Exhibition in Cairo pays tribute to Alessandro Monti
(AGI) Cairo, July 2 - The Italian Cultural Institute in Cairohas paid tribute to Alessandro Monti with an exhibition thatretraces the creative life of this Italian designer. Under thetitle "Alessandro Monti. Italian design on Egyptian textiles",the event was organised in collaboration with collector andcurator Francis Amin. Born in Naples in 1925, Monti moved toEgypt with his family at an early age. He first lived in Suezand later in Alexandria, where he died on June 4, 2015. Hiscareer began in 1956 with the application to local fabrics ofItalian designs combined with traditional