few years Thanks to the RestART festival some run-down areas have undergone some interventions aimed at their requalification Many artists have already contributed to the project: Collettivo FX | Awer | Mr. Fijodor | Ale Senso | Etnik | Reve+ | Sea Creative and many others A special mention goes to the work by the Brazilian artist Kobra, who realised an incredible mural dedicated to the dear departed Formula 1 champion Ayrton Senna on the façade of the MAICC the Checco Costa Imola Autodrome Multimedia Museum Thanks to a digital map it is possible to discover all the works scattered around the city and learn more about their names and meanings When the word street art still didn’t exist, the small town of Dozza already hosted a festival dedicated to street art: it was 1960 and its aim was to transform the town into an open-air gallery Today, strolling around its alleys, it is possible to admire almost 90 works realised as part of the Biennial of the painted wall Hundreds of artists have participated over time (Sebastian Matta | Alberto Sughi | Ennio Calabria | Bruno Ceccobelli | Omar Galliani drawing inspiration from their fantasy and embellishing the walls of what is now considered as one of Italy’s most beautiful towns Just 3 kilometres away from Dozza, further down on the Via Emilia, in Toscanella, you can admire other important murals (as the ones by Mac and Tellas) realised in the frame of the latest Biennials when street art still wasn’t called this way the Icone festival in Modena started to cover the grey walls of the city Numerous Italian and international artists were involved in the project and invaded Modena through six editions of the festival suburban areas and the area of the railway station into an open-air gallery the festival took this form of art also to the towns which were seriously damaged by the 2012 earthquake Their work can still be seen on the walls of Carpi on the occasion of the 2200th anniversary of the Roman foundation of Modena a new intervention by Eron has been realised on Palazzo Santa Chiara Another interesting project is the one promoted by Associazione Rosso Tiepido called “La Cattedrale Immaginata” (lit. the imagined cathedral). It is an unusual industrial warehouse transformed into an enormous street art installation, in collaboration with Magma Gallery in Bologna It has rapidly attracted many artists as Bartocci Il concetto di partecipazione attiva è ben presente anche nella bassa modenese all’interno del comune di Novi The concept of active participation is very well present also in the plains around Modena, in the municipality of Novi Forgotten and abandoned for years, Officine Reggiane is a place that has been literally saved by colour Located in the north-east area of Reggio nell’Emilia it has been transformed into an interesting street art lab and has undergone interesting renovation works of industrial archaeology It has then taken the shape of a more and more structured project able to attract artists from all over the world for the realisation of a large collective work so much so that it is now considered by many one of Europe’s biggest street art labs Even if some of the warehouses are still condemned it is possible to admire giant murals on the perimeter of the area on Capannoni 17 and 18 and in the Tecnopolo We suggest you to walk around the remains of the big warehouses or to trust technology, thanks to the Reggiane Urban Gallery a dynamic system to surf around the warehouses Moving towards the Apennines in the area of the municipality of TrinitĂ  di Canossa it is possible to encounter many works realised in the frame of Sagra della Street Art A project born from an idea by Collettivo FX and Associazione Whats that lead many artists to carry out actions inside stables but most of all to interact with people living in the territory Also in Parma, the will to aesthetically redevelop some walls of the city has given rise to a wall art project called Parma Street View Strolling around Liceo Linguistico Marconi it is possible to admire a giant collective work realised by A Canu | Chomp | Dildo Society | Grozni | Mha Corre tra gli Alberi | P-45 | PsikoPatik which is more than 250 sqm and is dedicated to the barricades of 1922 Further north, in the heart of the city, you can encounter a work by PAO on a wall in viale Toschi and, a little further, a work dedicated to Giuseppe Verdi by Nabla & Zibe in the underpass of the railway station It is impossible not to mention the Cultural Association McLuc Culture which is involved in many awareness-raising and collaboration projects with artists of the underground culture One for all: the national biennial of street art called Segni Urbani If you desire to get a wide idea of the street art places in the city, you can have a look at this itinerary hop on your bike and ride around the streets of the centre creating an itinerary that – winking at contemporaneity – covers various neighbourhoods: first of all Transforming Ferrara into a more beautiful and welcoming place fostering the knowledge of forms of contemporary art to educate new generations to live