June 5, 2019

Till 22 September 2019 Museo d’arte della Svizzera italiana celebrates one of Switzerland’s most important contemporary artists, Franz Gertsch Swiss artist Franz Gertsch was asked to work with the museum not only as an artist, but as exhibition curator. The artist accepted the invitation and added an unexpected proposal: presentation of his woodcuts in dialogue with works by the artists he considers the absolute masters of engraving at the turn of the twentieth century, Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) and Edvard Munch (1863-1944). This pairing might at first come as a surprise: Gauguin’s and Munch’s woodcuts are small to medium by size,...

Marriott International’s original and nonconformist brand ‘W’’ is landing for the first time in Italy with a project called: W Rome. Eclettico (the Lombardin22 Group’s brand focused on design for the hospitality and luxury residential sectors) is in charge of the building’s architectural design and renovation, coordinating an international team, interfacing with Marriot – managing the documentation so that it conforms to the chain’s standards – and also the design of the plant-engineering and acoustics and site supervision. The interior design will bear the hallmark of the New York-based firm Meyer Davis. The hotel, located close to Via Veneto, will...