Isabella Ducrot
Visual artist
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Oct 15, 2026
Isobel GilesHOST
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Isobel GilesHOST
[instrumental music] Isabella Ducrot is an artist and writer based in Rome.
Isobel GilesHOST
Born in Naples in 1931, she survived the bombing of the city in the Second World War, a secret battle with tuberculosis, and a world that expected her to marry well and want nothing more.
Isobel GilesHOST
She has traveled to India over 60 times and across Central Asia, collecting antique textiles in markets from Kashmir to Kabul.
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Isabella DucrotGUEST
Molto napoletana.
Isobel GilesHOST
I think in English the closest we get is the art of making do or the art of getting by.
Isobel GilesHOST
Isabella Ducrot, thank you for your time and for letting us follow the thread of such a remarkable life.
Isobel GilesHOST
It has been a rare and moving thing to talk with you about trama in your own words.