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ESCHER IN MILAN: THE EXHIBITION DEDICATED TO ESCHER WILL ARRIVE IN LOMBARDY Escher in Milan. Maurits Cornelis Escher is an artist who has been recently rediscovered in Italy. In the last few years this artist has been the protagonist of very successful exhibitions in Rome, then in Bologna and eventually in Treviso. I visited the […]

LAKE ISEO CHRISTO: A FLOATING PIER ON THE WATER Lake Iseo Christo. Have you ever imagined the sensation you have while walking on the water? Probably not. But artists are able to imagine impossible things and make them real. And Christo did it. From June 18th to July 3rd 2016 he will create one of […]

EXHIBITION BOSCH 2016: VISIONS OF AN ARTIST ON SHOW Hieronymus Bosch 2016. This year is dedicated to Hieronymus Bosch. On the occasion of the 5th centenary of the death of the visionary artist (he died in 1516), Europe will celebrate him with exhibitions and conferences. The first exhibition “Hieronymus Bosch. Visions of Genius” took place […]

ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE 2016: REPORTING FROM THE FRONT Architecture Biennale 2016. This year the Venice Biennale in dedicated to architecture and is directed by the Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena. I joined in the intense “giornate della Vernice”, and I told you on my social channel my impressions and my feelings, showing the first images. In this […]

Exhibitions 2016: exhibitions you can’t miss in June A list of exhibitions you can’t miss in June 2016. Exhibitions and new exhibitions are finishing, shows that I’ve seen, and I want to see exhibitions. Aspect to read your opinions in the comments and reviews on the exhibitions you have seen and the shows that you recommended and […]

ROLLI IN GENOA: DESCRIBE YOUR ROLLI AND WIN A SPECIAL EVENING IN GENOA Rolli in Genoa. In 2016 Genoa will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage of the Sistema dei Palazzi dei Rolli (the Palazzi dei Rolli system) in Genoa. To celebrate this important event the Municipality of Genoa […]

EXHIBITIONS MART ROVERETO. ALL THE EVENTS FROM DIVISIONISM TO FUTURISM. Exhibitions Mart Rovereto. 2016 in Trentino Alto-Adige is characterized by a series of cultural events which, until the end of the year, will describe the historical period in which modern painting in Italy was born. In Rovereto, from the Mart Museum to the Casa d’Arte […]

BLOGGER FACES: MY FACE ON EXHIBITION Blogger Faces. At the beginning of my adventure as a blogger, Tiziano M. Todi, gallerist of the Galleria Vittoria in Rome, sent me an e-mail and suggested that I should become the subject of a photo shoot by Elena Datrino, who was creating a collection of portraits of some […]

Things to see in Pistoia: Italy’s Capital of Culture for 2017. Things to see in Pistoia. The 2016 Italian Capital of Culture is Mantua, a Renaissance masterwork, but Pistoia will be Italy’s Capital of Culture for 2017. And the city is ready to be discovered. I talked about my journey to Mantua and things you […]

PHOTOGRAPHS BY HELMUT NEWTON: AN EXHIBITION IN VENICE Photographs by Helmut Newton. From April 7th to August 7th 2016, the exhibition “Photographs by Helmut Newton” will show, for the first time in Venice, over 200 photos by Helmut Newton, one of the most important and celebrated photographers in the 20th century. The exhibition is the […]

List of the most visited museums in the world and in Italy in 2015 Most visited museums. The list of 10 most visited museums in the world has arrived on time even this year. The ninth annual edition of the list compiled by il Giornale dell’arte and The Art Newspaper shows a crisis in European cultural tourism, […]

Zandomeneghi exhibition in Padua: from Canova to the Impressionists. Zandomeneghi exhibition in Padua. Zandomeneghi was a painter who lived an adventurous life and developed a restless artistic creativity. He was the protagonist of an extraordinary season of the Italian painting in the 19th century. Palazzo Zabarella in Padua will host a great retrospective exhibition dedicated to Federico […]

  Genesis. A journey to the origins of the world by Sebastiao Salgado Genesis by Sebastiao Salgado. Sebastiao Salgado is the most important documentary photographer of our time, and Genesis is his latest work. His photos are on display in Genoa at the Doge’s Palace. The exhibition emphasizes the need to protect our planet, to change our […]

Storie dell’Impressionismo a Treviso (history of impressionism in Treviso) Exhibition dedicated to Impressionism in Treviso. In a few months Treviso will host an exhibition dedicated to Impressionism which will bring to Italy 120 works with the aim of illustrating the history of Impressionism through its artists. On view works by Manet, Degas, Renoir, Monet, Pissarro, […]

Imagine. New imagery in Italian art 1960-1969 Exhibition Imagine at the Guggenheim Collection. The Peggy Guggenheim Collection is probably my favourite museum of contemporary art in Italy, and I visit it many times a year. There’s always an interesting exhibition on view at the museum, and there are always new aspects to discover in the […]

Robert Capa in Italy 1943-1944 Robert Capa in Italy. Some people consider Robert Capa the father of photojournalism, whilst other people consider him the man who renovated it. Certainly, he was a great photographer, who lived most of his life on the battlefield, not to fight but to document events and pain caused by war. […]

The Venice Biennale. The 15TH International Architecture exhibition. The 2016 Biennale Architettura in Venice. On May 28th 2016 the 15th International Exhibition of Architecture in Venice will be open to the public and for six months it will show to a wide public what improving the quality of life through the architecture means. The title […]

Collectors and Futurists Collectors and Futurists. The centenary of Umberto Boccioni’s death has awakened great interest in this important 20th century artist, but also in Futurism. 2016 have already been characterized by a strong interest in the exhibition dedicated to Boccioni himself at the Palazzo Reale in Milan (to which I dedicated the post Boccioni. […]

The Macchiaioli. The collections revealed Macchiaioli in Rome. It is certainly interesting to know an artistic movement such as the movement of the Macchiaioli, but to discover the works within the context of the private collections that originally held them is fascinating. The exhibition dedicated to the Macchiaioli arranged in Rome at the Chiostro del […]

My visit to the exhibition dedicated to Boccioni in Milan Exhibition Boccioni in Milan. On the centenary of Umberto Boccioni’s death, Milan hosts an exhibition which retraces, in a new and original way, the artistic path of one of the main artists of the 20th century. I took part in a reserved visit, just a […]