Man Ray, born in Philadelphia in 1890 and deceased in Paris in 1976, born Emmanuel Radnitzky, was a pioneer of visual languages who - with his works - influenced contemporary art, photography, cinema, and fashion. Until January 11th, the Palazzo Reale in Milan will host an exhibition dedicated to him. The installation, which includes vintage photographs, drawings, lithographs, and films, chronicles the artist's creative career, as stated in the presentation, "who succeeded in blending elegance and irony, freedom and provocation". The exhibition includes self-portraits, where he plays with his chameleon-like identity, portraying himself as a priest or as the poet Walt Whitman, and portraits of intellectuals and friends such as André Breton, Pablo Picasso, Joan Mirò, and Marchesa Casati. A large section showcases his muses, from Kiki de Montparnasse, who posed in the famous nude 'Le Violon d’Ingres', to Lee Miller, Meret Oppenheim, Nusch Éluard, and Ady Fidelin, who in 1937 became the first Black model to appear in Harper’s Bazaar in a Man Ray photo series titled 'La mode au Congo'. Some have referred to Man Ray as a surrealist photographer, a Dadaist artist, an avant-garde filmmaker, and a painter. He was, in any case, a genius, and Italy is re-discovering him.