Tirana – Gaetano Pesce: Drawing Life, curated by Maria Cristina Didero and Francesca Molteni, is the first exhibition in Albania dedicated to one of the most radical and uncompromising figures in Italian and international architecture and design. Presented at the COD – Centre for Openness and Dialogue in Tirana, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Tirana and developed with the artist's New York studio, the exhibition runs from 4 June to 4 July and brings together works on paper alongside a selection of objects and architectural models. It is organised as part of Italian Culture Week in Albania, in collaboration with the Italian Embassy in Tirana and Albania's Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport. Rather than following a chronological order, the exhibition is structured around three sections: Life, Humanity and Architecture. In Life, objects appear bodily and fragile — lamps resemble garments, furniture seems to breathe. In Humanity, figures are distorted or incomplete, asserting design as an ethical act inseparable from the conflicts and inequalities of its time. In Architecture, buildings behave less like monuments than like organisms: towers grow unevenly, floor plans fragment, structures resist symmetry. The project is accompanied by a new video portrait drawn from footage shot in 2017 during the making of SuperDesign. Italian Radical Design 1965–75 by Maria Cristina Didero and Francesca Molteni, also directed by Molteni. Through Pesce's own voice, the film traces the convictions that sustained his work: the value of imperfection, the necessity of taking a stand, the idea that every form carries meaning and responsibility. His drawings function as proposals, provocations and, at times, warnings. His lines waver, bleed and misbehave. They tell the truth. (9Colonne)