‘Il Dolce Potere delle Corde. Orfeo, Apollo, Arione e Davide nella grafica tra Quattro e Cinquecento’ Florence, Uffizi Gallery 21st June – 23rd September 2012 A clumsy translation runs to ‘The sweet powers of the cord. Orpheus, Apollo, Orion and David in designs between 15th and 16th centuries’, where cord refers to strings of a [...]
Italy, Friday 22nd June 2012, national transport strike
June 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Italy – national transport strike, 22nd June 2012 Starting on Thursday evening (21.00) and running for 24 hours is a strike affecting pretty much all public transport in Italy. Some airports, flights and airlines will also be involved. Some buses and trains will run, but only at certain hours and with a restricted service. First [...]
Venice, Secret Itineraries tour – extra exclusive tour dates
June 19, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Secret Itineraries tour of the Doge’s Palace – Palazzo Ducale – in Venice are always popular and often sold out. Only 25 people may enter at a time, and this limitation becomes worse in high Summer as the tours do not ordinarily run in the afternoon – the comparatively cramped spaces become far too [...]
Arezzo and the Renaissance exhibition 2012
June 13, 2012 by Leave a Comment
‘Rinascimento in Terra di Arezzo’ Piccoli Grandi Musei, VIII edizione 14th June – 18th November 2012 Taking place in various venues both in and around Arezzo, Tuscany, this exhibition(s) focuses on the great names that went from the ‘Lands of Arezzo’ to the high table of Renaissance art. Names such as Filippo Lippi, Piero della [...]
Andy Warhol exhibition, Rome 2012
June 11, 2012 by Leave a Comment
‘Warhol:Headlines’ Galleria nazionale d’arte moderna e contemporanea (GNAM), Rome June 12th – September 9th 2012 As seen at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, USA, this exhibition focuses on the constant theme of Warhol’s relationship with the media, with tabloid themes and his mashups of news media from print to photography to cable TV. [...]
Verona Opera Festival 2013
June 8, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Next year, 2013, will be a big one for the Verona Opera Festival – its centenary! There will be some special events and some big names, of course, but from the little information already released it’s clear that the main centenary ‘special’ is a ‘re-evocation’ of the Aida of 1913. We’re likely to be able [...]
Siena Cathedral, night opening, 21st June 2012
June 7, 2012 by Leave a Comment
‘Lux in nocte’ Duomo di Siena, 21st June 2012, until midnight. A special night-time event at Siena Cathedral, roughly translated as ‘Art and music, ways between faith and beauty’. More prosaically, a series of events, concerts, demonstrations (also for children) and choral song from nine o clock up to midnight. Ticket booking for Siena Duomo [...]
Guided visit to La Scala in Milan – Theatre and Museum
June 7, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Just added to our range of tours in Milan is a 90 minute guided visit to the internationally famous La Scala Theatre, a tour that takes in both the theatre and the theatre museum. Follow the links below for further information. Guided tour of La Scala, Milan Information on Teatro alla Scala Recommend on Facebook [...]
Rome – museums closed on Sundays, Borghese Gallery included.
June 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment
**Update, June 12th – it now looks like the Borghese may again be open on Sundays as of Sunday July 1st 2012. Good news. Still no official announcements, but the effects are already being manifested, most notably that bookings – on Sundays – to visit the Borghese Gallery are currently on hold, frozen. We’ve blocked [...]
The ‘Lost Leonardo’ – lost impetus, lost hope, lost funding?
June 6, 2012 by 1 Comment
*** Update, 14th August – all work ti be stopped – see here. The last time we wrote about the search (in Florence, March 2012) for the great missing Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece, the Battle of Anghiari, it was with a sense of imminent discovery. Well, hold that observation. Although the man in charge of [...]
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