We recently posted the updated rules and regulations for visiting the Uffizi Gallery, now it’s time to see the updated rules for visitors to the Vatican (museums and Sistine Chapel). As with the Uffizi list, much of this may seem common sense – some points, however, are less obvious, so here below is a list [...]
Milan exhibition – Alberto Savinio, ‘Comedy of Art’
February 28, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Alberto Savinio – ‘La Commedia dell’Arte’ Milan, Palazzo Reale, 25th February – 12th June 2011 Younger brother of Giorgio De Chirico, Alberto Savinio started painting relatively late in life, having already excelled in the fields of theatre, music and literature. He was friends with, amongst others, Apollinaire, Cocteau, Breton and Picasso. Exposed to the metaphysical [...]
Venice Carnival 2011 – the Gran Foyer
February 25, 2011 by Leave a Comment
If you’re in Venice for the Carnival then this may well be of interest to you … the opportunity to put yourself at centre-stage in Piazza San Marco – the Gran Foyer. Immerse yourself fully in the carnival atmosphere, up close to the main events, with a standard ticket or a ticket that allows access [...]
View the Last Supper ‘after hours’ and for longer
February 25, 2011 by Leave a Comment
We have finally managed to arrange some exclusive guided tours to view Da Vinci’s Last Supper in Milan. These tours are very limited in availability in that they take place once the venue is closed to the general public and because they offer a 30 minute viewing of the masterpiece as opposed to the standard [...]
Milan, Arcimboldo exhibition
February 24, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Arcimboldo, Artista Milanese – Milan, Palazzo Reale 10th Feb -22nd May 2011 Arcimboldo comes home. Fresh from the Washington National Gallery (where the show was entitled ‘Arcimboldo, 1526-1593: Nature and Fantasy’), this major exhibition is held in Arcimboldo’s home town, Milan, the city he retired to after serving as Court portraitist to Emperor Rudolf II [...]
Christian Rome and the catacombs
February 23, 2011 by Leave a Comment
We’ve just added a new 3 hour tour that has a theme of ‘Christian Rome’. This guided tour visits Santa Maria Maggiore and San Giovanni in Laterano (the ‘cathedral of Rome and of the world’), the ‘Holy Stairs’, the Appian Way, before going on to a guided tour ‘underneath’ Rome, the famous burial catacombs of [...]
The Uffizi Florence – rules and regulations
February 17, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Settle down at the back – this is a Public Service Announcement. Below are the official rules of behaviour (as of February 2011) for all visitors to the Uffizi Gallery. From the ‘durrrr’ (you may not touch the paintings) to the ‘damn’ (no photographs or videos), the following is a list of things forbidden: Touching [...]
New tour from Rome – Naples and Pompeii in a day
February 16, 2011 by Leave a Comment
We’ve just added a new tour that heads off from Rome (by coach) early in the morning for a panoramic tour of Naples, followed by lunch in a local restaurant and a guided tour of the wonderful ruins and excavations of Pompeii, returning to Rome for around nine o clock in the evening – excursion [...]
Upcoming Giacometti exhibition, MAGA, Italy
February 15, 2011 by Leave a Comment
‘Alberto Giacometti. L’anima del Novecento. Sculture, dipinti, disegni’ MAGA – Museo Arte Gallarate March 5th – June 5th 2011 A significant exhibition featuring over 300 works, from sculptures to paintings and from designs to scribbles, focusing on the later years of Giacometti, the more mature artist, an artist coming to focus on family. The MAGA [...]
Rome exhibition – the Pre-Raphaelites and Italy in Victorian times
February 10, 2011 by Leave a Comment
‘Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edward Burne-Jones e il mito dell’Italia nell’Inghilterra Vittoriana’ Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome Tuesday to Sunday, 08.30 – 19.30 Literal translation would be Rosetti and Burne-Jones and the ‘myth’ of Italy in Victorian England, with myth meaning ‘ideal’ as in image, fascination, representation. Clearly the heavy-hitter here is the founding member of [...]
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