Paola Masino's Tarot Card Collection at Palazzo Braschi

Palazzo Braschi in Rome hosts an exhibition of Paola Masino's collection of over 200 playing cards, including Tarot, French, and Neapolitan decks, created by artists such as Carla Accardi, Alberto Burri, Pietro Consagra, Primo Conti, Carlo Carrà, Massimo Campigli, Giuseppe Capogrossi, Corrado Cagli, Jean Fautrier, Jean Cocteau, Carlo Levi, Renato Guttuso, Enrico Prampolini, Fausto Pirandello, and Graziana Pentich. Commissioned by Masino from the 1940s to the 1980s, these cards reflect her extensive network in the art world. The exhibition also features previously unexhibited portraits of Masino by artists like Achille Funi, Filippo de Pisis, and Alberto Salietti. Masino (Pisa, 1908 – Rome, 1989) was a writer and intellectual known for her avant-garde works like 'Nascita e morte della massaia' (1945), often censored during Fascist Italy. The show highlights her enigmatic personality, described by Graziana Pentich as a 'mysterious sorceress, Sibyl, diviner of unfathomable ways.'