Fornasetti Exhibit Opening Gathers Creative Types

CHANNELING CREATIVITY: A creative crowd turned out for a first peak of the “Piero Fornasetti: La Folie Pratique” exhibition at Les Arts Décoratifs in Paris Tuesday evening, but found the collection on show was so extensive and the crowd so dense that many said they would come back again for another look. “It’s like seeing the trailer for a movie,” said José Lévy. “It’s too busy, but it makes me want to see it all better, discover the stuff I don’t know.” The former Emanuel Ungaro artistic director, who has focused mainly on other areas of design in recent years, may have a new fashion project coming up, he admitted, but he was keeping mum on the details. Gustavo Lins described the exhibition, co-curated by the late artist and interior designer’s son Barnaba Fornasetti and Olivier Gabet, museum director of Les Arts Décoratifs, as “a lesson in creativity.” He was discovering Fornasetti’s paintings and collages for the first time. “I feel like I am literally in a dream world,” said Lins. “It makes me want to work, to pick up a paintbrush, a pencil, paper… and work.” Chantal Thomass, for her part, is already an avid fan and owns several of Fornasetti’s works. “I’ve got

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