The 19th edition of the Teatro del Silenzio, the exclusive artistic event that comes to life every year on the hills of Lajatico in the province of Pisa, Maestro Bocelli’s […]
Pavia, 2012 exhibition, Renoir
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 […]
Summer nights in Rome, Castel Sant’Angelo 2012
‘Notti d’Estate a Castel Sant’Angelo’ Rome, until 9th September 2012 Once again one of Rome’s most well known buildings is home to a series of special events and activities during […]
Rome, Colosseum restoration to start end July 2012. Official announcement.
*** Update, a few days later. Move along, nothing to see here – link. It would finally appear to be done, dusted, officially approved, green-lighted, about-to-start, all protests settled, hurdles […]
Andrea Bocelli, Teatro del Silenzio 2013 edition – mailing list
** Update – 23rd January 2013 – we are now taking pre-orders for the 2013 edition – see here. If you’d like to be informed as soon as we are […]
Siena Palio 2013 – mailing list
December 22nd 2012 – we are now taking orders for the Siena Palio 2013. If you’d like to be informed as soon as we are able to take orders (or […]
Some analysis of Italian museums, visitor numbers and trends
Falling a long, long way short of being a deeply-researched piece, this post will briefly look at two recent studies into visitor trends as pertaining to ‘cultural tourism’ and Italian […]
Florence exhibition – ‘The Thirties. The Arts in Italy Beyond Fascism’
‘The Thirties. The Arts in Italy beyond Fascism’ 22nd September 2012 to 27th January 2013 Palazzo Strozzi, Florence Advance notice of an upcoming exhibition in Florence featuring, in seven sections, […]
Rome exhibition – noted Popes, Castel Sant’Angelo, 2012
‘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 […]
Florence, Uffizi exhibition – ‘Power of the Cord’
‘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 […]
Italy, Friday 22nd June 2012, national transport strike
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 […]