their territory with participation and respect Thanks to Ferrarastreetart.it citizens and tourists can get to know urban art in the city taking a fresh look at the environment surrounding them Going beyond the capital of the duchy of Este and moving towards the Po Valley, you can discover a very interesting project called Rurales Emilia Once a territory full of communities of farmers why not recover these abandoned places and give them new lives with street art It’s impossible to forget the Manufactory Festival a project created to promote and enrich urban art in Comacchio An ambitious project for the small and semi-abandoned hamlet of Gherardi, in the municipality of Jolanda di Savoia (Ferrara) In this small hamlet destined to become a Cinema Village, the association Ferrara La CittĂ  del Cinema – thanks to a regional contribution in the frame of a law dedicated to the memory of the 20th century – is carrying on many initiatives such as the creation of a student residence an editing room and training rooms for the 150 students of Scuola d’Arte Cinematografica Florestano Vancini of Ferrara The project also includes the realisation of 20 murals dedicated to the world of cinema. Among the ones that have already taken part to the project are: Mozone | Bolo e Paolo Psiko | Wasp | Giulia Pasa Frascari and Basik We move along the via Emilia and get to ForlĂŹ, which has been hosting a new festival dedicated to street art called MURALI since 2018 For the occasion, many artists coming from all over Italy – and who have already realised works also abroad – have been invited in the heart of Romagna by the curator Marco Miccoli (founder of art spaces as Bonobolabo and of the street art festival Subsidenze in Ravenna) to work on the Italian Constitution Among them: Millo | Eron | Camilla Falsini | Gola | Zed1 | Moneyless A street art tour in Rimini can only start from the small fishing village of San Giuliano Strolling around its villages it’s easy to get captured by the murals decorating the facades of the houses many of which were realised on the occasion of Festa de Borg in 1994 in via Ducale and on the wall in front of the reservoir of the Tiberius Bridge are two murals by Bastardilla and Ericailcane But Rimini is also the hometown of Eron one of the most important graffiti artists on the international scene Many works of his still resist on the walls of the ancient Roman colony such as the paintings of the series Mindscape The work that more than all the others consecrated Eron is “Forever and ever… nei secoli dei secoli” a trompe l’oeil mural realised on the ceiling of the church of San Martino in Riparotta in Viserba it is the only example of street art inside a place of worship Santarcangelo di Romagna city of cultural experimentation and homeland of the festival Santarcangelo dei Teatri hosts on its walls works by artists from all over the world Ericailcane | Dem | 108 | Allegra Corbo | Hitnes | Kabu | Run e Zbiok are just some of the names that have reinvented the public spaces of the town with their works Santarcangelo also hosts the “city” of Mutonia a community of artists and performers that has chosen to settle in the heart of Romagna The area occupied by the community has recently been invaded by a group of street artists invited to redesign the face of this magic place thanks to the project Vertigo Truth Among them are: Gola | Ericailcane | Bastardilla | Andreco | Tracy Pica Pica | Gio Pistone | Dem | Basik | Nicola Alessandrini | Paperesistance | and many others Last but not least: Saludecio. Spending a day in this little town of Val Conca means embarking on a journey among the inventions that have most changed our lives from the beginning of the 19th century the painting on the walls of the town make up an open-air exhibition including almost 50 works If you want to be always up-to-date on activities and initiatives related to this stunning art form, we suggest you to check http://urbanlives.it/ We’re sure that it will help you to know stories and anecdotes on the walls of your city that you didn’t even imagine You can also have a look at the Travel On Art in which you will find many fascinating ideas on the world of street art in Italy Anna and Anastasia have recently also published a book called “Street Art in Italia a true travel guide to the discovery of urban art in our country (available only in Italian) Davide Marino was born archaeologist but ended up doing other things by /// November 27 by /// September 4 in keeping with his signature white buildings the structure is a large undulating form composed of 457 steel frames spaced about one meter apart that progressively outline a fluid wave and frame translucent glass panels above the platforms for protection from the elements each of the ribs is partially supported by a curved longitudinal beam supported every 25 meters by a composite concrete and steel column entrance constructionimage courtesy of meglio possibile undulating form in the sky made from repetitious framesimage courtesy of meglio possibile view from below the platformsimage courtesy of meglio possibile frame