Il Messaggero | Day and Night | 30 April 2026

The Magic of Art and Glamour

International guests at Claudia Palmira’s vernissage in Pigneto

Artistic magic. A crowd of guests gathered for the opening of “Inner Calligraphics,” a solo exhibition by Claudia Palmira, an eclectic New York-born artist based in Rome, hosted at Alberto Di Fabio’s Studio DFB—one of the most recognized contemporary artists on the international scene, represented by the Gagosian Gallery. 

The setting is the trendy Pigneto district, a neighborhood beloved by Rome’s creative community. The atmosphere is lively and cosmopolitan. The street-side cocktail was arranged right in front of the building that, in 1945, served as the backdrop for a famous scene with Anna Magnani in Roberto Rossellini’s cult film Rome, Open City. 

The opening featured countless elements, making it an unusual and eclectic event, deeply driven by a passion for art. 

In a steady flow of arrivals, guests included director Tommaso Mottola di Amato, founder of Cinema, and his wife Gorila Musseth, a Norwegian actress; collector Giampiero Ruzzetti; Paolo Cremelli; Monica Cembalo Lefevre; and Celina Kimble. Also present were lawyers Giovanni Corrias Lucente, Carlo Macallini, and Francesco Di Majo, along with gallerist Massimiliano Padovani of Rome Art Week. 

All admired the works, which move between black-and-white and color, the result of Palmira’s twenty-year inner exploration developed through her time in Rome. 

Among glasses of wine, colorful cocktails, and peppered vegetable chips were jewelry designer Giulia Baccella; Lorenzo and Isia Pucci della Genga; and Giacomo Imperiali di Francavilla, Benedetti Lignani Marchese, who discussed the works with Mauro Benedetti, the artist’s husband, and the curator Mattia Andres. 

With a mood described as somewhere between Brooklyn and the East Village, the event also welcomed figures from the Californian art scene: Henry Taylor and Rory Howard, a prominent New York art advisor, along with Dutch art advisor Murielle Kockmann and French fashion designer Rosanna D’Adamo, a great admirer of Palmira’s artistic silk scarves.