Museums and galleries

THE SPINOLA PALACE IN GENOA I’ve already told you that Genoa amazed me when I talked about my visit to the Palazzi dei Rolli. If I had to write a post for each palace, monument, square and church this city keeps, I would start a new blog. I visited Genoa twice last year, and I still have […]

“I never hated a man enough to give him diamonds back.” – Zsa Zsa Gabor THE MUSEUM OF BROKEN RELATIONSHIPS There are several museums in the world, maybe too many, but sometimes I discover a new museum and I find it poetic. It happened to me when I got an email informing me that in […]

THE MART IN ROVERETO The Mart in Rovereto. The first museum of Trentino I visited was the Mart, the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto, and it seemed odd at that time (it was 2002 and the museum had just been inaugurated) that Rovereto had invested in culture with a challenging project. The […]

5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT SISTINE CHAPEL Sistine Chapel, the main chapel in the Palace of the Vatican, is named after the Pope Sixtus IV, who commissioned its creation. The Chapel was decorated with frescoes by the most important 15th- century and 16th- century artist, including Michelangelo, Perugino, and Botticelli. 5 things to know about […]

Florence is famous worldwide for being the birthplace of the Renaissance and for its museums, which house masterpieces by some of the most important artists of all time. Among its museums, the most important and famous in the world is the Uffizi Gallery. At the bottom of the post, you will find information on how […]

ANCIENT ROME: THE ARCHAELOGICAL SITE OF THE CIRCUS MAXIMUS AND THE IMPERIAL FORA Rome still boasts a lot of marvels waiting to be discovered not only by archaeologists but especially by visitors and citizens, so that they can understand the real wealth and the elegance of this city. If you have the chance to spend […]

FREE MUSEUMS IN MILAN: THE MUSEUMS TO VISIT FOR FREE ALL YEAR ROUND Free museums in Rome. Visiting museums is good, but sometimes the ticket price can be too high, especially for those who want to enjoy this moment with their family. My search for free museums starts from Milan, where there are several museums […]

FREE MUSEUMS IN MILAN: THE MUSEUMS TO VISIT FOR FREE ALL YEAR ROUND Free museums in Milan. Visiting museums is good, but sometimes the ticket price can be too high, especially for those who want to enjoy this moment with their family. My search for free museums starts from Milan, where there are several museums […]

CASA D’ARTE FUTURISTA DEPERO Located in the historic centre of medieval Rovereto, the Casa d’Arte Futurista Depero forms an integral part of the Mart. The result of a highly original vision on the part of the local-born Fortunato Depero, this is the only Futurist museum in Italy.

WHAT TO SEE AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM: ALL THE ARTWORKS YOU CAN’T MISS What to see at the British Museum. Boasting more than 250 years of history, the British Museum is the second most visited museum in the world. It houses almost 6 million objects, and in this post I’ll briefly tell you the history […]

  MUSEUMS IN UDINE: GUEST FOR A DAY AT THE CIVIC MUSEUMS IN UDINE I do love losing myself in small cities, those cities you can visit in a day, wandering around a square, going to a museum, to a café or to a bookshop. We’re always in a hurry, I know, and we haven’t […]

WHAT TO SEE INSIDE THE VATICAN MUSEUMS: ALL THE WORKS YOU CAN’T MISS What to see inside the Vatican Museums. Crowds of tourists visiting the Vatican Museums go directly to the Sistine Chapel, and they often avoid a detour that could make them lose some time, but that perhaps could allow them to admire calmly […]

THE MUNICIPAL ART GALLERY OF ANCONA: “LA FABBRICA DEL CINEMA” (“THE FACTORY OF CINEMA”) ENTERS A MUSEUM Ancona, Italy. On July 9th 2016 the Municipal Art Gallery of Ancona, Italy, finally opened to the public after 4 years. Works by Titian, Sebastiano del Piombo, Lorenzo Lotto and many more are now on view. A fascinating […]

VISITING THE VATICAN MUSEUMS: WHAT TO KNOW BEFORE ENTERING Visiting the Vatican Museums. The Vatican Museums consist of kilometres of artistic itineraries inside the fourth most visited museum complex in the world, according to the list of the most visited museums in 2015. The history of the Vatican Museums dates back to more than 500 […]

5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT CHAPEL OF SANSEVERO IN NAPLES In Naples, near Piazza San Domenico (San Domenico Square), there’s the Chapel of Sansevero. It is a 16th- century building, completely restored by Prince Raimondo di Sangro during the 18th century, that houses some marvellous works of art. 5 things to know about the Chapel […]

THE PEGGY GUGGENHEIM COLLECTION IN VENICE: A COLLECTION PEGGY BUILT UP WITH ALL HER HEART AND SOUL When you enter the first room of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection you feel like you’re inside a house born to be a museum. In this post I’ll explain why Peggy committed herself heart and soul to this collection […]

THE MUSEUM OF PRECINEMA IN PADUA: DREAMS AND VISIONS BEFORE THE INVENTION OF CINEMA The Museum of Precinema in Padua. It doesn’t often happen that you can observe at a short distance the objects and instruments illustrating the birth of cinema. There’s a place where you can do that: the Museum of Precinema in Padua. […]

The Musée Besançon Musée de Besançon. Some time ago I wrote about the arrival in Venice of the work which is probably the last painting by Giovanni Bellini, on exhibition on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the death of the artist. I had the chance to discover a museum I didn’t know, and […]

AMERICAN MUSEUMS: THE FIVE MOST LOVED MUSEUMS IN THE USA American museums. The USA is a big country where there are some of the most visited museums in the world, according to the annual list compiled by “The Art Newspaper” published last May. But it is the annual list compiled by TripAdvisor that tells us […]

PALAZZO TE Palazzo Te. One of the most pleasant experiences you might enjoy in Mantua is certainly a visit to the Palazzo Te. In the post in which I talked about my journey to Mantua I touched upon that this place is actually one of the masterwork of the city. Now it’s time for me to explain […]