A curation by Flavio Scaloni, Gallery Manager at Galerie Lo Scalo - The theme of the Cabinet of Curiosities, or Wunderkammer, is a rich source of inspiration because it represents an essential human desire to collect, categorize, and condense the cosmos into a private space. It is a potent symbol of microcosm, memory, encyclopedic knowledge, and the marvelous. Psychologically, it reflects an impulse to control and organize the chaos of the world through obsessive accumulation. This legacy has been profoundly influential in 20th and 21st-century art, providing a framework for assemblage. A key figure in this tradition is Joseph Cornell (1903–1972), whose intimate box constructions, such as Untitled (Medici Princess) (c. 1945), function as miniature, personal cabinets filled with found objects and ephemera. Post-1950, the theme is reinterpreted by artists who explore meticulous displays of organic materials. The contemporary artist Claire Morgan (born 1980) creates beautiful, unsettling suspended sculptures of taxidermy animals and objects, serving as fleeting, often morbid, modern Wunderkammer displays. The world-famous photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto engages with the concept through his Diorama series (1976–present), photographing museum exhibits to challenge the viewer’s perception of collected reality.