EDITORIAL

WE SHALL OVERCOME, AS ALWAYS, THROUGH BEAUTY

As this issue goes to press, Italy is facing one of the hardest times in its recent history. Our country is the first in Europe to have taken drastic measures to contain the Covid-19 contagion. The virus arrived depriving Italy of its vigor, hitting tourism and culture hard—the foundations on which its economy rests and its laboriously built international image. In all honesty, continuing to expound on the beauty of Italy during such an uncertain climate is no small mission. And yet I am certain that its beauty will save us and put us back on the road to future challenges. From here, as always, we will start again and the immortal lesson of Maestro Fellini, who would have turned 100 years old this year, will serve as a constant reminder. Federico Fellini was a director, a dreamer, saturated with melancholy, but above all a voracious soul for stories. We need those same stories now more than ever—to continue to learn every day even from our homes, to continue to travel even if circumstances force us to stand still. So let’s take this time to gather beauty and grace, the same with which Raffaello (whose 500 year anniversary of his death is this year) revolutionized and conditioned art forever. Let’s fill these pages, as we have for the last 23 years. And if it is possible, with even greater enthusiasm. Let all the beauty tell us all, once again, that together, even if far apart, we are stronger. Paolo Del Panta Editor in Chief