In conversation with... Italo-Australian artist Wilma Tabacco

By Benedetta Ferrara
Published 3 years, 3 months ago

I find myself lost in narrow corridors, between frames protected by plastic casings, silently making my way towards a room with an extraordinarily high ceiling, surrounded by slender windows; to welcome me is the scent of painting, the disorder that gives life to creative inspiration, her hospitable smile.

Wilma Tabacco. (Photo: Benedetta Ferrara)

Wilma Tabacco hosts me in her art studio, where she has breathed life into works that have been displayed in ...

By Benedetta Ferrara

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Benedetta Ferrara is a local news reporter for Il Globo and La Fiamma.

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In conversation with... Italo-Australian artist Wilma Tabacco

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