Debora Vitulano

Half Italian and half Russian, Debora lives in Italy but loves to bring her work around the world. Graduated in Foreign languages and literatures, she works as a freelance writer, journalist, editor and translator, wandering around different projects and fields such as literature, yoga, art, photography, fashion, and nature.

Nicolas Schuybroek: Arte Povera as an antidote to the society of appearance

Vigilius Mountain Resort: eco-design and Kintsugi philosophy in South Tyrol

Adler Historic Guesthouse, Südtirol: Brixen is a big sustainable family

El Porteño Prohibido: tango, malambo, malabares and Argentinian asado in Milan

Emily Butler: Latino and feminist histories for an inclusive edition of Art Basel Miami fair

Swans, lindens, and horse chestnuts: nature taking over the streets of Lugano in fall

Hotel d’Inghilterra in Rome is currently undergoing a renovation process

Italian Artisan: «Italian manufacturers and contractors from the fashion world»

PARIS+ par Art Basel 2023: is the inclusion of man-made culture and nature possible?

Visiting Curator, ArtVerona: a circular artistic system for a renovated present

Isola Design, from Milan to London to build an exhibition using waste material

Unseen Photo Fair: a ‘round table’ for contemporary photography in Amsterdam

Berlin Atonal, an ‘underground operation’ of the 80s turned into a music festival

kurimanzutto: from a nomad gallery to exhibition spaces – talking with José Kuri

Heroines of Sound: microtonality, noise, and drones on an all-female artists’ stage

Libreria Antigone: literature as a bridge between feminist and LGBTQ+ movements

How the Medici’s Villa became Fonteverde Resort: San Casciano dei Bagni, Tuscany

Diverse Perspectives at Art Basel 2023: Kabinett, Parcours, Film

1-54 presents in New York, Sparkling Islands: Another Postcard of the Caribbean

Paradise, a Milanese concept store of Venetian brand Marsèll, reopens after renovation

A home for art built from the ashes of a volcano: Museo Anahuacalli, Mexico City

An ancient Arsat Garden turned into an international hotel: La Mamounia, Marrakech

Hypermaremma 2023 explores the relationship between time, nature and humanity

art and events on the Grand Canal at Palazzo Grassi

Palazzo Grassi – Punta della Dogana, Venice: a 2023 of art and events on the Grand Canal

Amina Agueznay, natural spun dyed wool, cotton, glue, galvanized metal

Loft Art Gallery, Morocco: mapping intangible cultural heritage with Amina Agueznay

The Dikan Center: Africa’s biggest photography library in Accra, Ghana

Fotomuseum, Winterthur: reflecting on the vernacular practices of our digital era

Hotel Helvetzia Bristol Florence - the pool at the Spa

Helvetia & Bristol, Florence: the discovery of Capitoline Baths of the Roman Florentia

Art Rotterdam: Fons Hof in conversation with Lampoon

SMAC Gallery, South Africa: Stellenbosch, Cape Town and Johannesburg

Sant Ambroeus, Milan – new guise: New York City to Milan, back and forth

Ser Casasandra, Holbox: celebrating Holbox’s Mayan heritage and Sandra Pérez Lozano’s Cuban roots

Venice Venice, interior details by Venetian glass masters

The Venice Venice Hotel: defining the Post Venetian concept at Ca’ da Mosto

Luigi Rovati Foundation Museum, Milan: a path from Etruscan to contemporary art

Horto, Milano: balance between otium and negotium with chef Norbert Niederkofler

Dar Darma Riad: Maria, maîtresse of Dar Darma, guides through the places of Marrakesh

Magna Pars L’Hotel À Parfum, Milan. Italian raw materials by Ambra Martone

Osteria Candalla: Tuscan tradition, an old mill springs, waterfalls and banana trees

Le Village by Crédit Agricole: Gabriella Scapicchio, an innovation hub in Milan

7Pines, a sustainably renovated resort for an all-around experience of Sardinia

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Design

Nicolas Schuybroek: Arte Povera as an antidote to the society of appearance

Arte Povera and Gesamtkunstwerk, American Minimal Art and Radical architecture – Nicolas Schuybroek’s work for Aesop is an installation of soap bars supported by a removable and reusable MDF structure

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South Tyrol

Vigilius Mountain Resort: eco-design and Kintsugi philosophy in South Tyrol

Christina Biasi-von Berg explain the art of maintenance applied to Vigilius Mountain Resort – «Every detail is designed to last as long as possible» – according to the principle of Kintsugi

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Brixen

Adler Historic Guesthouse, Südtirol: Brixen is a big sustainable family

Silvana Messner and the Myar family: how the recent renovation managed to preserve the hotel’s five-century heritage, with a green tower and a rooftop pool

