One of the most renowned contemporary Italian sculptors, Arnaldo Pomodoro, passed away in Milan on the day he would have turned 99. He was most known for his bronze spheres depicting sophisticated interior mechanics, which have been exhibited in numerous locations in Italy and abroad, including the Farnesina Palace, the Vatican Museums, and Trinity College in Dublin, as well as other sculptures such as the Disco Grande, which is currently on display in Milan's Piazza Meda. Pomodoro, the older brother of sculptor Giorgio "Gio" Pomodoro, began his work as a surveyor before discovering a deep appreciation of metal and sculpture. Following an initial time as a goldsmith, he began to develop his first major shapes in the 1950s after relocating to Milan in 1954, when he began to weave his relief sign patterns, producing visual scenarios on the border between two-dimensional and three-dimensional spaces. "For me," remarked the artist, who was already over 90, "it was a very busy period of intellectual exchanges". He was one of the founders of the Continuità group, alongside Lucio Fontana. Today, his works are displayed all over the world. Pomodoro also taught briefly at the art departments of a number of American universities, including Stanford, California, Berkeley, and Mills College.