Matera

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17/01/2024
Matera: the City of Stone and the Treasure of its Rock Churches

Ancient dwellings carved into the tuff. A deep ‘valley’ (ravine) crossed by a stream. Roofs that become floors for the dwellings on the upper levels. A dense network of alleys, and the impression of walking ina papier-mâché nativity scene. All this is Matera, in Basilicata, European Capital of Culture 2019, whose rock churches and famous […]

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04/05/2018
Matera what to see: all the museums to visit

MATERA WHAT TO SEE: ALL THE MUSEUMS TO VISIT Matera, what to see to discover the culture and art of the European Capital of Culture. You never really know a city until you have entered at least one of its museums, because it’s the only way to know its history and its present. Visiting the museums […]

Tickets

Alphonse Mucha Reverie 1897 icon-biglietto-disponibile Biglietti disponibili
event 08 Oct 2025 - 08 Mar 2025
Beauty according to Mucha on display in Rome
Palazzo Bonaparte, Rome
Kandinsky e l’Italia mostra icon-biglietto-disponibile Biglietti disponibili
event 30 Nov 2025 - 12 Apr 2026
Kandinsky and Italy: a journey through colours and revolutions
MA*GA Museum, Gallarate (VA)
GIACOMO BALLA UN UNIVERSO DI LUCE mostra icon-biglietto-disponibile Biglietti disponibili
event 10 Oct 2025 - 01 Feb 2026
Giacomo Balla, a universe of light in Parma
Parma, Palazzo del Governatore
Graphic Japan mostra Bologna
event 20 Nov 2025 - 06 Apr 2026
From the Land of the Rising Sun to Bologna: why you can’t miss the Graphic Japan exhibition

Magazines

Jago artist
Interview with Jago: art, vision and the courage to create – STUDI D’ARTISTA
MARIO STEFANO artista
Mario Stefano and art that resists the digital image – ARTIST’S STUDIOS
Mauro Patta murales
In the works of Mauro Patta: murals, identity and Sardinian memory – ARTIST STUDIES
Giotto predica agli uccelli di San Francesco
Giotto and the stories of St. Francis in Assisi

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In this blog, I don't explain the history of art — I tell the stories that art itself tells.

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