Numero Zero

Winter Solstice 2021

2021 / 126 PAGES. Language: English, Italian

At last, the time has come. We’ve tuned all our instruments and are ready to take the stage, the Ouverture is about to commence: Issue Zero of FMR, the art magazine that cast its spell over the whole world and that remains unequalled, is back with this “special issue”.

HORS D’ŒUVRE

“Four Winds” – The Last Journey

by Franco Maria Ricci

“Conjectures” – “More Than a Mere Semblance”

by Bruno Zanardi

THE LONG LOVE OF ALEX AND RHODA

by Giovanni Mariotti

letters from the correspondence between Alex Colville and Lincoln Kirstein

The world of Canadian painter Alexander Colville reconstructed through a selection of his paintings.

“TAGASODE: WHOSE SLEEVES?”

by Gian Carlo Calza

Japanese folding screens from the Edo period upon which other foldings screens are painted,
bedecked with magnificent garments.

THE TOTOCAN SMILE

by Marino Barovier

photography by Massimo Listri

The Sonrientes, pre-Columbian statuettes from southern Mexico,
conceal archaic mysteries under the seal of gaiety.

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO GAUDENZIO

by Vittorio Sgarbi

photography by Ghigo Roli

The Biblia pauperum of the Sacred Mountain of Varallo as described by Vittorio Sgarbi,
in part through the inspired words of Giovanni Testori.

ARCS DE CEL

by Pablo Bofill & Nicolas Véron

photography by Massimo Listri

Just outside Barcelona stands the fabulous palace-qua-folly of the sculptor and architect Xavier Corberó.

MIGNARDISES

“Auctions” – A Family Affair

Massimo Navoni

“Bibliotheca” – The Limpid Heart of Old China

Carlo della Grivola