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Milan

El Porteño Prohibido: tango, malambo, malabares and Argentinian asado in Milan

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Miami beach

Emily Butler: Latino and feminist histories for an inclusive edition of Art Basel Miami fair

Art Basel Miami Beach 2023 on the ‘American melting pot’ and its social and cultural themes – a fair with exhibitions on gender, races, sexual liberation, feminism

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Lugano

Swans, lindens, and horse chestnuts: nature taking over the streets of Lugano in fall

From Renaissance church Santa Maria degli Angioli to the LAC and MASI contemporary art exhibitions: if you walk around Lugano you can stop to chat with the swans

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Rome

Hotel d’Inghilterra in Rome is currently undergoing a renovation process

The logo was inspired by the British kingdom – a blazon supported by a lion and a unicorn, like the coat of arms of the Windsor dynasty Massimo Colli on how an ancient palace in Rome become tech-efficient

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Milan

Italian Artisan: «Italian manufacturers and contractors from the fashion world»

Italian Artisan’s philosophy ‘Made in Italy, Made Easy’ expresses the platform goal to simplify and coordinate the Italian supply chain’s processes: David Clementoni and Olga Iarussi

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Paris

PARIS+ par Art Basel 2023: is the inclusion of man-made culture and nature possible?

Art Basel has existed since the seventies and has been a leading worldwide art fair in Basel, Hong Kong and Miami Beach– in October 2022 Art Paris+ par Art Basel launched

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Verona

Visiting Curator, ArtVerona: a circular artistic system for a renovated present

Originally created by a group of independent art collectors and connoisseurs. In 2004 ArtVerona officially became a part of the Veronafiere’s annual program

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London

Isola Design, from Milan to London to build an exhibition using waste material

Nothing Happens if Nothing Happens: Isola Design for a circular design approach based on using regenerative resources, reducing carbon dioxide emissions, and repurposing waste materials

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Amsterdam

Unseen Photo Fair: a ‘round table’ for contemporary photography in Amsterdam

The Gashouder, where the event takes place, was originally designed as a storage tank: Unseen uses the circular shape of the space to avoid distinctions between exhibitors

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Berlin

Berlin Atonal, an ‘underground operation’ of the 80s turned into a music festival

Berlin Atonal started ‘DIY’ in a reaction to popular music of 1980s: a ‘hallucinatory sight program’, presenting pop, punk, new wave, it «was not meant to be digested in a gallery context»

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Mexico City

kurimanzutto: from a nomad gallery to exhibition spaces – talking with José Kuri

kurimanzutto’s first exhibition, Economía de Mercado, took place in 1999 in Mexico City and remained open to the public for less than twenty-four hours

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Berlin

Heroines of Sound: microtonality, noise, and drones on an all-female artists’ stage

In ten years, Heroines of Sound has presented over 150 female or non-binary artists, in a dialogue between contemporaneity and ‘heroines’ of the electronic music scene

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Milan

Libreria Antigone: literature as a bridge between feminist and LGBTQ+ movements

Present both in Milan and Rome, Libreria Antigone uses literature and education to fight against misogyny, homophobia, and every other kind of discrimination

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Tuscany

How the Medici’s Villa became Fonteverde Resort: San Casciano dei Bagni, Tuscany

Fonteverde is a resort located in the Sienese countryside, where Etruscan thermal baths combine with holistic rituals and modern science in a Renaissance villa

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basel

Diverse Perspectives at Art Basel 2023: Kabinett, Parcours, Film

Conversations at Art Basel 2023: Care, Collectivity, and Connectivity Explored by Leading Cultural Figures in Panels

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New York

1-54 presents in New York, Sparkling Islands: Another Postcard of the Caribbean

With a multidisciplinary exhibition 1-54 and Caryl Ivrisse Crochemar aim to portray the cultural, ethnic, and artistic diversity of the Caribbean archipelago

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Milan, The Publishing Industry

Paradise, a Milanese concept store of Venetian brand Marsèll, reopens after renovation

Turned into a «white cube», Marsèll Paradise is preparing for an oneiric hearing experience and the launch of the brand’s Spring Summer 2023 collection

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Mexico City, the art field

A home for art built from the ashes of a volcano: Museo Anahuacalli, Mexico City

Inspired to Aztec temples, the museum hosts a permanent collection of pre-Columbian finds, temporary exhibitions of contemporary artists and a botanical garden

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architecture, Marrakech

An ancient Arsat Garden turned into an international hotel: La Mamounia, Marrakech

The Arsat gardens played a role in Moroccan culture for centuries, hosting political debates or the N’zaha, a picnic ritual where families and friends reunited to eat Tanjia, drink tea and sing Marrakshi songs