constructionimage courtesy of comune di reggio nell’emilia construction of framesimages courtesy of meglio possibile longitudinal beam supporting the individual framesimage courtesy of meglio possibile construction of supporting steel columnsimage courtesy of meglio possibile ‘mediopadana station’ by santiago calatrava night constructionimage courtesy of meglio possibile ‘mediopadana station’ by santiago calatrava, reggio emilia, italyimage courtesy of comune di reggio nell’emilia at platformsimage © santiago calatrava sectionimage courtesy of comune di reggio nell’emilia AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style ITALY - MAY 22: Paolo Maldini and Frederic Massara celebrate after winning the championship after the Serie A match between US Sassuolo and AC Milan at Mapei Stadium - Citta' del Tricolore on May 22 (Photo by Sportinfoto/vi/DeFodi Images via Getty Images) Gerry Cardinale's company, RedBird, have sealed the deal with Elliott for the transfer of the majority of AC Milan shares The deal is set at 1.2 billion euros and now the first contacts between Gerry Cardinale Frederic Massara and Paolo Maldini are underway The goal would be to understand each other's point of views discuss the vision of the project of the club in the hopes that the managers would stay to continue their work Earlier, in an official statement said the following words about the desire to work with the current technical management of the team: "RedBird’s investment philosophy and track record in team ownership has shown that football clubs can be successful on the pitch and sustainable off it – we are looking forward to a long term partnership with the club its management team and Milanisti around the world to keep propelling Milan in the years to come.” and website in this browser for the next time I comment This is a worldwide website dedicated for AC Milan in English: exclusive news and content about the Rossoneri world Copyright Š 2021 Milanreports.com All rights reserved | C.F. 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NGLVTI92L14B936U | Responsible and editorial director: Vito Angelè Credits by Parrotto Web Solution Web Agency Postnaturalia is a complex sculptural installation made by KriĹĄtof Kintera with the collaboration of Richard Wiesner and Rastislav JuhĂĄs Its title speaks for itself: the scenario in which our daily experience is inscribed both as individuals and as a community does not belong to the natural world any longer.In the so-called “copper age” based on the transmission of energy and information nature is compared by Kintera to a huge nervous system; for this reason as well his project is grafted in different spaces of the Collection as a living organism would do Nature is recreated and regenerated in the space called Laboratorio dell’artista/Artist’s Laboratory are all items and tools of the trade which become generative elements of a new natural beauty for the artist A series of videos are also conveying Kinteras’ real sounds and work processes taking place in his Prague’s studio.By taking as a model the scientist’s old approaches and his prototypes (scale models and herbariums held in display cases in theworkshop) classified and sown in a wide para-vegetal nervous system finding its place in a second room in the Collection The Systemus Postnaturalis presents an artificial carpet of plants growing through an intricate mesh of copper roots: three islands are joined together through pathways that visitors can experience directly The light fostering its growth is also artificially steered through the space A massive three-meter-high sculpture stands in the main entry hall between the atelier and the artificial forest: Electrons Seeking Spirit made with wire cables composing its load-bearing skeleton ending with an animal head creatures triggering a feeling of collective panic due to this “spiritless system”.Outside in the garden the works Praying Woods are ritually extended towards the sky or bend down towards the ground Their structure is part of the “natural nature”: collected by the artist in the woods of his country they have been dipped and congealed in a silver bath.This proliferation of suggestions within the Collection is accompanied by other works scattered in other locations in the townof Reggio Emilia.Public Jukebox is a sound installation that will be activated for one month in Piazza della Vittoria This is an itinerant sculpture which has travelled to several European locations; every time the sound repertory is updated with the music of the hosting country Thanks to the strongly evocative and socializing features of music interesting and unexpected associations of people and new kinds of relations are generated A few of Kintera’s sculptures have been placed in an old cabinet of the naturalistic section of the Civic Museums/Musei Civici –an old cultural town institution which also houses the prestigious Lazzaro Spallanzani’s wunderkammer– taking the place of the small vegetalmodels present in the artist’s Laboratory: a fruitful exchange an open dialogue focussing on the scientific approach of the collection