Christo's Floating Piers as Tourism Model, Alberto Cavallari Dies, Smart Cities in Focus

The Corriere della Sera has cited Christo's upcoming installation The Floating Piers on Lake Iseo as a model for a radical overhaul of Italian tourism policy, arguing that the project has already sparked global interest in the Sebino region. The work, consisting of 70,000 square meters of yellow fabric, will connect Montisola to the mainland for only 16 days in June 2016. Separately, painter Alberto Cavallari has died at 91; La Stampa reports that in the 1990s he donated to the city of Carpi drawings he made around 1944 in the Lager where he was imprisoned, depicting dramatic scenes of camp life and death. La Repubblica covers smart cities, noting Singapore's water-saving systems and New York's plan to provide 10,000 public Wi-Fi stations by 2025, while Italian experts say the country is catching up, citing Pisa as an example.