person Luisa Taliento

Guide to the most unusual house museums in Italy

Guida alle case-museo più particolari d’Italia

This article from Artribune explores a selection of Italy's most distinctive house museums, offering an alternative to crowded major institutions like the Louvre or the Vatican Museums. It profiles several intimate, personal spaces that were once homes or studios of artists, designers, and collectors, including Carlo Mollino's surreal apartment in Turin, Lodovico Pogliaghi's eclectic villa in Varese, Remo Brindisi's total-artwork house in Lido di Spina, and Ivan Bruschi's collection-filled palace in Arezzo. Each site reflects the unique aesthetic vision and collecting passion of its creator, turning domestic architecture into a living testament of their artistic identity.

A journey through Turkey in the footsteps of Aeneas: culture, nature and legend

Un viaggio nella Turchia sulle orme di Enea: cultura, natura e leggenda

This article describes a travel journey through Turkey following the footsteps of Aeneas, focusing on the archaeological site of Troy and its surrounding region. It explores the dual nature of the site, where myth (the Iliad, Achilles, Hector, Helen) and reality (the layered ruins, grazing cows, wildflowers) coexist. The journey includes visits to the Troya Müzesi (Troy Museum), which houses artifacts like the sarcophagus of Polyxena, and mentions an upcoming exhibition "Troia e Roma. Miti, leggende, storie del Mediterraneo antico" at the Parco Archeologico del Colosseo in Rome. The article also covers local culinary traditions at Globi Café, the Dardanelles Wine Route with a stop at Asmadan Winery, mosaic art by Emine Özkaya Daloğlu at Raphapsodos Mosaic Art House, and the Museo della Ceramica in Çanakkale, before moving south to the site of Assos.

Interview on the Great Exhibition at the Colosseum Dedicated to Troy: 'Aeneas Is the Bridge Between Our Cultures'

Intervista sulla grande mostra al Colosseo dedicata a Troia: “Enea è il ponte tra le nostre culture”

A major exhibition titled "Troia e Roma. Miti, leggende, storie del Mediterraneo antico" will open at the Parco Archeologico del Colosseo in Rome on June 12, 2026, featuring over 220 artifacts from 19 Turkish museums, including 50 works never before seen by the Italian public. The show is curated with Sinem Düzgören, the new director of the Museo di Troia in Çanakkale, who arranged the loan of 100 works from her museum. The exhibition includes a monumental replica of the Trojan Horse and highlights the mythological and historical ties between Troy and Rome, with key pieces such as the Head of Augustus and a marble copy of the Aphrodite of Cnidus.

List of small Italian museums dedicated to writing. Among diaries, typewriters and memories

Lista dei piccoli musei d’Italia dedicati alla scrittura. Tra diari, macchine da scrivere e memorie

The article highlights the phenomenon of cultural overbooking, where major museums like the Louvre, Vatican Museums, and British Museum attract millions of visitors, turning art appreciation into a physical endurance test. It then pivots to a series of small, specialized museums across Italy dedicated to writing, diaries, and memory, offering a quieter, more intimate alternative. Featured institutions include the Piccolo Museo del Diario in Pieve Santo Stefano, which houses over 10,000 personal diaries and letters, and the Museo della Lettera d’Amore in Torrevecchia Teatina, with 25,000 love letters. Other stops include the Parco Poesia Pascoli in San Mauro Pascoli, dedicated to the poet Giovanni Pascoli.

C’è un libro che racconta il sorprendente rapporto storico tra arte, biciclette e ciclismo

Antonio Colombo, the Italian entrepreneur behind Columbus and Cinelli, has published a memoir titled "A.C. Confidential. La mia vita tra arte, bicicletta e design" (Ediciclo Editore, 2026, co-written with Giacomo Pellizzari). The book traces his family's engineering legacy—his father Angelo Luigi Colombo supplied steel tubes to Bauhaus designer Marcel Breuer in 1933—and Colombo's own career fusing technical precision with artistic vision. He acquired Cinelli in 1978, collaborated with artists like Keith Haring, Alessandro Mendini, and Barry McGee, and introduced groundbreaking bicycle models including the Rampichino mountain bike (1985) and the Laser, which won the Compasso d'Oro design award in 1991. The narrative also covers his friendships with artists Mario Schifano (who designed Tour de France jerseys) and his role in the Red Hook Criterium fixed-gear race.

Toulouse is the European capital of space travel (and knows how to celebrate it)

Tolosa è la capitale europea dei viaggi nello spazio (e sa come celebrarli)

Toulouse has solidified its status as Europe’s aerospace capital, blending industrial prowess with cultural engagement. The city, home to the Airbus headquarters and the National Centre for Space Studies (CNES), celebrates the legacy of flight from Clément Ader’s 1890 steam-powered takeoff to modern satellite technology. Key institutions like the Cité de l’espace and the Envol des Pionniers museum offer immersive experiences, including flight simulators, real-scale rocket replicas, and exhibitions on the history of Air France.