Watchdogs, a Buddha head to touch and a samurai with a katana: the Museum of Oriental Art reopens in a new and definitive location

Two Fo dogs – that’s what they’re called – welcome us at the entrance of the new National Museum of Oriental Art (MNAO) in hall 3 of the Borges Cultural Center. One is male and rests one of its legs on a round object, clearly a planet – and not a ball as one would … Read more

Giorgio Armani, reassuring aesthetics with a golden thread and a touch of the Orient

Like the ancient Greeks who saw in physical beauty the reflection of a moral value, Giorgio Armani with a golden thread holds together inside and out, convinced that “what is beautiful to see makes beautiful also inside”. To underline the message, “I pushed the pedal – he explains after the show – on a reassuring … Read more