‘Arte torna arte’ Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence 8th May – 4th November 2012 The title of this exhibition is a tricky one to translate … ‘Art becomes/returns to/back to art’ but the concept is pretty much that of a cycle, a common root system, a constant flux of creation across all parts of a culture. This [...]
Florence, Uffizi Gallery exhibition 2012, Gothic art
February 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
‘Bagliori dorati, il gotico internazionale a Firenze 1375-1440′ Florence, Uffizi Gallery 19th June – 4th November 2012 The second major exhibition at the Uffizi in 2012, this display of Gothic art from the Florence of 1375 to 1440 can be translated as ‘Golden (choose between:) glimmers/glows/dazzles/glints’, and highlights an incredible period in Florence’s artistic past, [...]
Florence, Uffizi Gallery exhibition 2012 – precious tapestries
February 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
‘La Galleria degli arazzi. Epifanie di tessuti preziosi’ Florence, Uffizi Gallery 20th March – 3rd June 2012 Featuring 17 prestigious tapestries, this exhibition offers a rare glimpse into one of the many hidden galleries (reserve collections) of the Uffizi. These works have been under lock, key and cover since 1987 … one day they will [...]
Titian ‘Baptism of Christ’ at Siena Cathedral
February 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
‘Dialoghi 2012 – Ex Aqua Et Spiritu Sancto – Siena accoglie Tiziano, il Battesimo di Cristo’ Duomo di Siena, March 1st – August 31st 2012 During the dates above the crypt of Siena Cathedral will be home to a noted masterpiece of Italian art, Titian’s ‘Baptism of Christ’. The work is on loan from the [...]
Miró exhibition, Rome 2012
February 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
‘Miró! Poesia e Luce’ Rome, Chiostro del Bramante 16th March – 10th June 2012 ‘Miró! Poetry and light’ is a major exhibition in that it features more than 80 works by the Catalan maestro, 50 of which have not been seen before in Italy. There are large oil paintings, watercolours and works of sculpture in [...]
Titian and others – Milan exhibition, February 2012
February 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
‘Tiziano e la nascita del paesaggio moderno.’ Milan, Palazzo Reale 16th February – 20th May 2012 ‘Titian and the birth of the modern landscape’ features more than 50 works by Titian, Bellini, Tintoretto, Veronese, Lotto and Giorgone; the exhibition guides the visitor through the 16th century birth referenced in the exhibition title via works garnered [...]
Rome exhibition, Guggenheim Collection, American Avant-Garde
February 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
‘Il Guggenheim. L’avanguardia americana 1945–1980′ Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni 7th February – 6th May 2012 Translating as ‘Guggenheim Collection: The American Avant-Garde 1945–1980′, this just opened exhibition (link) features works by Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein amongst (many) others. To quote from the official catalogue: Guggenheim Collection: The American Avant-Garde 1945–1980 [...]
Rome, Colosseum closed February 2012
February 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Update – good news … at time of writing (February 9th) the Colosseum has reopened to visitors, at least partially – the upper level (‘Terzo Anello’) is closed for reasons of safety. Without wanting to be too gloomy, there is more snow forecast over coming days, and it is of course possible that the Colosseum [...]
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