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EXHIBITIONS 2017: EXHIBITIONS YOU CAN’T MISS IN JULY A list of exhibitions you can’t miss in July 2017. 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 […]

SWATCH WATCHES TO COLLECT: SWATCH AT THE VENICE BIENNALE Swatch watches have marked some of the most important landmarks in my life. It was a Swatch the first watch my parents bought me; I got many Swatch watches as a birthday present, and it’s a Swatch the watch I wear every day and I’m wearing […]

EVENTS IN VICENZA: ALL THE SCHEDULED EXHIBITIONS Vicenza is the city of Andrea Palladio, and going through its historic centre is equivalent to making a journey into the history of architecture and the history of the Veneto. Starting from Vicenza you can visit all the Palladian Villas, but you can also discover a territory which […]

All the destinations you can’t miss in one post! HERE YOU CAN FIND USEFUL INFORMATION AND CURIOSITIES ABOUT SEVERAL ITALIAN AND FOREIGN CITIES. What are the main stops, the most significant places, and the exhibitions to visit in the cities? I often write about cities I visit, and I’ve felt the urge to collect all […]

MILLIONS OF STEPS ALONG WITH DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS Vicenza is the Italian hub of illustration. From May 27th to June 25th 2017 Vicenza will host the third edition of Illustri Festival, an illustration festival, and will open the doors of its most prestigious monuments like Basilica Palladiana. 8 art exhibitions, 500 illustrators, almost 100 artists […]

MARK TOBEY. THREADING LIGHT AT THE PEGGY GUGGENHEIM COLLECTION Coffee is the common thread running through the museums, the collections and the cities I visited in this period, and the latest exhibition I saw at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, dedicated to the American artist Mark Tobey is no exception. The ritual of coffee is that […]

EXHIBITIONS 2017: EXHIBITIONS YOU CAN’T MISS IN JUNE A list of exhibitions you can’t miss in June 2017. 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 […]

VENICE BIENNALE 2017: WHY I DIDN’T LIKE IT AND WHY YOU MUST VISIT IT It may seem a strange thing that I write a bad review of the Venice Biennale 2017, and at the same time I suggest that you visit it. After the Biennale 2013, dedicated to artists and thinkers, and the Biennale 2015 […]

EVENTS IN VENICE: ALL THE SCHEDULED EXHIBITIONS Venice is a timeless and one-of- a-kind city, filled with museums and places to visit (first of all, the Doge’s Palace), but there are also a lot of events arranged in Venice. Any excuse to go to Venice, from the Biennale to the Venice Film Festival. In this post […]

VISITING THE VENICE BIENNALE: 5 THINGS TO KNOW To really understand creativity, architecture and contemporary art you must visit the Venice Biennale. During the Biennale the whole city of Venice is filled with excitement about new works on display, and several art lovers wander from a pavilion to a collateral event of the art exhibition […]

VENICE BIENNALE: HOW TO VISIT IT Every two years Venice becomes the world centre of contemporary art. This year the Venice Biennale (the 57th International Art Exhibition of Venice) will run from May 13th to November 26th 2017, and the theme chosen by the curator Christine Macel is VIVA ARTE VIVA. The exhibition doesn’t develop […]

JOYS AND PEETA: MY GOOD OLD HABITS Wunderkammern Milan present the exhibition “My good old habits” by Italian artists Joys and Peeta in its Milan venue. Joys (Padua, 1974) started his career as a writer in the ‘90s, focusing his research on lettering. Over time the letters have gone through a change which has transformed them […]

TREASURES FROM THE WRECK OF THE UNBELIEVABLE: DAMIEN HIRST IN VENICE Fake, myth, dream and illusion. These could be the key words of Damien Hirst’s great exhibition in Venice. Two exhibition spaces, Palazzo Grassi and Punta della Dogana, for a great event which has taken 10 years in the making, in which Damien Hirst displays a […]

A new exhibition at Fusion Art Gallery. SUMMIT FEVER, the new solo exhibition of Miriam Wuttke. Miriam Wuttke is a very exciting artist . She expresses herself through different media,  painting , installation and performance. She studied at first abstract painting at the art sudents league, then art therapy in combination with fine arts. Thus her work is […]

5 ITALIAN CITIES TO SEE IN 2017 Italy is the country which has the highest number of art cities in the world, where ancient and modern stories intertwine in alleys and squares, in palaces and historic shops throughout the peninsula. In Italy you may walk and savour sweets made like they did a century ago, […]

  EXHIBITIONS: MUST TO SEE IN MAY IN ITALY The list of exhibitions not to be missed in may. I look forward to read in the comments to know what you liked and what is not, but most are curious to know which shows you and suggested that you do not find in this list

Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. VI RACCONTO UN PO’ DI ME. COSA MI PIACE FARE NEL TEMPO LIBERO Mentre vi scrivo mi sto preparando per partecipare alla […]

FLOW, ITALIAN AND CHINESE CONTEMPORARY ART IN DIALOGUE A contemporary Palladio welcomes you with the works of Flow, Italian and Chinese contemporary art which are on exhibition in the hall of the Palladian Basilica in Vicenza from March 25th to May 7th 2017. Flow underlines the free flow of artistic expressions of two very different […]

THE PARISIAN NIGHTS OF TOULOUSE-LAUTREC Paris in the late 19th century; bohemian life, artists of Montmartre, the Moulin Rouge, theatres, prostitutes. This is the environment in which Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) lived and which he decided to portray, becoming, this way, the most famous exponent of that period. From April 1st 2017 a great exhibition […]

HIERONYMUS BOSCH IN VENICE  There’s an exhibition I haven’t talked about yet, but I put it in the list of the unmissable events in Italy. It’s an exhibition made up of visions, like those of the works on display. I’m referring to works by Hieronymus Bosch, the most mysterious and peculiar artist of the Renaissance, […]