An essayist and a storyteller, he teaches at IED in Florence, at the Holden School of Turin and at Ca' Foscari University in Venice. A translator from English and French, he collaborates with several publishing houses and he often appears on stage with singers, actors and musicians in theaters, art galleries, gardens and historical buildings. He worked for Radio 3 and he has curated exhibitions for Museo Ferragamo, Museo MAN, Biblioteca Braidense, Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze. Many of his most recent books are focused on history of art and pop culture, including: Ziggy Stardust. La vera natura dei sogni (ADD), Teatri d'amore (Nottetempo), L'ultima regina di Firenze (Bompiani), L'uccello del Paradiso (Fandango), Rinascimento Babilonia (Marsilio), Bompiani Story (Bompiani), Stregherie (Skira) and La vita è terribile e divertente. Vanessa Bell (Electa).

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