No.1

Vernal Equinox 2022

2022 / 125 PAGES. Language: English, Italian

FMR’s first act, Number One: the beginning of a great new season. Celebrated Italian author Dacia Maraini, the champion of new South American literature Héctor Abad Faciolince and Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk are but three of the signatures that guarantee, as of this first issue, the continuation of the FMR tradition: literary texts of extraordinary stature combined with wonderful photographs to show a new and curious look at Art.

HORS D’ŒUVRE

“First Glances and Last Looks” – Between Brushstrokes and Dreams

by Dacia Maraini

“Conjectures” – Face to Face with a Portrait

by Héctor Abad Faciolince

“Almanacco” – From Above

by Massimo Duranti

“Auctions” – Women Painters and the Vagaries of the Art Market

by Simone Facchinetti

THE EMBERS OF LOVE

by Orhan Pamuk

with an Introduction by Stefano Salis

photography by Massimo Listri

The physical Museum of Innocence in Istanbul is closely bound up with the Nobel Laureate’s novel of the same name;
Pamuk here tells the story of the genesis of both creations.

LUMEN CINEREUM

by Giovanni Mariotti, Cristina Nuzzi

The peaceful but mysterious interiors painted by the Danish artist Vilhelm Hammershøi are explored in terms of their history, artistry, and poetry.

VENETIAN HIEROGLYPHICS

by Monica De Vincenti & Simone Guerriero

photography by Piero Codato & Massimo Venchierutti

The “Geroglifici capricciosi et opere bellissime di Francesco Pianta” at the Scuola Grande di San Rocco.

THE ULTIMATE DELIGHT

by Giorgio Antei

Winckelmann’s Roman life in a “spoken portrait” that brings to light both personal and secret aspects.