‘Boldini, Previati e De Pisis. Due secoli di grande arte a Ferrara’ Ferrara, Palazzo dei Diamanti 13th October 2012 – 13th January 2013 One of the many consequences of the recent earthquakes in Emilia Romagna was the temporary closing – to allow strengthening and restructuring work – of the Palazzo Massari in Ferrara. This exhibition, [...]
Venice – a Titian masterpiece restored
October 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Venice, Museo di Palazzo Grimani 12th October – 11th November 2012 On show for a month – before being returned home to the church of Santa Maria della Salute – is Titian’s ‘La Sfida di David e Golia’, David and Goliath. The work was drenched in water during a fire in August 2010 and was [...]
October 6th 2012 – ‘Modern Art Day’, Italy
September 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Giornata del Contemporaneo, Ottava Edizione All across Italy, Saturday 6th of October This is the eighth edition of this national event that sees free entry to a range of Italian galleries and museums of modern art. The following quote is taken from the official site of the organising body: The major event conceived for contemporary [...]
Pavia, 2012 exhibition, Renoir
July 28, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Pavia, Scuderie del Castello Visconteo ‘Renoir La vie en peinture.’ 15th September – 16th December 2012 Featuring works from galleries around the world, including the National Gallery of Art in Washington and the Pompidou Centre in Paris, this exhibition includes many pieces never before seen in Italy. Of note is a series of still life [...]
Rome exhibition – noted Popes, Castel Sant’Angelo, 2012
July 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment
‘I Papi della memoria’ Rome, Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant’Angelo June 28th – December 8th 2012 ‘The Popes of memory’ doesn’t quite trip off the tongue. Perhaps ‘Notable Popes’ or ‘Popes we remember’? Whatever, this just-opened exhibition at Rome’s Castel Sant’Angelo is a look back at a selection of memorable Popes, noted as either great [...]
Florence, Uffizi exhibition – ‘Power of the Cord’
June 27, 2012 by Leave a Comment
‘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 [...]
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. [...]
Bramantino exhibition, Milan 2012
June 5, 2012 by Leave a Comment
‘Bramantino a Milano’ Castello Sforzesco, Milan Until 25th September 2012 A (free) exhibition on the works of Bramantino – the ‘ino’ being the diminutive of Bramante, Bramantino’s master. The exhibition is held in two of the castle’s larger rooms, already home to works by Bartolomeo Suardi, aka Bramantino. Held to be a Lombard genius, Bramantino [...]
Venice exhibition – ‘San Michele in Isola. An island of knowledge’
June 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Venice, various venues, until September 12th 2012 Museo Correr, Museo Archeologico and Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana ‘San Michele in Isola. Isola della conoscenza. Ottocento anni di storia e cultura camaldolesi nella laguna di Venezia’ To quote from the official site: The year 2012 sees the millenary of the foundation of the Camoldolese Order, and the celebration [...]
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