From Rome to Milan: Unfolded Ways Makes Its Entrance at the Historic Libreria Bocca

The story of an infinite city such as Rome deserves an exceptionalstage. Unfolded Ways. Rome as Never Read Before, D’ORO Collection’s sophisticated art volume dedicated to the Eternal City, has arrived in Milan to be leafed through in one of Italy’s mostbeautiful and iconic settings.

The volume is now available within the magnificent Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, welcomed into the spaces of a true cultural institution: Libreria Bocca, a jewel in the crown of Milan’scelebrated drawing room. 

Founded in 1775, Libreria Bocca is the oldest bookshop in Italy and has served for more than two centuries as a beacon for culture, art, and collecting. Recognised as one of Italy’s officially designatedHistoric Establishments, it is an essential destination for admirers of fine publishing.

Amid the historic bookshelves and eighteenth-century walls of this temple of publishing, an editorial project such as Unfolded Waysfinds its ideal setting.

Curated by Valentino Catricalà, Unfolded Ways. Rome as Never Read Before is an art volume that leads the reader through a journeyof discovery unfolding across 25 stages. Within its pages, works inspired by Rome by 25 international artists engage in dialogue with literary texts and evocative photographs of the city, offering a surprising and unprecedented vision of the Eternal City. The book isfurther enriched by the imaginative universe of the collective SquaryEyes. Their 25 paper theatres, faithful 1:100-scale tributes to the stage of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, emerge throughout the pages to create a paper world with a pop-inflected aesthetic, in whichRome is transformed into a captivating urban fairytale.

With its arrival at Libreria Bocca, this immersive journey dedicatedto Rome adds a new and distinguished stage in the heart of Milan, creating an ideal dialogue between two cities that have long preserved and reinvented Italy’s artistic heritage.

 We invite you to step through the doors of this remarkable bookshop and discover, page after page, this refined coffee table book, oureditorial tribute to the Eternal City, among the shelves of one of Italy’s most fascinating and storied cultural landmarks.