The exhibition, “Ho visto un re” was inaugurated September 19 in Milan’s Palazzo Reale; its name comes from an Enzo Jannacci song, set to the words of Dario Fo. “Ho visto un re” was curated by Davide Quadrio and Massimo Torrigiani, and included nine artists that interpreted Alcantara, a new generation of material that is not a textile, but chemically created to resemble a sort of velvet used in furnishings, interiors, fashion and accessories. The exhibition was divided into thematic installations that followed a series of imaginary atmospheres, emblematically transformed thanks to a series of mobile panels of exotic images, like those of Francesco Simeti, which depict Marco Polo’s voyage to Xanadu. Designer Arthur Arbesser depicted the story of the Frog Prince with a fountain covered in Alcantara printed with clouds, and the Emperor’s New Clothes with six, life-sized chess pieces bearing Alcantara accessories that he designed.