Mixing the mysticism of Alejandro Jodorowsky and the boujie opulence of suburban Palm Springs, creative duo Mathery is launching a wittily unsettling and uber aesthetic Instagram photo book set in Milan.

Italy-born Manchester musician Julia Bardo takes the Covid-induced prolonged separation from her homeland as an opportunity to reflect on the meaning of identity and the impact foreign cultures can have on our perception of life. The outcome is a love letter to the cinema of Fellini and Antonioni and to the need of screaming the attachment to one’s roots.

Advocating for the need of experiencing new extra-terrestrial dimensions of life, creative duo RGB-inominal portrays a fantasy Cyber world where food and taste are ephemeral projections of thoughts and feelings.

Combining the stereotypical characters of Spaghetti Western blockbusters with the identity crisis of the lockdown-age man, art director Aurora Rossi Manni envisions her modern cowboy.

In a new capsule collection designed with Lyle&Scott, Lovers FC re-imagine classic retro kits to promote a new idea of football fashion, between respect for the heritage and contemporary streetwear.

Kit Sebastian release C’est Quoi le Mantra Moderne, an introspective Super 8 short film to reflect on their artistic manifesto and aesthetics.

Inspired by the legendary Eel Pie Island Jazz Club, Anglozine introduces an Autumn-Winter 2020 capsule collection that nods to the London jazz scene yet simultaneously suits contemporary trends. 

When in August 1980 Bologna is hit by a devastating terror attack, the city is stuck between the old-fashioned folklorist tradition of Liscio and the roaring rise of Italo Disco under the influence of American liberalism. Meanwhile, heroin and punk creep through a scarred city.

Photographer Alex Astegiano captures the androgynous glam aesthetics of singer-songwriter and Gucci muse Lucio Corsi, and showcases his works in an exhibition as part of Monfort In Jazz.

Baring a resemblance to Modigliani and Gauguin, young artist Deiilissa paints bodies and shapes moved by feelings and instincts.

As Milan is hit by the bombing attack in Piazza Fontana that marks the beginning of the Strategy of Tension, Bossa Nova and Samba play on Italian radios painting the portrait of a vanishing country. The evocative South American rhythms with their uptempo saudade, imported by asylum-seeking Brazilian artists, clash with the violence and industrialisation clogging Italy. For the second installment of Italia 70 - The Sound of Political Dissent, Lorenzo Cibrario looks into the loss of innocence of a country.

A playlist to celebrate the synaesthetic genius and vision of Ennio Morricone, through a selection of lesser-known soundtrack cuts defeating the often limited understanding of the Maestro, including cocktail sambas, psychedelic experiments and groovy disco.

Franco Turcati turned a passion for photography into a career in advertising thanks to his savoir faire and a strong, authentic artistic vision. We reached him in his archive in Turin to discuss the tricks of his trade, secretly turning into a paparazzi to shoot Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull’s love getaway, and contributing to establishing Superga as a worldwide brand.

Jamming from a garden cabin, Devon trio Dal offer a fresh, contemporary take on jazz and hip hop with debut single ‘Those Days’.

A multi-faceted artist spanning from graphic design to exhibiting at the Venice Biennale, Pino Pascali in just 10 years of career managed to create an impressive body of work that makes him one of the most unique and fascinating Italian pop artists of the 1960s. We talked to Claudia Lodolo – painter and daughter of Pascali’s collaborator Sandro – about the artist’s intimate life and his lesser-known but extremely valuable and pioneering work in advertising with Lodolo Films.

Born from the ashes of Columbia University 1968 student riots on racial rights, the Weather Underground organization was a radical white movement that sided the Black Panthers and tried to put an end to American society’s imperialism and racism through an attempted revolution.

Italia 70 is a series of stories exploring the music that soundtracked the Years of Lead, the turbulent and overtly politicised times that left an indelible mark in Italian history. Lorenzo Cibrario leads us through the maze-like alleys of Genoa among Lambretta-riding Red Brigades terrorists and mysterious Pakistani funk musician Ramasandiran Somusundaram.

Milan-based musician and synth-collector ItalOscillazioni curated a playlist of Italo Disco gems and talked to Synaesthetic Magazine about his artistic vision.