‘Capolavori della Terra di Mezzo. Opere d’Arte dal Medioevo al Barocco’ Complesso Monumentale ex Carcere Borbonico, Avellino 28th April – 30th November 2012 Just opened is an exhibition of more than 80 works, dating from medieval to late baroque times, that seek to illustrate the history and heritage of Irpinia, the ‘Terra di Mezzo’ of [...]
Andrea Bocelli concert 2012 – sold out, rehearsal tickets now available
April 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
There is now no regular availability for the 2012 Bocelli concert – all tickets have been sold. The organisers have again, therefore, decided to sell tickets for the rehearsals that take place the night before the concert. This year the rehearsals – ‘prove generali’ take place at 21.00 on the 11th of July and we [...]
Giorgio De Chirico exhibition, Aosta 2012
April 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
‘Giorgio De Chirico. Il labirinto dei sogni e delle idee’ Centro Saint-Bénin, Aosta 29th April – 30th September 2012 ‘The labrynth of dreams and of ideas’ is an exhibition of numerous works by De Chirico, many of which are rarely on show to the public, coming as they do from private collections. ‘The most modern [...]
Florence, Basilica of Santa Croce – Online Booking Now Available
April 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
We’re now offering advance ticket booking for the church of Santa Croce in Florence. Perhaps watching ‘Room With A View‘ was part of your pre-trip excitement, in which case you’ll have seen Santa Croce already – the statue is that of Dante, located outside and in front of the church – he had been banished [...]
Google Art Project adds Capitoline Museums, Rome
April 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
We first wrote about the Google Art Project last February when they added the Uffizi Gallery. Now, along with all sorts of added functionality, they have added many new global destinations alongside a new one in Italy – the Capitoline Museums in Rome, home at present to the Vatican ‘Lux in arcana‘ exhibition. tickitaly.com – [...]
Milan, 2012, Brueghel works reunited
March 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
‘Rizomata. Terra, Aria, Acqua, Fuoco. Il Ritorno di Brueghel all’Ambrosiana’ Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan From March 27th 2012 until (? nobody is saying until when, for now at least) The ‘return’ of Brueghel (he was painter to cardinal Federico Borromeo) sees his four masterpieces – Earth, Wind, Water and Fire – reunited for the first time [...]
Picasso exhibition, Venice 2012
March 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
‘Picasso e Vollard – Il genio e il mercante’ Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti – Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti, Venice 6th April – 8th July 2012 ‘Picasso and Vollard – the genius and the merchant’ displays more than 150 works by Picasso, some of which are featured on this page from the PR agency [...]
Leonardo da Vinci and Milan – new ‘App’
March 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Launched today at the Museum of Science and Technology is a new free App (Apple only, no Android it seems) called ‘LeonardoAround. I luoghi di Leonardo a Milano.’ In English, French and Italian, the App takes you on the trail of Leonardo in Milan and other places nearby. Leonardo App Store link Ticket booking for [...]
The Etruscans, exhibition in Asti, Piedmont 2012
March 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
‘Etruschi’ Palazzo Mazzetti, Asti, Northern Italy 17th March – 15th July 2012 A major exhibition, with the collaboration of the Vatican, featuring more than 300 pieces from assorted national collections. The centrepiece of the show is the ‘Villanova’ bronze crested helmet, discovered in the late nineteenth century in the river Tanaro, but the exhibition also [...]
Luca Signorelli exhibition, Umbria 2012
March 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
‘Luca Signorelli – ingegno et spirto pelegrino’ Perugia, Orvieto and Città di Castello, Umbria 1st April – 26th August 2012 On show will be over 100 works, two thirds of them by Signorelli himself, others reflecting the influence and heritage of this important Renaissance master from Cortona. This is the first dedicated exhibition in more [...]
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