and its classification.The exhibition is accompanied by an artist’s book and composed of two sections: Herbarium and Cuprum Factum the first one strikes a dialogue with the new creations of synthetic beauty with historical drawings or etchings or pages of herbariums with illustrations of plants many drawn from the naturalistic Collections of the Civic Museums; the second collects texts and images describing the creative process of the works in the studio and those on display in the exhibition.Kintera finds his way through the topic of “post-natural” with vivid visual suggestions which he leads with ironic playful but also bitter spirit within the framework of a complex social and political questioning of our time moved by the hope of raising awareness on an issue of great relevance today The relationship with the “natural Nature” and to give order to the diverse forms of biological life –an anchorage of our cultural tradition– are Kintera’s starting points which are provocatively subverted through the construction of completely artificial scenarios by working and generating new synthetic and waste materials which comprise our everyday para-natural habitat A melancholic provocation inducing the desire to create alternative scenarios where science and technology –protagonists in the building of our physical landscape and our relational system– could move in the on-going search for a “new Humanism” where humans –and not their mere systems of functions– could remain solidly at the centre and move forward without forgetting their identities the collective cultural memory in which their lives and the permanence of real relationships are inscribed ITALY - MAY 22: Alessandro Florenzi celebrates at the end of the Serie A match between US Sassuolo and AC Milan at Mapei Stadium - Citta' del Tricolore on May 22 (Photo by Pier Marco Tacca/AC Milan via Getty Images) Alessandro Florenzi, spoke to the media in the second day of training camp with the Italy national team. The AC Milan full-back who is a loanee from AS Roma has also commented on the words of Paolo Maldini to Gazzetta He is a man of great values and I would also add Massara to him They are the basis of the Scudetto which we won They are very important people who can do well for Milan A Milan without Maldini is a bit like a Roma club without Totti and De Rossi." I found many similarities between the Rossoneri squad and the Italy Euro championship team at Milan they didn't understand me because they hadn't experienced what I experienced but you feel it when there is something and I felt it and said it in the end I was happy to have been right." ITALY - MAY 22: Head coach AC Milan Stefano Pioli celebrates for the victory of "Scudetto " at the end of the last Serie A match between US Sassuolo and AC Milan at Mapei Stadium - Citta' del Tricolore on May 22 (Photo by Claudio Villa/AC Milan via Getty Images) Gerry Cardinale, upon the confirmation of the agreement between RedBird and Elliott for the purchase of 70 of shares of AC Milan, has met with the club management, including coach Stefano Pioli The Italy-based newspaper focused on the meeting between the RedBird founder and the Rossoneri tactician and wrote that the American businessman insisted that he wants to see the team continue with the winning ways There was a good feeling immediately started between the two Cardinale complimented Pioli for the Scudetto Pioli is at work preparing the wedding of his son Gianmarco ITALY - MAY 22: Junior Walter Messias of AC Milan poses with the trophy for the victory of "Scudetto " at the end of the last Serie A match between US Sassuolo and AC Milan at Mapei Stadium - Citta' del Tricolore on May 22 Junior Messias is now a Serie A winner He joined the Rossoneri in the previous summer on a loan deal coming from Crotone (who are now relegated to Serie C) He has scored 6 goals and made 3 assists in 32 matches played during this campaign The Brazilian winger who turned 31 earlier this month sees his loan spell expiring in June 30 The Rossoneri directors have the option to sign him permanently But it remains to be seen if they really want to keep him According to what is shared by Tuttosport, there are still no certainties. The loan fee paid to Crotone was 2.6 million euros. To keep Junior Messias transfer permanent, Paolo Maldini and Frederic Massara will have to put on the table  5.4 million euros and 1 million in bonuses. The AC Milan club management is thinking about it at the moment the first solo exhibition in Italy by English artist Phoebe Unwin featuring a series of new drawings and paintings made specifically for its Pattern Room becoming open-ended images that Unwin incorporates into her exploration of painting as a process and action Her paintings are visual places whose possibilities are infinite; the intrinsic story of the works is neither defined nor definitive and new versions of it are constantly revealed Alessandro Florenzi injured during the Serie A match between US Sassuolo and AC MIlan at Mapei Stadium - Citta' del Tricolore on August 30 (Photo by Matteo Ciambelli/DeFodi Images via Getty