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Jacques Henri Lartigue
JACQUES HENRI LARTIGUE PHOTOGRAPHER The Bagatti Valsecchi Museum hosts again contemporary photography: in fact the art of Jacques Henri Lartigue will be the protagonist, from September 29th to November 26th 2017, of a small, but important, international exhibition which narrates the French photographer through his photos.

Contemporary art: exhibitions not to be missed in October 2017
Looking for the best contemporary art exhibitions from September 2017?This post was originally created to share a selection of must-see shows in Italy and Europe during that month. While the original list is no longer available, you can still explore some of the most important names in contemporary art on the blog. Discover artists, exhibitions, […]


Exhibitions October 2017: exhibitions you can’t miss
EXHIBITIONS OCTOBER 2017: EXHIBITIONS YOU CAN’T MISS A list of exhibitions you can’t miss in October 2017. Old exhibitions and new exhibitions, 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 which are […]


Rules of Engagement: Mark Jenkins and Rero in Milan
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT: MARK JENKINS AND RERO IN MILAN Wunderkammern starts the new artistic season in its Milan venue with the show Rules of Engagement by artists Mark Jenkins and Rero. Mark Jenkins (USA, 1970) is famous for his hyperrealistic sculptures of persons, animals and objects placed in the urban space. Rero’s (France, 1983) work […]





Contemporary art: exhibitions not to be missed in September 2017
Looking for the best contemporary art exhibitions from September 2017?This post was originally created to share a selection of must-see shows in Italy and Europe during that month. While the original list is no longer available, you can still explore some of the most important names in contemporary art on the blog. Discover artists, exhibitions, […]


Exhibitions 2017: exhibitions you can’t miss in September
EXHIBITIONS 2017: EXHIBITIONS YOU CAN’T MISS IN SEPTEMBER A list of exhibitions you can’t miss in September 2017. Old exhibitions and new exhibitions, 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 which are […]


History of costume starting from Giorgione’s masterpiece
HISTORY OF COSTUME STARTING FROM A MASTERPIECE BY GIORGIONE The Castelfranco Madonna, Giorgione’s masterpiece, will be the starting point for an exhibition illustrating the history of costume and fabric. The exhibition entitled “The textures of Giorgione” will start from the rooms of the Museo Casa Giorgione (Giorgione House Museum) and will continue outside, in different […]


Lombards on exhibition
THE LOMBARDS ON EXHIBITION IN PAVIA, IN NAPLES AND IN SAINT PETERSBURG The most important exhibition on the Lombards has started in 2017 and for 10 months will illustrate the history of a people which has changed the history. It will be on view in Pavia, later in Naples and, in the end, at the […]


History of fashion: an exhibition
HISTORY OF FASHION IN THE ARTS OF THE LATE 19TH CENTURY Paintings, sculptures, fans and period dresses will trace, in the rooms of the Züst Art Gallery, located in Rancate in the near Ticino, a crucial phase in history of fashion. In the late 19th century women felt the need to “be fashionable” even outside […]


Surprise collection with Art Bag
SURPRISE COLLECTION WITH ART BAG If one of your dreams is to own an art collection like that of Peggy Guggenheim, then we probably have two things in common: 1 – the desire to have a collection of works of art; 2 – the conviction that we don’t have enough money even for the first […]


Van Gogh in Italy
VAN GOGH EXHIBITION IN ITALY. BETWEEN WHEAT AND SKY THE EXHIBITION-EVENT IN VICENZA The arrival of Van Gogh’s works in Italy will be the greatest event dedicated to the Dutch painter ever organized in Italy. Never have so many works been exhibited: 40 paintings and 85 drawings to know the life and the works of Van Gogh. […]


Exhibitions 2017: exhibitions you can’t miss in August
EXHIBITIONS 2017: EXHIBITIONS YOU CAN’T MISS IN AUGUST A list of exhibitions you can’t miss in August 2017. Old exhibitions and new exhibitions, 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 which are […]


Caravaggio on exhibition in Milan
CARAVAGGIO ON EXHIBITION IN MILAN One of the most long-awaited exhibitions of autumn 2017 is the exhibition dedicated to Caravaggio in Milan. It doesn’t often happen that you have the chance to admire so many works by Michelangelo Merisi all together. The exhibition Inside Caravaggio housed at the Palazzo Reale (the Royal Palace) in Milan […]


Didactic workshop: contemporary art for children
DIDACTIC WORKSHOPS: CONTEMPORARY ART FOR CHILDREN After telling you what books I use to introduce “my princesses” to art, in this post I’ll explain what didactic workshops organized in Venice by the Pinault Foundation to introduce children to contemporary art are. In fact, until December 3rd 2017 “Treasure from the Wreck of the Unbelievable”, crazy […]


Monet in Rome
MONET IN ROME Every year an exhibition dedicated to Monet is arranged, but the one which is about to arrive in Rome on October 19th at the Complesso del Vittoriano in Rome promises to be different from the others. On view about 60 works painted by the father of Impressionism, coming from the Musée Marmottan Monet […]


Robert Capa in Italy
ROBERT CAPA IN ITALY 1943-1944 Robert Capa in Italy 1943-1944 is the exhibition which displays the photos of the father of photojournalism. His life was intense as I told you in the post dedicated to the beginning of Robert Capa’s career and his love story with another great photographer, Gerda Taro.


Jack Jano. Law of Superposition
JACK JANO. LAW OF SUPERPOSITION IN VENICE During my visit to the Venice Biennale I discovered Jack Jano. In addition to several events and 4 good reasons to go to the Venice Biennale 2017, walking around the city and finding some exhibitions, maybe small but very interesting, has never been so fun. While I was wandering, […]





Contemporary art: exhibitions not to be missed in July 2017
These exhibitions from past months and years are now part of our memories – beautiful, of course, but no longer visitable.Yet if you’ve landed here, it means your curiosity for new artworks and new artists is very much alive. And rightly so: art belongs to the present, it shifts, transforms and keeps surprising us. Don’t […]


An exhibition dedicated to Lady Diana
AN EXHIBITION DEDICATED TO LADY DIANA IN TURIN In Turin an exhibition dedicated to Lady Diana to understand her importance of her figure at the end of the 20th century. 20 years have passed since that tragic accident which, on August 31st 1997, caused the death of Diana Spencer, which moved the public opinion, and […]
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Kandinsky and Italy: a journey through colours and revolutions


Giacomo Balla, a universe of light in Parma


From the Land of the Rising Sun to Bologna: why you can’t miss the Graphic Japan exhibition
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