Intimate Relations: The Milanese home of gallerist Antonio Tabarelli de Fatis

In the Isola district of Milan, the 100 m² apartment of Antonio Tabarelli de Fatis (co-owner, with his brother Jacopo, of the hybrid gallery-showroom Spazio RT) is a refined cultural project that balances architecture, art, and authorial design. A minimal renovation introduces two key elements — a Valchromat-clad pillar that discreetly houses the refrigerator and separates kitchen from living area, and a slim partition that organises the open-plan day zone — to amplify spatial generosity without enclosures.

A carefully edited selection of pieces (Cappellini prototypes, Luigi Caccia Dominioni and Afra & Tobia Scarpa furniture, Francesco Librizzi’s new Scarlatta bookcase, Vico Magistretti’s Carimate armchair and more) dialogues with 17th-century tapestries, antique paintings and Futurist sculptures. Light flows freely, hierarchies dissolve, and every object serves the space rather than dominating it, creating an intimate, ever-evolving domestic gallery where art and daily life coexist in perfect equilibrium.