We first ran our exclusive after-hours tours and viewings of the Last Supper in 2011 … they proved a great success (as evidenced by the quote above from the UK’s Daily Telegraph) and we’re delighted to announce that we’ve secured some dates for next year, 2012. We hope to be adding some more dates, but [...]
Eighteenth century art in Verona
November 28, 2011 by Leave a Comment
‘Il Settecento a Verona. Tiepolo, Cignaroli, Rotari’ Palazzo della Gran Guardia, Verona 26th November 2011 – 9th April 2012 A major exhibition featuring over 150 works drawn from galleries around the world that aims to show how Verona, despite proximity to Venice, very much had its own artistic style, especially during the 18th century. The [...]
Italy, 2012 Settimana della Cultura
November 25, 2011 by 1 Comment
*** Added, March 30th 2012 – the authorities in Rome have announced that the Colosseum is, for this year, to be excluded from this scheme. See blog post here. A sign of changing times? Last year it was the first days of January, this year we’re not yet out of November and the dates for [...]
Andy Warhol exhibition in Aosta
November 25, 2011 by Leave a Comment
‘Andy Warhol – Dall’apparenza alla trascendenza’ Centro Saint-Bénin, Aosta 26th November 2011 – 11th March 2012, every day 9.30 – 12.30 / 14.30 – 18.30 The exhibition features over 70 of Warhol’s pieces from 1957 to 1987, bought together in the mountains of northern Italy from 23 worldwide collections. On show are representations of pop [...]
Rome, museums opening late on saturday nights
November 24, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Once you’re done with the expensive shopping, enrich your souls with some late-night culture as a whole raft of Rome’s museums stay open until one in the morning (last entry at midnight). Official link (Italian only, but you can at least see the full list of museums) Rome ticket booking Recommend on Facebook Share on [...]
Andrea Bocelli, Teatro del Silenzio, open air concert in Tuscany
November 18, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Andrea Bocelli and the ‘Teatro del Silenzio’ concert. *** Update, 31st Jan – tickets close to being sold out, only non-numbered seating in rear area remaining. The roll call of this now annual fixture – presided over by Maestro Andrea Bocelli – always makes for impressive reading, and although the 2012 details are yet to [...]
Leonardo. The genius, the myth. Turin exhibition.
November 16, 2011 by Leave a Comment
‘Leonardo. Il genio, il mito’ Turin, Scuderie Juvarriane della Reggia di Venaria 17th November 2011 – 29th January 2012 Opening tomorrow is one of the last of the key events of the year that marked the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy – a major exhibition on the genius of Leonardo da Vinci. The [...]
Exhibition – Rome in Caravaggio’s time
November 15, 2011 by Leave a Comment
‘Roma al tempo di Caravaggio’ Rome, Palazzo Venezia 16th November 2011 – 6th February 2012 The start of the 17th century saw Rome as the vibrant heart of an explosive period in European art, largely due to the new style of Caravaggio and the rapidly spreading influence his genius had. This exhibition shines a light [...]
Milan exhibition – Cézanne. Les Ateliers du Midi.
November 15, 2011 by Leave a Comment
‘Cézanne. Les Ateliers du Midi.’ Milan, Palazzo Reale, until 26th February 2012 A collection of 40 or so works gathered from numerous international museums come together for this ground-breaking exhibition. A journey through the life and works of the French painter who went on to become an inspiration for the exponents of Cubism and Surrealism. [...]
Rome exhibition, Da Vinci and Michelangelo
November 15, 2011 by Leave a Comment
‘Leonardo e Michelangelo. Capolavori della grafica e studi romani’ Rome, Capitoline Museum, 27th October 2011 – 12th February 2012 This exhibition previewed in Florence earlier this year – blog post, La scuola del mondo – and now comes to Rome with more drawings (66 of them) that aim ‘to provide a detailed comparison between two [...]
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