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" Image courtesy of Fornasetti Can one help but smile at the whimsical designs of Piero Fornasetti? The sculptor, painter, decorator, craftsman, film director, stage designer and engraver produced some 13,000 decorative objects throughout his career, and much of his glorious illustrations and furniture go on display in Paris this week in a remarkable retrospective.  Curated by his son Barnaba, the exhibition features over 1,000 pieces and explores everything from Piero\u2019s beginnings as a painter, his opera singer muse Lina Cavalieri whose face and luscious lips now adorn plates and candles, to his original interior-design collaborations with architect Gio Ponti.\u00A0 Piero Fornasetti, \u201CUccelli\u201C (birds), print proof, colour on paper, 1950s. Image courtesy of Fornasetti If you\u2019re not heading to Paris any time soon, Thames &amp;amp;amp; Hudson have published Fornasetti: Designer of Dreams and Cabinets of Curiosities, which features an array of his famous themes and variations, and a full chronology of Fornasetti\u2019s life and work. \u2018Piero Fornasetti: The Practical Madness\u2019 exhibition runs from 11 March to 14 June at Les Arts D\u00E9coratifs, Paris (lesartsdecoratifs.fr). \u2018Fornasetti: Practical Madness\u2019 by Patrick Mauries (Thames &amp;amp;amp; Hudson). \u00A0*** MORE BAZAAR ART \u00A0Preview: street artist Slinkachu\u2019s new exhibition Miniaturesque\u00A0Preview: the Ivy\u2019s auction at Sotheby\u2019s \u00A0Keep up with Bazaar\u2019s art channel \u00A0 "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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