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Alvise Vivarini Alvise Vivarini was born between 1442 and 1453 in Venice.He trained in the family workshop with his father Antonio Vivarini and his uncle Bartolomeo, specializing in altarpiece painting.

An exhibition dedicated to Aldus Manutius and the Renaissance in Venice  Aldus Manutius’s exhibition. In 2015 the 500th anniversary of the death of Aldus Manutius, the most important printer in the history, who transformed Venice into the international capital of printing, was celebrated. The celebration of this anniversary will end this year with an exhibition at the Gallerie dell’Accademia […]

The Blog’s third birthday Among an exhibition, a museum, an event and a preview, and almost without realizing it, today we celebrate the blog’s third birthday. That’s right! Three years ago I decided to start a blog in order to write what was happening to me and what I couldn’t find on the Web. In […]

  Exhibitions 2016: exhibitions you can’t miss in April A list of exhibitions you can’t miss in April 2016. As always, I invite you all to write your own comments about the exhibitions you recommend to visit.

Happy Easter everyone 🙂

Banksy and the Street Art on exhibition in Bologna Street Art in Bologna. When someone talks about Street Art, we soon think about a group of artists who, since the latest 1960s have used the streets to create innovative works of art; but thanks to the web have soon become representative of historic period we […]

Hopper on exhibition in Bologna Hopper on exhibition in Bologna. According to some people Edward Hopper is a story teller, according to other people he’s the only artist capable of understanding ordinary life. But he himself defined his artistic path. “If I could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint”- E. […]

Frida Kahlo arrives in Agrigento. Photos by Leo Matiz. Frida’s passion. The photographic exhibition entitled Frida’s passion (until March 20th 2016) shows about 20 photos of Frida Kahlo taken by the Colombian photographer Leo Matiz, one of the most important photographer in the 20th century. He met Frida in Mexico City in 1940s, when the Country […]

A masterpiece by Bellini on view in Venice Giovanni Bellini in Venice. 500 years after the death of Giovanni Bellini, Venice celebrates him with a programme of a series of events in which the main cultural institutions will be involved. Conferences, exhibitions, and unusual itineraries will be organized to allow the public to know the […]

Boccioni in Milan Boccioni in Milan. A hundred years after the death of Umberto Boccioni, Milan celebrates the great artist with an exhibition devoted to his artistic path and his esteemed international reputation. The exhibition Umberto Boccioni (1882-1916): genius and memory will be on view at the Palazzo Reale (the Royal Palace) from March 23rd […]

Peggy Guggenheim Art Addict Peggy Guggenheim Art Addict. Seeing a preview of a movie is certainly a unique opportunity, but watching a private and exclusive show is something almost extraordinary, and it happened to me! A few days ago, thanks to a tweet, or maybe it was the hand of fate, I had the chance to […]

The Vivarini family: a family of artists on exhibition Vivarini family. An exhibition illustrating works by a family of artists is always something special, and the exhibition that has just been launched at Palazzo Sarcinelli in Conegliano, is one of these. As it happened for the exhibition held Bologna, dedicated to the Brueghel family, even […]

Affordable Art Fair 2016 Once again, this year the Affordable Art Fair returns to Milan so that you can discover the latest art trends in art world, meet gallerists and artists, but especially you can purchase pieces of art. The 2016 Affordable Art Fair will be held from 17 to 20 March at Superstudio Più […]

EXHIBITIONS 2016: exhibitions you can’t miss in March A list of exhibitions you can’t miss in March 2016, three of which will be opened this month and are really longed-for (you’ll find them at the end of the post). As always, I invite you all to write your own comments about the exhibitions you recommend […]

Piero della Francesca in Forlì Piero della Francesca. The exhibition entitled Piero della Francesca. A survey on a myth is one of the most longed-for exhibitions in 2016, as I said in advance it would be the great event taking place in the Musei di San Domenico in Forlì. As always, the title of the exhibition arranged […]

3 good reasons to visit the exhibition entitled “Postwar Era: a recent history. Tributes to Jack Tworkov and Claire Falkenstein” curated by Luca Massimo Barbero. Postwar Era – The concept of Art often varies from one person to another. Even thought you are an expert in art and you want to visit an exhibition of contemporary […]

A new blog Welcome everybody! It’s a great pleasure for me to welcome you all to my brand new blog! I have been thinking about a new look for my blog for a long time in order to make it more captivating and simpler to use. Here is my new blog! It has been a […]

Symbolism on exhibition in Milan. Good and Evil, Light and Darkness, Love and Death. Each dark side and fears of Symbolism are on display in Milan until 5 June 2016. The exhibition is entitled “Symbolism. Art in Europe from Belle Époque to World War I”. It is the first great exhibition held in Palazzo Reale […]

ALDO MANUZIO. THE RENAISSANCE IN VENICE. Some information on the exhibition Aldo Manuzio. The exhibition entitled “Aldo Manuzio. The Renaissance in Venice” is on view from 19 March 2016 to 19 June 2016 at the Academia Gallery in Venice. It is dedicated to the central importance of books in the history of European and Western culture. At […]

THE SPLENDOUR OF VENICE IN BRESCIA. Some information on the exhibition. Martinengo Place in Brescia houses a new exhibition, which celebrates The Splendour of Venice and its undying myth in the collective unconscious. The exhibition displays more than one hundred masterpieces by Canaletto, Bellotto, Guardi and paintings by the most important eighteenth and nineteenth-century vedutisti […]