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Tuscany

Hypermaremma 2023 explores the relationship between time, nature and humanity

The 2023 edition of the Tuscan festival features international artists Virginia Overton, Claudia Comte and Giovanni Gallo with three site-specific installations

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the art field, Venice

Palazzo Grassi – Punta della Dogana, Venice: a 2023 of art and events on the Grand Canal

Chronorama, a show dedicated to Twentieth century photography, and Icônes, a collective exhibition featuring works of the Pinault Collection that develop the theme of spirituality – in conversation with Mauro Baronchelli, operative director

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Morocco, the art field

Loft Art Gallery, Morocco: mapping intangible cultural heritage with Amina Agueznay

Once she came back to Morocco, Agueznay collaborated with government agencies to support artisans in their search for innovation and to help them commercialize their products

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accra, Photography

The Dikan Center: Africa’s biggest photography library in Accra, Ghana

As Africa has always been narrated by outsiders, Ghanaian photographer Paul Ninson brings the continent’s visual history back home to start an inside narrative

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Switzerland, the art field

Fotomuseum, Winterthur: reflecting on the vernacular practices of our digital era

Founded in 1993 by writer and journalist Urs Stahel, critic and publisher Walter Keller and philanthropist and collector George Reinhar, Fotomuseum Winterthur is located in a former factory

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Florence, hotel

Helvetia & Bristol, Florence: the discovery of Capitoline Baths of the Roman Florentia

The renovation of the hotel led to the addition of a new wing with rooms and suites designed by Anouska Hempel and a SPA located in the former Roman baths

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Rotterdam, the art field

Art Rotterdam: Fons Hof in conversation with Lampoon

The 24th edition of Art Rotterdam, annual Dutch contemporary art fair, will take place from 9 to 12 February 2023 under the guidance of Fons Hof, former director of Galerie Hof & Huyser in Amsterdam

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cape town

SMAC Gallery, South Africa: Stellenbosch, Cape Town and Johannesburg

SMAC Gallery was born in Stellenbosch, a location just a few miles from Cape Town best known for its vineyards, almost by chance, as recalled by Director Baylon Sandri

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Milan

Sant Ambroeus, Milan – new guise: New York City to Milan, back and forth

Historic café-restaurant Sant Ambroeus, Milan, reopened to public after having been acquired and renovated by Italian-American entrepreneurs Gherardo Garducci and Dimitri Pauli

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Mexico

Ser Casasandra, Holbox: celebrating Holbox’s Mayan heritage and Sandra Pérez Lozano’s Cuban roots

At Artist Sandra Pérez Lozano’s house, guests live in harmony with the natural world, promoting consciousness and respect towards the environment – the inhabitants and the culture of Holbox island

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Design & Architecture, Venice

The Venice Venice Hotel: defining the Post Venetian concept at Ca’ da Mosto

Founders of Golden Goose Alessandro and Francesca Gallo renovated old palace Ca’ Da Mosto and opened a new hotel on the Grand Canal with an avant-garde spirit

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Milan

Luigi Rovati Foundation Museum, Milan: a path from Etruscan to contemporary art

The Luigi Rovati Foundation Museum restored the interiors of the building, made by Filippo Perego in the Sixties according to the taste of the Milanese bourgeoisie: colors explosions, golden doors, boiserie

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Milan

Horto, Milano: balance between otium and negotium with chef Norbert Niederkofler

Horto brings the kitchen into an ethical dimension, experimenting with cuisine while staying true to nature though a short supply chain as «everything can be found nearby»

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Marrakech

Dar Darma Riad: Maria, maîtresse of Dar Darma, guides through the places of Marrakesh

All the walls are painted with tadelakt, an ancient construction technique consisting in a water-proof limestone-based concoction, Maîtresse Maria explains

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Milan, Perfumery

Magna Pars L’Hotel À Parfum, Milan. Italian raw materials by Ambra Martone

Each room is dedicated to one of sixty-eight different scents, chosen by an olfactory check-in, solely based on smell: Magna Pars is the first hotel à parfum in the world

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Tuscany

Osteria Candalla: Tuscan tradition, an old mill springs, waterfalls and banana trees

How four people with no restaurant background turned an old mill on the Tuscan hills into an inn with a cellar and cocktail bar, combining tradition and innovation

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Milan

Le Village by Crédit Agricole: Gabriella Scapicchio, an innovation hub in Milan

How Crédit Agricole innovation philosophy was adapted to the Italian culture by a female CEO. She is concerned with innovation, ecology, women empowerment and philanthropy

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sardinia

7Pines, a sustainably renovated resort for an all-around experience of Sardinia

With the rural hinterland behind, Hyatt’s new resort enhances and promotes Sardinian multi-faceted identity while contributing to preserving it

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