Fornasetti at Museo Poldi Pezzoli
Via Alessandro Manzoni, 12
Milan
On the occasion of the Milan Art Week, Anj Smith reinterpreted some of Fornasetti’s icons.
The painterly contribution by the English artist includes a trumeau-bureau, and the famed vases and plates from the ‘Tema e Variazioni’ series in a harmonious exchange with the masterpieces from the Milanese house-turned-museum.
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