GA&A

One of the most widely-read Italian writers of all time, she is the author of “Follow Your Heart”, a publishing success that sold over 18 million copies around the world. A thirty-year career marked by an invisible syndrome that was not diagnosed until four years ago: the Asperger syndrome. An intimate and witty portrait of Susanna Tamaro, who for the first time talks about herself with no holds barred.

For centuries, art has stylised violence against women - and called it beauty. Proserpina (or Persephone) frees herself from Pluto's grip and leads us through masterpieces from antiquity to the present day: from Roman sarcophagi to Bernini, from Artemisia Gentileschi to Marina Abramović. This journey through art history opens up new perspectives on the representation of sexual violence in art.

Crushed by corruption and poverty, economic sanctions and hyperinflation, Venezuela, the world's oil-richest country, is on the verge of collapse. Twenty years after Hugo Chávez's revolution, the country has become the scene of a geopolitical power game: The United States, Russia and China are facing off in a new Cold War.