Images) AC Milan full-back who started in the goalless draw against Sassuolo, Alessandro Florenzi had to exit the pitch due to what appeared a muscle problem The former AS Roma defender had a left flexor problem to be evaluated with instrumental examination shortly writes Milannews.it's journalist Antonio Vitiello We'll have to wait further updates to understand the extent of this injury and how long will it take the experienced Italian right-back to recover ITALY - MAY 22: AC Milan players celebrate after being confirmed as Serie A champions following victory in the Serie A match between US Sassuolo and AC Milan at Mapei Stadium - Citta' del Tricolore on May 22 AC Milan produced an amazing performance against Sassuolo as they cruised their way to the Scudetto with a comfortable 3-0 Rafael Leao contributed with a very superior display of quality as he provided a hat-trick of assists The Rossoneri of coach Stefano Pioli took to the field with the following lineup: Rafael Leao responded to the comments of Sassuolo CEO Giovanni Carnevali in the best way anyone would wish for: A hat-trick of assists for the right winger to his team-mates Two goals were scored by Olivier Giroud and the other one was by Franck KessiĂŠ AC Milan sealed the win basically in the first half We always say that nothing is impossible in football but the Rossoneri were in control of the match against the Neroverdi the push from the fans does not go unnoticed and Milan finally get their hands on the Scudetto Milan are champions of Italy and they deserved it through hard work The team worked as a unit throughout the season without forgetting the contribution of veterans: Zlatan Ibrahimovic They left them no space and goalkeeper Mike Maignan didn't leave them a chance too The pitch is invaded once Daniele Doveri blows the final whistle at the MAPEI stadium and many fans ran towards Zlatan Ibrahimovic who came The 40-year-old fulfilled his promise and brought Milan back to glory as he said he would once he joined the team and signed on a contract at Casa Milan coming from MLS in January 2020 Santa Maria Nuova Hospital has decided to undergo a photographic examination in order to bring to light some fragments of history taken with the aid of iPhoneography and printed on glass using old-fashioned methods are not mere representations of reality subject to the limitations of digital distance they go back in time and recapture that soothing feeling of touch – the warmth of a skilful technique like that of a doctor who understands immediately on touching the patient The hospital is a body made up of innumerable lives stories of men and women on the frontline or who have always worked behind the scenes What emerges is a grandiose project born in the Fifties whose pillars mirror the harmony of the human skeleton The glass plates tell of the growing ability to scrutinize the most unfathomably microscopic space The stunning beauty of the diagnostic methods shines through the displays celebrating the achievements of human ingenuity and the exploratory drive of Santa Maria Hospital Now temporarily on special display at the Galleria Parmeggiani the hospital will be showing ‘its insides’ through photography A piece of history is being preserved in ‘glass containers’ so that it may last in time and be available for viewing by the community Alessandra Calò divides her time between her desk and photography and dedicates herself to the latter with passion and curiosity experimenting with new languages and using the technique of reappropriation for the revival of a historical memory that reconstructs the fabric of our memories The projects she had pursued include her contribution to the Italo Rota temporary museum Gli oggetti ci parlano (Objects speak to us); Women in Fluxus for the Palazzo Magnani Foundation; and Antipodi Apolidi (Stateless antipodes) for Spazio Gerra From 2009 to 2013 she worked on a project titled NDT an investigation into the history of her family using x-rays and photographs; the installation has been exhibited in Italy In 2013 she created Vite Senza Fine (Endless lives) for the inauguration of the High-Tech Centre in Reggio Emilia: her works exhibited alongside those of Fabio Boni and Fabrizio Cicconi tell the story of the Officine Meccaniche Reggiane (the old mechanical factories of Reggio Emilia) by portraying the faces of the men and women who once worked there The project was nominated for the 2014 Premio Celeste award Alessandra Calò participated with other photographers in a publication project entitled In t’la Nudda a social study on the Reggio Emilia Apennines (published by Edizioni ABao Aqu) and in The Dance of Resistance – Adolf Reichwein a Biography in Movement project for the State Ballet School of Berlin conducted in collaboration with the German artist Roman Kroke her project Secret Garden was selected by Gigliola Foschi and Elio Grazioli and won the OFF section of Fotografia Europea After its preview it Reggio Emilia it was exhibited in various art galleries in Italy Exhibition Fotoscopia guided tour with the artist Alessandra Calò and the curator Irene Russo