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These days, the city of Milan is hosting Metafisica/Metafisiche, a wide-ranging exhibition on the concept of metaphysical art developed by the Italian painter Giorgio De Chirico. Not many exhibitions make you question how you read a room. This one does. Curated by Vincenzo Trione, the show gathers around 400 works – paintings, sculptures, photographs, design objects, architectural models, videos and more – loaned by over 150 institutions from across the world.

The Turin International Book Fair concludes today, 18 May 2026, closing its 28th edition with 254,000 visitors. The final figure confirms the Salone’s role as a central infrastructure within the Italian and international publishing ecosystem, where each edition functions as a consolidated snapshot of an evolving cultural system shaped by readers, publishers, and institutions. The Turin International Book Fair operates year-round as a continuous platform.

At the historical literature festival in Legnano, Italian author Stefania Auci discussed L’alba dei leoni, the new novel that expands the Florio saga, made internationally famous by The Lions of Sicily. There comes a moment at literary festivals when literature stops being just something on the page and becomes voice, presence, something embodied. It happened at La storia tra le righe, the historical literature festival that from April 10 to 12, 2026, animated the Visconti Castle of Legnano.

Met Gala 2026 transformed the red carpet into a living museum. Under the theme Fashion is Art, celebrities and designers reinterpreted iconic paintings, sculptures, and films through couture, turning each look into a visual statement. From Van Gogh-inspired textures to classical marble illusions, here are the most striking outfits and the artworks behind them. Met Gala 2026 organizers asked, and guests delivered.

On May 6, 2026, the exhibition Transforming Energy, dedicated to the Serbian artist Marina Abramović, opens at the Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice. In this temple of Venetian painting – a place where Titian, Giorgione, and Bellini reign supreme – contemporary art makes its mark. Marina Abramović is, in fact, the first living woman artist to be honored with an exhibition at the Gallerie dell’Accademia.

The Michael Jackson biopic, released in theaters this weekend, has rekindled the nostalgia for millions of MJ fans. His biggest hits are once again among the most-streamed songs on Spotify’s overall chart. But the story of the artist’s greatest moment also reveals how the pop star revolutionized the world of music videos. The sequel to MICHAEL, in its first weekend in theaters, has already made history. It broke all biopic box office records: it grossed over $217.4 million globally.

Home Magazine Cluster Michael Biopic Review: A Safe Portrait That Misses the King of Pop’s Genius The Michael biopic is finally out, after a long and tormented path, delayed by the screenwriters’ strike in 2023 and several legal disputes over what could be depicted in the movie. So we can finally know if the wait was worth it.

At 59, Australian screenwriter, playwright, and TV producer Tony McNamara has built a career defined by a distinctive approach to screenwriting across film and television. Best known for his collaboration with Yorgos Lanthimos on The Favourite (2018) and Poor Things (2023), both Academy Award–nominated for their screenplays, McNamara has also shaped the small screen with The Great, the comedy-drama starring Elle Fanning.

Prince’s language and musicality forever changed the history of music. Eclectic, visionary, mysterious and controversial, very fragility. Prince Rogers Nelson died ten years ago, on April 21, 2016, at the age of 57. The cause of death: a fatal overdose of opioid painkillers. For years, the singer-songwriter had suffered from severe hip pain, partly caused by the shoes he wore. Often, they were very high heels.

There are a few places in the world better than Florence to give meaning to the admiration of Mark Rothko‘s artwork. The American artist first traveled to Tuscany’s Renaissance birthplace in 1950. According to his son, Christopher, the artist was reluctant to travel, except for Italy. He went there three times, spending a long time at archaeological sites, churches, convents, and museums, to have a direct experience of artworks he had studied from afar.