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The Alchemical Door

Today, if you visit Piazza Vittorio in Rome, you can see throught the railing, an exceptional building: what remains of the unique testimony of alchemical crafting in 17th century: the Alchemical door. It’s a marble door with jewish, latin and egyptian incriptions,…

The Magick Lantern of Kenneth Anger

Kenneth Anger at the Cinematheque,Paris, 1950 “I’ve always considered movies evil; the day that cinema was invented was a black day for mankind.” Kenneth Anger I started to see Kenneth Anger’s films after reading his book “Hollywood Babylon” but I…

Is pop 21st century religion?

Super Bowl isn’t usually the first thing I tune into and, honestly, I am completly indifferent to big event like this as well as sport world in general. Plus, I usually try to avoid to talk about things everybody talk…

Coco Chanel’s home

I must say I’m not so obsessed by standard and acclaimed fashion icons, which Coco Chanel certainly is, but here I’m not going to talk about her style, but about her home. It’s located in 31 Rue Cambon, Paris,  just above…

Galleria Sciarra

One day I was walking near the Trevi Fountain and, completly unaware, I entered in this gallery. Very few times I’ve been surprised as the first time I saw Galleria Sciarra. Totally unexpected, because hided from outside, it’s one of the lesser known…

Decadent moodboard

Early Parisian Goths, 1910 I’m definitely going through a Marchesa Casati-period and January revealed to me as decadent-themed month. Here’s a selection of pictures that inspired me lately. Vittorio Matteo Corcos, Conversation in the Garden of Luxembourg the last photograph…